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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Richard Hannay finds a corpse in his flat, and becomes involved in a plot by spies to precipitate war and subvert British naval power. The resourceful victim of a manhunt, he is pursued by both the police and the ruthless conspirators. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260803
ISBN
9781853260803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Richard Hannay gets caught up quite suddenly on a dull London afternoon in a situation of extreme danger. Before he knows what is happening he is the obvious suspect for a murder committed in his own flat, and has to go on the run to his native Scotland. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140011302
ISBN
9780140011302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. Three high-flying men who suffer from boredom concoct a plan to cure it. They inform 3 Scottish estates that they will poach from each two stags and a salmon. They sign collectively as 'John McNab' and await the responses. Part of the "Leithen Stories" series, this novel discusses the hunting, shooting and fishing lifestyle in Highland Scotland. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
Edition
Authorised
Publisher
Polygon (An Imprint of Birlinn Limited)
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846970283
ISBN
9781846970283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.48

Paperback. It's May, 1914. Britain is on the eve of war with Germany. Richard Hannay is living a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising adventure - a desperate hunt across the country and against the clock, pursued by the police and a cunning, ruthless enemy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528395
ISBN
9780099528395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Collects three stories featuring Buchan's character, Edward Leithen, a prosperous Scots lawyer and MP in London. He seeks adventure to relieve the tedium of respectability. These stories present him: making his own adventure by playing the poacher, and seeking a lost friend in the wastes of Canada. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 158 x 46. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
728
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862419950
ISBN
9780862419950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Series: Sonchai Jitpleecheep. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472151445
ISBN
9781472151445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The children of Innertown exist in a state of suspended terror. Every year or so, a boy from their school disappears, vanishing into the wasteland of the old chemical plant. Nobody knows where these boys go. The town policeman, Morrison knows otherwise. He was involved in the cover-up of one boy's murder. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507840
ISBN
9780099507840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

Paperback. As a child, Luke's mother often tells him the story of the Dumb House, an experiment on newborn babies raised in silence, designed to test the innateness of language. As Luke grows up, his interest in language and the delicate balance of life and death leads to amateur dissections of small animals. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870119
ISBN
9781784870119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422372
ISBN
9780099422372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. 'Sharp, intelligent and funny' Sarah Winman, author of When God was a Rabbit Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. Some minor shelf wear but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTJ0046907
ISBN
9780330519892
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Sharp, intelligent and funny' Sarah Winman, author of When God was a Rabbit Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTG0006335
ISBN
9780330519892
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Spanish Flu killed thirty million people in 1918. Now, with history threatening to repeat itself, a scientific expedition speeds toward a remote island on the Arctic Sea. For reporter Frank Daly, it is the story of a lifetime. But, when he meets up with the ship upon its return, it is clear that something has gone terribly wrong. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 27. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Arrow Books Edition
SKU
KAK0003746
ISBN
9780099184027
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Spanish Flu killed thirty million people in 1918. Now, with history threatening to repeat itself, a scientific expedition speeds toward a remote island on the Arctic Sea. For reporter Frank Daly, it is the story of a lifetime. But, when he meets up with the ship upon its return, it is clear that something has gone terribly wrong. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 27. Weight in Grams: 236. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Arrow Books Edition
SKU
KOC0023807
ISBN
9780099184027
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection by Pulitzer prize-winning novelist John Cheever that shows the power and range of one of the finest short story writers. It includes masterpieces such as "The Swimmer" and "Goodbye, My Brother" and date from the time of his honourable discharge from the Army at the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 49. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099748304
ISBN
9780099748304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. Eliot Nailles loves his wife and son to distraction; Paul Hammer is a bastard named after a common household tool. Neighbours in Bullet Park, the two become fatefully linked by the mysterious binding power of their names in Cheever's sharp and funny hymn to the dubious normality of the American suburbs. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099914105
ISBN
9780099914105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Introduces the Wapshots of St Botolphs. This title features Captain Leander Wapshot, venerable sea-dog and would-be suicide; his licentious older son, Moses; and Moses' adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099275275
ISBN
9780099275275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Selected from the book Collected Stories by John Cheever VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Death by Julian Barnes Eating by Nigella Lawson Psychedelics by Aldous Huxley Calm by Tim Parks Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872649
ISBN
9781784872649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.87

Paperback. Once upon a time the Wapshots of St Botolphs were distinguished for their unshakeable good opinion of themselves. But the family members have drifted far from their New England village - and into the demented caprices of the mighty, the bad graces of the IRS and the humiliating abyss of adulterous passion. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540595
ISBN
9780099540595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Ezekiel Farragut is a college professor, a drug-addict and a murderer. Locked in Falconer State Penitentiary, he struggles through tormenting visits from his wife, the burden of memory and guilt, and the brutal monotony of his surroundings to retain his humanity, finding the possibility of redemption through an affair with a fellow prisoner. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099583134
ISBN
9780099583134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In an idyllic American village, elderly romantic Lemuel Sears still has it in him to fall wildly in love with strangers of both sexes. But Sears' paradise is under threat. Can Sears thwart the monstrous aspects of late-twentieth-century civilisation and save his beloved village? Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099411512
ISBN
9780099411512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Describes the world of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady. This novel chronicles the private lives the Beats lived before they became public figures. It also describes an individualistic post-World II New York where crime is celebrated, writing is revered, and parties, booze, discussions, drugs and sex punctuate life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188393
ISBN
9780141188393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170519
ISBN
9781590170519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.39

Paperback. The adventures of Samuel Johnson, his dog Boswell, two demons, four dwarfs and a very polite monster. Series: Samuel Johnson Adventure. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 b&w, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444751857
ISBN
9781444751857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Funny, scary adventure with a dachshund, demons, science - and footnotes Series: Samuel Johnson Adventure. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w picture. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 197 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444706741
ISBN
9781444706741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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