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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Forced into service at the age of fourteen, orphan Katie Mair must enter the bleak and cut off household, Howe of Denty, that turns out to be not as respectable as it first appears. One desperate act of defence from Katie is to a start a chain of despair, passion and revenge. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Birlinn Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9781841588254
ISBN
9781841588254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Nightwood Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889712935
ISBN
9780889712935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.59

Paperback. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780140167771
ISBN
9780140167771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. A follow up to the "The Secret History". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398. 576 pages. A follow up to the "The Secret History". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight: 400.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747573647
ISBN
9780747573647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Donna Tartt's phenomenally acclaimed new novel. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139630
ISBN
9780349139630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Caitlin Press Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927575284
ISBN
9781927575284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 277 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Caitlin Press Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927575949
ISBN
9781927575949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. A young woman returns from holiday to find her elderly neighbour dead on the floor. A heart attack seems the likely cause, but Commissario Brunetti is not so sure and decides to take a closer look. Soon he discovers that she was part of an organization that cares for abused women and that her apartment was a safe-house. Series: Brunetti. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559764
ISBN
9780099559764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Kensington
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496705518
ISBN
9781496705518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. All that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas.. The Nightingale Hospital, London, 1944: With her husband Nick away fighting, Dora struggles to keep the home fires burning and is put in charge of a ward full of German prisoners of war. Can she find it in her heart to care for her enemies? Series: Nightingales. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 267.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784750015
ISBN
9781784750015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. As the war takes its toll, the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country.. Dora is the devoted mother of twin babies but, determined to help the war effort, she goes back to work at the Nightingale Hospital. More used to nights out in the West End, Jennifer and Cissy volunteer in the hope of tending to handsome soldiers. Series: Nightingales. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099599579
ISBN
9780099599579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. The Nightingale Sisters Series: Nightingales. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569428
ISBN
9780099569428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. 1920s Yorkshire Frankie Ford is honest and hardworking and has ambitions to become a ward sister at a prestigious London teaching hospital. But, hiding a secret, Frankie flees her comfortable home counties life to begin training as a district nurse in the poverty-stricken streets of Leeds. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099599593
ISBN
9780099599593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. A brand new edition of book made famous by the film starring Paul Newman to tie-in with a new West End Theatre production. Includes an introduction by the film critic Andrea Quirke. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780333816
ISBN
9781780333816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Hardcover. Living in a small conservative and racist town, Thomas Patterson, a stiff young criminal lawyer, is running for state district judge and hoping for endorsements from either the governor or young Lyndon Johnson, who's running for the senate. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652801
ISBN
9780875652801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.19

Hardcover. Reynolds is a 40-something liquor-store owner in East Texas, with a bible-beating mother and a brother who illegally sells automatic weapons. This novel captures small-town East Texas, its attitudes and habits and language, with a wonderful sense of place. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652566
ISBN
9780875652566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.42

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781400071296
ISBN
9781400071296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Swan Isle Press United States
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780997228700
ISBN
9780997228700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.33

Paperback. Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial killers, trawl America's highways searching for suitable models to photograph and exterminate. The spider-handling preacher Roy and his crippled virtuoso-guitar-playing sidekick are running from the law. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099563389
ISBN
9780099563389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. A collection of stories set in the tiny Appalachian town of Knockemstiff, Ohio, a community so deprived and diminished it does not appear on any map. The youth there grow up in the malignant shadow of their parents; raised on abuse, alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, they are stunted in every possible way: emotionally, mentally, sometimes physically. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520979
ISBN
9780099520979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Cane, Cob and Chimney Jewett are young Georgia sharecroppers held under the thumb of their domineering, God-struck father Pearl. When he dies unexpectedly, they set out on horseback to rob and loot their way to wealth and infamy, inspired by a lurid dime novel that only one of them can read. But little goes as planned.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784703240
ISBN
9781784703240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; WNG; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781599211367
ISBN
9781599211367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. Six years later, the author has returned with a bracing new collection of short stories that will do for the center of the country what Cheever did for the suburbs of New York. This title explores the complexities of human interactions and imbues them with an honest naturalism that is sure to endear him to readers - in the Midwest and beyond. Series: Switchgrass. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806938
ISBN
9780875806938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.62

Paperback. Set in 1957 in rural northern Michigan, this title tells the story of a pivotal few months in the life of young teen Danny DeWitt, who lives alone with his father following the sudden departure of his mother. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806280
ISBN
9780875806280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.39

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