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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Martin Brenna is a troubled boy living in troubled times, a boy who knows all of the questions but none of the answers. Before he can become and adult, Martin must unravel the sacred and contradictory mysteries of religion, science and sex; he must learn the value of friendship; but most of all he must pass his exams - at any cost. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428466
ISBN
9780099428466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.39

Paperback. Martin Brenna is a troubled boy living in troubled times, a boy who knows all of the questions but none of the answers. Before he can become and adult, Martin must unravel the sacred and contradictory mysteries of religion, science and sex; he must learn the value of friendship; but most of all he must pass his exams - at any cost. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 259. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
First Thus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOC0021146
ISBN
9780099428466
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 9.39

Paperback. Set in the Northern Ireland of the 1980's, this book tells the story of a young Catholic man living in a Protestant area. Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster, it is a haunting love story that unfolds in a land where tenderness and innocence can only flicker briefly in the dark. Num Pages: 176 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 132. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KKD0006536
ISBN
9780099767114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 11.35

Paperback. Melding his native Irish sensibilities to those of his adopted west-coast Scotland, this book includes tales that attend to life's big events: love and loss, separation and violence, death and betrayal. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561583
ISBN
9780099561583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Returning to Belfast, to attend her father's funeral. Catherine McKenna - a young composer - remembers why she left: the claustrophobic intimacies of the Catholic enclave, her fastidious, nagging mother, and the pervading tensions of a city at war with itself. This is a novel, about coming to terms with the past and the healing power of music. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099778011
ISBN
9780099778011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 5AF; FA; FYB; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68. Series: Dover Thrift S. 80 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 5AF; FA; FYB; YFA. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 5. Weight: 72.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486298573
ISBN
9780486298573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.48

Paperback. Tim Blackburn's wife died in a ball of flame in the Channel, victim of a mystery bomber. His son had died years earlier in Northern Ireland, killed in a terrorist attack. And his daughter Nicole had vanished in the North Pacific after joining an outlawed organisation called Genesis dedicated to saving the planet, by violence if necessary. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955611
ISBN
9780241955611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340898055
ISBN
9780340898055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Every woman has thought it. Cat O'Connor is no different. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751542295
ISBN
9780751542295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Paperback. A novel set in post-9/11 New York City about a supermodel and the ultimate Broadway blockbuster. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350309
ISBN
9781584350309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 271 pages, printed music items. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Frederick Fell United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780883912799
ISBN
9780883912799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Patty Murphy is facing that pivotal point in a woman's life when her biological clock ticks as insistently as a beating heart. Will she find Mr Right and start a family? But Patty is in love - with a man who is not only attractive and financially sound, but sensitive and warmhearted. There's just one small problem: He is also gay. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRF0037829
ISBN
9780099451761
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Translator(s): Schwartz, Marian. Series: New Directions Classic. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New Directions United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811214735
ISBN
9780811214735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.75

Paperback. In this harrowing novel, a young Moroccan bookseller is falsely accused of being involved in jihadist activities. Drugged and carried off the street, Hamuda is "extraordinarily rendered" to a prison camp in an unknown location where he is interrogated and subjected to various methods of torture. Translator(s): Allen, Roger. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610472
ISBN
9780815610472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.13

Paperback. A historical novel that unravels the life of Arab philosopher Ibn Khaldun, reconstructing the personal and intellectual universe of a fourteenth-century genius. Translator(s): Roger, Allen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774162527
ISBN
9789774162527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.77

Paperback. Deals with the subject of one of Arab and Islamic history's most perplexing figures, al-Hakim bi-Amr Illah ('the ruler by order of God'), the Fatimid caliph who ruled Egypt during the tenth century and whose career was a direct reflection of both the tensions within the Islamic dominions as a whole and of the conflicts within his own mind. Translator(s): Allen, Roger. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774162510
ISBN
9789774162510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.34

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers United States
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780915864775
ISBN
9780915864775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJ; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408865064
ISBN
9781408865064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. A tale of heartbreak and Hollywood, perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Nick Hornby, from a leading US entertainment journalist. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780225135
ISBN
9781780225135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Open Letter United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824658
ISBN
9781934824658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.16

Paperback. A Spanish family torn apart by the Civil War. A story of exile, love, and loss in Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and Mexico. A marriage embittered by disappointment, a boy struck by lightning and a young woman running headlong into a personal hell. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Faber and Faber London
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228233
ISBN
9780571209019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 205.
Publisher
Faber and Faber London
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228096
ISBN
9780571223398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Captures a city in microcosm through a series of character portraits, and forms a picture of people whose lives are inextricably linked by circumstance and community - but above all by a need to be loved. This novel features wry humour and the subtle shades of Manhattan moods. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571226665
ISBN
9780571226665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Fresh out of college, the narrator finds himself drifting towards a career that once obsessed his father - professional basketball. But then he meets Anke, a young single mother who happens to be the former wife of one of his teammates; and their relationship becomes as significant and as life changing as the game itself. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571253173
ISBN
9780571253173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.22

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