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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Pobby and Dingan live in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, the opal capital of Australia. They are friends with Kellyanne Williamson, the daughter of a miner: indeed only she can see them. Ashmol Williamson, Kellyanne's brother thinks his sister should grow up and stop being such a fruit loop - until the day when Pobby and Dingan disappear. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285625
ISBN
9780099285625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. When Christy and Joe Davenport are handed the keys to Number 40 on picture-perfect Lime Park Road, Christy knows it should be a dream come true. How strange though that the house was on the market for such a low price. That the previous owners, the Frasers, had renovated the entire property yet moved out within a year. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405919845
ISBN
9781405919845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented the Commitments in the eighties is now forty-seven, with a loving wife, four kids .. and bowel cancer. He isn't dying, he thinks, but he might be. On his path through Dublin he meets two of the Commitments - Outspan, whose own illness is probably terminal, and Imelda Quirk, still as gorgeous as ever. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099587132
ISBN
9780099587132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. An anthology of 29 modern lesbian short stories compiled by Emma Donoghue. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 5SL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472109859
ISBN
9781472109859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Victorian London is in the grip of a wave of crime and murder, with its citizens no longer able to trust the police to protect them. The newly formed Murder Squad of Scotland Yard, made up of just twelve detectives, battles in vain against the tide of violence and cruelty. Series: Scotland Yard Murder Squad. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958919
ISBN
9780241958919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. An irresistibly feel-good story set in the Cotswolds from bestseller Veronica Henry, all about why home really is where the heart is. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409166573
ISBN
9781409166573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Warm, engaging, contemporary fiction about a woman who's so busy organising others' lives and loves, she neglects her own. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782066095
ISBN
9781782066095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Dripping with New York glamour, this bestseller will capture the hearts of all those who loved The Devil Wears Prada Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286. Clean copy.Trade paperback
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KEX0219186
ISBN
9780007182657
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. American psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole live in a villa on the French Riviera, surrounded by a circle of glamorous friends. When beautiful film star Rosemary Hoyt arrives she is drawn to the couple - Dick contemplates an affair, while Nicole believes she's found a new best friend. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 114 x 26. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140282559
ISBN
9780140282559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. It's Paris, 1937. Andras Levi, an architecture student, has arrived from Budapest with a scholarship, a single suitcase, and a mysterious letter he has promised to deliver to Clara Morgenstern a young widow living in the city. When Andras meets Clara he is drawn deeply into her extraordinary and secret life. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015095
ISBN
9780141015095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Unlike cats, bluebears have 27 lives, which can be very handy when one considers the manner in which the hero of this story repeatedly manages to avoid death only by a paw's breadth. The story describes Captain Bluebear's first 13 and a half lives. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285328
ISBN
9780099285328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.51

Paperback. Sara has never left Sweden but at the age of 28 she decides it's time. She cashes in her savings, packs a suitcase full of books and sets off for Broken Wheel, Iowa, a town where she knows nobody. With a little help from the locals, Sara sets up Broken Wheel's first bookstore. The shop might be a little quirky but then again, so is Sara. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593676
ISBN
9780099593676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The new novel from Emylia Hall, author of A Heart Bent Out of Shape, winner of the Novelicious Book of the Year Award 2013, and The Book of Summers, voted the best Richard & Judy Book Club pick of summer 2012. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472211972
ISBN
9781472211972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. For fans of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time comes this landmark novel about autism, memory, and, ultimately, redemption. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631491924
ISBN
9781631491924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. A young teacher takes his first job in a sleepy French town. Lost in a succession of rainy days and sleepless nights, he falls under the spell of a town resident, a woman of seductive beauty and singular charm. Translator(s): Mason, Wyatt. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300180701
ISBN
9780300180701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.71

Paperback. Leads you through many different books including a detective adventure, a romance, a satire, an erotic story, a diary, and a quest. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099430896
ISBN
9780099430896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.08

Paperback. Part of the twelve-novel sequence, "A Dance to the Music of Time". Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472391
ISBN
9780099472391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. From the outside, Vicky Townsley would appear to have it all. Features Director of the hugely successful Poise! magazine, she lives alone in London, is single and seriously successful. But she'd give it all up in a heartbeat for marriage, children, and a house in the country. Amber Winslow on the other hand, has exactly what Vicky Townsley wants. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 338. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KAK0006882
ISBN
9780141021720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. From the outside, Vicky Townsley would appear to have it all. Features Director of the hugely successful Poise! magazine, she lives alone in London, is single and seriously successful. But she'd give it all up in a heartbeat for marriage, children, and a house in the country. Amber Winslow on the other hand, has exactly what Vicky Townsley wants. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 336. Some shelf wear, but remains good
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KTJ0007456
ISBN
9780141021720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. and Other Stories. 192 pages. Offers a collection of six tales from the underground. In this book, from the opening story, in which Slim meets Airtight Willie, one of New York's slickest con men, to "Satin", a classic tale of revenge in which a heist goes badly wrong, the reader is hooked into a rollercoaster ride through the badlands of urban America. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 164 x 200 x 12. Weight: 164.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857869814
ISBN
9780857869814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pantheon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375714986
ISBN
9780375714986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.28

Paperback. Features seventy-nine stories such as: love stories, ghost stories, stories of childhood, of English middle-class life in the twenties and thirties, and of London during the Blitz. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 49. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287735
ISBN
9780099287735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Sense and Sensibility moves to Westport, Connecticut, in this New York Times bestselling homage to the classic novel. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KOC0012774
ISBN
9781849016063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'This is autobiography taken to the highest reaches of fiction, another wonderful novel of scorching power, shot through with honesty and lyricism' Observer Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006547013
ISBN
9780006547013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.45

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