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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Mr Marble is in serious debt, desperate for money to pay his family's bills, until the combination of a wealthy relative, a bottle of Cyanide and a shovel offer him the perfect solution. In fact, his troubles are only just beginning. Slowly the Marble family becomes poisoned by guilt, and caught in a dangerous trap of secrets, fear and blackmail. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141198101
- ISBN
- 9780141198101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. The seventeen year old Hornblower became infamous as soon as he stepped on board ship as the midshipman who was seasick in the Spithead, but things were soon to change. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140119398
- ISBN
- 9780140119398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. Combines seafaring tales about Horatio Hornblower, namely: "Flying Colours", "The Commodore", "Lord Hornblower" and "Hornblower in the West Indies". Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140119404
- ISBN
- 9780140119404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.74
€ 20.99
€ 15.74
Paperback. The seventeen-year-old Hornblower became notorious as soon as he stepped on board ship - as the midshipman who was seasick in Spithead. But he was soon to gain his sea legs. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 44. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Film and TV-Tie Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140271737
- ISBN
- 9780140271737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Some time around his 50th birthday, Ambrose Zephyr fails his annual medical check-up. An illness of inexplicable origin with no known or foreseeable cure is diagnosed and it will kill him within a month. Give or take a day. In the time that remains, he decides to travel to all the places he ever wanted to visit, in strict alphabetical order. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846271113
- ISBN
- 9781846271113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.50
€ 9.99
€ 8.50
Paperback. From the author of The End of the Alphabet, the magical story of an unlikely romance between an illiterate Parisian baker and a woman with her head permanently buried in a book Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Portobello Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846271137
- ISBN
- 9781846271137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.26
€ 10.99
€ 9.26
Paperback. I'm fourteen, and I've just decided to kill myself. I don't really want to die, of course! I just need to kill Johanna, and build a new girl. Dolly Wilde will be everything I want to be, and more! But as with all the best coming-of-age stories, it doesn't exactly go to plan.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091949013
- ISBN
- 9780091949013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 296 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847088147
- ISBN
- 9781847088147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. A sparkling seasonal tale of finding true love at Christmas. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Mass Market Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409121589
- ISBN
- 9781409121589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
Paperback. A collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. It charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Digital
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099428541
- ISBN
- 9780099428541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.25
€ 12.99
€ 10.25
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Edition
- Student
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585101535
- ISBN
- 9781585101535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.98
€ 23.99
€ 21.98
Paperback. An explicitly sexual, lustful novel about a fevered love affair between a married man and a single woman Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844084456
- ISBN
- 9781844084456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. This is the story of Thelma, from childhood to adulthood, and her return to England from Canada to study law at Oxford. Through sexual abuse, anorexia and borderline multiple personality disorder, Thelma retains her spirit, wit and imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286585
- ISBN
- 9780099286585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. In Thatcher's London, Lilly, a white Muslim nurse, struggles in a state of invisible exile. As Ethiopian refugees gradually fill the flats of the housing estate where she lives, Lilly tentatively begins to share with them her longing for the home she herself once had in Africa and her heartbreaking search for her missing lover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099499190
- ISBN
- 9780099499190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. Surreal, ambitious, and exquisitely conceived, THE DOLL'S ALPHABET is a collection of stories in the tradition of Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910695371
- ISBN
- 9781910695371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.50
€ 13.00
€ 11.50
Hardback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KLN0018802
- ISBN
- 9780340922590
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. IN ONE MOMENT THE HORROR BECOMES YOUR LIFE. IT'S NOT JUST IN THE PAPERS ANYMORE, IT'S ON YOUR HANDS. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRF0037663
- ISBN
- 9780007241729
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Abandoned by her mother with only some cash, her birth certificate and the rucksack on her back, a young woman named Maren sets off on a long journey of self-discovery. She doesn't blame her mother for leaving, she's only too aware of the trail of pain and tragedy that lies in her wake, following her like a ghost. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916264
- ISBN
- 9781405916264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. For 9 years, Adam has been the centre of his mother, Cara's world. And, she has been the centre of his, until the day he disappears. When he is found in the woods, beside the body of a girl whom Cara has never heard of before, it feels as if her world has been torn apart. This book presents the story of the tangled bond between mother and child. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141024981
- ISBN
- 9780141024981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.37
€ 25.99
€ 19.37
Paperback. A novel about a street in an unnamed city whose inhabitants speculate on the life of a mysterious Madam X. It interweaves their endless suppositions into a work that is at once political parable and surreal fantasia. Translator(s): Gernant, Karen; Chen, Zeping. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Rep Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300167962
- ISBN
- 9780300167962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.17
€ 19.99
€ 16.17
Paperback. From the sensational Chinese author who has been called "a new world master," a Kafkaesque novel set in a fictional Western nation Translator(s): Wasmoen, Annelise Finegan. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300153323
- ISBN
- 9780300153323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.82
€ 24.99
€ 18.82
Paperback. * A fabulous novel based on the true story of Valaida Snow, the black female jazz trumpeter of the 20s and 30s. This is an exhilarating debut from a former Hollywood scriptwriter. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844081721
- ISBN
- 9781844081721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Paperback. * In her wonderfully witty fifth novel, bestselling author Candace Bushnell tells the stories of five women living in Manhattan's swankiest apartment building Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRF0008990
- ISBN
- 9780349119540
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * The sexy new novel from Candace Bushnell, full of her trademark wit and observation. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 31. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KLN0016053
- ISBN
- 9780349115696
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99