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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. A biography of Franz Liszt (1811-86) whose extraordinary career as a composer, conductor, and virtuoso pianist - whose incomparable skill and personal charisma dazzled audiences all over Europe, from London and Paris to Berlin, Moscow, and even Constantinople - made him the nineteenth-century equivalent of a modern international pop star. Series: Seagull World Literature. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 243 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906497941
ISBN
9781906497941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062195708
ISBN
9780062195708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.28

Paperback. Together, the nine stories in Don't Think illuminate the astonishing fact of existence itself while justifying the Philadelphia Inquirer's assessment that Burgin is one of America's most distinctive storytellers. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419718
ISBN
9781421419718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375702624
ISBN
9780375702624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. A young man returns to Nigeria after fifteen years in New York. The country of his childhood has changed: it has found fast-food restaurants, email cafes, contempt for authority and the all - consuming draw of 'money for nothing'. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571307944
ISBN
9780571307944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.35

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594930515
ISBN
9781594930515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and shortlisted for the Man Booker, The Good Doctor is a powerful tale of a friendship overshadowed by betrayal, set against the tawdry hopes and disappointments of a post-apartheid South Africa Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781782396246
ISBN
9781782396246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.64

Hardback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Adams Media Corporation United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781507201473
ISBN
9781507201473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Drexler, Michael J. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 319 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113463
ISBN
9781551113463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.85

Paperback. A stunning second novel from the mega-selling author of SISTER Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 330. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Piatkus
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOC0019381
ISBN
9780749942168
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 213 x 27. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936399314
ISBN
9781936399314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. Nine year old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780552773805
ISBN
9780552773805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.78

paperback. A collection that outlines the author's early preoccupation with issues of mental illness, creativity and femininity, all of which would become recurrent themes in her later work. It contains the thirteen stories together with five pieces of her journalism, as well as a further nine stories selected from the Indiana archive. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284. From the library of June Levine. Ownership details to ffep. Very good copy showing minor age and wear. Sunning to spine
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Faber and Faber London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025686
ISBN
9780571049899
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Series: Sterling Canyon. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 207 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503942240
ISBN
9781503942240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.51

Hardcover. Editor(s): Lynch, Kelly M. Num Pages: 263 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 159 x 0. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838754313
ISBN
9780838754313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.29

Paperback. This new collection includes some of Dostoyevsky's most troubling, moving, and poignant short stories, such as White Nights, A Disgraceful Affair, and The Dream of the Ridiculous Man. Series: Short Story Collections. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061773747
ISBN
9780061773747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. An e-writer called Ali or Alix will write to order anything you like, provided that you are prepared to enter the story as yourself and take the risk of leaving it as someone else. You can be the hero of your own life. You can have freedom just for one night. But there is a price. Ali discovers that she too will have to pay it. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0003439
ISBN
9780099285434
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714527475
ISBN
9780714527475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. The troubles of 1885 are a topic of enduring fascination. "Gabriel Dumont in Paris "is a fictional retelling of the events leading up to the Northwest Rebellion, focussing on the thoughts and actions of Metis leader Gabriel Dumont. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643216
ISBN
9780888643216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.02

Hardback. 368 pages. No child should ever be a soldier. Jon Moore knew that better than most, having learned to fight to survive before he'd hit puberty. So when a former comrade, Alissa Lim, asks for his help in rescuing a group of children pressed into service by rebels on a planet no one cares to save, he agrees. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 32. Weight: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Baen Books
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439133651
ISBN
9781439133651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.28

Paperback. A novel of extraordinary intelligence and heart, a masterful depiction of heartbreak, and a dark and haunting examination of the tyranny of experience and memory. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 49. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781447294832
ISBN
9781447294832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Seven Stories Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609804763
ISBN
9781609804763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.95

Paperback. Bestselling author Lauraine Snelling weaves the story of female friendship when three women in midlife decide to share a house. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Time Warner Trade Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455586202
ISBN
9781455586202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.45

Paperback. When Henry McAllan moves his city-bred wife, Laura, to a cotton farm in the Mississippi Delta in 1946, she finds herself in a place both foreign and frightening. Henry's love of rural life is not shared by Laura, who struggles to raise their two young children in an isolated shotgun shack under the eye of her hateful, racist father-in-law. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000683
ISBN
9780099524687
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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