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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Cecilia and Manuel accept her father's gift of a house, in hope of repairing their unraveling marriage along with the badly scarred building. The couple's efforts expose the horrifying truth about the building. This work offers a story of Chile, depicting the dissolution of an upper-middle-class family against a background of exile, and return. Translator(s): Labinger, Andrea G. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803264250
ISBN
9780803264250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.95

paperback. Lyman Converse is too young to fight in the Civil War, but he lives to see his own son enlist in World War I. Through all the years his closest friend is Easy, an escaped black slave who took refuge in his father's house. Everything Converse values most is gradually lost to time, including the family-owned soapstone quarry. Num Pages: 341 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803297791
ISBN
9780803297791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.66

Paperback. This volume contains 24 short stories published between 1914 and 1919, including the six stories later collected as "You Know Me Al". Two-thirds of the stories describe real teams, real players and real events - which Lardner covered as a reporter. Editor(s): Hilton, George W. Num Pages: 648 pages, 111 half-tones. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 350 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1419.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729635
ISBN
9780804729635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.92

Paperback. Translator(s): Angles, Jeffrey. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816688104
ISBN
9780816688104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816692699
ISBN
9780816692699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.55

Hardback. Translator(s): Ball, Nicole; Ball, David. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423733
ISBN
9780857423733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
No Exit Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842435052
ISBN
9781842435052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oldcastle Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843446514
ISBN
9781843446514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
No Exit Press
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843447597
ISBN
9781843447597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Hrabal s books are distinctive witness to the life of ordinary people only at first glance. In the book, Rambling on await the reader stories set in the popular Hrabal s Kersko. The book was filmed in 1983 by Jiri Menzel. " Translator(s): Short, David. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Karolinum Press, Charles University
Edition
Classroom ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024632865
ISBN
9788024632865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.69

paperback. The chronicle of a family-owned restaurant in Buffalo, this book recalls the pre-war days when 'George and Eddie's' was a Polish tavern, through the swinging forties when it became a swank nightspot, to its eventual demise amid the changing social scene of modern America. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226443355
ISBN
9780226443355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

paperback. Discover the magic of Melissa Hill this Christmas.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 470. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHN0000188
ISBN
9781471127625
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. When shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road, Nargis's life begins to crumble around her. Her husband, Massud - a fellow architect - is caught in the crossfire and dies before she can confess to him her greatest secret. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 37. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571330737
ISBN
9780571330737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 5.80

Paperback. A combination of overwork and jet-leg propels Julia Fairfax into becoming engaged to a golf-playing wine buff called Oscar. But when she realises that she has fonder feelings for his adorable Labrador than for Oscar himself, she is forced to confront the fact that there is something drastically wrong. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Arrow (UK)
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099280231
ISBN
9780099280231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. When Poppy Shilling's bike-besotted, Lycra-clad husband is killed in a freak accident, she can't help feeling a guilty sense of relief. For at long last she's released from a controlling and loveless marriage. Throwing herself wholeheartedly into village life, she's determined to start over. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047799
ISBN
9780141047799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854115836
ISBN
9781854115836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444726305
ISBN
9781444726305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

paperback. As Home Secretary in Her Majesty's Government, David Blaylock's work involves the control of Britain's borders, the oversight of her police force, and the struggle against domestic terror threats. Some say the job is impossible; Blaylock insists he is tough enough. But around Westminster the gossip-mongers say his fiery temper is a liability. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 40. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571296668
ISBN
9780571296668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 5.80

paperback. From number one New York Times bestseller, Mitch Albom, author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays With Morrie, comes his latest inspirational, moving and heart-warming novel. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 2. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Sphere
Condition
New
SKU
9780751541212
ISBN
9780751541212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 170 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
PAN Macmillan Adult
Condition
New
SKU
9781447219712
ISBN
9781447219712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 5.80

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