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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. More than two decades after moving to Saudi Arabia from America and marrying Abdullah Baylani, Rosalie learns that her husband has married a second wife. The discovery plunges the powerful family into chaos as Rosalie grapples with leaving Saudi Arabia, her life and her family behind. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571282180
- ISBN
- 9780571282180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.23
€ 10.99
€ 9.23
Pamphlet. .
- Publisher
- UEA Publishing Project
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911343080
- ISBN
- 9781911343080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.08
€ 9.99
€ 9.08
Paperback. From the WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION 2014, a 'humorous, bittersweet fiction, combin[ing] the fantastical realism of Marquez with the domestic comedy of Andrea Levy' INDEPENDENT Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753823118
- ISBN
- 9780753823118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. From the WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION 2014, a novel about a young Jamaican woman with a gift of prophecy embarks on a journey that will take her from a leper colony, to revivalist meetings, then to England. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828083
- ISBN
- 9780753828083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. 'Richly nuanced and empathetic .. a vivid modern fable' Guardian From the winner of the Forward Prize, a magical and haunting novel set in the underbelly of Jamaica. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474603614
- ISBN
- 9781474603614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. The A Z of Us is a heart-warming, funny and wise tale of the brave new world of relationships and what to do when the old maps no longer show us the way. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on FFEP.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KTG0002408
- ISBN
- 9780141015132
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In the first years of Kenyan independence, three young women return to the East African highlands where they shared a carefree childhood. But a secret hangs over Langani, overshadowing the friends' efforts to establish themselves in the volatile circumstances of a new African nation.. Num Pages: 576 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501695
- ISBN
- 9780099501695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.11
€ 27.99
€ 21.11
Paperback. Translator(s): Warham, Paul. Series: Japanese Literature Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564786388
- ISBN
- 9781564786388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War Two, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated artist, Masuji Ono, fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson; his evenings drinking with old associates in quiet lantern-lit bars. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780571283873
- ISBN
- 9780571283873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Etsuko lives alone in rural England, trying to come to terms with the recent suicide of her daughter. A visit from her other daughter Niki sends Etsuko retreating into the depths of her memory. She finds herself reliving one particular summer in Nagasaki, when she and her friends struggled to rebuild their lives after the horrors of World War Two. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571258253
- ISBN
- 9780571258253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
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€ 10.73
Paperback. Axl and Beatrice, set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen for years. They expect to face many hazards - some strange and other-worldly - but they cannot yet foresee how their journey will reveal to them dark and forgotten corners of their love for one another. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571315079
- ISBN
- 9780571315079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him; the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in Old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571283880
- ISBN
- 9780571283880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. In a sublime short story collection, the author explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the Malvern Hills, a London flat to the hush-hush floor of an exclusive Hollywood hotel, the characters we encounter range from young dreamers to cafe musicians to faded stars, all of them at some moment of reckoning. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571245000
- ISBN
- 9780571245000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Hardcover. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past.. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593494
- ISBN
- 9781841593494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.53
€ 23.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give. But then as he traverses a landscape by turns eerie and comical - and always strangely malleable, as a dream might be - he comes steadily to realise he is facing the most crucial performance of his life. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571283897
- ISBN
- 9780571283897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.94
€ 11.99
€ 9.94
Paperback. Stevens, the long-serving butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside, but also into his own past. Reflecting on his years of service, he must re-examine his life in the face of changing Britain, and question whether his dignity and properness have come at a greater cost to himself. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main - Faber Modern Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571322732
- ISBN
- 9780571322732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
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€ 10.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: APFV; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 279 x 35. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911344162
- ISBN
- 9781911344162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.55
€ 19.99
€ 14.55
Paperback. Funny and poignant exploration of motherhood and surrogacy Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444728255
- ISBN
- 9781444728255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.45
€ 10.99
€ 9.45
Paperback. Perfect for readers of Adele Parks and Lisa Jewell, The Silence Between Us is a powerful, heart-breaking novel about modern life and all its challenges. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473618367
- ISBN
- 9781473618367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. A novel about parenthood and sacrifice, from the acclaimed author of CHOOSE ME and HER GIANT OCTOPUS MOMENT. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444784718
- ISBN
- 9781444784718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Who can resist Billy's plea to 'Choose Me'? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444766851
- ISBN
- 9781444766851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Tells the story of Kerith Day, in search of her own identity and place in the world. A critical observer of the dreary industrial landscape and the beaten-down inhabitants of her native Cincinnati, Ohio, Kerith determines to discover something better. She places her faith in art and politics and sets off for France. Editor(s): Spanier, Sandra. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 280. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073960
- ISBN
- 9780252073960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.53
€ 18.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. Sarah St John is reeling. Her twenty-two year old son, Cully, has been killed in an avalanche and, much as she'd like to be left alone to grieve quietly, no one will let her. Her father, a retired shopping channel addict has moved into her basement. Her best friend, a divorcee who always manages to say the wrong thing, has become a life-coach. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099597780
- ISBN
- 9780099597780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 7.28
€ 11.99
€ 7.28
Paperback. A descendant of one of Hawaii's largest landowners, Matt King finds his luck changed when his wife Joanie falls into a coma, victim of a boating accident. Matt is left in sole charge of his two daughters, teenage ex-model and recovering drug addict Alex, and Scottie, a feisty ten-year-old. And then Matt discovers Joanie has been having an affair. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218. Clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Film Tie-In
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KTM0000609
- ISBN
- 9780099570240
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99