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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Sally is big and pampered. She's married to Richard. But she loves Jerry. Jerry loves Sally, but he's also still in love with his wife Ruth. Who's been sleeping with Richard ..As a hot, feverish summer of weekends, secret phone calls and lovemaking on the beach comes to a head, it turns out everyone knows more than they've been letting on. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189406
ISBN
9780141189406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. At the Diamond County Home for the Aged, the inmates prepare for the annual ritual of the Poorhouse Fair. The elderly residents take pride in the self-respect they gain from this one day. But when the fair goes less well than the folks had hoped, they blame Conner, the new prefect of the home. Together, they begin to revolt against the man. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188485
ISBN
9780141188485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. When the three witches - now old, remarried and widowed - decide to go back to Eastwick to spend a summer together, many things have changed. Darryl Van Horne is gone. Their husbands and lovers have gone. The lithe and supple bodies with which they wrecked marriages and wreaked havoc many years before have gone. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition/1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038032
ISBN
9780141038032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Fifty-six and overweight, Harry Rabbit Angstrom has a struggling business on his hands and a heart that is starting to fail. His family, too, is giving him cause for concern. His son is a wreck of a man and his wife has decided that she wants to be a working girl. He has to make the most of life. After all, he doesn't have much time left. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188447
ISBN
9780141188447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Tristao Raposo, a nineteen-year old black child of the Rio slums, spies Isabel Leme, an eighteen-year-old upper-class white girl, across the hot sands of Copacabana Neach, and presents her with a ring. Their flight into marriage takes them from urban banality to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188942
ISBN
9780141188942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. The air of Eastwick breeds witches - women whose powerful longings can stir up thunderstorms and fracture domestic peace. Jane, Alexandra and Sukie, divorced and dangerous, have formed a coven. Into the void of Eastwick breezes Darryl Van Horne, a charismatic magus of a man who entrances the trio, luring them to his mansions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188973
ISBN
9780141188973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In 1969, the times are changing in America. Things just aren't as simple as they used to be for Rabbit Angstrom. His wife leaves him, and suddenly, into his confused life comes Jill, a runaway who becomes his lover. But when she invites her friend to stay, a young black radical named Skeeter, the pair's fragile harmony soon begins to fail. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188546
ISBN
9780141188546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. In an interview, Updike once said, "If I had to give anybody one book of me, it would be the Olinger Stories." This title follows the life of one character from the age of ten through manhood, in the small Pennsylvania town of Olinger (pronounced, according to Updike, with a long O and a hard G), which was loosely based on Updike's own hometown. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596181
ISBN
9781841596181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. A novel about the sexual experiences of ten couples from Tarbox, New England. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188980
ISBN
9780141188980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Gabriel Corrigan is a man who will fight to the death to protect little freedoms. The system doesn't like it. It says that you cannot opt out, that you have to participate. And it will do whatever it takes to return Gabriel to the fold - alive or dead. Series: Fourth Realm Trilogy. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 106 x 32. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552153355
ISBN
9780552153355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 137 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Muswell Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780995482203
ISBN
9780995482203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.51

paperback. The Commander in Chief of the most powerful military force in the world has acted strangely and the media want explanations, but the President is far from apologetic. He has an epiphany which leads him to realise what is wrong with society, the economy and government, and it is he who is asking searching questions about the status quo. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856832611
ISBN
9780856832611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.50

Paperback. Features the bold reign of the corduroy-clad Pippin, his social-climbing wife Maria, his star-struck daughter Clotilde and her Californian beau, Todd. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186054
ISBN
9780141186054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJW; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629143132
ISBN
9781629143132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849822442
ISBN
9781849822442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

Paperback. Winky thought he'd seen everything in Wyoming Territory. Then into town one lazy day rode a long-haired kid and a colossal African mute. They were met in the saloon by Fiddler Jones, whose hair and temper flared like a wasps' nest. Fiddler's yellow eyes fell instantly in love with the kid's pouch of gold dust. That pouch was worth killing for. Series: Bison Book. Num Pages: 119 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158. Series: Bison Book S. 119 pages. Winky thought he'd seen everything in Wyoming Territory. Then into town one lazy day rode a long-haired kid and a colossal African mute. They were met in the saloon by Fiddler Jones, whose hair and temper flared like a wasps' nest. Fiddler's yellow eyes fell instantly in love with the kid's pouch of gold dust. That pouch was worth killing for. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 9. Weight: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
119
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803291317
ISBN
9780803291317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.29

Paperback. Journeying through city steam rooms, rugged North Wales mountains, and estuaries facing other places, this collection examines the lives of young men making daring choices--about risky sex, new romance, and status and belief. These sensual stories by a prize-winning author reveal a lucid prose, etched with echoes of the sea. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638348
ISBN
9781902638348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. Tarlton writes of the adventures, discoveries and triumphs of a contemporary woman struggling to balance work and home responsibilities. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593729
ISBN
9781882593729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. This first-person narrative of a baby boomer's mid-life crisis is set in Baton Rouge. Sorrow alternates with good-ol'-boy humor as the hero struggles over three consecutive days surrounding his 47th birthday to come to terms with grief, aging and the disappointments of a childless marriage. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 217.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593460
ISBN
9781882593460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.00

With the world consumed by a devastating plague that drives humans violently insane, what was once a band of desperate survivors bobbing on a dark Atlantic ocean has now become Wolf Squadron, the only hope for the salvation of the human race. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Baen Books United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476781020
ISBN
9781476781020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.98

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