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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Spanning the decades that saw Northern Ireland move from brutal conflict to uncertain peace in the 1990s, this powerful new take on the literature of the Troubles is both a political coming-of-age novel and a fast-paced literary thriller. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Myriad Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908434142
ISBN
9781908434142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Three cities, two years, one chance: from the author of the critically acclaimed debut So It Is - shortlisted for best first book at the Scottish Book Awards 2013 - comes the hard-hitting story of a young man determined to find his voice. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Myriad Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908434371
ISBN
9781908434371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Media tie-in
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405931564
ISBN
9781405931564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Over seventy years have passed since sisters Rose and Connie Doughty found an abandoned baby near their home on the island Scribbly Gum. With no one to take care of it, Rose and Connie took the baby in as their own. Since then the 'Munro Baby Mystery' has brought fame and fortune, putting Scribbly Gum on the tourist map. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405918510
ISBN
9781405918510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Liane Moriarty, top ten bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, imagines losing the most important ten years of your life in What Alice Forgot. Alice is twenty-nine. She adores sleep, chocolate, and her ramshackle new house. She's newly engaged to the wonderful Nick and is pregnant with her first baby. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141043760
ISBN
9780141043760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Mother of three and wife of John-Paul, Cecilia discovers an old envelope in the attic. Written in her husband's hand, it says: to be opened only in the event of my death. Curious, she opens it - and time stops. John-Paul's letter confesses to a terrible mistake which, if revealed, would wreck their family as well as the lives of others. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405911665
ISBN
9781405911665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Jane hasn't lived anywhere longer than six months since her son was born five years ago. She keeps moving in an attempt to escape her past. Now the idyllic seaside town of Pirriwee has pulled her to its shores and Jane finally feels like she belongs. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781405916363
ISBN
9781405916363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781405932097
ISBN
9781405932097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.45

Paperback. Hypnotherapist Ellen is fascinated by what makes people tick. So when she falls in love with Patrick, the fact that he has a stalker doesn't faze her in the slightest. If anything it intrigues her, and the more she hears about Saskia, the more she wants to meet this woman. But what Ellen doesn't know is that they've already met.. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241955062
ISBN
9780241955062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.68

Paperback. They say trouble always comes in threes. And for sisters Lyn, Cat and Gemma Kettle, the year they turn thirty-three is no exception. Through everything, the bonds of the sisters are strong enough to withstand whatever life throws at them. That is until the night of their thirty-fourth birthday dinner.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
9781405918497
ISBN
9781405918497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy showing light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0003755
ISBN
9781405932097
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.45

Paperback. A funny, touching, sometimes profound story about love, memory, and the loss of illusions Num Pages: 320 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Flame Edition
SKU
KRF0038026
ISBN
9780340793916
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A powerful novel from Radio 4 presenter and Times columnist Libby Purves, inspired by the loss of her own son Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340837436
ISBN
9780340837436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Translator(s): McClellan, T. M. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166317
ISBN
9780231166317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Unable to keep up with the financial demands of the "big men" who control his village, Dhane and his family suffer one calamity after another, and a series of quarrels with fellow villagers forces them into exile. This novel offers readers a window into the lives of the people by depicting in subtle detail the stark realities of village life. Translator(s): Hutt, Michael J. Num Pages: 152 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143561
ISBN
9780231143561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Haiti's complex social and political situation is the setting for this story of two women ordained by the spirits of Vodou to be "marasa" (twins) in spite of their birth into unrelated families of different classes. Translator(s): Bodkin, Robin Orr. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Second Paperback Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813917535
ISBN
9780813917535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9789927118197
ISBN
9789927118197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Set in three households in Maputo, this is the story of how a South African conspiracy to infiltrate and destabilize Mozambique creates tragedy for ordinary people. It weaves together present events and past memories in the drama of a few short hours. Translator(s): Bartlett, Richard; Oliveira, Isaura de. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435912093
ISBN
9780435912093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.21

Paperback. An absorbing Sunday Times bestselling wartime saga from this much-loved author. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 240. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KRF0018311
ISBN
9780752864204
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Set in a Lyons Corner House in London, this is the third compelling novel in the series set against the backdrop of the Second World War. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 178 x 35. Weight in Grams: 208. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KRF0031039
ISBN
9780752848204
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. From the outbreak of the Second World War to the evacuation of Dunkirk, GOODBYE SWEETHEART follows the fortunes of the people who live in a working-class street in Portsmouth. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Orion
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KRF0031016
ISBN
9781857978124
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Set in a Lyon's Corner House in London, this is the second novel in the series set against the backdrop of the Second World War which began with CORNER HOUSE GIRLS. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 29. Weight in Grams: 232. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KRF0030972
ISBN
9780752844480
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. April 1955, and spring is in the air in Burracombe .. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409153177
ISBN
9781409153177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Through the hard times and the good, true friends stand side by side. Set in Devon, the terrific new novel in the feel-good Burracombe series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409128236
ISBN
9781409128236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

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