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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Horace Rumpole lives alongside Mr Pickwick and Bertie Wooster as one of the immortal comic characters in English fiction. This title contains seven stories chosen by the author as his favourites, together with a further seven from the later period and the opening chapters of a Rumpole novel that Sir John was working on when he died in 2009. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670919376
- ISBN
- 9780670919376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.69
€ 23.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. It's high summer when Molly Pargeter drags her amiably bickering family to a rented Tuscan villa for the holidays. Molly is sure that the house is the perfect setting for their three-week getaway, but soon she becomes fascinated by the lives of the absent owners - and things start to go horribly wrong. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Number of pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141034874
- ISBN
- 9780141034874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.69
€ 23.99
€ 17.69
paperback. Horace Rumpole is not overfond of the rituals of Christmas: turkey, tinsel and the like. But happily the festive season is not one respected by the criminal fraternity; meaning that celebrations in the Rumpole household are frequently disturbed in most-welcome ways. There's the suspicious Father Christmas at Equity's Court's festive party. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141039770
- ISBN
- 9780141039770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27
paperback. An omnibus that celebrates Horace Rumpole's legal triumphs, plundering sorties into the "Oxford Book of English Verse" and less-than-salubrious hat. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140067682
- ISBN
- 9780140067682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58
paperback. Features twenty classic tales of Horace Rumpole in which he battles through the Old Bailey, whether defending various members of an incompetent South London crime family, taking on haute-cuisine chefs and showfolk or mocking the pomposity of his own profession, all the while being held in check by his wife, Hilda: the wonderful, fearsome. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141198293
- ISBN
- 9780141198293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.91
€ 18.99
€ 13.91
paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Flambard Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873226629
- ISBN
- 9781873226629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
paperback. Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Flambard Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873226681
- ISBN
- 9781873226681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Paperback. London 1997: New Labour is sweeping into power and Britpop is at its zenith. A&R man Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through the music industry, fuelled by greed and inhuman quantities of cocaine, searching for the next hit record amid a relentless orgy of self-gratification. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099592099
- ISBN
- 9780099592099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099592341
- ISBN
- 9780099592341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. God takes a look at the Earth around the time of the Renaissance and everything looks pretty good - so he takes a holiday. In Heaven-time this is just a week's fishing trip, but on Earth several hundred years go by. When God returns, he finds all hell has broken loose: world wars, holocausts, famine, capitalism and 'fucking Christians everywhere'. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099592136
- ISBN
- 9780099592136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Kennedy Marr is a novelist from the old school. Irish, acerbic, and a borderline alcoholic and sex-addict, his mantra is drink hard, write hard and try to screw every woman you meet. He's writing film scripts in LA, fucking, drinking and insulting his way through Californian society, but also suffering from writers block and unpaid taxes. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099592150
- ISBN
- 9780099592150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
paperback. Gary is a sweet and decent man. Only two things would improve his life - having children with his gorgeous wife Pauline, and a lower golf handicap. Both are unlikely. Pauline is wondering how she ended up living in an ugly little house, driving a second-hand car and making a living dressing up as Tinkerbell. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099592129
- ISBN
- 9780099592129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Presents stories that expose the world of bartenders and 'b-girls', car washers and criminals. This title dissects the subtleties that bind humans together and the pressures that separate them. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 368 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099528791
- ISBN
- 9780099528791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. When the beautiful, imperious and moneyed Grace Caldwell Tate wants something she goes after it. Her affair scandalises Pennsylvania's elite and she must face the costs to her marriage and the man she really loves. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099528821
- ISBN
- 9780099528821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Yamada answered "no" twice in a compulsory government questionnaire as to whether he would serve in the armed forces and swear loyalty to the United States. This book tells the story of Ichiro Yamada, a fictional version of the real-life "no-no boys." Series: Classics of Asian American Literature. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 261 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295994048
- ISBN
- 9780295994048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.72
€ 19.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. Ever wasted hours debating your 'All Time England XI'? Well now it's 2022 and the discussion is finally over, England have eleven players as good as any of them. The unbeatable national team have reached the final of the Qatar World Cup. But one journalist is convinced there is a scandalous secret behind England's incredible form. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784161392
- ISBN
- 9781784161392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. In this stinging look at our celebrity-obsessed society, Jimmy Conway becomes a bogus celebrity, wins an award for something he never did, is photographed in magazines posing in someone else's house, and ultimately fools, and makes a fool of, the entire celebrity industry. Num Pages: 313 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press New York
- Number of pages
- 313
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KNH0003806
- ISBN
- 9780802141347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Lots of husbands forget things: they forget that their wife had an important meeting that morning; some of them forget their wedding anniversary. But Vaughan has forgotten he even has a wife. Her name, her face, their history together, everything he has said to her - it has all gone, mysteriously wiped in one catastrophic moment of memory loss. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552771634
- ISBN
- 9780552771634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.62
€ 16.99
€ 12.62
Paperback. In this stinging look at our celebrity-obsessed society, Jimmy Conway becomes a bogus celebrity, wins an award for something he never did, is photographed in magazines posing in someone else's house, and ultimately fools, and makes a fool of, the entire celebrity industry. Num Pages: 313 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press New York
- Number of pages
- 313
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KRS0004541
- ISBN
- 9780802141347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Alice never imagined that she would end up like this. Is she the only mother who feels so permanently panic-stricken at the terrors of the modern world - or is it normal to sit up in bed all night popping bubble wrap? She worries that too much gluten and dairy may be hindering her children's mental arithmetic. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552771627
- ISBN
- 9780552771627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
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Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Lone Pine Publishing,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551051000
- ISBN
- 9781551051000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.62
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€ 12.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781448208005
- ISBN
- 9781448208005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.39
€ 23.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632861894
- ISBN
- 9781632861894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. In the long hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war. But on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind: Mrs Petty, the widowed farmer, has had her hunch proved correct that the mounds on her land hold buried treasure. As the dig proceeds, it becomes clear though that this is no ordinary find. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 121 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141016382
- ISBN
- 9780141016382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.70
€ 10.99
€ 9.70