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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. When Oxford-educated Emperor Seth succeeds to the throne of the African state of Azania, he has a tough job on his hands. His subjects are ill-informed and unruly, and corruption, double-dealing and bloodshed are rife. With the aid of Minister of Modernization, Basil Seal, Seth plans to introduce his people to the civilized ways of the west. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 drawings. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183985
- ISBN
- 9780141183985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Daunt Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907970610
- ISBN
- 9781907970610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.54
€ 13.00
€ 11.54
Paperback. Danny is a paisano, descended from the original Spanish settlers who arrived in Monterey, California, centuries before. He values friendship above money and possessions, so when he suddenly inherits two houses, Danny is quick to offer shelter to his fellow gentlemen of the road. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185118
- ISBN
- 9780141185118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. * Beguiling, lyrical and utterly compelling, THE LANDSCAPE OF LOVE is a tour de force from the acclaimed author of REBECCA'S TALE Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KOC0007818
- ISBN
- 9780751536874
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An evocative and absorbing Merseyside saga set during the troubling times of the early twentieth century Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 30. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747253204
- ISBN
- 9780747253204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Charlie Grant, an intense young student at Glasgow University watches his father die. Overwhelmed by the memory of this humble yet dignified death, Charlie is left to face his own fierce resentment for his adulterous mother. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782113041
- ISBN
- 9781782113041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Daunt Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907970740
- ISBN
- 9781907970740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
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€ 10.71
Paperback. A retired bureaucrat has escaped the world to spend his twilight years running a guest-house on the banks of the country's holiest river, the Narmada. But he has chosen the wrong place for peace and quiet: too many lives converge here and he meets a series of unusual characters. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099515944
- ISBN
- 9780099515944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. A sharply observed, keenly funny, wildly entertaining latter-day comedy of manners from the ultimate insider, the author of SEX AND THE CITY and FOUR BLONDES. Classic Candace Bushnell: wickedly funny social satire at its most sassy and entertaining. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 392. Clean copy with some very light shelfwear. Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KST0017051
- ISBN
- 9780349114941
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In 1945, in Kostelec, Danny is playing saxophone for the best jazz band in Czechoslovakia. Their trumpeter has just got out of a concentration camp, their bass player is only allowed in the band since he owns the bass, and the love of Danny's life is in love with somebody else. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Zebra/Grove Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141047676
- ISBN
- 9780141047676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
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€ 11.81
Paperback. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. .
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351788
- ISBN
- 9781584351788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.79
€ 19.99
€ 14.79
Paperback. The year is 1858. Thomas Glover is an eighteen-year-old who grasps the chance of escape to foreign lands and takes a posting as a trader in Japan. Within ten years he amasses a great fortune, learns the ways of the samurai, and, on the other side of the law, brings about the overthrow of the Shogun. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292. 400 pages. The year is 1858. Thomas Glover is a gutsy eighteen-year-old who grasps the chance of escape to foreign lands and takes a posting as a trader in Japan. Within ten years, he amasses a great fortune, learns the ways of the samurai, and, on the other side of the law, brings about the overthrow of the Shogun. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight: 292.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841959597
- ISBN
- 9781841959597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.54
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€ 11.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Zaffre Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785762901
- ISBN
- 9781785762901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.21
€ 17.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. Presenting an American epic poem, and a catalogue of nineteenth-century American life of all ages and races, this volume features rhythms and images, and its inclusive, praiseful joy. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099595540
- ISBN
- 9780099595540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
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€ 10.29
Paperback. The perfect festive stocking-filler: a heartwarming and funny novel by bestselling author Chrissie Manby. Series: Proper Family. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KAK0006273
- ISBN
- 9780340992760
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Toward the end of the Algerian war, the FLN, organized a demonstration in Paris to oppose a curfew imposed upon Algerians in France. About 30,000 Algerians gathered peacefully, but the protest was suppressed by the Paris police. Between 50 and 200 Algerians were killed and their bodies were thrown into the Seine. This novel recounts this event. Translator(s): Mortimer, Mildred. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Print
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220233
- ISBN
- 9780253220233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.92
€ 20.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. 'A dark, suburban fantasy .. richly funny, even whimsical, and bizarrely familiar' - The New Yorker Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086525
- ISBN
- 9781847086525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. Trapped within a waterfall on the wild Franklin River, Tasmanian river guide, Aljaz Cosini, lies drowning. As the tourists he has been guiding down the river seek to save him, Aljaz is beset by visions horrible and fabulous. As the rapids rise, Aljaz relives not just his own life but also his country's dreaming. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784702908
- ISBN
- 9781784702908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardcover. Jimmy Pitt, man-about-town and former newspaper hound, takes a bet that he cannot commit burglary. He finds breaking and entering easy enough, but then discovers that he has forced his way into the home of a tough New York policeman. Naturally, Captain McEachern has a beautiful daughter and problems of his own. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591230
- ISBN
- 9781841591230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. The moving sequel to NEW YORK TIMES bestseller Lisa Kleypas's SUGAR DADDY, BLUE-EYED DEVIL is a turbulent but beautiful star-crossed love affair.. Series: Travis. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1 St. Martin's Press Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749909048
- ISBN
- 9780749909048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09