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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Fom the author of The Glass Palace, the widely-acclaimed bestseller. The Hungry Tide is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelago of islands in the Bay of Bengal. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007141784
ISBN
9780007141784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

Paperback. A novel of epic scope, rich in warmth, intellect and humanity, The Potter's Hand explores the lives and loves of one of Britain's greatest families, whose travails are both ordinary - births, deaths, marriages, opium addiction, depression - and utterly extraordinary. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 34. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848879539
ISBN
9781848879539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

paperback. Fine copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
SKU
KST0035369
ISBN
9780857380678
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. First published in 1967, this book consists of three short novellas on the theme of women's vulnerability - in the first, to the process of ageing, in the second to loneliness, and, in the third, to the growing indifference of a loved one. Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007204656
ISBN
9780007204656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Liane Moriarty, top ten bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, imagines losing the most important ten years of your life in What Alice Forgot. Alice is twenty-nine. She adores sleep, chocolate, and her ramshackle new house. She's newly engaged to the wonderful Nick and is pregnant with her first baby. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141043760
ISBN
9780141043760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Kimberley Chang and her mother move from Hong Kong to New York. A new life awaits them - making a new home in a new country. But all they can afford is a verminous, broken-windowed Brooklyn apartment. The only heating is an unreliable oven. They are deep in debt. And neither one speaks one word of English. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042749
ISBN
9780141042749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Edited by award winning novelist and short story writer, this volume seeks to offer fresh renditions to the Irish story - angles, approaches, and modes of attack. Editor(s): Barry, Kevin. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571297047
ISBN
9780571297047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. A novel about two decent, damaged people trying to make moral choices in an immoral world: ready to sacrifice what's left of themselves for honesty, and for a chance at tenderness. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099587439
ISBN
9780099587439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Another delightful Fairacre novel from the bestselling author Miss Read Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752882338
ISBN
9780752882338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardback. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
SKU
KCD0005296
ISBN
9780747505617
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. As soon as Octavia caught a glimpse of Jeremy in the nightclub, she knew she just had to have him. It didn't matter that he'd just got engaged to an old school friend of hers, plump, good natured Gussie; he was looking at Octavia in the way that suggested bed rather than breakfast, and she was weak at the knees.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
272
Publication date
2005
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552152525
ISBN
9780552152525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Hardcover. * a penetrating psychological study with all the haunting power of Rebecca Series: VMC Designer Collection. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 450.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Virago Press (UK)
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087631
ISBN
9781844087631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.59

paperback. Insurrection is in the air in Ankh-Morpork. The Haves and Have-Nots are about to fall out all over again. Captain Sam Vimes of the city's ramshackle Night Watch is used to this. It's enough to drive a man to drink. Well, to drinkmore. But this time, something is different - the Have Nots have found the key to a dormant, lethal weapon that even they don't fully understand, and they're about to unleash a campaign of terror on the city. Time for Captain Vimes to sober up. With an introduction by Ben Aaronovitch. Series: DISCWORLD. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552173032
ISBN
9780552173032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Semyon is disturbed. He has woken up in living room with blood on his shirt, an angry wife and no idea where he was night before. When this happens several mornings in a row, he realises he needs to investigate. After his friend Volodka follows him one night, they discover he's meeting a tall, blonde woman and accompanying her to her apartment. Translator(s): Darragh, Amanda Love. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099548867
ISBN
9780099548867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. In 1920s India, where do two little girls belong? Born of two cultures, belonging to neither.. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409135517
ISBN
9781409135517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. .
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910709153
ISBN
9781910709153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. Longlisted for the 2017 Dylan Thomas Prize Pigeon is a journey through the uneasy half-forgotten memories of childhood, a story about wishful-thinking and the power of language. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910901236
ISBN
9781910901236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 122 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Hesperus Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KTG0007676
ISBN
9781843914198
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 122 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Hesperus Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0007680
ISBN
9781843914198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. For fans of Ali Smith and A.M. Homes comes this captivating debut from Mexico's most exciting rising star Translator(s): Hughes, Sophie. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. .
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780748924
ISBN
9781780748924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.53

Paperback. An accessible, beautifully crafted and topical novel about PTSI and the unseen effects of global conflict on ordinary lives Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471132599
ISBN
9781471132599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. Coloured sheets of paper fall from the sky. This is their first indication that something serious has happened. Each sheet bears a message: you have three hours to evacuate, bring only one suitcase.. For a child piano prodigy, a dissident factory worker, a broken-hearted surgeon and unknowing others, this disaster will change their lives forever. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241964675
ISBN
9780241964675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 402. Clean copy, Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KST0016010
ISBN
9780340961698
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Takes the reader into the bohemian drawing rooms of pre-World War I London and Paris, a milieu populated by such thinly disguised versions of Ezra Pound, Richard Aldington, May Sinclair, Brigit Patmore, and Margaret Cravens. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822312420
ISBN
9780822312420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

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