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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Using details from the ancient Scandinavian legends that were the inspiration for "Hamlet", this tale brings to life Gertrude's girlhood as the daughter of King Rorik, her arranged marriage to the man who becomes King, and her middle-aged affair with her husband's younger brother. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140290905
ISBN
9780140290905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

paperback. A collection of stories from the author's final years. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Newspaper clipping pasted to half-title page by previous owner. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022712
ISBN
9780141042596
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
179
Condition
New
SKU
V9780845347423
ISBN
9780845347423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.84

Paperback. Follows three guys, their lovers, their kids and their mates, all trying to make sense of their lives in a world that makes less sense every day. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270. "Commissioning organisation: John Williams. 212 p. 22 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period - General,Subjects - Fiction - General"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0161307
ISBN
9780747570981
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Follows three guys, their lovers, their kids and their mates, all trying to make sense of their lives in a world that makes less sense every day. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KRS0003832
ISBN
9780747570981
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Will Andrews is no academic. He longs for wildness, freedom, hope and vigour. He leaves Harvard and sets out for the West to discover a new way of living. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099589679
ISBN
9780099589679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.33

Paperback. Set in the river bottoms of southeast Texas where the Navasota and Brazos rivers come together, "High John the Conqueror" tells the story of African American cotton farmers struggling to hold on to their land during the last years of the Great Depression. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875651866
ISBN
9780875651866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. This year's Big American Novel is a high-concept epic that races through one family's experience of the twentieth century Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847672322
ISBN
9781847672322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.87

Paperback. In the tunnels beneath New York a young man is missing. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671523
ISBN
9781847671523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.44

hardcover. This year's Big American Novel is a high-concept epic that races through one family's experience of the twentieth century Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 46. Weight in Grams: 784. Hardback, dustjacket has a small tear, otherwise a good copy.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF2233590
ISBN
9781782118923
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 19.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Francis and Diana, two scientists investigating a lichen, discover it has a remarkable property: it retards the aging process. Francis, realising the implications for the world of a youthful, wealthy elite, wants to keep it secret, but Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo by using the lichen to inspire a feminist revolution. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141032986
ISBN
9780141032986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Nuclear war has devastated the world, bringing with it a host of genetic mutations. In the bleak, primitive society that has emerged from its ruins, any sign of deviation, no matter how small, is ruthlessly rooted out and destroyed. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181479
ISBN
9780141181479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. David Strorm's father doesn't approve of Angus Morton's unusually large horses, calling them blasphemies against nature. Little does he realise that his own son, and his son's cousin Rosalind and their friends, have their own secret abberation which would label them as mutants. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152. David Strorm's father doesn't approve of Angus Morton's unusually large horses, calling them blasphemies against nature. Little does he realise that his own son, and his son's cousin Rosalind and their friends, have their own secret abberation which would label them as mutants. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141032979
ISBN
9780141032979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. For the first time since "A Time to Kill", Grisham returns to Ford County, Mississippi - a place rich in colourful characters and dark family secrets. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 153. . Clean copy. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Century
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KST0016725
ISBN
9780712684361
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Gunner's Glory contains true stories of tough battles in the Pacific, in Korea, and in Vietnam, recounted by the machine gunners who fought them. Bloody, wounded, sometimes barely alive, they stayed with their guns, delivering a stream of firepower that often turned defeat into victory. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 101 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Presidio Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345463890
ISBN
9780345463890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.21

paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kwela Books South Africa
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9780795701474
ISBN
9780795701474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. A wonderful, emotionally rich novel of the power of mother love, by the author of THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER. Num Pages: 416 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340895962
ISBN
9780340895962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. One eternal optimist.. Jess Thomas, with two jobs and two kids and never enough money, wears flip flops in the hope of spring. And when life knocks her down she does her best to bounce right back. But no one told her it's okay to ask for help. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 41. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405909051
ISBN
9781405909051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2007 RNA Novel of the Year award, the author of the bestselling SHIP OF BRIDES returns with a stunning and emotionally fulfilling novel. Num Pages: 416 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340895931
ISBN
9780340895931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. The captivating first novel from bestselling and RNA prize-winning author Jojo Moyes. Num Pages: 528 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340960356
ISBN
9780340960356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 113 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405926751
ISBN
9781405926751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Spanning forty years, two women's stories of love, loss and betrayal are intertwined in this perfect reading group novel. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340961643
ISBN
9780340961643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. The spellbinding winner of the Romantic Novelists' Association Novel of the Year Award from bestselling author Jojo Moyes. Num Pages: 512 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340960363
ISBN
9780340960363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. A gorgeous novel of love, friendship, and a horse named Boo, from bestselling and RNA prize-winning author Jojo Moyes. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340961605
ISBN
9780340961605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

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