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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardback. Unable to keep up with the financial demands of the "big men" who control his village, Dhane and his family suffer one calamity after another, and a series of quarrels with fellow villagers forces them into exile. This novel offers readers a window into the lives of the people by depicting in subtle detail the stark realities of village life. Translator(s): Hutt, Michael J. Num Pages: 152 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143561
ISBN
9780231143561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Translator(s): McClellan, T. M. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166317
ISBN
9780231166317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. A powerful novel from Radio 4 presenter and Times columnist Libby Purves, inspired by the loss of her own son Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340837436
ISBN
9780340837436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A funny, touching, sometimes profound story about love, memory, and the loss of illusions Num Pages: 320 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Flame Edition
SKU
KRF0038026
ISBN
9780340793916
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy showing light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0003755
ISBN
9781405932097
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.45

Paperback. They say trouble always comes in threes. And for sisters Lyn, Cat and Gemma Kettle, the year they turn thirty-three is no exception. Through everything, the bonds of the sisters are strong enough to withstand whatever life throws at them. That is until the night of their thirty-fourth birthday dinner.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
9781405918497
ISBN
9781405918497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781405932097
ISBN
9781405932097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.45

Paperback. Jane hasn't lived anywhere longer than six months since her son was born five years ago. She keeps moving in an attempt to escape her past. Now the idyllic seaside town of Pirriwee has pulled her to its shores and Jane finally feels like she belongs. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781405916363
ISBN
9781405916363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Mother of three and wife of John-Paul, Cecilia discovers an old envelope in the attic. Written in her husband's hand, it says: to be opened only in the event of my death. Curious, she opens it - and time stops. John-Paul's letter confesses to a terrible mistake which, if revealed, would wreck their family as well as the lives of others. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405911665
ISBN
9781405911665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Liane Moriarty, top ten bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, imagines losing the most important ten years of your life in What Alice Forgot. Alice is twenty-nine. She adores sleep, chocolate, and her ramshackle new house. She's newly engaged to the wonderful Nick and is pregnant with her first baby. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141043760
ISBN
9780141043760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Hypnotherapist Ellen is fascinated by what makes people tick. So when she falls in love with Patrick, the fact that he has a stalker doesn't faze her in the slightest. If anything it intrigues her, and the more she hears about Saskia, the more she wants to meet this woman. But what Ellen doesn't know is that they've already met.. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 376.
Edition
10th Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955062
ISBN
9780241955062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Over seventy years have passed since sisters Rose and Connie Doughty found an abandoned baby near their home on the island Scribbly Gum. With no one to take care of it, Rose and Connie took the baby in as their own. Since then the 'Munro Baby Mystery' has brought fame and fortune, putting Scribbly Gum on the tourist map. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405918510
ISBN
9781405918510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Media tie-in
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405931564
ISBN
9781405931564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Three cities, two years, one chance: from the author of the critically acclaimed debut So It Is - shortlisted for best first book at the Scottish Book Awards 2013 - comes the hard-hitting story of a young man determined to find his voice. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Myriad Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908434371
ISBN
9781908434371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Spanning the decades that saw Northern Ireland move from brutal conflict to uncertain peace in the 1990s, this powerful new take on the literature of the Troubles is both a political coming-of-age novel and a fast-paced literary thriller. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Myriad Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908434142
ISBN
9781908434142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Hardback. Prayers, thoughts and direction to help you find solace in today's world Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 133 x 53. Weight in Grams: 342. Clean copy fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear to edges but remains very good. Inscription to previous owner on the endpaper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0003031
ISBN
9780340963968
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 656. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
New Generation Publishing
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KST0030207
ISBN
9781908775511
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. In a shocking yet all too prosaic moment, Joe and Eileen O'Kane experience a terrible tragedy which leaves them bereft. A new chapter of Joe's life begins when he is offered a job of researching the story of the renowned 19th-century Derry ship builder, William Coppin, and his connection with the fate of the Artic explorer, Sir John Franklin. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0012257
ISBN
9780747585794
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Wild Life is the story of paradise turned sour; an exploration of manhood in the modern world, that asks the question - can any of us truly escape the wildness within? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079702
ISBN
9781785079702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Reeling from the terrorist attack that killed her father, Lorna lurches through an inebriated adolescence until she finds redemption in a young soldier called Danny. However, her dream of a stable life is shattered when Danny is called to serve overseas. Danny is lost in the desert. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910394564
ISBN
9781910394564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.11

Paperback. Series: WANDERLUST. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455535576
ISBN
9781455535576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.03

Paperback. Translator(s): Lin, Sylvia Li-Chun; Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175555
ISBN
9780231175555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.30

Paperback. A chilling novel of childhood secrets, first love - and a brutal murder. Perfect for the BROADCHURCH audience. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 124 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409127963
ISBN
9781409127963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409146940
ISBN
9781409146940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.08

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