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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The third brilliantly funny and warm-hearted novel in the Little Village School series from bestselling author Gervase Phinn. Series: Little Village School. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444706079
ISBN
9781444706079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. It's 1978, and Jack Sheffield begins his second year as headmaster of a small village primary school in North Yorkshire. There are three letter on his desk - one makes him smile, one makes him sad and one is destined to change his life forever. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Corgi London
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552155274
ISBN
9780552155274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. When Catherine moves several hundred miles away from her sister, Helen says, 'Phone calls aren't enough', but they make it easier to edit the truth. Helen can dismiss Gilbert and his enchanted Factory as 'weird' when she's never met him, and Catherine think Helen foolish for loving the unreliable and dangerous Joe. Neither sees the perils concealed in what they have not told each other, or guesses at the sinister connection between their separate lives. This book is a novel about love and marriage, but even more about hatred and the damage people do to each other in the most ordinary of families. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Sandstone Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910985731
ISBN
9781910985731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.53

Paperback. Discover the original novels behind ITV's Midsomer Murders, featuring favourite characters Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby and Sergeant Troy. Now includes a brand-new foreword by John Nettles, star of the ITV drama. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 200 x 38. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472243713
ISBN
9781472243713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. "Train to Pakistan" is the story of this isolated village that is plunged into the abyss of religious hate. It is also the story of a Sikh boy and a Muslim girl whose love endured and transcends the ravages of war. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802132215
ISBN
9780802132215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. Alice loves to cook. She believes the secret of good food is to cook with passion. Her love affair with cookery has taken her from her parents' seaside hotel, to Paris and then one of Dublin's finest restaurants. Then she marries Liam, and is happy to hang up her chef's hat and cook for her family and friends instead. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KOC0012801
ISBN
9781848270404
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Atlas Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900565479
ISBN
9781900565479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.19

Book. Spilt Milk, a story of two passionate people who share a shameful past and a tenuous present. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234. 200 pages. Spilt Milk, a story of two passionate people who share a shameful past and a tenuous present. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 212 x 136 x 16. Weight: 234.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770097919
ISBN
9781770097919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. A family marooned. Only one hotel in town. What could possibly go wrong? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 317 x 27. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780228853
ISBN
9781780228853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Hardcover. On his way home from school, the young narrator finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake. Led to a special 'reading room' in a maze under the library by a strange old man, he finds himself imprisoned. Translator(s): Goossen, Ted. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 176 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846559211
ISBN
9781846559211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.89

Paperback. Rumer Godden's classic novel tells the story of a young English woman's dramatic and disturbing experiences in Himalayan Kashmir. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088423
ISBN
9781844088423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A fugitive turns up at a young widow's door. Finn is a draft dodger. Afraid of dying and opposed to the war, he could see no way out until a stranger slipped him a calling card for an anti-draft network. Now on the run, he has the promise of a new identity and a new life, but if he is caught, the punishment will be brutal. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747585855
ISBN
9780747585855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.30

Hardback. Includes "Things Fall Apart", "No Longer at Ease", and "Arrow of God". In "Things Fall Apart" the individual tragedy of Okonkwo, 'strong man' and tribal elder in the Nigeria of the 1890s is intertwined with the transformation of traditional Igbo society under the impact of Christianity and colonialism. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Everyman Paperback Classics
Number of pages
536
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593272
ISBN
9781841593272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.94

Paperback. Series: The Ivy Chronicles. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062279910
ISBN
9780062279910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.83

Paperback. .
Publisher
Imprint unknown
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909360235
ISBN
9781909360235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. The poets and soldiers Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen are dispatched to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland in 1917. There, army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating brutalised, shell-shocked men. It is Rivers' job to fix these men and make them ready to fight again. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 177 x 23. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970768
ISBN
9780241970768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 214 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Repack
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764203411
ISBN
9780764203411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.55

Paperback. Presents the story of the Price family that is set in a fire station and the world famous Glasgow School of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
B&W Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845022464
ISBN
9781845022464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.39

Paperback. Julia Hunter and Kate Bain have, it seems, each found true happiness with men old enough to be their fathers. The tranquil lives of the men and the girls seem shattered as new relationships develop and old anxieties surface, and nothing will ever be quite the same again. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KRF0038123
ISBN
9780552994927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This is the story of Thelma, from childhood to adulthood, and her return to England from Canada to study law at Oxford. Through sexual abuse, anorexia and borderline multiple personality disorder, Thelma retains her spirit, wit and imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286585
ISBN
9780099286585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. The land running down to the River Dean has been farmed by the Meredith family for generations. Robin Meredith bought the farm from his father, just before he married his wife Caro and now he and his brother Joe work on the land. But now Caro has died, as much as a mystery to the family as she was when she arrived twenty years ago. Num Pages: 320 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. 317pp
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KON0825688
ISBN
9780552997003
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The fifteenth novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look Series: Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447212362
ISBN
9781447212362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099488859
ISBN
9780099488859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

Paperback. Isabel Bookbinder dreams of pearly white weddings, happy brides, handsome grooms. And champagne towers that don't topple over. She dreams of the perfect wedding. But not for herself.. for her clients. It's all about bride management as far as Isabel's concerned. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 326. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRF0023442
ISBN
9780099545750
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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