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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759731
- ISBN
- 9781894759731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Tells the story of an isolated Michigan town that becomes the flash-point for some of the principal ideological debates of our day. This story is about the failure of best intentions and the personal freedom of individuals to do good or do harm. It follows characters on both sides of the line. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807195
- ISBN
- 9780875807195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.70
€ 18.99
€ 18.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905847839
- ISBN
- 9781905847839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Bestselling author Philip Gulley offers humorous, small-town storytelling in book three of his acclaimed new series featuring beloved protagonist Pastor Sam Gardner. Series: Hope. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455519828
- ISBN
- 9781455519828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.35
€ 17.99
€ 14.35
Paperback. A witty story of modern family life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0216087
- ISBN
- 9780747565673
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Since leaving his job to look after Alexa, his eight-year-old daughter, Thomas Bradshaw has found the structure of his daily piano practice and the study of musical form brings a nourishment to these difficult middle years. His pursuit of a more artistic way of life shocks and irritates his parents and his in-laws. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002022
- ISBN
- 9780571233618
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Westerners familiar only with stereotypical images of bowing geisha and dark-suited businessmen will be surprised by the cast of characters translator Lane Dunlop introduces in this anthology. Lovers of fiction and students of Japan are certain to find these stories absorbing, engaging and instructive. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Tuttle Shokai Inc Japan
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805308509
- ISBN
- 9784805308509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.21
€ 18.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. Incredible story about a young Chilean girl's talent for recreating the magic of movies that captures the nostalgia of South American village cinemas in all their glory. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102. 112 pages. Incredible story about a young Chilean girl's talent for recreating the magic of movies that captures the nostalgia of South American village cinemas in all their glory. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 146 x 8. Weight: 102. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Language: Arabic.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789992194010
- ISBN
- 9789992194010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.71
€ 9.99
€ 8.71
Paperback. Translator(s): Limon, Maja Visenjak. Num Pages: 123 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 123
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628970975
- ISBN
- 9781628970975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.07
€ 17.99
€ 15.07
Paperback. A novel first published in 1952 as THREE BEAR WITNESS which, set in Wales, tells a tale of love and death centred around an Oxford don who leaves for a Welsh farm and for the wife of a neighbouring farmer. From the author of the AUBREY/NATURIN novels. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages and damage to author's introductory page, otherwise good and remains intact
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007539
- ISBN
- 9780006476528
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. In this heartbreakingly beautiful book of disillusioned intimacy and persistent yearning, beloved and celebrated author Andre Dubus III explores the bottomless needs and stubborn weaknesses of people seeking gratification in food and sex, work and love. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393348910
- ISBN
- 9780393348910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.48
€ 16.99
€ 15.48
Paperback. Phoebe must endure horror and heartache but can she dare to hope for happiness? Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 36. Weight in Grams: 362. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Some wear and tear to spine but remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0001488
- ISBN
- 9780747241126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. These eight stories deal with ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, war and its aftershocks prominent among them. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780973597172
- ISBN
- 9780973597172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.99
€ 24.99
€ 20.99
paperback. Translator(s): McLean, Anne. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781408844205
- ISBN
- 9781408844205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602820319
- ISBN
- 9781602820319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.95
€ 17.99
€ 15.95
Hardback. Set in Geneva, Switzerland, around the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, this intricately plotted novel probes the emotional misfortunes of Arab men and women fleeing the horror of war only to find their ways of life constantly challenged by their foreign surroundings. Translator(s): Roberts, Nancy N. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608295
- ISBN
- 9780815608295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.97
€ 23.97
Paperback. Jenny Jefferies despairs of her mother's knack for attracting the wrong kind of men, always with disastrous consequences. But both their lives might be about to change beyond their wildest dreams.. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 111 x 29. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747261230
- ISBN
- 9780747261230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Gunner's Glory contains true stories of tough battles in the Pacific, in Korea, and in Vietnam, recounted by the machine gunners who fought them. Bloody, wounded, sometimes barely alive, they stayed with their guns, delivering a stream of firepower that often turned defeat into victory. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 101 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Presidio Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345463890
- ISBN
- 9780345463890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.31
€ 10.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Sarsen Press
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897609088
- ISBN
- 9781897609088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.81
€ 13.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Gustav Hackendahl's will is law. Known as 'Iron Gustav', he runs his family and his Berlin carriage business with stern, unyielding discipline. But his children have wills of their own, and soon they slip from his control - some to better lives, some towards disaster. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 408. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003333
- ISBN
- 9780141196534
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Ward Wood Publishing United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908742100
- ISBN
- 9781908742100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Dougal Haston's Calculated Risk is a fictional portrayal of the world of mountaineering in its 1970s mountaineering heyday: a tale of love, major ascents and tragedy. The realities and tensions of big-time climbing, firmly focussed on the Alps and the Himalaya, are revealed with greater clarity through the medium of fiction. Num Pages: 192 pages, one large topographical map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DFHA; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364. Adventure and Romance in Scotland and the Alps. 192 pages, one large topographical map. Presents a fictional portrayal of the world of mountaineers doing the demanding routes at a time when climbing was still emerging from its primitive inter-war and post war austerities, and climbs were still a stark struggle with the elements. This work reveals the realities and tensions of big-time climbing, focusing on the Alps and the Himalaya. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DFHA; FA. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cordee
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898573661
- ISBN
- 9781898573661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220302
- ISBN
- 9780863222801
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This, "the greatest novel written by a nine-year-old, " had been in print in Britain since the '20s, but had been out of print in the U.S. for 35 years. It has two hilarious themes: love and social climbing. Illustrator(s): Anderson-Miller, Julia. Num Pages: 105 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 191. Clean copy with some shelf wear fine in dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0001911
- ISBN
- 9780897333658
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 18.99€ 16.26
€ 18.99
€ 16.26