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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. For better or worse.. Ella was nineteen and madly in love when she married dashing young artist Sebastian Montclair. But that was a long time ago. Now Ella and the kids live in a ramshackle farmhouse while Sebastian and his paintings inhabit the outhouse next door - a family separated in every way but distance. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 360. Good, clean copy. Showing some shelfwear to covers and page edges
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0007566
ISBN
9781405913928
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A divorced, single mum, Annie is about to tie the knot with David. But there's a long summer to get through first. A summer where's she's retreating to a lonely house in Cornwall, where's she's going to finish her book, spend time with her teenage daughter Flora and make any last-minute wedding plans. Annie should be so lucky. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958247
ISBN
9780241958247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. When Poppy Shilling's bike-besotted, Lycra-clad husband is killed in a freak accident, she can't help feeling a guilty sense of relief. For at long last she's released from a controlling and loveless marriage. Throwing herself wholeheartedly into village life, she's determined to start over. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047799
ISBN
9780141047799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Horrified when his younger brother rapes and impregnates Annie, a mute girl whom everyone has mistaken as being mentally challenged, Alex Montgomery offers to marry her and becomes charmed by her unexpectedly beautiful view of the world. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Avon
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780380779611
ISBN
9780380779611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.79

Paperback. Series: SKOLIAN EMPIRE. 384 pages, B/W ILLUSTRATIONS. The leaders of the Eubian Empire and Skolian Imperialate have survived political intrigue, military coups, and murder attempts as they worked to forge a peace treaty between their two empires. Now comes the hard part - making the treaty a reality. Now, Assassins are poised on both sides! Their mission: eliminate the leaders for the 'crime' of striving to end half a millennia of hatred between empires. And as the main players in the peace process attempt to navigate the Byzantine convolutions surrounding the negotiations, an explosive pop anthem, Carnelians Finale, sweeps across three civilizations, its message inflaming passions.. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 174 x 108 x 29. Weight: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Baen
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451638493
ISBN
9781451638493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.35

Paperback. Series: Most Likely to Series. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503943599
ISBN
9781503943599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. Series: Most Likely to Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503939172
ISBN
9781503939172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.25

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862416447
ISBN
9780862416447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.87

Paperback. 'I loved this book' JESSIE BURTON AN AUTUMN 2015 RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB READ LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Edition
Main ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782114666
ISBN
9781782114666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Fanny McBride was a cheerful and indomitable Tyneside widow with a large, cheerful family. Being a woman of resource, Fanny took on a job at the local 'Ladies', which was to prove a surprisingly stimulating experience. Then there was her long-standing feud with Mrs Flannagan, the problem of the favourite child's unsuitable marriage, and others. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 107 x 23. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552140676
ISBN
9780552140676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Fourteen-year-old Marie Anne Lawson, fleeing from something she could not bear to see, fell and broke her ankle. She was discovered by a local man, known as "the branded man" because of a disfigurement. This is the story of two women and the mysterious man who was to influence both their lives. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 107 x 30. Weight in Grams: 236. Clean copy in very good to good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KLJ0001847
ISBN
9780552143486
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. John Emmerson was a lonely man. He had a wife, a son, friends, but he was isolated from all the people and events about him by the tragedy of his past. Then, he met Cissie, and for the first time his loneliness eased a little. Cissie was everything his wife Ann was not. And, she was quick to sense the needs of a desolate, unhappy man. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 21. Weight in Grams: 160. 336pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KEX0192190
ISBN
9780552140768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It had never been the best of marriages. There was something potentially explosive just below the surface of life at Wearcill House, but when that explosion came it was in a totally unforeseeable and devastating form, plunging the Coulsons into an excoriating series of crises out of which would come both good and evil. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 22. Weight in Grams: 174. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KTJ0008193
ISBN
9780552132473
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It had never been the best of marriages. There was something potentially explosive just below the surface of life at Wearcill House, but when that explosion came it was in a totally unforeseeable and devastating form, plunging the Coulsons into an excoriating series of crises out of which would come both good and evil. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 22. Weight in Grams: 174. Clean copy In good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KTJ0006015
ISBN
9780552132473
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Fourteen-year-old Marie Anne Lawson, fleeing from something she could not bear to see, fell and broke her ankle. She was discovered by a local man, known as "the branded man" because of a disfigurement. This is the story of two women and the mysterious man who was to influence both their lives. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 107 x 30. Weight in Grams: 236. In good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KLJ0001833
ISBN
9780552143486
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. Weight in Grams: 165. Well read copy, with some shelfwear and/or soiling. Remains a very good reading copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Corgi Books(London)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New
SKU
KST0021596
ISBN
9780552132749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Emma Funnell is the matriarch of Bramble House, built for her as a wedding gift. Now, in 1968, she is in her seventies, with the avowed intent of living to be a hundred. And, as she has always done, she continues to rule the roost, for apart from herself three generations of the Funnell family live in the house - all of them women. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 109 x 24. Weight in Grams: 190. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KRA0003344
ISBN
9780552133036
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This novel tells the story of a young girl, Lizzie, who was rescued from the streets and given the chance of a new life. Lizzie blossomed into a woman with ideals and expectations, and began to realize that she no longer needed the support of the man she had once regarded as her saviour. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 108 x 22. Weight in Grams: 170. Paperback, in good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KRF0014697
ISBN
9780552150156
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The day Joe Remington brought his new bride to Fell Rise, he had already sensed she might not settle easily into his home just outside the Tyneside town of Fellburn. Then when Elaine became pregnant, she saw it as a disaster and only the willingness of her unmarried sister Betty to come an see her through her confinement made it bearable. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 108 x 25. Weight in Grams: 206. Clean copy with some very light shelfwear. Good to very good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KST0017000
ISBN
9780552136228
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The woman who presented herself at the offices of the respectable firm of London solicitors was frail, and her clothes hung off her body. She asked to see the firm's senior partner, Alexander Armstrong, who was amazed when her learnt her name. For Irene Baindor was a woman with a mysterious past. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 107 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KSS0014501
ISBN
9780552146852
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Although Bridget told herself she had loved Lawrence for years, could she trust him? She decided that there were apt grounds for doubt of his loyalty, so she called off their marriage. Lawrence could not forgive Bridget for the humiliation of rejection, so he made his own plans to punish her. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 108 x 18. Weight in Grams: 150. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0014514
ISBN
9780552146098
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It had never been the best of marriages. There was something potentially explosive just below the surface of life at Wearcill House, but when that explosion came it was in a totally unforeseeable and devastating form, plunging the Coulsons into an excoriating series of crises out of which would come both good and evil. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 22. Weight in Grams: 174. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Publication date
1994
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
SKU
KCW0005847
ISBN
9780552132473
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Hannah and Humphrey Drayton seem to be happily married. Yet Hannah has reached the stage where she can't stand her husband. Every Thursday she meets with her friend, David Craventon, and they go to the cinema or the theatre. Yet when Humphrey finds out, her Thursday friend becomes her saviour. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 107 x 26. Weight in Grams: 192. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Corgi
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0245717
ISBN
9780552144384
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. It is the early 1920s and Kate Hannigan is happily married to Dr Rodney Prince, who has willingly accepted her illegitimate daughter, Annie, as the eldest child of their household. Everything seems to be going well for the Prince family, but soon spiteful rumours about Kate's earlier life seem to haunt both her and Annie. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 106 x 24. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Corgi Books, London
Edition
1st Corgi Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552145817
ISBN
9780552145817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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