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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. Series: Mission quartet. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583222584
- ISBN
- 9781583222584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.67
€ 14.99
€ 13.67
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
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Paperback. When a teenage girl goes missing her mother discovers she doesn't know her daughter as well as she thought. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0007074
- ISBN
- 9781405915298
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This first-person narrative of a baby boomer's mid-life crisis is set in Baton Rouge. Sorrow alternates with good-ol'-boy humor as the hero struggles over three consecutive days surrounding his 47th birthday to come to terms with grief, aging and the disappointments of a childless marriage. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 217.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593460
- ISBN
- 9781882593460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.32
€ 15.99
€ 14.32
Paperback. The Cold Eye of Heaven: the stunning new novel from Christine Dwyer Hickey, bestselling author of Last Train from Liguria. 'This stunning novel has as its core the pulsing heart of love that drives the circulation of every being.. Extraordinary' Independent on Sunday Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206. Fine clean copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0003647
- ISBN
- 9781843549901
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Centered around the prostitution industry in a rural Chinese community, Retribution presents a compelling exploration of the intersections of sexual desire, sadism, folk belief, and the inexorable cycles of karmic retribution. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard; Lin, Sylvia Li-Chun. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128742
- ISBN
- 9780231128742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.00
€ 49.00
Paperback. Families have secrets they hide even from themselves.. It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever. For though David's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Down's syndrome. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAK0006887
- ISBN
- 9780141030142
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Named as one of the GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2013. Longlisted for the Orange Prize and winner of the Betty Trask Award. For fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, a stunning novel set in 1930s Somalia spanning a decade of war and upheaval, all seen through the eyes of a small boy alone in the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0013292
- ISBN
- 9780007315772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Born a Parsi in Bombay, sent to university and medical school in Vienna, Dr Farrokh Daruwalla is a Canadian citizen - a 59-year-old orthopaedic surgeon, living in Toronto. Once, twenty years ago, Dr Daruwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa. Now, two decades later, the doctor will be reacquainted with the murderer.. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552996051
- ISBN
- 9780552996051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 291 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 32. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Lake Union Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612184432
- ISBN
- 9781612184432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.96
€ 16.99
€ 14.96
Hardcover. Premier Caseres rules his country with a ruthlessness that puts him in the elite category of Truijillo, Mugabe, and Kim Jong II. A potent orator with a martinet style of leadership, Caseres' ability to instill fear and reverence in his people has secured his place in power. However, the dictator's human frailties run as deep as his stoicism. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609087
- ISBN
- 9780815609087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.28
€ 20.99
€ 20.28
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812969825
- ISBN
- 9780812969825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.31
€ 19.99
€ 17.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926971490
- ISBN
- 9781926971490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. An actress dies in shocking circumstances. She leaves behind an unconventional extended family of three who embark on a journey through grief and suffering, memories lost and gained, forbidden romance, redemption and recovery, and a confrontation with spirits on a remote Pacific island. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571193745
- ISBN
- 9780571193745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.86
€ 12.99
€ 9.86
Paperback. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Re-issue
- SKU
- KEX0216067
- ISBN
- 9780747536932
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Dedalus Hall of Fame. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909232808
- ISBN
- 9781909232808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.44
€ 12.44
Hardback. Translator(s): Baer, Ben Conisbee. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149044
- ISBN
- 9780231149044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.67
€ 59.21
€ 46.67
Paperback. In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. This childless couple promptly erase from the boy all knowledge of his identity and he grows up ignorant of his past. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241951804
- ISBN
- 9780241951804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.53
€ 16.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. An uncensored take on an omnivorous, shame-ridden teenage sexual brain. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Coach House Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552452592
- ISBN
- 9781552452592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.81
€ 18.99
€ 16.81
Paperback. 'Excellent, a very powerful and moving piece of work' Roddy Doyle Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks & creases, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0018622
- ISBN
- 9780753811207
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book and only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Num Pages: 432 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141184999
- ISBN
- 9780141184999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. An inspiring first novel, In the Field tackles the social obstacles that overshadow interracial family life in a rural town. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926845265
- ISBN
- 9781926845265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.32
€ 18.99
€ 18.32
Hardcover. Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been one of the literary giants of the past century; his body of work is an undisputed cultural landmark and a touchstone for countless readers and writers alike. This book deals with his work and life. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241971826
- ISBN
- 9780241971826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.87
€ 18.99
€ 13.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Archipelago Books United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935744320
- ISBN
- 9781935744320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.67
€ 19.99
€ 15.67