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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander - until he becomes a murder suspect. As the body count mounts, each member of the teeming Dickensian cast's story contains a kernel of the next, like a set of nesting Russian dolls. Series: Jackson Brodie. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 372.
Edition
1st
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552772440
ISBN
9780552772440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Teddy Todd - would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather - as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776646
ISBN
9780552776646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Edition
New Edition
Publisher
Black Swan
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552996181
ISBN
9780552996181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live your life? Would you eventually be able to save the world from its own inevitable destiny? And would you even want to? Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 38. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776639
ISBN
9780552776639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

paperback. Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and more. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Jacket
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552997348
ISBN
9780552997348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Sara has never left Sweden but at the age of 28 she decides it's time. She cashes in her savings, packs a suitcase full of books and sets off for Broken Wheel, Iowa, a town where she knows nobody. With a little help from the locals, Sara sets up Broken Wheel's first bookstore. The shop might be a little quirky but then again, so is Sara. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593676
ISBN
9780099593676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 105. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781420143157
ISBN
9781420143157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. A gorgeous summer read to escape with this summer! Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JMG; FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008236755
ISBN
9780008236755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. The short story is one of the most varied genres in American literature. This title brings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to the present. It contains a diverse cast of characters, including convicts, artists, farm labourers, slaves, soldiers and salesmen, witches and ghosts, families and lovers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194424
ISBN
9780141194424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Decker, Karla. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b/w photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894974424
ISBN
9781894974424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.79

Paperback. Fresh out of high school, Karl Ove moves to a remote fishing village to work as a teacher. He has no interest in the job itself - or in any other job for that matter, his sole aim is to save money and start writing. All goes well to begin with but as the nights grow longer, his life takes a darker turn. Series: Knausgaard. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581529
ISBN
9780099581529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. A book about earth-shattering experience of becoming a father, the mundane struggles of family life, ridiculously unsuccessful holidays, humiliating antenatal music classes, fights with quarrelsome neighbours, the emotional strains of childrens' birthday parties and pushing a pram around Stockholm when all you really want to do is write. Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Series: Knausgaard. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555179
ISBN
9780099555179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Childhood is exhilarating and terrifying. For the young Karl Ove, new houses, classes and friends are met with manic excitement and creeping dread. Adults occupy godlike positions of power, benevolent in the case of his doting mother, tyrannical in the case of his cruel father. In this book, the author shares about his childhood. Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Series: Knausgaard. Num Pages: 496 pages, maps (colour). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581499
ISBN
9780099581499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. As the youngest student to be admitted to Bergen's prestigious Writing Academy, Karl Ove arrives full of excitement and writerly aspirations. Soon though, he is stripped of his youthful illusions. His writing is revealed to be puerile and cliched, and his social efforts are a dismal failure. He drowns his shame in drink and rock music. Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Series: Knausgaard. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099590187
ISBN
9780099590187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846275913
ISBN
9781846275913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. First of the six books in the My Struggle cycle, this title is about the author's childhood and teenage years, his infatuation with rock music, his relationship with his loving yet almost invisible mother and his distant and unpredictable father, and his bewilderment and grief on his father's death. Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Series: Knausgaard. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555162
ISBN
9780099555162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Can we truly know the one we love? In this book, the author looks straight into the green eye of every lover's jealous struggle, and also broods on why we are driven to try and possess one another, how jealousy can outlive death, and whether we can ever reclaim those careless days of first love. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 7. Weight in Grams: 83.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872663
ISBN
9781784872663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.88

Paperback. 'One of the most profound and devastating novels ever to come out of Vietnam - or any war' Sebastian Junger, New York Times Thirty years in the making, this towering, critically acclaimed and huge international bestseller is now available in paperback. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 187 x 47. Weight in Grams: 578. 656 pages. Thirty years in the making, this towering, critically acclaimed and huge international bestseller is now available in paperback. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 187 x 47. Weight: 600.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848874961
ISBN
9781848874961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.49

paperback. Jo is a young woman with a little girl. Life is a council estate and a married man who loves her. She begins as an intelligent single mother determined to get out of the poverty trap, but after her married lover gets her pregnant and leaves, she experiences a descent through love into hell. Num Pages: 90 pages, 40ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9780952155843
ISBN
9780952155843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.28

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602827714
ISBN
9781602827714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. The electrifying, explosive conclusion to The Artists Trilogy that will thrill fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and Joanna Wylde's Reapers series. Series: The Artists Trilogy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472211705
ISBN
9781472211705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. The explosive, raw and dangerously hot start to the Artists Trilogy that will thrill fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and Joanna Wylde's Reapers series. Series: The Artists Trilogy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472211651
ISBN
9781472211651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. When the body of a young woman is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It's a brutal, cold-blooded murder. Series: The Will Trent Series. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 81 x 35. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099509769
ISBN
9780099509769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Three and a half years ago former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton moved to Atlanta hoping to leave her past behind her. Now working as a doctor in Atlanta's Grady Hospital she is starting to piece her life together. But when a severely wounded young woman is brought in, she finds herself drawn back into a world of violence and terror. Series: The Will Trent Series. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
V9780099509752
ISBN
9780099509752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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