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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A happiness drug is found to be intolerable to society. This book describes the process by which its disseminators are hounded to death. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762798
ISBN
9781905762798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. A title that tells the story of two men, the charming Hartmann and the troubled Fibich, best friends ever since they came to England as German refugees, and how they respond to their shared history in different ways. Series: Penguin Decades. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141048291
ISBN
9780141048291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Gill Gamesh, John Baal, Rupert Mundys: If you've never heard of them, it's because of the Communist plot, and the capitalist scandal, that expunged the entire Patriot League from baseball memory. This novel turns baseball's status as national passtime and myth into an occasion for unfettered picturesque heroism and perfidy, and ebullient wordplay. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099889403
ISBN
9780099889403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. This story, set around the sole survivor of a plane crash, follows the lives of the people around him in the aftermath, the effect disaster has on them and the way in which they all struggle to re-establish themselves. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266. Some shelfwear. Remains good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
358
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KST0020718
ISBN
9781862072510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Adrian Mole is middle-aged but still scribbling. Working as a bookseller and living in Leicester's Rat Wharf; finding time to write letters of advice to Tim Henman and Tony Blair; locked in mortal combat with a vicious swan called Gielgud; measuring his expanding bald spot; and trying to win-over the voluptuous Daisy.. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 382.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241960165
ISBN
9780241960165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A story about love and the choices we make. How bad choices can lead to good things, and how life is never what you expect it to be. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Paperback Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471142468
ISBN
9781471142468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.73

Paperback. Summer is not complete without a new novel from number one bestselling author Santa Montefiore Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471135903
ISBN
9781471135903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Enthralling, moving, darkly funny and humane, Anthem is a triumphant account of ordinary people and a dispute over a group of small, barren islands at the bottom of the world. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprints
SKU
KNW0008650
ISBN
9780330487467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A bold and dazzling new story from the controversial creator of A Million Little Pieces. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848540477
ISBN
9781848540477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Offers a collection of short stories, in which an excellent host finds himself turned out of home by his own guests; a woman spends her wedding day frantically searching for her husband-to-be; and a small farming village comes together for a terrible annual ritual. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191430
ISBN
9780141191430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A saga of life on a modern executive housing estate, seething with the fears, snobberies, frustrations and lusts of well-heeled young couples trundling uneasily towards middle age. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 17. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749325206
ISBN
9780749325206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. For readers of The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly and The Guest Cat comes this passionate, bittersweet love story that will move readers old and young Translator(s): Hawke, Liedewy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786070531
ISBN
9781786070531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.82

Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building comes a novel bursting at the seams with Egyptian life 'Among the best writers in the Middle East today .. Al Aswany has his own magic' Guardian Translator(s): Harris, Russell. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780857862204
ISBN
9780857862204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 14.77

Paperback. Billy Fisher, a Yorkshire teenager unable to stop lying - especially to his three girlfriends. Trapped by his boring job and working-class parents, Billy finds that his only happiness lies in grand plans for his future and fantastical day-dreams of the fictional country Ambrosia. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 111 x 13. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Viking
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241973646
ISBN
9780241973646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn't all bad, though. There's mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices. They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581888
ISBN
9780099581888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Funny without knowing it and naive without being innocent, Zoe is pretty much left alone to get on with growing up. Yet the most relevant events of her youth are invariably caused by other people. This novel is about adolescence and lack of innocence. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BT; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Edition
New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747562740
ISBN
9780747562740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.37

Paperback. Imbued with a comic nostalgia and overlaid with Dovlatov's characteristically dark-edged humour and wry power of observation, The Suitcase is a profoundly human, delightfully ironic novel from one of the finest satirists of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Bouis, Antonina W. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492791
ISBN
9781847492791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. While echoes of Lu Xun's short stories can still be heard in fictional works from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, "The True Story of Ah Q" has become an intrinsic part of the Chinese vocabulary. This edition contains the Chinese version and an English translation, along with an introduction. Translator(s): Yang, Xianyi; Yang, Gladys. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 213.
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629960445
ISBN
9789629960445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.11

Paperback. Talks about the life of the Sufi Poet Rumi. Based on original sources in both Farsi and English, this novel helps you discover the key moments that shaped his genius. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742552432
ISBN
9780742552432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.48

Paperback. WINNER OF THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2014 Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753829288
ISBN
9780753829288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) is on a major rescue mission! Hollywood was full of surprises, and now she's on a road trip to Las Vegas to help her friends and family. She's determined to get to the bottom of why her dad has mysteriously disappeared, help her best friend Suze and even bond with Alicia Bitch Long-legs (maybe..). Series: Shopaholic. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784160364
ISBN
9781784160364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. A reissue of the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling novel, from the award-winning creator of DOWNTON ABBEY and Oscar-winning writer of GOSFORD PARK. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780229225
ISBN
9781780229225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Translator(s): Apollonio, Carol. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941920152
ISBN
9781941920152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.75

Paperback. Further tales of village life in the French Pyrenees. A Parisian comes to Fogas to modernise the village shop and it is baguettes at dawn! Series: Fogas Chronicles. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444721478
ISBN
9781444721478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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