Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardcover. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is an English poet. A child of British India, he first became famous for tales of imperial life, notably "Kim", "the Jungle Book" and "Barrack Room Ballads". Kipling wrote verse in every classical form, from the epigram to the ode, but his most distinctive gift was for the ballads and narrative poems. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 114 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841597775
- ISBN
- 9781841597775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.61
€ 16.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Pay attention please to the life of Walter F Starbuck. 1913, gave him the gift of life. 1970, gave him a job in the Nixon White House. 1975, sent him to prison for his part in the 'Watergate' scandal. Now he is coming out of jail, into the brave new world of 1980s Manhattan. This title tells the story of his first twenty-four hours of freedom. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099999003
- ISBN
- 9780099999003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Torpedoed by a German U-boat, adrift on the open ocean, gravely weakened and slowly dying of thirst - the odds of making shore are lengthening with each gruelling hour. Deliverance from purgatory on a decaying lifeboat will take something far more remarkable than sheer endurance.. Based on a true incident in 1942. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Saraband
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781887354745
- ISBN
- 9781887354745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.74
€ 13.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Winner of the Australian/Vogel Award for Best First Novel, this is at once a haunting and powerful exploration of the horrors and joys of adulthood Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprints
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330412582
- ISBN
- 9780330412582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. The brilliantly inventive, wildly funny and humane new novel, set in an economically and politically collapsed America, by the author of the bestselling Absurdistan. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- REPRINT
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847082497
- ISBN
- 9781847082497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. The best-selling author of The Visible World returns with a stunning coming-of-age novel set in the town of Brewster. As America's fading dream of the fifties is challenged by the Summer of Love and cultural revolution, three friends face the demons of the past and dream of a life beyond their town Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Portobello Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846275005
- ISBN
- 9781846275005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Hardcover. In 1966 the artist Tom Phillips discovered A Human Document (1892), an obscure Victorian romance by W H Mallock, and set himself the task of altering every page, by painting, collage or cut-up techniques, to create an entirely new version. This 50th anniversary edition presents an entirely new and complete version of A Humument. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: AGB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 183 x 42. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Sixth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500519035
- ISBN
- 9780500519035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.37
€ 32.99
€ 30.37
Paperback. Feckless, unwashed and charming, Trinity College law student Sebastian Balfe Dangerfield is an Irish-American with an English accent. Dreaming of dollars and ready women, he stumbles from public house to pawnbrokers, murmering delusive enticements in the ear of any girl who'll listen. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349108759
- ISBN
- 9780349108759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Hardback. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241281901
- ISBN
- 9780241281901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.29
€ 21.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. Book 1: The Agnes Browne Trilogy THE MAMMY describes the joys and sorrows of Agnes, mother of the famous Mrs. Browne's Boys from the daily radio soap. A book of hilarious incidents, glorious characters, and a passion for life. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847173225
- ISBN
- 9781847173225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.63
€ 10.99
€ 10.63
Paperback. Great Britain. 1984. The miners' strike. It is the closest Britain has come to civil war in fifty years, setting the government against the people. This book presents a fictional documentation of the violence, sleaze and fraudulence that characterised Thatcher's Britain. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571314874
- ISBN
- 9780571314874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.54
€ 15.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. World-famous musician Ry Cooder publishes his first collection of stories, with a nod to Raymond Chandler and Nathanael West. Series: City Lights Noir. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865198
- ISBN
- 9780872865198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.34
€ 19.99
€ 18.34
Paperback. A moving love story set during the Civil War. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080892
- ISBN
- 9781844080892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Craiglockhart War Hospital, Scotland, 1917, where army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating shell-shocked soldiers. Under his care are the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, as well as mute Billy Prior, who is only able to communicate by means of pencil and paper. Rivers' job is to make the men in his charge healthy enough to fight. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141030937
- ISBN
- 9780141030937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. A novel for those who seek to unravel our mysterious, apparently directionless lives.. A wry, witty and insightful classic. Translator(s): Dixon, Adrienne. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Later Edition Used
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782067177
- ISBN
- 9781782067177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Did sex bring down the Iron Curtain? An orphan reflects on the unbreakable bond between love and freedom in the Soviet Union.. Translator(s): Strachan, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780870496
- ISBN
- 9781780870496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Hardback. What goes on behind closed doors? Hows Your Father tells the story of four generations of one Hackney family on a rollercoaster ride of drugs, violence, sickness, infidelity and the redeeming joys of motherhood. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Trade edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780721477
- ISBN
- 9781780721477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564783080
- ISBN
- 9781564783080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.38
€ 16.38
Paperback. The superb follow-up to the bestselling THE SOLDIER'S RETURN Num Pages: 432 pages, B Format. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 288. Well-read paperback in good condition, some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- KRF0029566
- ISBN
- 9780340818169
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Since Bernard Schlink no German novelist has received nearly as much international attention' Die Welt Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848875050
- ISBN
- 9781848875050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Hardcover. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 41. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- Bridge Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884042082
- ISBN
- 9780884042082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.37
€ 24.99
€ 17.37
Hardback. The new bestselling novel from Britain's favourite gardener and TV presenter Alan Titchmarsh. Mr Gandy escapes his humdrum life with an unexpected Grand Tour of Europe where drama, romance and friendship await in this beguiling tale of self-discovery. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0019399
- ISBN
- 9780340953075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906964566
- ISBN
- 9781906964566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.97
€ 10.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. * Rich in period detail, lyrical in its evocation of the Thames, a novel that reveals both the problems of marriage and the ecstasies of sexual love Series: VMC. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- VIRAGO PRESS LTD London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860688297
- ISBN
- 9780860688297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90