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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Why did Tsuneo's shy wife end up stone dead in a boutique in a louche Tokyo neighborhood? He discovers she's been having an affair, and, in a moment of panic, kills her lover. No apparent motive, no witnesses, a faltering investigation. But the pressure builds and Tsuneo starts making mistakes. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Bitter Lemon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908524638
- ISBN
- 9781908524638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardback. A tale told by an adventurous boy, Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of a treasure map and sets off with an adult crew in search of the buried treasure. Among the crew, however, is the treacherous Long John Silver who is determined to keep the treasure for himself. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: D; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141192451
- ISBN
- 9780141192451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.29
€ 21.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. As the new school year begins, Jack Sheffield prepares for an eventful year than usual. A teacher is appointed, and before long tongues start to wag. Meanwhile, five-year old Madona Fazackerly makes her mark in an unexpected way, life changes dramatically for Ruby the caretaker and, in village Coffee Shop, Dorothy Humpleby plans a dirty weekend. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552167031
- ISBN
- 9780552167031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Explores how the history we think we know is not a series of events but rather a constellation of countless individual lives. And although every story is unique, each is founded on the same human desire - to be remembered. Translator(s): Proctor, Minna. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841959832
- ISBN
- 9781841959832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. When Theo Griepenkerl happens upon the fifth Gospel in a war-torn Iraqi museum, he can't believe his luck. Driven by greed and a lust for fame, he capitalises on his find by publishing it. His book is a sensation. But he can hardly imagine the incendiary consequences his discovery will have for Christians, Arabs, and Amazon customers alike. Series: Myths. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150. Clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KTM0000676
- ISBN
- 9781847672797
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. This novel portrays the experiences of ordinary soldiers fighting World War II. Using the points of view of a perceptive young Nazi, a jaded American film producer, and a shy Jewish boy just married to the love of his life, Irwin Shaw conveys the scope, confusion and complexity of war. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 704 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 42. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226751290
- ISBN
- 9780226751290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.73
€ 33.73
Paperback. The triumphant conclusion to M.K. Hume's magnificent Twilight of the Celts trilogy that completes the epic series about the legend of King Arthur, sure to appeal to fans of Conn Iggulden and George R. R. Martin. Series: Twilight of the Celts. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 42. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472215734
- ISBN
- 9781472215734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. A dramatic family saga, filled to the brim with scandal and intrigue Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 336
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749957995
- ISBN
- 9780749957995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.53
€ 10.99
€ 9.53
Paperback. Many years ago, Iris Greenfeder's mother disappeared. They were living at Hotel Equinox where Iris' father was the manager and where her mother wrote delicate, powerful fantasies. Then one day, she took a train and never returned. She was found dead in a hotel fire in Brooklyn, registered as another man's wife. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 319. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KRA0010917
- ISBN
- 9780099435624
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Two Irish-American scholars from Harvard journey to Albania in the 1930s with a tape recorder in order to record the last genuinely oral epic singers. Their purpose, they say, is to show how Homer's epics might have been culled from a verbal tradition. The two dedicated scholars realise only too late that they have stumbled over an ants' nest. Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099497196
- ISBN
- 9780099497196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. A feisty, flirty tale of one woman's quest to cure her disastrous love life, by Sunday Times bestselling author of Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe (winner of the 2012 Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance) and Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams (RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2013 winner). . The perfect summer read. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751551099
- ISBN
- 9780751551099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. 'I am Akram Khan, formerly Sergeant Khan of the Yeoman's Guard, and I am submitting. I am saving my pleasures for when I am dead.' So begins the story of a young man's journey to radicalisation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782397304
- ISBN
- 9781782397304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.93
€ 21.99
€ 19.93
Paperback. Cal Logan is shocked to see Nicole Bentley sitting across from him at a coffee shop thousands of miles from their hometown. After all, no one has seen or heard from her since they graduated over a year ago. Except this girl isn't Nicole. She looks exactly like Cal's shy childhood crush, but her name is Nyelle Preston and she has no idea who he is. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children´s UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141355900
- ISBN
- 9780141355900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, a collection of some of her finest short stories. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007143009
- ISBN
- 9780007143009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
CD-Audio. When Irene Spencer meets Vera Small at her daughter Lesley's wedding reception they embark upon a correspondence that is quite unlike any other in the history of letter-writing. They live in a world of church fetes and amateur dramatics, but love nothing more than dipping their pens in the vitriol pot - while remaining the firmest of pen-pals. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Publisher
- BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408426401
- ISBN
- 9781408426401
CD
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
€ 14.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. From the acclaimed author of The Rossetti Letter comes a haunting novel of intrigue, romance, and murder that shifts tantalizingly between present-day Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 492. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRF0008920
- ISBN
- 9781847373199
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Opening on the eve of the millennium, when the world as we know it is still recognisable, we meet the nine-year-old narrator as he flees the city with his parents, just ahead of a Y2K breakdown. Next he is a teenager with a growing criminal record, taking his grandparents for a Sunday drive. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099547044
- ISBN
- 9780099547044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. An elegantly constructed story within a story, laced with the wit that characterises the work of this outstanding European writer. Translator(s): Dixon, Adrienne. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782067191
- ISBN
- 9781782067191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Wood, Sarah. Num Pages: 96 pages, full colour artwork. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Full Circle Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957152823
- ISBN
- 9780957152823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.60
€ 24.99
€ 18.60
Hardcover. This Wodehousean comedy features Mike Bond, the owner of Bond's Bank, who finds himself in a spot of trouble and wants someone to burgle the bank before the trustees inspect it. Fortunately Horace Appleby, currently posing as his butler, is on hand to oblige. Horace is, in fact, not a butler but an American gangster.. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591438
- ISBN
- 9781841591438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06