Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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
€ 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€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
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€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
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€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
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€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
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€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
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€ 10.77
€ 11.99
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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
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€ 10.02
€ 10.99
€ 10.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 42 pages, 40 full-colour Chinese ink style illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 235 x 8. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Shanghai Press
- Edition
- Bilingual edition,Hardcover with Jacket
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602209916
- ISBN
- 9781602209916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.49
€ 17.99
€ 17.49
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
€ 29.99€ 21.95
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€ 21.95
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€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409146940
- ISBN
- 9781409146940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.02
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€ 9.02
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
€ 12.50
€ 12.50
Paperback. Lewis Grassic Gibbon's remarkable trilogy, which includes Sunset Song, 'the best Scottish book of all time' Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 50. Weight in Grams: 528. 670 pages, Illustrations, maps. Chris Guthrie is torn between her love of the land and her desire to escape the narrow horizons of a peasant culture. This work interweaves the personal joys and sorrows of Chris' life with the historical and political events of the early years of the twentieth century, including the First World War. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 50. Weight: 592.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847672681
- ISBN
- 9781847672681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
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
€ 15.27
€ 15.27
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€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
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€ 13.25
€ 13.99
€ 13.25
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780952155836
- ISBN
- 9780952155836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.20
€ 8.20
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
€ 10.22
€ 10.22