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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. In Simpson's uniquely imaginative and sensuous voice, we hear of the mixed blessings of independence and marriage, of sex and babies. By the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749391621
ISBN
9780749391621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

mass_market. Welcome to motherhood - a land of aching fatigue, constant self-sacrifice and thankless servitude, a land of bottomless devotion, small hands and feet like warm pink roses, and velvet kisses. This book offers a collection of short stories dealing with motherhood such as: Dear George, Hey Yeah Right Get a Life and Constitutional. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 8. Weight in Grams: 83.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9781784872731
ISBN
9781784872731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 7.67

Paperback. Nineteen-year-old Millie O'Reilly is clever, spiky and adored by men yet utterly forlorn. Increasingly disillusioned, she seeks an escape in the underbelly of Liverpool.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
SKU
KAK0002889
ISBN
9781841955681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. On the coldest night of 1975, a young man with shock-red hair tears though the snowbound streets of Warrington's toughest housing estate. He is Robbie Fitzgerald, and he is running for his life - and that of his young family. In his heart, Robbie knows the odds are stacked against them. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671233
ISBN
9781847671233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. An extraordinary account of a young woman's journey into motherhood Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. 320 pages. An extraordinary account of a young woman's journey into motherhood. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight: 222.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857860064
ISBN
9780857860064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Sun. Desire. Obsession. An explosive, intelligent novel from the prize-winning author of Brass. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472212122
ISBN
9781472212122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. The fabulous new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of RSVP Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KI20003418
ISBN
9781849832953
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The fabulous new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of RSVP and Stay Close to Me. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0003719
ISBN
9781471100611
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714530178
ISBN
9780714530178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714527833
ISBN
9780714527833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426. Fine copy
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KST0010999
ISBN
9780340920190
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KLN0013777
ISBN
9780340920176
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The voices of Jane's mum & dad ring in her ears. These days, they never stop fighting. She squeezes her eyes shut & wishes she could do the same with her ears. She resorts to the only thing she knows to help her cope. When her best friend Leah questions her about the criss-cross marks on her arms, Jane blames the cat. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRA0010127
ISBN
9780340920176
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340920206
ISBN
9780340920206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. 'A remarkable book that expands the frontiers of Irish popular fiction.' Irish Times Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland Dublin
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340920183
ISBN
9780340920183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Honno Voices
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909983021
ISBN
9781909983021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback.
Publisher
Gibson Square Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908096562
ISBN
9781908096562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.67

Paperback. Humorous novel by bestselling author Helena Frith Powell, about the French art of having affairs Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Gibson Square Books Ltd
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906142773
ISBN
9781906142773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.71

Paperback. An exquisite new novel from the acclaimed writer of The Big House and Ghost Girl Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408821671
ISBN
9781408821671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Helene Cixous is one of France's leading contemporary writers. This new book is a work of fiction about the most implacable of human certainties - death. It explores death, mourning and loss by means of a poetic fiction: imagining a magic telephone through which one can open up a lifeline to departed loved ones. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745643007
ISBN
9780745643007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.35

Hardback. Helene Cixous is one of France's leading contemporary writers. This new book is a work of fiction about the most implacable of human certainties - death. It explores death, mourning and loss by means of a poetic fiction: imagining a magic telephone through which one can open up a lifeline to departed loved ones. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745642994
ISBN
9780745642994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Hardback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading French feminist writers, if not the leading French feminist writer. * All of her books tend to be written as philosophical novels, combining elements of autobiography and fiction with reflection of a more philosophical and psychoanalytic kind. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648675
ISBN
9780745648675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.85

Paperback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading French feminist writers, if not the leading French feminist writer. * All of her books tend to be written as philosophical novels, combining elements of autobiography and fiction with reflection of a more philosophical and psychoanalytic kind. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648682
ISBN
9780745648682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.15

Hardback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading, if not the leading French feminist author writing today. * This book tells the story of how the author re-discovers a box from the past, containing a book manuscript from over fifty years ago. This leads to reflections on literary creativity, memory, identity and dreams. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653907
ISBN
9780745653907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

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