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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Written by one of the all-time greats of Scottish literature, this work is a trilogy of novels: "Sunset Song" (1932), "Cloud Howe" (1933) and "Grey Granite" (1934). At each book's core is the heroine Chris Guthrie, as she grows from a child into adulthood through the Great War to the development of communism in the 1920s. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Polygon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0008456
- ISBN
- 9781904598824
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Faced with a choice between her harsh farming life and the seductive but distant world of books and learning, Chris Guthrie eventually decides to remain in her rural community. However, the intervention of WWI leaves her choice in tatters. This is a novel of love and new possibilities, set against a backdrop of rural life during WWI. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Birlinn General United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904598664
- ISBN
- 9781904598664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. Introduced by Tom Crawford Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862413125
- ISBN
- 9780862413125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Young Chris Guthrie lives a brutal life in the harsh landscape of northern Scotland, torn between her passion for the land, duty to her family and her love of books. When her mother, broken by repeated childbirths, takes her own life and poisons her two youngest children, Chris is left with her father to run the farm on her own. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188409
- ISBN
- 9780141188409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902638041
- ISBN
- 9781902638041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780952155836
- ISBN
- 9780952155836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
Paperback. Takes readers into Sri Lanka, Wales, Spain, India, Morocco and the lives and minds of the characters. This book creates a sense of mild disorientation and unreality that makes readers begin to see the world in a different way. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906998080
- ISBN
- 9781906998080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.35
€ 10.35
Paperback. A novel about love, friendship - and delivering papers. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902638201
- ISBN
- 9781902638201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.34
€ 9.34
Paperback. Some of the short fiction in this anthology is set in the urban centres of Wales. Other stories take the threads of styles of writing, urban and contemporary, weave them into the strings of themes that tie together the diversity and intertwining cultures strewn across the landscape of a modern Wales. Editor(s): Davies, Lewis. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902638423
- ISBN
- 9781902638423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Nazca Plains Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934625989
- ISBN
- 9781934625989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 5.21
€ 17.99
€ 5.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 133 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 214. Very good copy .First edition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KEX0303211
- ISBN
- 9781908276162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Editor(s): Levine, Susan F. Num Pages: 390 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204997
- ISBN
- 9780872204997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.09
€ 51.99
€ 37.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155370
- ISBN
- 9781903155370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.29
€ 23.99
€ 19.29
Paperback. Incredible story about a young Chilean girl's talent for recreating the magic of movies that captures the nostalgia of South American village cinemas in all their glory. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102. 112 pages. Incredible story about a young Chilean girl's talent for recreating the magic of movies that captures the nostalgia of South American village cinemas in all their glory. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 146 x 8. Weight: 102. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Language: Arabic.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789992194010
- ISBN
- 9789992194010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.71
€ 9.99
€ 8.71
Paperback. A saga of life on a modern executive housing estate, seething with the fears, snobberies, frustrations and lusts of well-heeled young couples trundling uneasily towards middle age. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 17. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749325206
- ISBN
- 9780749325206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. A novel that tells the story of a grown man who runs away from home, and the adventures that befall him in his quest for a new lease of life. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 35. Weight in Grams: 238. Clean copy in good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KLJ0001821
- ISBN
- 9780749318888
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. New Year's Eve 1943 - the tiny village of Slapton is told that it has to be evacuated. American troops are occupying the wide district of South Devon. The Americans are prepared for animosity, but not for the harsh conditions the war in Europe has imposed upon the civilian population of England. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 42. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099469179
- ISBN
- 9780099469179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.52
€ 24.99
€ 18.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 269. Clean, well read copy in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KLJ0006349
- ISBN
- 9780802137722
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. On a crisp winter morning just before the start of deer season, Ethan and his three-year-old son Nate set off together to discover the beauties of the forest. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 225. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KEX0245749
- ISBN
- 9780099474739
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. .
- Publisher
- Momentum Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911475125
- ISBN
- 9781911475125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.33
€ 13.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. In the East End, twelve-year-old Tara witnesses her villain of a father almost kill her mother. She forges a determination then and there to change her life. This is the story of three beautiful and talented women. Mabel, whose great love for a gambling man has brought her close to insanity; gentle Amy, who marries a man brutalised by war. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099557432
- ISBN
- 9780099557432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. Where has she come from? Why can't she remember who she is - or what happened? She's wearing an old-fashioned dress and her hair has been hacked off. She's obviously been bound by the wrists and ankles. But without knowing her own name or who did this to her, she can't begin to piece together who she is and what led her to this unfamiliar place. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141030500
- ISBN
- 9780141030500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Till We Meet Again is the latest gripping novel from Lesley Pearse. She kills two people in cold blood - why? Susan walks into a busy doctor's surgery and guns down two members of staff. Then she calmly waits for the police. Beth is the lawyer assigned to defend Susan. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141046068
- ISBN
- 9780141046068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.70
€ 11.99
€ 9.70
Paperback. She witnessed a murder - and now her life is in danger.. Fifteen year-old Belle, though raised in a London brothel, is an innocent. But when she witnesses one of the girls brutally strangled by a client, she is cast into a cruel, heartless world. Snatched from the streets and sold into prostitution, she is made a courtesan in New Orleans. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241950364
- ISBN
- 9780241950364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38