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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
€ 10.81

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

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
€ 11.81

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
€ 12.97

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

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

€ 32.99
€ 25.84

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
€ 11.09

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
€ 9.45

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Canadian Inst of Ukranian Study Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781895571240
ISBN
9781895571240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.86

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
€ 11.04

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
€ 11.09

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

€ 20.99
€ 18.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 446 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Paddleless Press
Number of pages
446
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780952419341
ISBN
9780952419341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

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
€ 12.50

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
€ 15.94

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

Hardback. The Authority looks favourably upon meticulousness, efficiency and ambition. Bjorn has all of this in spades, but it's only in the Room that he can really shine. Unfortunately, his colleagues see things differently. In fact, they don't even see the Room at all. Translator(s): Smith, Neil. Num Pages: 176 pages, -. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781090244
ISBN
9781781090244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Welcome to Los Angeles--where anger, hunger and disease run rampant. Jonny is a black-market dealer in drugs that heal the body and cool the mind. All he cares about is his own survival. Until a strange new plague turns L.A. into a city of death, and Jonny is forced to put everything on the line to find the cure. If it can be found on Earth. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062334480
ISBN
9780062334480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.51

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
€ 14.21

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
€ 11.02

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
€ 18.50

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
€ 14.91

Paperback. Stanley Duke thinks it is safe to sink into middle age, his son goes insane. As if that wasn't terrible enough, Stanley finds himself beset on all sides by women - neurotic, cantankerous, half-baked or just plain capricious. As they gnaw away at his composure, he wonders whether insanity is not something with which women are intimately acquainted. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461043
ISBN
9780099461043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

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