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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. With the death of a mother and the abduction of a young girl, Susan Fletcher has written a vividly beautiful novel about the innocence and terror of childhood. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
12th
SKU
KEX0245356
ISBN
9780007190409
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This powerful novel from the award-winning author of Richard and Judy pick 'Eve Green' is a tale of love and the lore of the sea. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007321636
ISBN
9780007321636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. Thailand's foremost writers about women are brought together in this collection of 11 short stories and excerpts from five novels. The selection shows the many ways fiction has mirrored the lives of Thai women over the 20th century. Translator(s): Kepner, Susan Fulop. Series: Voices from Asia S. Num Pages: 281 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 2G; FA; FYB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520089037
ISBN
9780520089037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.10

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953478033
ISBN
9780953478033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849822411
ISBN
9781849822411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.34

Paperback. One dark and rainy night, Sir James Monmouth returns to London after years spent travelling alone. Intent on uncovering the secrets of his childhood hero, the mysterious Conrad Vane, he begins to investigate Vane's life, but he finds himself warned off at every turn. Before long he realises he is being followed too. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284369
ISBN
9780099284369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Two local prostitutes are found brutally strangled. Serrailler is called back urgently from his sabbatical but by the time he reaches Lafferton another girl has vanished. Then the wife of the Dean at the Cathedral goes missing - has the killer widened their net or is there more than one murderer at large? Series: Simon Serrailler. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 169 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099499282
ISBN
9780099499282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. The vengeful ghost of Rebecca, Maxim's first wife, continues to cast its long shadow over Maxim and the second Mrs de Winter. Back in England after an absence of over 10 years, it seems as if happiness will at last be theirs. But the de Winters still have to reckon with 2 hate-consumed figures they once knew - both of whom have very long memories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284789
ISBN
9780099284789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Young officer John Hilliard returns to his battalion in France following a period of sick leave in England. Despite having trouble adjusting to all the new faces, the stiff and reserved Hilliard forms a friendship with David Barton, an open and cheerful new recruit who has still to be bloodied in battle. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140036954
ISBN
9780140036954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Tommy Carr was a kind man; Eve had been able to tell that after half an hour of knowing him. There had never been a day when he had not shown her some small kindness. The birth of a daughter, Jeannie Eliza, crowns the young couple's happiness - just as her shockingly early death casts them low. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555445
ISBN
9780099555445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Celibate, irreproachable and distinguished, Thomas Cavendish is in his mid-fifties and the obvious man to become Master of his college. But, walking by the river, Thomas sees a young girl standing on the bridge. It is an apocalyptic vision, one that alters his life irrevocably and tragically, but with the beauty of joy of a love never imagined. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284680
ISBN
9780099284680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. May had been the clever daughter and she had escaped the shelter of the farmhouse, The Beacon, just once for the last 27 years, to go to university. But in London she had been pursued by nameless terrors. Now she was the spinster daughter. She nursed her father after his accident and looked after her mother in her old age. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099526957
ISBN
9780099526957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Hardcover. "Hooper had known, from the very first moment he had looked into Kingshaw's face, that it would all be easy, that he would always be able to make him afraid." This tragic tale of two isolated children explores the nature of cruelty and the power of evil. Series: New Longman Literature. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; FA; YFB; YQEF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1 New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582434462
ISBN
9780582434462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.34

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

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

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
€ 10.87

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
€ 10.86

Paperback. Brother and sister, Ted and Rose Howker, grew up in Mount of Zeal, a mining village blackened by coal. They know nothing of the outside world, though both of them yearn for escape. For Rose this comes in the form of love, while Ted seizes the chance of a job away from the pit. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539568
ISBN
9780099539568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

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
€ 10.87

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

€ 21.99
€ 17.47

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: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099499299
ISBN
9780099499299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.27

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

€ 15.99
€ 13.31

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