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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Dramatic and utterly compelling, this is a heartwarming story about despair and hope, passion and heartache, and the strength of true friendship, set in turn-of-the-century Victorian Newcastle Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 31. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747266181
ISBN
9780747266181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gazelle Book Services
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120740167
ISBN
9788120740167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.38

Paperback. 'Do the Irish have, in relation to anybody else, any special capacity for the short story?'. Collecting short stories that cover many generations and moods of Irish writing, this title answers the question. It features the stories that range from Lady Gregory's retelling of an ancient love story through to the prolific William Trevor. Editor(s): Kiely, Benedict. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
9780241955451
ISBN
9780241955451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Turnpike Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957233676
ISBN
9780957233676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

Paperback. In 1992, Ben Watt, a member of the band Everything but the Girl, contracted a rare life-threatening illness that baffled doctors and required months of hospital treatment and operations. This is the story of his fight for survival and the effect it had on him and those nearest him. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408846605
ISBN
9781408846605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Heartwarming and uplifting novel examining love in all its guises. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Picador
Edition
1st Picador Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330488907
ISBN
9780330488907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ZAC EFRON Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTM0000749
ISBN
9780330519663
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Pobby and Dingan live in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, the opal capital of Australia. They are friends with Kellyanne Williamson, the daughter of a miner: indeed only she can see them. Ashmol Williamson, Kellyanne's brother thinks his sister should grow up and stop being such a fruit loop - until the day when Pobby and Dingan disappear. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285625
ISBN
9780099285625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654362
ISBN
9780875654362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.79

Paperback. Nazi occupied Poland. A German army officer investigates the murder of an abbess amid the horrors of brutal occupation. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 344. 288 pages. Nazi occupied Poland. A German army officer investigates the murder of an abbess amid the horrors of brutal occupation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FF. Dimension: 181 x 197 x 24. Weight: 306.
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904738664
ISBN
9781904738664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. He is born into a world of poverty, ignorance and injustice, but Azaro awakens with a smile on his face. Despite belonging to a spirit world made of enchantment, where there is no suffering, Azaro chooses to stay in the land of the Living: to feel it, endure it, know it and love it. Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780099929307
ISBN
9780099929307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Hardback. A new collection of meditation and stories from the Booker prize-winning author, Ben Okri. Illustrator(s): Clunie, Rosemary. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 170. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786694508
ISBN
9781786694508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.03

Paperback. One great thought can change the dreams of the world. One great action, lived out all the way to the sea, can change the history of the world. The adventures of Azaro, the spirit child, continue. From the bestselling author of The Famished Road comes this radiant sequel. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099218715
ISBN
9780099218715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. A modern fable about one man's search for visibility on an enchanted island. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784082550
ISBN
9781784082550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.44

Paperback. Packed with ideas and inspiration, The Mystery Feast offers numerous pathways into the magical world of storytelling. Based on decades of honing his art, this stimulating booklet gives a glimpse into the mind of Ben Okri, a master of contemporary storytelling. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 50.
Publisher
Clairview Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905570768
ISBN
9781905570768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099983002
ISBN
9780099983002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey to discover the real Arcadia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784082574
ISBN
9781784082574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. A group of world-weary travellers discover the meaning of life in a mysterious Swiss mountain village. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784081485
ISBN
9781784081485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Paperback. This collection of short stories is set in Nigeria and reflects the mad, exotic and often dangerous chaos which reigns there. They include jumbled up voodoo stories, stories of shanty towns and of men from the villages seeking their fortunes in the streets and filthy gutters of the new towns. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283881
ISBN
9780099283881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. A story of music, madness and the Manic Street Preachers Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Macmillan UK
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330517041
ISBN
9780330517041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.42

Paperback. Contains short tales such as "Not Everything is Significant" and "Supercollider for the Family". Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271984
ISBN
9781846271984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.57

Paperback. Series: Spirit Bear. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFP; YNNR. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 194 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780380805600
ISBN
9780380805600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.30

Hardback. Hailed by Robert Coover as "the most audacious literary debut in decades", The Age of Wire and String is unlike anything you've read before -- now appearing for the first time heightened by an artist's visual interpretation of this legendary work. Illustrator(s): Morgan, Catrin. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086389
ISBN
9781847086389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 61. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Granta
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783781485
ISBN
9781783781485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.79

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