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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Even as a young man, Hamid Farsi is acclaimed as a master of the art of calligraphy. But as time goes by, he sees that weaknesses in the Arabic language and its script limit its uses in the modern world. In a secret society, he works out schemes for radical reform, never guessing what risks he is running. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 36. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906697280
ISBN
9781906697280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Tessa has just a few months to live. Tessa compiles a list. It's her Ten Things To Do Before I Die list. Tessa's feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, her new boyfriend, all are painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa's time finally runs out. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250. Well-read paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRF0022102
ISBN
9780552774628
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * This exquisite novel tells a love story with a difference. * 'One of my favourite classics' Carmen Callil Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084944
ISBN
9781844084944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Presents an acutely observed study of marriage and manipulation. This title tells the story of the dangers of digging up the dark secrets of the past. Series: Penguin Decades. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044859
ISBN
9780141044859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. A new edition of the bestselling classic tale of a woman scorned, from a much-loved British author. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340589359
ISBN
9780340589359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Johnny Peterson was the kind of lad who could light up a room and inspire the best in everyone he met. Then one night he was killed by a car. Appearing only to his withdrawn younger brother and his grief-stricken mother, Johnny's appearances as an angel will change the lives of everyone forever. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 106 x 15. Weight in Grams: 118. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0230602
ISBN
9780552148559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Johnny Peterson was the kind of lad who could light up a room and inspire the best in everyone he met. Then one night he was killed by a car. Appearing only to his withdrawn younger brother and his grief-stricken mother, Johnny's appearances as an angel will change the lives of everyone forever. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 106 x 15. Weight in Grams: 118. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0031154
ISBN
9780552148559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Presents stories "The Snow Goose" - set in the wild, desolate Essex marshes and is a tale about the relationship between a hunchback and a young girl; and, "The Small Miracle" - a contemporary fable about a young boy's love for his dangerously ill donkey. Illustrator(s): Linton, Anne; Norfield, Ed. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 116 x 6. Weight in Grams: 52.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140299526
ISBN
9780140299526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. A novel about the casualties of war - on the front lines, and at home Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004150
ISBN
9780349004150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.41

Paperback. In a silent valley stands an isolated stone farmhouse, the Mas Lunel. Its owner is Aramon Lunel, an alcoholic so haunted by his violent past that he's become incapable of all meaningful action. Meanwhile, his sister, Audrun dreams of exacting retribution for the unspoken betrayals that have blighted her life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KRF0023536
ISBN
9780099478454
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.99
€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935554479
ISBN
9781935554479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 35. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062386342
ISBN
9780062386342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. The stunning new novel from the internationally bestselling author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 368.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753826492
ISBN
9780753826492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The Number One New York Times bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies and The NamesakeWinner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596592
ISBN
9780747596592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472232120
ISBN
9781472232120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. At a suburban barbecue one afternoon, a man slaps an unruly 3-year-old boy. The boy is not his son. It is a single act of violence, but this one slap reverberates through the lives of everyone who witnesses it happen. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 36. Weight in Grams: 536. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
SKU
KCG0003208
ISBN
9781848873551
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Suspended in a strangely modern-day version of limbo, a young man must create a life for himself in the wake of incarceration. Known only as the Kid, and on probation after doing time for a liaison with an underage girl, he is shackled to a GPS monitoring device and forbidden to live within 2,500 feet of anywhere children might gather. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Clerkenwell Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846685774
ISBN
9781846685774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

CD-Audio. George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece - one of the definitive and most influential novels of the nineteenth century. Now available as an unabridged audiobook. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782115397
ISBN
9781782115397
CD
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
227
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927671
ISBN
9780813927671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.70

Paperback. Cardiff in the 1980s is a place where maths can get you noticed. Rumis Vasi is the town's 'maths prodigy': untangling numbers and Rubik's Cubes protects her from the harsh vagaries of the playground and gives a pattern to her world. But after years of her father's determined tutoring, Rumi finds that numbers are beginning to lose their innocence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141030395
ISBN
9780141030395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 10.81

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