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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The sequel to the bestselling Martha's Girls, The Golden Sisters is a moving wartime saga that takes the reader to the very heart of a close-knit, fiery, loving family - perfect for fans of Maureen Lee, Mary Larkin and Pam Weaver. Series: Martha's Girls. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; WQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856409394
ISBN
9780856409394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.76

Paperback. Through his letters home and six short stories, Alun Lewis paints a vibrant picture of life in India as a British serviceman during World War II. Intimate, vivid, observational, and always filled with emotion, this is a rare literary example of one Welshman's experience of empire and war. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 201 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214. Fine in cloth covers. Lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing minor shelfwear, sunned to spine, otherwise a nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Library of Wales Ed
SKU
KSG0010277
ISBN
9781902638874
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Paperback. Home To An Empty House tells in Alun Richards' incisive style the story of a marriage that has long since lost its sparkle. Walter, the wisecracking paranoiac and Connie, teacher of the 'backward class', are a couple who know a lot about sex but little about each other. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638850
ISBN
9781902638850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.29

Paperback. Cast a baleful eye on the personal relationships and social ambitions of the inhabitants of Dai Country. In this volume, the best of the author's short stories are combined with his autobiographical memoir "Days of Absence" to take us to the core of those incomparable valleys, with their lived experience stripped bare of cliche and sentiment. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998158
ISBN
9781906998158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.32

paperback. Presents short stories, written by Welsh men and women, for the most part about Welsh people, providing depictions of valley and mountain, country and town, as well as insights into the nature of the people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241955468
ISBN
9780241955468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Across the ocean, in early sixteenth-century Mexico, the Aztec Empire is under the fatal grip of Hernan Cortes and his Mayan lover. While they scheme and conquer, fight and fuck, their domestic comedy will change the course of history, throwing the world - and Rome's tennis match - into a mind-bending reverie of assassinations, and executions. Translator(s): Wimmer, Natasha. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099598053
ISBN
9780099598053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. WASHINGTON SHADOW is the second in the critically acclaimed Peter Cotton series following the fortunes of British spy Peter Cotton. For all fans of John le Carre, Robert Harris, Eric Ambler and Graham Greene. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719520938
ISBN
9780719520938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Who is the Lullaby Girl? Found washed up on the banks of a remote loch, a mysterious girl is taken into the care of a psychiatric home in the Highlands of Scotland. Mute and covered in bruises, she has no memory of who she is or how she got there. The only clue to her identity is the Danish lullaby she sings.. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845029500
ISBN
9781845029500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Longlisted for the 2017 Dylan Thomas Prize Pigeon is a journey through the uneasy half-forgotten memories of childhood, a story about wishful-thinking and the power of language. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910901236
ISBN
9781910901236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408845035
ISBN
9781408845035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555976637
ISBN
9781555976637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.14

Paperback. Separated by war and each believing the other dead, a couple meet again decades later.. Num Pages: 352 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444730203
ISBN
9781444730203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590178324
ISBN
9781590178324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.92

Paperback. Containing a wonderfully engaging and eccentric cast of characters who live long in the memory, this is the story of mothers and daughters, people bound by blood and geography, moments captured and lifetimes lost, and things never quite turning out as expected. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Bonnier Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785300905
ISBN
9781785300905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Aidoo, Ama Ata. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954702366
ISBN
9780954702366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.42

Paperback. Editor(s): Aidoo, Ama Ata. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Ayebia Clarke Pub.
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956240194
ISBN
9780956240194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.32

Paperback. Two witty and perceptive social dramas Series: Longman African Writers/Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 192 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582276024
ISBN
9780582276024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.53

Paperback. Aidoo's first novel explores the thoughts and experiences of a Ghanaian girl on her travels in Europe Series: Longman African Writers/Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB; YQEF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 189 x 126 x 6. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582308459
ISBN
9780582308459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.53

Paperback. The first international English-language publication of Hampate Ba's acclaimed novel. Translator(s): Taylor, Aina Pavolini. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 2ADF; FA; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212269
ISBN
9780253212269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.93

Paperback. Translator(s): Hanson, Katherine; Messick, Judith. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Norvik Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909408050
ISBN
9781909408050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Norvik Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909408081
ISBN
9781909408081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.19

Paperback. When life unravels, start stitching .. Num Pages: 432 pages, Integrated: 30, Line drawings of stitches for each chapter opener. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751545340
ISBN
9780751545340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.62

Paperback. A heart wrenching story for fans of Jodi Picoult, Susan Lewis and Katherine Webb. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 276. Clean copy in good to very good condition.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KLJ0001942
ISBN
9780007445899
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Is not knowing worse than knowing the truth? The next stunning novel from Richard and Judy pick, Amanda Brooke Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007511365
ISBN
9780007511365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

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