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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Barbara Parker is Miss Blackpool of 1964, but she doesn't want to be a beauty queen. She only wants to make people laugh. So she leaves her hometown behind, takes herself off to London, and lands a life-changing audition for a new BBC comedy series. Overnight she becomes Sophie Straw: charming, gorgeous, destined to win the nation's hearts. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 b/w photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241965221
ISBN
9780241965221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Will is thirty-six, comfortable and child-free. And he's discovered a brilliant new way of meeting women - through single-parent groups. Marcus is twelve and a little bitnerdish: he's got the kind of mother who made him listen to Joni Mitchell rather than Nirvana. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969809
ISBN
9780241969809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer's pretty simple: he has, in his own words, 'pissed his life away'. And on New Year's Eve he's going to end it all.. but not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin's private party. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969953
ISBN
9780241969953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Dimension: 182 x 114 x 19. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Export
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969946
ISBN
9780241969946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Dimension: 181 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969878
ISBN
9780241969878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. London GP Katie Carr always thought she was a good person. With her husband David making a living as 'The Angriest Man in Holloway', she figured she could put up with anything. Until, that is, David meets DJ Goodnews and becomes a good person too. A far-too-good person who starts committing crimes of charity. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969823
ISBN
9780241969823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents' groups full of available mothers, all hoping to meet a Nice Guy. Which is how Will meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 19. Weight in Grams: 164. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KAK0010551
ISBN
9780141007335
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241981214
ISBN
9780241981214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents' groups full of available mothers, all hoping to meet a Nice Guy. Which is how Will meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 19. Weight in Grams: 164. Good copy with minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTG0001329
ISBN
9780141007335
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Sam is sixteen and a skater. There's no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam: his mum's got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he's thinking about college and he's met someone. Alicia. Then a little accident happens. One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241969847
ISBN
9780241969847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143130710
ISBN
9780143130710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. A very funny, energetic, wonderfully engaging novel about where we're from and where we'd like to get to.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007346721
ISBN
9780007346721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. An army roadblock. An American intelligence agent. Michael Teak is not afraid of mercenaries. Life here comes at a price and as a CIA operative, Teak is holding the money. On the back seat of his car is a suitcase stuffed with narcotics; in the front, a gun and an envelope of US dollars. And then a bomb explodes. Was he the target? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 287. 304 pages. An army roadblock. An American intelligence agent. Michael Teak is not afraid of mercenaries. Life here comes at a price and as a CIA operative, Teak is holding the money. On the back seat of his car is a suitcase stuffed with narcotics; in the front, a gun and an envelope of US dollars. And then a bomb explodes. Was he the target?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight: 286.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848870635
ISBN
9781848870635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. 256 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FF. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 17. Weight: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Luath Press Limited
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842820391
ISBN
9781842820391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Weight in Grams: 0.65.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503948426
ISBN
9781503948426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. A big-hearted masterpiece of small-town life from a glorious new voice in American fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781509801756
ISBN
9781509801756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.67

paperback. Newly unemployed Felicity sets out to renovate a remote Norfolk cottage. The contemporary story frames another seen through the eyes of a sexy, neolithic lesbian whose spirit comments scathingly on Britain's modern times. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 5SL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Onlywomen Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906500453
ISBN
9780906500453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.33

Paperback. In the maze of Venice's canals, bridges and piazzas, one woman sets herself a goal to find the ten things that could be the key to her happiness Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409150831
ISBN
9781409150831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Escape to Italy with this sumptuous story of secrets and friendships under Mediterranean skies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Orion Publishing
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752884394
ISBN
9780752884394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Two feuding families, two love stories - and a lot of delicious Italian food. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Orion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752883915
ISBN
9780752883915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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