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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In Thatcher's London, Lilly, a white Muslim nurse, struggles in a state of invisible exile. As Ethiopian refugees gradually fill the flats of the housing estate where she lives, Lilly tentatively begins to share with them her longing for the home she herself once had in Africa and her heartbreaking search for her missing lover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099499190
ISBN
9780099499190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. This is the story of Thelma, from childhood to adulthood, and her return to England from Canada to study law at Oxford. Through sexual abuse, anorexia and borderline multiple personality disorder, Thelma retains her spirit, wit and imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286585
ISBN
9780099286585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. An explicitly sexual, lustful novel about a fevered love affair between a married man and a single woman Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084456
ISBN
9781844084456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Edition
Student
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101535
ISBN
9781585101535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. A collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. It charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Digital
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428541
ISBN
9780099428541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. A sparkling seasonal tale of finding true love at Christmas. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Mass Market Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409121589
ISBN
9781409121589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 296 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847088147
ISBN
9781847088147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553394788
ISBN
9780553394788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Liberties Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909718999
ISBN
9781909718999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. I'm fourteen, and I've just decided to kill myself. I don't really want to die, of course! I just need to kill Johanna, and build a new girl. Dolly Wilde will be everything I want to be, and more! But as with all the best coming-of-age stories, it doesn't exactly go to plan.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091949013
ISBN
9780091949013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. The Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa's leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
New Internationalist Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780261744
ISBN
9781780261744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.47

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Costantini, Flavio. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
PM Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629631868
ISBN
9781629631868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. From the author of The End of the Alphabet, the magical story of an unlikely romance between an illiterate Parisian baker and a woman with her head permanently buried in a book Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271137
ISBN
9781846271137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. Some time around his 50th birthday, Ambrose Zephyr fails his annual medical check-up. An illness of inexplicable origin with no known or foreseeable cure is diagnosed and it will kill him within a month. Give or take a day. In the time that remains, he decides to travel to all the places he ever wanted to visit, in strict alphabetical order. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271113
ISBN
9781846271113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.44

Paperback. The seventeen-year-old Hornblower became notorious as soon as he stepped on board ship - as the midshipman who was seasick in Spithead. But he was soon to gain his sea legs. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 44. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Film and TV-Tie Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140271737
ISBN
9780140271737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Combines seafaring tales about Horatio Hornblower, namely: "Flying Colours", "The Commodore", "Lord Hornblower" and "Hornblower in the West Indies". Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140119404
ISBN
9780140119404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.74

Paperback. The seventeen year old Hornblower became infamous as soon as he stepped on board ship as the midshipman who was seasick in the Spithead, but things were soon to change. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Penguin UK
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140119398
ISBN
9780140119398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Includes the stories "Hornblower and the Atropos", "The Happy Return", and "A Ship of the Line". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140081770
ISBN
9780140081770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602821316
ISBN
9781602821316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. When We Were Alive addresses the dark side of relationships, war, non-romantic love, passion, and the burden of guilt from living in a world we are powerless to fix. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079900
ISBN
9781785079900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.15

paperback. A novel about the comradeship and loyalty of a crew of motor bike fanatics from South Wales who go on a long run to Cricieth in memory of a dead friend, and how old personal grudges can erupt in violent revenge with tragic results. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638331
ISBN
9781902638331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.29

Hardcover. To make ends meet Sylvia takes on a boarder in her husband Georgie Karacek's absence. When Georgie's epilepsy comes to light, he is discharged from the army. He suspects that his bride and the boarder are lovers. But wartime conditions explode into rioting, and that uproar puts them at odds with the town when Georgie helps a black friend flee. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653624
ISBN
9780875653624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Wisdom Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614291985
ISBN
9781614291985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.99

paperback. Series: Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
HarperOne
Condition
New
SKU
9780060652937
ISBN
9780060652937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.94

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