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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Now a major film: J. G. Ballard's compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Edition
- Film tie-in edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008134891
- ISBN
- 9780008134891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. A northern gothic noir, "The City Still Breathing" is an acid-washed love letter to the 1980s. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Coach House Books Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552452837
- ISBN
- 9781552452837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.81
€ 18.99
€ 16.81
Paperback. This beautifully packaged collection of 12 stories from around the world honor the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year that is revered worldwide. Illustrations. Num Pages: 192 pages, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Marlowe & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9781569243602
- ISBN
- 9781569243602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.68
€ 15.99
€ 13.68
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Grove Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802142061
- ISBN
- 9780802142061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.47
€ 18.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. The story of a woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after a violent, abusive marriage and a worsening drink problem. Paula Spencer recalls her contented childhood, the audacity she learned as a teenager, the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her powerless. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Very good clean copy with light shelf wear. Light creases, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0003649
- ISBN
- 9780749395995
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 202 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143127499
- ISBN
- 9780143127499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.22
€ 19.99
€ 17.22
Paperback. * First, highly acclaimed and bestselling novel by writer/comedian David Baddiel - 'a novel about sleep, sex and skewed clocks'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349113555
- ISBN
- 9780349113555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
hardcover. This selection of stories by Katherine Mansfield has been chosen by Claire Tomalin and emphasize the stronger, feminist side of her writing rather than the popular, more sentimental view. The 21 stories are presented in chronological order and include "Prelude", "The Garden Party" and "At the Bay". Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABU; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857150483
- ISBN
- 9781857150483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609804404
- ISBN
- 9781609804404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.66
€ 18.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220376
- ISBN
- 9780863222047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. A story of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh schemes, and about the loyalties, the experiences - and the secrets - that hold them together into their thirties. What binds the four of them is the friendship formed by the scheme, their school, and their ambition to escape from both; their loyalty fused in street morality. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099285922
- ISBN
- 9780099285922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802155115
- ISBN
- 9780802155115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.10
€ 19.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. A short, gripping suspense novel in which an elderly aristocrat becomes obsessed with a young girl. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 154. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0008410
- ISBN
- 9781849162609
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HRCL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772893532
- ISBN
- 9788772893532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.83€ 44.74
€ 56.83
€ 44.74
Paperback. In this fourth volume of the bestselling series - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, the ever-popular Precious Ramotswe - Botswana's leading, and only, female private detective - faces a new and unwanted problem: competition. Series: No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117041
- ISBN
- 9780349117041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
hardcover. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- London, UK: Calder and Boyars United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714508993
- ISBN
- 9780714508993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.31
€ 13.99
€ 13.31
Hardback. Unable to keep up with the financial demands of the "big men" who control his village, Dhane and his family suffer one calamity after another, and a series of quarrels with fellow villagers forces them into exile. This novel offers readers a window into the lives of the people by depicting in subtle detail the stark realities of village life. Translator(s): Hutt, Michael J. Num Pages: 152 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143561
- ISBN
- 9780231143561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.51
€ 37.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harmony
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400082001
- ISBN
- 9781400082001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.74
€ 19.99
€ 14.74
paperback. Straight writes with tenderness and insight about the lives of people from the Westside, a black neighborhood in a large southern California city--but it isn't the California everyone knows or thinks they know. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Milkweed Editions United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1.
- SKU
- V9781571310583
- ISBN
- 9781571310583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.91
€ 15.99
€ 14.91
Paperback. When you're confronted with the ultimate betrayal, how far would you go for revenge? Translator(s): Murray, Steven T. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy. Covers and page edges showing minor shelfwear, remains in good condition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0009122
- ISBN
- 9780857861641
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Paisley 1941 - in wartime Scotland life must go on and nowhere more so than in the tenement block in Glen Street, a building teeming with the tales and troubles of its inhabitants. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751552461
- ISBN
- 9780751552461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811216616
- ISBN
- 9780811216616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.79
€ 18.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. Presented as a miraculous cure-all, Tono-Bungay is in fact nothing other than a pleasant-tasting liquid with no positive effects. Nonetheless, when the young George Ponderevo is employed by his Uncle Edward to help market this ineffective medicine, he finds his life overwhelmed by its sudden success. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310. Clean copy in original cloth covers. Covers dulled and showing some age and shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0005473
- ISBN
- 9780141441115
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 15.99€ 11.39
€ 15.99
€ 11.39
Paperback. Steeped in the tradition of the Indian epic, yet modern and vastly entertaining. The Times (London)" Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393343939
- ISBN
- 9780393343939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.62
€ 18.99
€ 17.62