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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A young school boy visiting his aunt's country house finds company with the gentle beekeeper and begins teaching the man to read, so that it seems nothing can ever intrude upon their closeness. This book talks about this boy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458951
ISBN
9780099458951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. After just a year of close, loving marriage, Ruth has been widowed. Her beloved husband, Ben, has been killed in a tragic accident and Ruth is left, suddenly and totally bereft. Unable to share her sorrow and grief with Ben's family, who are dealing with their pain in their own way, Ruth becomes increasingly isolated. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099570486
ISBN
9780099570486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

paperback. A gunman is terrorising young women. What links these seemingly random murders? Is the marksman with a rifle the same person as the killer with a handgun? Or do the police have two snipers on their hands? Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler is in charge of the case, but is struggling to cope with a tragedy at the heart of his family. Series: Simon Serrailler. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099499299
ISBN
9780099499299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Heavy rain falls on Lafferton. As the rain water slowly drains away, a shallow grave - and a skeleton - are revealed. It doesn't take long to identify the remains as those of missing teenager, Harriet Lowther, who was last seen sixteen years ago. Series: Simon Serrailler. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099499343
ISBN
9780099499343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. 'Some people are coming here today, now you will have a companion.' But young Edmund Hooper doesn't want anyone else in Warings, the large and rambling Victorian house he shares with his widowed father. Nevertheless Charles Kingshaw and his mother are soon installed and Hooper sets about subtly persecuting the fearful new arrival. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 14. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
2014
Edition
PENGUIN ESSENTIALS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970782
ISBN
9780241970782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. 'I didn't want you to come here.' So says the note that the boy Edmund Hooper passes to Charles Kingshaw upon his arrival at Warings. But, young Kingshaw and his mother have come to live with Hooper and his father in the ugly, isolated Victorian house for good. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KSS0005885
ISBN
9780140034912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. At the far end of the long white gallery is a painting of a woman, in pale flowing clothes and lying on a sofa beside an open window. It is a painting which leads Flora on, beckoning her away from her childhood, her complaining mother, pert younger sister, and the confines of a small community. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099274629
ISBN
9780099274629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.82

hardcover. For the last twenty years Sir James Monmouth has been a gentleman adventurer, journeying all over the globe in the footsteps of his hero, the great pioneering traveller Conrad Vane. One rainy winter night, Sir James returns to London. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001460
ISBN
9780701187866
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Sir Alexander Haye, zoologist and TV personality, goes to Mannar to acquire an elephant for London Zoo. Procuring a mother and calf, the task of escorting them falls to his twin brother, Max, who delivers them to their fate and then returns to his sanctuary. Malaria overcomes him and he plunges into fever and hallucination. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002344
ISBN
9780099283348
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. A dark, epic family saga for fans of Winston Graham's Poldark Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 120 x 26. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Sphere
Condition
New
SKU
9780751535341
ISBN
9780751535341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman's debut novel is an epic story of a fierce young immigrant's rise to become the greatest ice cream maker in America.. and the events that threaten to destroy her. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780446696944
ISBN
9780446696944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman's debut novel is an epic story of a fierce young immigrant's rise to become the greatest ice cream maker in America.. and the events that threaten to destroy her. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 173 x 43. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455595051
ISBN
9781455595051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.61

Paperback. When cattle rustlers working in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1880s switch to horses and target the Circle C ranch, fourteen-year-old Andi turns to Macy, a homeless, ill-bred new student whose mistakes have endangered Andi but who may hold the key to saving Taffy's foal. Series: Circle C Milestones. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FW; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Kregel Publications,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825443671
ISBN
9780825443671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496709981
ISBN
9781496709981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 209. Signed copies while stocks last
Publisher
Arlen House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781851321452
ISBN
9781851321452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00

Paperback. When Natalie Moore is killed in a freak accident in France, her mother, Jessica knows instinctively there is more to it. However, Natalie's father, Charlie is so paralysed by the horror of losing his daughter, that he refuses even to discuss his wife's suspicions. This book presents a story of love, resistance, loyalty and betrayal. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 406. Previously read copy. Some shelfwear and/or soiling. Good overall
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KST0029678
ISBN
9780099492337
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Lucy Winters' parents have always been there for her. Loving, gentle and kind they have given her everything she could have wished for. Now, estranged from her husband, she has moved to the country to take over their thriving auction business. The moment she begins to prepare for her first sale, she knows she's made the right decision. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 424. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KOC0008003
ISBN
9780099550679
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Kesterly-on-Sea is full of secrets. Some are darker than others; many are shameful. One is even deadly. Andee is an ex-detective whose marriage is breaking up. So when a young female student disappears without trace, she throws herself into the search. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099586555
ISBN
9780099586555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.77

Paperback. When journalist Rachel Carmedi is kidnapped and murdered by a Colombian drug cartel, her lover Tom Chambers vows to avenge her death. Ellen Shelby and Michael McCann want to turn Rachel's story into their first Hollywood movie, whilst Chambers agrees to track down the killers. But his need for vengeance soon overrides their desires. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 358. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KOC0015435
ISBN
9780099534341
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Corrie Browne is an ordinary girl with extraordinary ambitions. Determined to find the father she has never known, her search takes her from the quiet Suffolk village where she lives, to a new life in London, a fast pace television career - and to three people who come to dominate her life. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 42. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099534297
ISBN
9780099534297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.64

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