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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Sean Tallow has two desires in life. One is to step into the shoes of his glamorous friend Daniel Pagett and the other is to establish the truth about the School of the Night, a shadowy group of Elizabethans who clustered around Sir Walter Raleigh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. Weight in Grams: 218. Sean Tallow has two desires in life. One is to step into the shoes of his glamorous friend Daniel Pagett and the other is to establish the truth about the School of the Night, a shadowy group of Elizabethans who clustered around Sir Walter Raleigh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0000980
- ISBN
- 9780099285861
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The fantastic new edition of the bestselling second novel from the author of 'Miss Garnet's Angel'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226. The fantastic new edition of the bestselling second novel from the author of 'Miss Garnet's Angel'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- 2nd Impression
- SKU
- KKD0000983
- ISBN
- 9781841156590
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Jolene Iolas, a student in upstate New York, encounters the work of Martin Sloane while visiting a Toronto gallery. She strikes up a correspondence with the older artist and eventually they become lovers. Then, without a word of warning, he vanishes, and Jolene loses everything to her grief. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 263. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0000041
- ISBN
- 9780099460268
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Billy Casper is a boy with nowhere to go and nothing to say; part of the limbo generation of school leavers too old for lessons and too young to know anything about the outside world. He hates and is hated. His family and friends are mean and tough and they're sure he's going to end up in big trouble. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 98. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KSS0000584
- ISBN
- 9780140029529
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Journalist Maxime Touta is the perfect eye through which to observe an Egypt poised on the brink of change. The Suez Canal is nearing completion, and Ottoman Egypt is torn between the French and the British. For Maxime the political machinations of the day are woven in with the life of his family. Translator(s): Brownjohn, J.Maxwell. Series: Harvill Panther S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0000593
- ISBN
- 9781860469688
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A collection of short stories from Alice Walker. Opening with an account of her early marriage to a Jewish lawyer and their life in racist Mississippi, the collection goes on to cover themes of idealism, lost love and hope. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Women's Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0000620
- ISBN
- 9780704346888
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241981214
- ISBN
- 9780241981214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
€ 11.99
€ 10.05
Paperback. From the author of THE HUSTLER, THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT is a modern classic about a troubled chess prodigy and her battle to survive. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781474600842
- ISBN
- 9781474600842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 29. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clear copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KYB0000374
- ISBN
- 9781842232088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. An exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. An international bestseller. Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232. Well-read paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KIN0006995
- ISBN
- 9780753804704
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Jay Mackintosh is trapped by memory in the old familiar landscape of his childhood, to which he longs to return. A bottle of home-brewed wine left to him by a long-vanished friend seems to provide the key to an old mystery. As the unusual properties of the strange brew take effect, Jay escapes to a derelict farmhouse in the French village. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOC0012773
- ISBN
- 9780552998000
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Etsuko lives alone in rural England, trying to come to terms with the recent suicide of her daughter. A visit from her other daughter Niki sends Etsuko retreating into the depths of her memory. She finds herself reliving one particular summer in Nagasaki, when she and her friends struggled to rebuild their lives after the horrors of World War Two. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571258253
- ISBN
- 9780571258253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. 'Sweeping, magnificently detailed and ambitious' The Sunday Times Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780755377756
- ISBN
- 9780755377756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. The extraordinary sequel to the bestselling BIG STONE GAP: What happens when love just isn't enough? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9781849834032
- ISBN
- 9781849834032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. The third in the bestselling and much-loved BIG STONE GAP series Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9781849834049
- ISBN
- 9781849834049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. In India, at the birth of the last century, an infant is brought howling into the world, his remarkable paleness marking him out from his brown-skinned fellows. Revered at first, he is later cast out from his wealthy home when his true parentage is revealed. So begins Pran Nath's odyssey of self-discovery. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141008288
- ISBN
- 9780141008288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
paperback. It is October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago bearing south-south-east. On board was Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel for the Swedish navy. As a child Tobiasson-Svartman was fascinated by measurement; nothing is as magical as exact knowledge. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099542193
- ISBN
- 9780099542193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.15
€ 5.15
Paperback. 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 40. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784162122
- ISBN
- 9781784162122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.50
€ 13.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. Follows the fortunes of Jack - struggling painter, lad about town, charmer - and Amy - disorganized, funny and looking for love. Whilst Jack outlines his tactics for a night on the town and the seduction of the gorgeous Amy, Amy plans how to hook the first decent man she's met in ages. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- SKU
- KHS1077919
- ISBN
- 9780099279273
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. I promise: you will never forget this extraordinary story. Love, connection, loyalty, raw humanity and much more are the ingredients of this most unusual novel. Lori Lansens' blend of tragedy and comedy will touch you deeply' Isabel Allende Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- SKU
- KHS1077921
- ISBN
- 9781844083664
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The sequel to 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001278
- ISBN
- 9780007108831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. From one of Israel's most important and acclaimed contemporary writers Translator(s): Halkin, Hillel. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001280
- ISBN
- 9781841952420
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Mixing fiction and nonfiction, Skinner breathes new imaginative life into the story of a twentieth century icon. Bewitched by the beauty of a troupe of native dancers and the strange music of the gamelan, Margaretha changes her name to Mata Hari and goes to Paris, where she is drawn into a web of espionage resulting in her death by firing squad. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001295
- ISBN
- 9780571209347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A scholar pursues an elusive biographer, stumbling upon buried fragments of distant lives; a woman walks out of her previous existence and encounters an ice-blond stranger from a secretive world. This title deals with betrayal and loyalty, quests and longings, loneliness and passion - the mysterious absences at the heart of the fullest lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001472
- ISBN
- 9780099273769
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95