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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Grains of sand, bridges, shampoo, a bike, board games, yoga, sellotape, birds, balloons, tattoos, wandering hands, tweezers, maths, fish, letterboxes, puppets, a vacuum cleaner, a ball of string - and love. In this novel of yous and mes, of hims and hers, Pagano choreographs the objects, gestures, places and persons through which love is made real. Translator(s): Higgins, Jennifer; Lewis, Sophie. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276766
ISBN
9781908276766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.50

Hardcover. A story which evokes a bygone rural life, and is charged with a personal passion that intensifies the novel's outer dramas of seduction and betrayal and inner dramas of moral growth and redemption. Num Pages: 598 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 35. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150599
ISBN
9781857150599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.52

Paperback. One of the best-known experimental novels of the 1960s, this uninhibited tale centres on the hapless members of a love triangle, and their sexual obsession and shared fascination with a mythic saint. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 119 x 27. Weight in Grams: 354.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007318384
ISBN
9780007318384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 171 x 33. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781420140651
ISBN
9781420140651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.53

Paperback. The year is eighteen hundred and thirty one when fifteen-year-old Mary begins the difficult task of telling her story. A scrap of a thing with a sharp tongue and hair the colour of milk, Mary leads a harsh life working on her father's farm alongside her three sisters. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241959541
ISBN
9780241959541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
Number of pages
247
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897142462
ISBN
9781897142462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.48

Paperback. Louise married Paul, brother to Johnnie.. Yet she doesn't get one man with this union - she gets two. Born twelve years apart in a one-bedroom flat in Barking, Paul and Johnnie are close: they're good at making money and make taking power look easy. But while Paul deals on contaminated land, Johnnie is adept at dealing in crime. Num Pages: 256 pages, no pictures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KAK0002911
ISBN
9780141033617
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Three women in love with the same man meet for the first time at his funeral. Can they separate the truth from the lies and learn to trust again? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0011851
ISBN
9781781857861
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 9.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. A story inspired by the emigration to America in 1876 of Helena Modrzejewska, Poland's most celebrated actress, accompanied by her husband, Count Karol Chlapowski, her fifteen-year-old son, Rudolf, the young journalist and future author of "Quo Vadis", Henryk Sienkiewicz, and a few friends; their brief sojourn in Anaheim, California. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190105
ISBN
9780141190105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.52

Paperback. Translator(s): Brookshaw, David. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 166 x 39. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Archipelago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914671480
ISBN
9780914671480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.75

Paperback. When Midlands housewife Coventry Dakin kills her neighbour in a wild bid to prevent him from strangling his wife, she goes on the run. Finding herself alone and friendless in London she tries to lose herself in the city's maze of streets. There, she meets a bewildering cast of eccentric characters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718194833
ISBN
9780718194833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, a 'half-Jewish' farmer's daughter from the plains of the Midwest, has come to university. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny to a couple who seem at once mysterious and glamorous, Tassie is drawn into the life of their newly-adopted child and increasingly complicated household. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571249466
ISBN
9780571249466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. * A new tense psychological thriller from the award-winning author, Russell Celyn Jones. * TEN SECONDS FROM THE SUN is an extraordinary story about what happens when a man is forced to construct a shiny new identity in an effort to escape a dark and terrible past. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KRF0038157
ISBN
9780349117799
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Dori's father has gone travelling in South America and, suffering from some kind of breakdown, following the death of his wife, he goes missing. Dori sets out to find him, leaving his wife and young son at home in Israel. Translator(s): Silverston, Sondra. Num Pages: 624 pages, -. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578550
ISBN
9780099578550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Harbour Books (East) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905128228
ISBN
9781905128228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.27

Paperback. A heartbreaking story of love, loss and grief. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 285. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTG0005995
ISBN
9780330544115
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Jenny Bunn and Patrick Standish have settled into London life with their troubled courtship long behind them. Patrick works in publishing and Jenny teaches sick children in a hospital. They have reached a certain level of maturity, or so they think. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194226
ISBN
9780141194226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Repack
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764228513
ISBN
9780764228513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.45

Paperback. Based on the author's own experiences, this book presents the story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys in World War Two. It offers descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts. It tells of ordinary, heroic men who had to face a brutal menace which would strike without warning from the deep. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042831
ISBN
9780141042831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Following her UK No 2 success with DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL, this is Mary Higgins Clark's new bestseller. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 23. Weight in Grams: 186. Clean copy with some light shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
SKU
KST0022099
ISBN
9780743467735
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Following her UK No 2 success with DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL, this is Mary Higgins Clark's new bestseller. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 23. Weight in Grams: 186. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
SKU
KRF0009148
ISBN
9780743467735
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Through a dialogue between two lovers, this book retells the history of Europe of the twenties and thirties. It weaves together disparate strands of landscape to take the reader on a journey through Spain, London, Soviet Russia, North Africa and middle Europe. Num Pages: 604 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
604
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011116
ISBN
9781906011116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. 'These 39 Arab writers are all under the age of 40. They have flung open the doors on Arabic culture inviting the reader to transcend cultural boundaries and land in a region known as the "Arab World".' Hanan al-Shaykh Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222. New Writing from the Arab World. 320 pages. 'These 39 Arab writers are all under the age of 40. They have flung open the doors on Arabic culture inviting the reader to transcend cultural boundaries and land in a region known as the "Arab World".' Hanan al-Shaykh. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; FA; FYT. Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408809631
ISBN
9781408809631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.56

Paperback. * The ninth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series; Little, Brown are publishing in hardback Series: No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Edition
1st. Paperback Edition
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119953
ISBN
9780349119953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

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