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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. 'Things Fall Apart' tells the story of Okonkwo, an important man in the Igbo tribe in the days when white men were first on the scene. Okonkwo becomes exiled from his tribe, as a result of his pride and his fears, with tragic consequences. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series: Classics. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Heinemann
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435913502
ISBN
9780435913502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.23

Paperback. Chloe needs a holiday. She's sick of making wedding dresses and her partner Philip has trouble at work. Her wealthy friend Gerard has offered the loan of his luxury villa in Spain - perfect. Hugh is not a happy man. His immaculate wife Amanda seems more interested in the granite for the new kitchen than in him. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Edition
First Thus
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776752
ISBN
9780552776752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. On the Appalachian Mountains above her home, a young mother discovers a beautiful and terrible marvel of nature: the monarch butterflies have not migrated south for the winter this year. Is this a miraculous message from God, or a spectacular sign of climate change. Entomology expert, Ovid Byron, certainly believes it is the latter. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 47. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571290802
ISBN
9780571290802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Presents a tale about a beautiful social climber, Undine Sprague, who is a monster of selfishness and honestly doesn't know it. She marries well above herself twice and both times fails to recognize her husbands' strengths of character or the weakness of her own, and it is they, not she, who pay the price. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039709
ISBN
9780143039709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. The outrageous imagination of Margaret Atwood has never been better. Dark, witty, scary and very credible, this is a mystery, an adventure story, a page-turner and a brilliant novel. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 199 x 28. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004068
ISBN
9780349004068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408842553
ISBN
9781408842553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 28. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842234921
ISBN
9781842234921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
F First Paperback Edition Used
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845231231
ISBN
9781845231231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. The sultry classic of a journalist's sordid life in Puerto Rico Series: Bloomsbury Classic Reads. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 18. Weight in Grams: 126. Series: Bloomsbury Classic Reads. 224 pages, maps. The sultry classic of a journalist's sordid life in Puerto Rico. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 177 x 112 x 16. Weight: 126.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
UK open market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747574576
ISBN
9780747574576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Three tales of the vicissitudes of love, by the author of "Trainspotting" and "Shallow Grave". "Lorraine Goes to Livingston" features an authoress who suffers a stroke; "Fortune's Always Hiding" is a corporate drug romance; "The Undefeated" is set in the grim backstreets of modern Edinburgh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 45. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099590910
ISBN
9780099590910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Frankie Rowley is far too practical to believe in karma or fate ..and her family and friends reckon that work-obsessed Frankie's strongest relationship is with her phone. When she loses that precious phone on a business trip to San Francisco, Frankie is forced to hire a replacement. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KAK0002626
ISBN
9780241951972
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A lost masterpiece of American fiction: a dazzling, eerie, riveting novel of reading and writing, fear and regret, blood and revenge.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 364.
Edition
Main - Re-issue
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848870222
ISBN
9781848870222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. A darkly comic and ambitious sequel to the American classic Catch-22. Series: An American Classic. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471147913
ISBN
9781471147913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. This beautiful, heartbreaking novel is a must read for fans of bestselling authors Jojo Moyes, Kelly Rimmer and SD Robertson. 'Sometimes time is all we have with the people we love. I ask you to slow down in life. To take your time, but don't waste it..' Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 5H; FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
SKU
KOC0015325
ISBN
9780008194864
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Victor Frankenstein begins his anatomy experiments in a barn in the village of Headington, near Oxford. The coroner's office in Clarendon Street provides corpses - but they have often died of violence and drowning: they are damaged and putrifying. Victor moves his coils and jars and electrical fluids to a deserted pottery manufactury in Limehouse. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition - Second Impression
Condition
New
SKU
V9780701182953
ISBN
9780701182953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoiled and occasionally cruel. Now Maria's father is finally able to bring Maria and her mother to Tokyo, ushering Maria into a world of university, impending adulthood, and a normal family. Translator(s): Emmerich, Michael. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 128.
Edition
Open Market - Airside ed
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571212842
ISBN
9780571212842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

paperback. Ian McEwan Mitchell is the laureate of old New York. Written between 1943 and 1965, this book offers the complete collection of Joseph Mitchell's "New Yorker" journalism and includes "McSorley's Wonderful Saloon", "Old Mr Flood", "The Bottom of the Harbour" and "Joe Gould's Secret". Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 197 x 39. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561590
ISBN
9780099561590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. The launch of a bright young talent for Headline commercial fiction, bringing together a fabulous read with a gorgeous, eye-catching package Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 392. Previously read copy, with some shelfwear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KST0030813
ISBN
9780755348527
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Includes literary classics by such golf-loving writers as P G Wodehouse, Ring Lardner, and John Updike, mixed with surprises like an appearance by Ian Fleming's James Bond and a little crime on the links from mystery master Ian Rankin. Editor(s): McGrath, Charles. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 121 x 25. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596099
ISBN
9781841596099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Willem Elsschot's Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set. As poignant as it is funny, Cheese will appeal to anyone who has suffered the endless indignities of office life. Translator(s): Berg, Sander. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Alma Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846884160
ISBN
9781846884160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. The rollercoaster childhood story of the Icelandic comedian turned international celebrity whom Noam Chomsky called his "favorite mayor on Earth." Translator(s): Smith, Lytton. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 285.
Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941920121
ISBN
9781941920121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. .
Publisher
Garnet Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859643297
ISBN
9781859643297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.23

Paperback. Explores life on the Makuyu and Kameno ridges of Kenya in the early days of white settlement. Faced with an alluring, new religion and "magical" customs, the Gikuyu people are torn between those who fear the unknown and those who see beyond it. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 160 pages. Explores life on the Makuyu and Kameno ridges of Kenya in the early days of white settlement. Faced with an alluring, new religion and "magical" customs, the Gikuyu people are torn between those who fear the unknown and those who see beyond it. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 8. Weight: 140.
Publisher
Heinemann
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435905484
ISBN
9780435905484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.21

Paperback. Darcy Rhone is pregnant, unmarried and recovering from a broken engagement. She is completely alone. Casting around for help, she calls Ethan, an old high school friend, and convinces him to let her stay with him in London until she gets her act together. Little does she know what she's in for when she boards the plane to cross the Atlantic! Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KOC0022580
ISBN
9780099461548
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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