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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A safe, sustainable future is certainly not assured, granted the awesome power of vested interest and inert bureaucracies. But on the evidence provided in Rays of Hope, such a future appears well worth fighting for. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; RNF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280. 240p. Paperback. P.B. Keywords: "Science & Nature - Environment & Ecology - Natural Resources Management,Subjects - Fiction - By Period - General,Subjects - Fiction - General,Subjects - Science & Natur"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company Ltd Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
SKU
KON0587605
ISBN
9780393064223
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A slice of crazed, rural, Irish gothic: the tale of murder in a small Irish village in Donegal, Bogmail is a classic of modern Irish literature. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786696618
ISBN
9781786696618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Intensely emotional and relentlessly suspenseful, I Do Not Sleep is the latest bestseller from broadcaster, journalist and Book Club champion, Judy Finnigan. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751548655
ISBN
9780751548655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize Shortlisted for the 2014 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 'An achievement worthy to stand alongside those of Crace's great fictional influence, William Golding.' Sunday Times Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330445672
ISBN
9780330445672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408859070
ISBN
9781408859070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. A deeply moving and richly textured story about a woman's search for her Greek birth-father in modern-day Greece and her journey into the dark heart of contemporary Greek history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082749
ISBN
9781847082749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.08

Paperback. Series: Pike's Peak. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA; FT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Ohio University Press Ohio
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227536
ISBN
9780804010474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A truly Great Read - 'Convincing, exotic, lively, for sheer story-telling it puts other so-called "epics" in the shade' Standard Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340938324
ISBN
9780340938324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts. His adolescent daughter spends his money with a skill that amazes him so when a mysterious Englishman offers him an extra income he's tempted. In return all he has to do is file a few reports. But when his fake reports start coming true things suddenly get more complicated. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780099286080
ISBN
9780099286080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.45

paperback. Max likes to make noise, get dirty, ride his bike without a helmet and howl like a wolf. In any other age he would have just been considered a boy. These days he is considered wilful and deranged. After a row with his mother, Max runs away. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141037134
ISBN
9780141037134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.66

Paperback. *A witty, perceptive novel on the unusual theme of adoption. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276. Clean copy in good condition.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KLJ0001765
ISBN
9780349110837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and winner of the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 35. Weight in Grams: 364. 2014 REPRINT
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340822784
ISBN
9780340822784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Fleet
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708898406
ISBN
9780708898406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. A dark story of loss, friendship, love and the lengths we'll go to cope, from the winner of the 2016 Luke Bitmead Bursary. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079252
ISBN
9781785079252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. On the outbreak of war, Belle Reilly's husband Jimmy enlists and heads for the deadly trenches of northern France. Volunteering to help battlefield wounded, Belle is posted to France as a Red Cross ambulance driver. There, a tragic accident brings her face to face with Etienne - a man from her past she's never quite forgotten. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2000th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950371
ISBN
9780241950371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. * A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080687
ISBN
9781844080687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in extremist political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is a note. At home, his family slowly begins to unravel. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554486
ISBN
9780099554486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. In the small Bosnian town of Visegrad the stone bridge of the novel's title, built in the sixteenth century on the instruction of a grand vezir, bears witness to three centuries of conflict. This title chronicles the lives of Catholics, Moselms and Orthodox Christians that unable to reconcile their disparate loyalties. Translator(s): Edwards, Lovette F. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Harvill Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860460586
ISBN
9781860460586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. The great masterpiece of the living Dutch novelist most often tipped as a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature - a classic tale of the European settlers' experience in the Far East worthy of the great Victorians. Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271717
ISBN
9781846271717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. The explosive new thriller by the New York Timesbestseller, Lisa Unger. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471150470
ISBN
9781471150470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.19

Paperback. Michel is ten years old, living in Pointe Noire, Congo, in the 1970s. His mother sells peanuts at the market, his father works at the Victory Palace Hotel, and brings home books left behind by the white guests. Planes cross the sky overhead, and Michel and his friend Lounes dream about the countries where they'll land. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846685842
ISBN
9781846685842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. 'The Namesake' is the story of a boy brought up Indian in America. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006551805
ISBN
9780006551805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.83

Paperback. Larry is a teenager wrestling not only with his sexuality and the implications of a physical relationship with his younger brother, but with the very point of his existence. He is numb to almost all that surrounds him. As the book opens, Larry has been paid $500 by a senior to kill a fellow pupil and retrieve the boy's notebook. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 97. 128 pages. Larry is a teenager wrestling not only with his sexuality and his physical relationship with his brother, but with the very point of his existence. When a senior pays him to kill a fellow pupil and retrieve a notebook, it seems simple, but once he delves into the notebook, complications arise. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 9. Weight: 96.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841954127
ISBN
9781841954127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback.
Publisher
Headline
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780755397570
ISBN
9780755397570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 5.70

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