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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Tells the story of a reality TV death camp, which has become the nation's obsession - an amoral spectacle played out through the media. This book is a satire on the modern predilection for reality television and celebrity, in which the audience at home develops a taste for blood. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234936
ISBN
9780571234936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. A novel about a young girl already stripped of illusions. The daughter of diplomats posted to Peking in the mid-seventies, the unnamed narrator of this novel charges about her tightly enclosed world on her 'horse' (bicycle). But she also learns life's hardest rule: that if she wants to be loved, she must be cruel in return. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571226634
ISBN
9780571226634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. 'Fear and Trembling' tells the story of a young woman who spends a year working at a Japanese firm. She soon learns that at the Yumimoto Corporation hierarchy means everything, and her time there soon turns into a comic nightmare of terror and self-abasement. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571220489
ISBN
9780571220489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. A wonderful, heart-rending love story from the author of DANCE WITH WINGS Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755359981
ISBN
9780755359981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A fabulous multi-generational tale for fans of Kate Morton and Lucinda Riley. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 39. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755347186
ISBN
9780755347186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback.
Publisher
Europa Editions United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609450663
ISBN
9781609450663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Translator(s): Goldstein, Ann. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609453091
ISBN
9781609453091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 259 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503940048
ISBN
9781503940048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Wife. Mother. Daughter. What happens when it all becomes too much? Series: No Greater Courage. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Head of Zeus United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784970352
ISBN
9781784970352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Pru Plum, owner of the famous Mayfair bakery, is not the confident, successful businesswoman she appears. She has done shameful things to get where she is and will do anything to protect the secrets of her past - especially when, for the first time in her life, she has finally fallen in love.. Series: No Greater Love. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781854983
ISBN
9781781854983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.97

Paperback. How far would you go to bring home the one you love? This story of a woman determined to rescue her soldier husband grabs you by the heart and doesn't let go. Series: No Greater Love. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781851111
ISBN
9781781851111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.14

Paperback. Forbidden love in 1960s London has heart-wrenching consequences. The next powerful page-turner in Amanda Prowse's NO GREATER LOVE sequence. Series: No Greater Love. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781854266
ISBN
9781781854266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.37

Paperback. Funny without knowing it and naive without being innocent, Zoe is pretty much left alone to get on with growing up. Yet the most relevant events of her youth are invariably caused by other people. This novel is about adolescence and lack of innocence. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BT; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Edition
New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747562740
ISBN
9780747562740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.37

Paperback. Some would call Joseph a wizard, or magician, though a Renaissance magus might be nearer the mark. In Venice in 1982, though, no magical operation can take place without an acquaintance with his special field. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747548263
ISBN
9780747548263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.58

Paperback. It is 1946 and Silvana and eight-year-old Aurek board a ship that take them from Poland to England. Silvana has not seen her husband Janusz in six years, but, they are assured, he has made them a home in Ipswich. However, after living wild in the forests for years, carrying a terrible secret, all Silvana knows is that she and Aurek are survivors. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141399676
ISBN
9780141399676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. 1913. Unmarried sisters Nellie and Vivian Marsh live an impoverished existence in a tiny cottage on the banks of the Little River in Suffolk. Their life is quiet and predictable, until a sudden flood throws up a strange fish on their doorstep and a travelling man who will change them forever. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905490714
ISBN
9781905490714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. "A sure comic touch .. smart and sweet .. a tribute to the pleasures of friendship." -The New Yorker Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393352306
ISBN
9780393352306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. The Same Sky tells the powerful, moving story of Carla, a 12-year-old Honduran girl struggling to get to the US with her little brother, and Alice, who lives in Texas and is desperate to become a mother. A perfect book club read, for fans of Liane Moriarty. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349134321
ISBN
9780349134321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. In Gatestown, Texas, twenty-nine-year-old Karen awaits her execution on Death Row. In New York, Franny, a doctor the same age, plans her wedding and tries to resist the urge to run. In Austin, Celia, a beautiful young librarian, mourns her lost husband. Over the course of one summer, the three women's disparate lives intertwine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099466390
ISBN
9780099466390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Moving from the north-east of Scotland to the Shetland Isles to Fremantle, Australia, 'Elemental' is a novel about the life you make from the life you are given. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
SCRIBE PUBLICATIONS
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925228335
ISBN
9781925228335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. * A gripping, topical novel - a detective story, a love story and a book about contemporary Britain Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349115870
ISBN
9780349115870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardback. A funny, moving and brilliantly characterised novel about what happens when the metropolitan dream goes sour. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408709290
ISBN
9781408709290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Savagely funny, compelling and a cult classic, A Private Place has struck a chord with generations. It's now available with a new afterword by the author. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139548
ISBN
9780349139548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. 'A Vicious Circle' exposes the corruption of London's journalistic circuit, the horrors of our hospitals and slums, and the transformations caused by motherhood. Gripping, tender and fiercely funny, it has been instantly recognised as a modern classic about the way we live now. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139326
ISBN
9780349139326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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