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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. An extraordinary tale of France's greatest chef, his loves and a country on the brink of war. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KSG0006146
ISBN
9781846882470
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Between greed, love and obsession there is the truth we would rather not see. Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846949708
ISBN
9781846949708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.43

Paperback. Alan Harrison is mourning the death of his wife. A trip to Sweden is in the offing - but will it help him get over it? Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785355318
ISBN
9781785355318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, Kitschie and Audie awards this is the stunning first instalment in a fantasy trilogy set in a world of volcanoes and earthquakes, where the power to control the earth is the most dangerous of all. The New York Times calls The Fifth Season 'intricate and extraordinary' Series: Broken Earth Trilogy. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 45. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Orbit
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780356508191
ISBN
9780356508191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
30th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126684
ISBN
9781897126684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. Series: The Radical Novel Reconsidered. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252064999
ISBN
9780252064999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. The award-winning Shadow Ops series continues with Myke Cole's fifth epic military fantasy adventure Series: Shadow Ops. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472211910
ISBN
9781472211910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

paperback. Translator(s): Reeck, Matt; Ahmad, Aftab. Num Pages: 574 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 138 x 39. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811224130
ISBN
9780811224130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.60

Paperback. On a family sheep station in the interior of Australia, a brother and sister work the property while their reclusive brother, Wesley Antill, spends years toiling away in one of the sheds, writing a philosophy. Now he has died. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099524281
ISBN
9780099524281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. At once terrible and uplifting, memorable and harrowing, these stories describe a seminal period in Canadian history. Editor(s): Whitaker, Muriel. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: FA; FJM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
The University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643834
ISBN
9780888643834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.92

Paperback. Anarchic, irreverent and razor-sharp, this new collection of Muriel Spark's satires confirms its creator as the mistress of British wit Series: Canons. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781782117674
ISBN
9781782117674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.47

Paperback. A man of devilish charm and enterprising spirit, Dougal Douglas is employed to revitalize the ailing firm of Meadows, Meade & Grindley. Strange things begin to happen as Dougal exerts an uncanny influence on the inhabitants of Peckham Rye and brings lies, tears, blackmail and even murder into the lives of all he meets. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188355
ISBN
9780141188355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants' office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and the obsessional experience takes on a far darker significance. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188348
ISBN
9780141188348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Hardback. * 'The divine Spark is shining at her brightest .. Pure delight' Claire Tomalin, Independent Series: VMC Designer Collection. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085279
ISBN
9781844085279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Romantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional school mistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconventional ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy who become the Brodie 'set', introduced to a world of adult games that they will never forget. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181424
ISBN
9780141181424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A title written by the author of novels such as "Memento Mori" (1959), "The Ballad of Peckham Rye" (1960), "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1961), "The Girls of Slender Means" (1963), and "Aiding and Abetting" (2000). Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241963999
ISBN
9780241963999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Witty yet elegant, Territorial Rights is a celebration of human imperfection and complexity, with as many shifting identities, wardrobe changes, and sumptuous settings as a comic opera. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089659
ISBN
9781844089659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Now available as a stunning Canon 'A work of glittering Sparkian ice, whose thinly frozen surface tempts you to jump up and down jovially above something deeper and darker' ALI SMITH Series: Canons. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main - Canons ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782117575
ISBN
9781782117575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. A brilliant, daring and darkly funny novel by Muriel Spark, 'mistress of the highest high comedy' (The Times) Series: VMC. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085521
ISBN
9781844085521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Travel the continent with this new collection of Muriel Spark's European novels as your guide - an often surprising, occasionally moving, and always unfailingly funny trip Series: Canons. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782117650
ISBN
9781782117650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. Muriel Spark's stunning debut novel Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 123 x 15. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085538
ISBN
9781844085538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Miss Jean Brodie is a schoolmistress with a difference. She is proud, cultured and romantic but her educational ideas are highly progressive and even deeply shocking. So when she decides to transform a group of 'special girls' into the creme de la creme at Marcia Blaine School they are soon known, perhaps suspiciously, as the Brodie set. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241964002
ISBN
9780241964002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. First published in 1968 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Public Image couldn't be more relevant for today's celebrity-obsessed culture. This is Spark at her wittiest, wickedest best. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089673
ISBN
9781844089673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Passionate, free-thinking and unconventional, Miss Brodie is a teacher who exerts a powerful influence over her group of 'special girls' at Marcia Blaine School. They are the Brodie set, the creme de la creme, each famous for something - Monica for mathematics, Eunice for swimming, Rose for sex - who are initiated into a world of adult games. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 78.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241956779
ISBN
9780241956779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

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