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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardback. Accompanied by a thorough introduction to Brazil's Machado, Machado's Brazil, these vibrant new translations of eight of Machado de Assis's best-known short stories bring nineteenth-century Brazilian society and culture to life for modern readers. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 151
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848534
- ISBN
- 9781603848534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.66
€ 53.99
€ 38.66
Hardback. An anthology of modern Arabic fictional arts, featuring more than one hundred and forty writers from Oman to Mauritania. It features selections ranging from the work of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors, such as the historical epics of the Christian Lebanese writer Jurji Zaydan, to the novels of Naguib Mahfouz. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 1064 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DQ; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1816.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1064
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132541
- ISBN
- 9780231132541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.64€ 107.60
€ 142.64
€ 107.60
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865433
- ISBN
- 9780872865433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.49
€ 18.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. An engrossing, moving tale of one woman's struggle to fulfil her dreams Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 124 x 33. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group London
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747247982
- ISBN
- 9780747247982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. The quickest way to get rich is to marry someone rich, but how do you do this if you aren't yet rich? TV chat-show host Ronnie Appleyard is preoccupied with this question as he pursues wealthy heiress Simona Quick over two continents. But as he comes closer to his prize other questions present themselves. Is the androgenous Simona really worth it? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194257
- ISBN
- 9780141194257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. When Mattie invites her old friend Tim to stay in one of her family cottages on the edge of Dartmoor, she senses there is something he is not telling her. But as he gets to know the rest of the warm jumble of family by the moor, Tim begins to relax again and he discovers that everyone there has their own secrets. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552171458
- ISBN
- 9780552171458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A new arrival sets tongues wagging in the village of Turnham Malpas, from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Series: Turnham Malpas. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752826776
- ISBN
- 9780752826776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. A conceptual tour de force and a satire of pseudo-philosophy and literary devices, from the brilliantly comic ironist and Granta Best of Young British author Illustrator(s): Ralfe, Oly. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780872322
- ISBN
- 9781780872322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528. 352 pages. Published in a new series of Flambard Modern Classics. In the late 1940s and 1950s Chaplin pioneered a new kind of regional fiction dedicated to working-class experience. His finest achievements are usually considered to be his two Newcastle novels from the early 1960s. This is one of them. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 214 x 142 x 23. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- Flambard
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873226735
- ISBN
- 9781873226735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.37
€ 12.37
Paperback. Your anguish is the anguish of a boy whose chocolate has been thrown away, whose remote controls are out of batteries, whose scooter is busted, whose new sneakers have been stolen. This is all the more remarkable since you've never in your life seen any of these things.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241144671
- ISBN
- 9780241144671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843918554
- ISBN
- 9781843918554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. A group of young people are searching for meaning in a dark and directionless world. The Course, a religious movement led by a charismatic priest, seems at first to offer everything the friends have been looking for. But as they are drawn deeper into the Course, money, sex and God collide, threatening to rip them apart. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571277599
- ISBN
- 9780571277599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
Paperback. A collection of Carson McCullers' stories, including her novella "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" and "Wunderkind". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183695
- ISBN
- 9780141183695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. A hilarious, original story for anyone who has ever been dumped, dumped or lived in a dump - with the cross-over and bestselling appeal of BRIDGET JONES, HIGH FIDELITY and THIS LIFE. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KTJ0007969
- ISBN
- 9780340718162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A hilarious, original story for anyone who has ever been dumped, dumped or lived in a dump - with the cross-over and bestselling appeal of BRIDGET JONES, HIGH FIDELITY and THIS LIFE. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KTM0005802
- ISBN
- 9780340718162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 269 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 269
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756369
- ISBN
- 9781876756369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.90
€ 19.99
€ 14.90
Paperback. Reissued in a new look is this richly imagined historical novel that combines mystery, history, politics and passion in a story of gripping power, from the author of SACRED HEARTS Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844089123
- ISBN
- 9781844089123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. A gripping masterpiece, hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 44. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Edition
- Reprints
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522892
- ISBN
- 9780330522892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KST0035351
- ISBN
- 9781843510673
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KKW0011530
- ISBN
- 9781843510673
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The fast-paced account of one girl's search for love and high times in the drama-filled dyke world of San Francisco's Mission District, "Valencia" conveys a blend of youthful urgency and apocalyptic apathy. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General. Dimension: 149 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320. 216 pages. The fast-paced account of one girl's search for love and high times in the drama-filled dyke world of San Francisco's Mission District, "Valencia" conveys a blend of youthful urgency and apocalyptic apathy. Cateogry: (G) General. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 149 x 214 x 15. Weight: 302.
- Publisher
- Seal Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580052382
- ISBN
- 9781580052382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.54
€ 16.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. A couple of glasses of bubbly with the girls and Poppy's life has gone into meltdown. Not only has she lost her engagement ring, but in the panic that followed, she's lost her phone too. When she spots an abandoned phone in a bin it seems it was meant to be. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552774406
- ISBN
- 9780552774406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 140 x 204 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Galaxy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592122585
- ISBN
- 9781592122585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.60
€ 11.60
Paperback. Sun. Desire. Obsession. An explosive, intelligent novel from the prize-winning author of Brass. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472212122
- ISBN
- 9781472212122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00