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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover - or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. Series Editor(s): Royle, Nicholas. Series: Best British Short Stories. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Salt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773129
ISBN
9781907773129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Presents the story of Henry Hill's life as a gangster and notorious participation in the Witness Protection Programme. Series: Bloomsbury Film Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747578635
ISBN
9780747578635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854113375
ISBN
9781854113375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564781529
ISBN
9781564781529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Through a dialogue between two lovers, this book retells the history of Europe of the twenties and thirties. It weaves together disparate strands of landscape to take the reader on a journey through Spain, London, Soviet Russia, North Africa and middle Europe. Num Pages: 604 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
604
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011116
ISBN
9781906011116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. This is a self-help book. Didn't think it was, but it is. It's also a revision, a question, a confession, an apology, a love letter. This book is for you. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755394142
ISBN
9780755394142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 588. Clean copy with minor nicks to cover at spine. Pages age toned and with light spotting to edges. Remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
House of Stratus United Kingdom
Number of pages
414
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0024588
ISBN
9781842321614
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 16.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. A classic novel set in the siege of Malta 1940-1942 from the bestselling author of The Cruel Sea Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304358441
ISBN
9780304358441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Based on the author's own experiences, this book presents the story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys in World War Two. It offers descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts. It tells of ordinary, heroic men who had to face a brutal menace which would strike without warning from the deep. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042831
ISBN
9780141042831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. How do you fall in love with the right man when you're not the right woman? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780332192
ISBN
9781780332192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.41

Paperback. The best of a thousand imagistic stories, grouped under 'Follies and Vices' and 'Quest for the One' (the two aspects of the fundamental theme of world literature). Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
O Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780997537
ISBN
9781780997537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.69

Paperback. A sixth volume of stories about Philip Rawley, the treatment of whose fortunes began in the early 1960s. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 31. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
O Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846945816
ISBN
9781846945816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.02

Paperback. Nicholas Evans's most powerful and ambitious novel yet Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 390. 8vo.Good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0297153
ISBN
9780751539202
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The second brilliant novel from the bestselling author of The Horse Whisperer Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751539370
ISBN
9780751539370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. The brilliant novel from the bestselling author of The Horse Whisperer Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 308. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0009140
ISBN
9780751539349
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The brilliant novel from the bestselling author of The Horse Whisperer Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 308. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KHN0001834
ISBN
9780751539349
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. In a searing novel of love and loyalty, guilt and honour, the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Horse Whisperer creates another magnificent epic .. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
Digital original
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751539387
ISBN
9780751539387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Reserved Mr Malik. You wouldn't notice him in a Nairobi street - except, perhaps, to comment on his carefully sculpted comb-over - but beneath his unprepossessing exterior lie a warm heart and a secret passion. Not even his closest friends know it, but Mr Malik is head-over-heels in love with leader of local Tuesday-morning bird walk, Rose Mbikwa. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955284
ISBN
9780241955284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. The seductive new novel from Nicholas Blincoe, set amid the glamour and grime of the fashion world Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111 x 17. Weight in Grams: 149. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Sceptre
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0001354
ISBN
9780340750476
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover - or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. Editor(s): Royle, Nicholas. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. .
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784631123
ISBN
9781784631123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. 'A deft masterpiece with never a false note' - Guardian Translator(s): Hunt, Jonathan. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Condition
New
SKU
9781782117155
ISBN
9781782117155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.50

Paperback. The prize-winning international bestseller from the author of I'm Not Scared Translator(s): Hunt, Jonathan. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300. 416 pages. The prize-winning international bestseller from the author of I'm Not Scared. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight: 296. Translator(s): Hunt, Jonathan.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671387
ISBN
9781847671387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. Ischiano Scalo. A place where even the main road out to the nearest big town gives up after a couple of miles, where escape from a life of boredom and emptiness is almost impossible. Translator(s): Hunt, Jonathan. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306. 405 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight: 304. Translator(s): Hunt, Jonathan.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841959320
ISBN
9781841959320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.32

Paperback. Room meets Stand By Me, in a thrilling tale of the loss of innocence Translator(s): Doust, Kylee. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128. 160 pages. Lorenzo Cuni is a fourteen-year-old loner. His wealthy parents think he is away on a school skiing trip, but, in fact, he has stowed away in a forgotten cellar. He plans to live in perfect isolation for a week, keeping the adult world at bay. Then a visit from his estranged half-sister, Olivia, changes everything. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 11. Weight: 128. Translator(s): Doust, Kylee.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857861986
ISBN
9780857861986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.57

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