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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Two months after the suspicious and much-publicized death of his father, it is taking all of Adam Blaine's character to suture the deep wounds - both within his family and himself - torn open by the tragedy. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782064138
ISBN
9781782064138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Mary Ann Tierney, aged 15, takes on her own parents and US constitutional law in a bid to protect her future right to bear children. This story plays out the consequences when the media takes people's private lives and turns them into public entertainment. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 39. Weight in Grams: 400. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
First British Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KIN0037007
ISBN
9780099175520
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Book already read but a good clean copy
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Ballantine Books Inc.
Edition
Abridged edition
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KDK0010475
ISBN
9780345311399
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The nation is stunned silent when presidential hopeful James Kilcannon is shot dead point blank, while sharing the stage at a benefit concert with his rock star girlfriend Stacy Tarrant. Fiercely independent attorney Tony Lord defends the assassin in a sensational trial that erupts into the media event of the decade. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 36. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002438
ISBN
9780099374015
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. All The Places We Lived is a collection of disparate, yet inextricably connected stories that are bound by the common threads that exist amongst young people in and out of love with each other and life in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910409657
ISBN
9781910409657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.44

Paperback. A quiet, engaging novel about the death of a priest in 1950s Ireland and a world on the cusp of change. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784977412
ISBN
9781784977412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. On a winter night on a remote road in Nebraska, Mark Schluter's truck turns over in a near fatal accident. His sister, Karin, returns reluctantly to their home town to look after him. But when he finally awakes from his coma, Mark believes that Karin - who looks, acts and sounds just like his sister - is really an identical imposter. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 410.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099506027
ISBN
9780099506027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. In a laboratory in the US, researchers race to complete the Cavern, a blank white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or even a cathedral. In a city in the Middle East, an American is held hostage, chained to a radiator in an empty white room. What links two such remote places? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 360. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002081
ISBN
9780099286721
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A novel that tells the story of an American company, which starts as a small family soap and candle-making firm in the early 1800s, and of a contemporary woman, living in the company town, who diagnosed and then finally dies of cancer, a cancer that is almost certainly caused by exposure to chemical wastes from the company's factories. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002082
ISBN
9780099284468
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 'The Wire wouldn't exist without Clockers' David Simon, creator of The Wire Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 492. 608 pages. 'The Wire wouldn't exist without Clockers' David Simon, creator of The Wire. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 40. Weight: 410.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747598206
ISBN
9780747598206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.30

Paperback. Dallas Younger, a star athlete in high school, now drifts from tavern to poker game, losing money. His ex-wife, Anne, is stuck in a losing battle with her mother over the care of her sick father. And their son, Randall, is deliberately neglecting his schoolwork - because in a place like Mohawk it doesn't pay to be too smart. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285632
ISBN
9780099285632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760295189
ISBN
9781760295189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.53

Paperback. When Ned's mother Jenny suffers a breakdown and retreats from her husband's carelessness into a dream world, Ned becomes part of his father's seedy nocturnal world, touring the town's bars and pool halls, struggling to win Sam's affections while avoiding his sins. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Trafalgar Square
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099276494
ISBN
9780099276494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. At age fifty, Professor William Henry Devereaux, Jr, has more than a mid-life crisis to deal with. As a child, his parents found him merely exasperating. Half in love with three women, unable to understand his daughter or come to terms with his father, Hank has a dangerous philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099376217
ISBN
9780099376217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Empire Falls, Maine: once a thriving hub of industry, this small town nestles in a bend of the vast and winding Knox River, and has always been the empire of the wealthy Whiting family. Now the last Mrs Whiting presides like a black widow spider over its declining fortunes. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422273
ISBN
9780099422273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Presents a collection of stories. In this title story, a septuagenarian nun resolutely invades the narrator's college writing workshop with an incredible saga; a seasoned Hollywood moviemaker uncovers a 25 year old flame he never knew he'd harboured; another child is forced into a harrowing cross-country escape; and more. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437529
ISBN
9780099437529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. Venice, 1511. In the convent of Sant' Alvise, Oliva is about to take the veil and become a bride of Christ. When her world is shaken, first, literally, by an earthquake, and then, spiritually, by forces that threaten to change the convent for ever. She begins to ask questions about her faith and her future. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571305087
ISBN
9780571305087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.53

Paperback. Mixing fiction and nonfiction, Skinner breathes new imaginative life into the story of a twentieth century icon. Bewitched by the beauty of a troupe of native dancers and the strange music of the gamelan, Margaretha changes her name to Mata Hari and goes to Paris, where she is drawn into a web of espionage resulting in her death by firing squad. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001295
ISBN
9780571209347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Mixing fiction and nonfiction, Skinner breathes new imaginative life into the story of a twentieth century icon. Bewitched by the beauty of a troupe of native dancers and the strange music of the gamelan, Margaretha changes her name to Mata Hari and goes to Paris, where she is drawn into a web of espionage resulting in her death by firing squad. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001310
ISBN
9780571209347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 200 x 12. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226773193
ISBN
9780226773193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.01

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