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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Progressive Press United States
Number of pages
182
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780930852559
ISBN
9780930852559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. In New Orleans in 1937, a man and woman embark on a headlong flight into the wilderness of illicit passion. In Mississippi ten years earlier, a convict sets forth across a flooded river, risking his one chance at freedom to rescue a pregnant woman. From these separate stories, the author composes a symphony of deliverance and damnation. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282921
ISBN
9780099282921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. There comes a time in every woman's life when the only answer is to marry George Clooney. For Michelle, that time is now. Slogging her guts out in a chicken factory, whilst single-handedly bringing up a teenager who hates her, is far from the life that 36-year-old Michelle had planned. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KRA0013061
ISBN
9780099594734
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Karen King's hilarious take on Monster-In-Laws, disastrous weddings, and love triangles. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Accent Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910939345
ISBN
9781910939345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Set in Somerset at the turn of the century this is the second spellbinding saga from the bestselling author of The Boy With No Boots Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Paperback Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471154928
ISBN
9781471154928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. Written during 1913 and 1914, Maurice deals with the then unmentionable subject of homosexuality. More unusual, it concerns a relationship that ends happily. Editor(s): Levitt, Steven D. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First by this Publisher
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441139
ISBN
9780141441139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. One of a series of fiction titles for schools. Okonkwo, a man of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria at the end of the last century, is a person of substance, character and promise, but he and his people are doomed to be destroyed - both from within the tribe and by the arrival of the white man. Series: New Windmills. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; YFB; YQEF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 187 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435121624
ISBN
9780435121624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.24

Paperback. Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker and a teacher who tried to befriend him. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood and Kevin's horrific rampage. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 338.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687341
ISBN
9781846687341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998141
ISBN
9781906998141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. The emotional, gripping story of a shocking secret at the centre of a family, and a mother desperate to keep it hidden - perfect for fans of Kathryn Hughes' The Letter, Amanda Prowse's What Have I Done? and Jodi Picoult. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409168232
ISBN
9781409168232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Paperback. Collects three stories featuring Buchan's character, Edward Leithen, a prosperous Scots lawyer and MP in London. He seeks adventure to relieve the tedium of respectability. These stories present him: making his own adventure by playing the poacher, and seeking a lost friend in the wastes of Canada. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 158 x 46. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
728
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862419950
ISBN
9780862419950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.59

hardcover. Gives us Edmund Burke a new, vividly depicting his dazzling intellect, imagination and empathy against the rich tapestry of 18th century Europe. Editor(s): Norman, Jesse. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 213 x 54. Weight in Grams: 998.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593654
ISBN
9781841593654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK
SKU
KIN0007446
ISBN
9781416511472
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The author of "Bird in Hand" and "The Way Life Should Be" delivers a captivating story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship: a 91-year-old woman with a hidden past as an orphan-train rider and the teenage girl whose own troubled adolescence leads her to seek answers. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061950728
ISBN
9780061950728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. A young artist, Tod Hackett, arrives in LA full of dreams. But celebrity and artifice rule and he soon joins the ranks of the disenchanted that drift around the fringes of Hollywood. When he meets Faye Greener, an aspiring actress, he is intoxicated and his desperate passion explodes into rage.. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099573166
ISBN
9780099573166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

paperback. In this sequel to "The Virgin in the Garden", Byatt illuminates the conflicts between ambition and domesticity, confinement and self-fulfilment, while providing a observation of intellectual and cultural life in England during the 1950s. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099479918
ISBN
9780099479918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. On the island of Wayo Wayo, every second son must leave on the day he turns fifteen as a sacrifice to the Sea God. Atile'i is one such boy, but as the strongest swimmer and best sailor, he is determined to defy destiny and become the first to survive. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099575627
ISBN
9780099575627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The bestselling mystery of murder, love and obsession Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
3rd Impession
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719568374
ISBN
9780719568374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. The story of Alan Turing, the persecuted genius who helped break the Enigma code and create the modern computer, and who received a royal pardon in 2013 Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753822005
ISBN
9780753822005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. A young scientist becomes involved with a mysterious band of antiquities robbers in the heady atmosphere of nineteenth-century Paris. A powerful and thrilling novel from the author of GHOSTWALK. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827109
ISBN
9780753827109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Opris, Cristian. Num Pages: 180 pages, 2 duotone and b&w. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Twisted Spoon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9788086264189
ISBN
9788086264189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Paperback. From familiar fairy tales and legends - "Red Riding Hood", "Bluebeard", "Puss in Boots", "Beauty and the Beast", vampires and werewolves, the author has created a collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories. Series: Vintage Magic. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099588115
ISBN
9780099588115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. THE SNOW CHILD was an international bestseller in hardback and paperback (over 350,000 copies sold in the UK alone), and went on to win Eowyn Ivey the International Author of the Year award at the 2012 National Book Awards Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755380534
ISBN
9780755380534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.80

Paperback. Nancy's sisters Unity and Diana were furious with her for making fun of Diana's husband, Oswald Moseley, and his politics, and the book caused a rift between them all that endured for years. Nancy Mitford skewers her family and their beliefs with her customary jewelled barbs, but there is froth, comedy and heart here too. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Fig Tree
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241974711
ISBN
9780241974711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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