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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. It is 1945. Somewhere in Central Europe, in the aftermath of violence and confusion, a terrified and bloodstained young woman, Eliska, emerges from the forest to take refuge in an apparently abandoned castle. Soon she is joined by others. But the war has changed things for ever. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000966
ISBN
9780552778763
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The appearance of two outsiders on a Mediterranean island - one a castaway and atheist, the other a child suckled by wolves and knowing nothing of God - find themselves the subjects of a bizarre experiment. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000967
ISBN
9780552997805
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780399576041
ISBN
9780399576041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594486432
ISBN
9781594486432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.27

Paperback. Fourteen wonderful tales by 'the Jane Austen of our time' Harpers & Queen. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552152556
ISBN
9780552152556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Discovered by a young lieutenant, Raymond Kelvedon in a Normandy Chateau in 1944, she had cast her spell over his family. Hanging in a turret of their lovely Cotswold house, Pandora witnessed Raymond's tempestuous wife Galena both entertaining a string of lovers, and giving birth to her four children. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 47. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Corgi Adult London
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552156400
ISBN
9780552156400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.03

Paperback. A light-hearted romp from 'The Jane Austen of our time' - Harpers & Queen Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 col. port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Publication date
1977
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552152518
ISBN
9780552152518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A light-hearted romp from 'The Jane Austen of our time' - Harpers & Queen Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552152495
ISBN
9780552152495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. The trouble with the Mulholland family, Prudence decided, was that they were all in love with the wrong people. She'd been overjoyed when Pendle, her super-cool barrister boyfriend, invited her home for the weekend to meet his family. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
256
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552152563
ISBN
9780552152563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. There was no doubt Bella Parkinson was a success: the most promising actress in London, bright, sexy - and hopelessly scatterbrained - she was taking the town by storm. Rupert Henriques, dashingly handsome and wealthy enough to buy her every theatre in London if she wanted it, couldn't wait to marry her.. But Bella had a secret in her past. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Publication date
2005
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552152501
ISBN
9780552152501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Abigail Rosen, nicknamed Appassionata, was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist in classical music, but she was also the loneliest and the most exploited girl. When a dramatic suicide attempt destroyed her violin career, she set her sights on the male-dominated heights of the conductor's rostrum. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Corgi Adult
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552156387
ISBN
9780552156387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Brooding hero Jake Lovell, under whose magic hands even the most difficult horse or woman is charmed, is driven by his loathing of the dashing darling of the show ring, Rupert Campbell-Black. Having pinched each other's horses and drunk their way around the capitals of Europe, the feud between the two men finally erupts. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 43. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552172424
ISBN
9780552172424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. Janna Curtis, the dynamic new head of Larks (Larkminster Comprehensive), has been drafted in to save what is a fast-sinking school from closure. Janna is young, pretty, enthusiastic and vastly brave - and she will do anything to rescue her demoralised, run-down and cash-strapped school. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 612. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTM0000937
ISBN
9780552151566
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. As a librarian, Imogen read a lot of books, but none of them covered real life on the Riviera. Her holiday with tennis ace, Nicky, and the whole glamorous coterie of journalist, playboy, photographer, was a revelation - and so was she. A prize worth winning. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552152549
ISBN
9780552152549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Janna Curtis, the dynamic new head of Larks (Larkminster Comprehensive), has been drafted in to save what is a fast-sinking school from closure. Janna is young, pretty, enthusiastic and vastly brave - and she will do anything to rescue her demoralised, run-down and cash-strapped school. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 670. Janna Curtis, the dynamic new head of Larks (Larkminster Comprehensive), has been drafted in to save what is a fast-sinking school from closure. Janna is young, pretty, enthusiastic and vastly brave - and she will do anything to rescue her demoralised, run-down and cash-strapped school. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 670. Good, clean copy. Covers and page edges showing minor shelfwear
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KSG0006619
ISBN
9780552151566
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. As soon as Octavia caught a glimpse of Jeremy in the nightclub, she knew she just had to have him. It didn't matter that he'd just got engaged to an old school friend of hers, plump, good natured Gussie; he was looking at Octavia in the way that suggested bed rather than breakfast, and she was weak at the knees.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
272
Publication date
2005
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552152525
ISBN
9780552152525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Lysander Hawkley combined breathtaking good looks with the kindest of hearts. He couldn't pass a stray dog, an ill-treated horse or a neglected wife without rushing to the rescue. And with neglected wives the rescue invariably led to ecstatic bonking, which didn't please their erring husbands one bit. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 42. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
SKU
9780552156394
ISBN
9780552156394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.97

paperback. Sir Robert Rannaldini had two ambitions: to seduce his stepdaughter Tabitha Campbell-Black, and to put his mark on musical history by making the film of Verdi's opera, Don Carlos. As the crew gather at Rannaldini's haunted abbey for filming, it is inevitable that violent feuds, temperamental screaming, and devious plotting will ensue. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
SKU
9780552156363
ISBN
9780552156363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

paperback. A young boy's flights of fancy triumph over family tragedy Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 4522 x 3226 x 9. Weight in Grams: 137.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press (IPS) United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223432
ISBN
9780253223432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. Victor, an 80-year-old multimillionaire, surveys his empire from the remoteness of his cloud-capped penthouse. Focusing on the one area of vitality and chaos that remains in the streets below him, he formulates a plan to leave a mark on the city - one as indelible and disruptive as the mark the city left on him. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330453332
ISBN
9780330453332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize Shortlisted for the 2014 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 'An achievement worthy to stand alongside those of Crace's great fictional influence, William Golding.' Sunday Times Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
SKU
9780330445672
ISBN
9780330445672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Jim Crace's Booker-shortlisted masterpiece. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781447275145
ISBN
9781447275145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.32

Paperback. Clean copy in good to very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Dorchester Publishing Company
Number of pages
353
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New
SKU
KLJ0002665
ISBN
9780843946017
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. George Gastin is part of an insurance scam to wreck a Cadillac originally meant for the Big Bopper, but George has other ideas and disappears with the car. On his quest to find the spirit of rock 'n' roll he is pursued by gangsters and meets hitch-hikers and demented preachers. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274. 336 pages. George Gastin is part of an insurance scam to wreck a Cadillac originally meant for the Big Bopper, but George has other ideas and disappears with the car. On his quest to find the spirit of rock 'n' roll he is pursued by gangsters and meets hitch-hikers and demented preachers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight: 276.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841954868
ISBN
9781841954868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

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