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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Charles Frieth, pre-eminent composer and conductor, is preparing for a performance of one of his works, Demonic Aubade. Obstinate and myopic, he is oblivious to the growing turmoil around him. As the performance draws near, the maestro is awoken to the chaos, and as Charles struggles to regain control of his life, a tragedy begins to unfold. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099526995
ISBN
9780099526995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A brand new edition of book made famous by the film starring Paul Newman to tie-in with a new West End Theatre production. Includes an introduction by the film critic Andrea Quirke. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780333816
ISBN
9781780333816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife. Then, in Yugoslavia, as a liaison officer with the partisans, he finally becomes aware of the futility of a war he once saw in terms of honour. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186870
ISBN
9780141186870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S. United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312360092
ISBN
9780312360092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.20

Hardback. .
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609806576
ISBN
9781609806576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.03

Paperback. This fascinating collection gave birth to a new paradigm when Akira Kurosawa made famous Akutagawa's disturbing tale of seven people recounting the same incident from shockingly different perspectives. Illustrator(s): Kuwata, M. Translator(s): Kojima, Takashi. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871401731
ISBN
9780871401731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.69

Paperback. What if every woman in town suddenly went on strike? For the people of Stellar Plains, the staging of a new school production of an Athenian drama coincides with a mysterious cold wind that blows into houses and into hearts, stilling passion and cooling sheets. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099553960
ISBN
9780099553960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Welcome to St Ambrose Primary School. A world of friendships, fights and feuding. And that's just the mothers.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139302
ISBN
9780349139302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The author of TV Book Club's SPIES OF THE BALKANS returns with a hugely evocative thriller set in wartime Paris. Includes Reading Group Notes. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828984
ISBN
9780753828984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. From the author of The Great Gatsby comes a beautiful tale of love, wealth and destruction - set to the backdrop of the 1920s French Riviera. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409149552
ISBN
9781409149552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A hip and fast-moving thriller Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180. 256 pages. A hip and fast-moving thriller. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 17. Weight: 180.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847678836
ISBN
9781847678836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. When you're as big and rough as Jack Reacher - and you have a badly set, freshly busted nose - it isn't easy to hitch a ride. At last, he's picked up by three strangers - two men and a woman. Within minutes it becomes clear they're all lying about everything - and there's a police roadblock ahead. Series: Jack Reacher. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553825527
ISBN
9780553825527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780099563389
ISBN
9780099563389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.07

Paperback. When a teacher is found dead, having apparently committed suicide, his friend Pierre Hoffman takes over class 4F and finds himself responsible for a group of strangely subdued, well-behaved and yet menacing pupils. Over the weeks that follow, he receives a series of signals that cause him to question the circumstances of his colleague's suicide. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099466727
ISBN
9780099466727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. Tells the story of Neil Klugman and pretty, spirited Brenda Patimkin, he of poor Newark, she of suburban Short Hills, who meet one summer break and dive into an affair that is as much about social class and suspicion as it is about love. This novella is also accompanied by five short stories. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 123 x 5. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099498155
ISBN
9780099498155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. An unflinching and beautiful debut about belonging and betrayal, family and forgiveness, from a writer earning comparisons to Cormac McCarthy Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198. 272 pages. Bandy Dorner, home from Vietnam, awakes with his car mired in a canal, his cabin reduced to ashes, and his pregnant wife preparing to leave town with her lover. Within moments, a cop lies bleeding on the road. Eighteen years later, Bandy is released from prison. His parents are gone, but on the family ranch, Bandy faces a different reunion. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight: 198.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408809662
ISBN
9781408809662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. A compelling human story, regarded as one of the great achievements of modern Arabic literature. Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, 2010 and published for the first time into English. Translator(s): Colla, Elliott. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Telegram Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590917
ISBN
9781846590917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A novel that tells the story of John Stone, financier and armaments manufacturer, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War One he was able to manipulate markets, industries and indeed whole countries and continents. It takes you on a quest to discover how and why John Stone dies, falling out of a window at his London home. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 420. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRA0010108
ISBN
9780099516170
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The English village is a place where people come to lick their wounds. Dorothy has walked away from a bad 30-year marriage and is trying to rebuild a life. It's not immediately clear why her neighbour, Solomon, is living nearby, but gradually they establish a form of comfort in each other's presence that alleviates the isolation they both feel. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428886
ISBN
9780099428886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. The best things in life are never free .. A heart-warming tale from the Sunday Times bestselling and readers' favourite Carole Matthews Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751551457
ISBN
9780751551457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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