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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardcover. A Perth minister opens his door to a traumatised stranger who calls himself 'the son and heir to being lost'. When the stranger disappears, the events leading up to and following on from this are revealed. A modern and far-reaching Shetlandic saga with ethnology, history, linguistics entwined with humour, a mystery, and a love story. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 136 x 34. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906817336
- ISBN
- 9781906817336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Translator(s): Naughton, James. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241290262
- ISBN
- 9780241290262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Marion and Shiva Stone, born in a mission hospital in Ethiopia in the 1950s, are twin sons of an illicit union between an Indian nun and British doctor. Bound by birth but with widely different temperaments they grow up together, in a country on the brink of revolution, until a betrayal splits them apart. But fate has not finished with them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Edition
- First Vintage Books Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099443636
- ISBN
- 9780099443636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Emsley, Sarah. Num Pages: 486 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551116730
- ISBN
- 9781551116730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.49
€ 25.99
€ 19.49
Paperback. On a sultry afternoon in the summer of 1936 a young woman is witness to an attempted murder in a London hotel room. Nina, a West End actress, faces a dilemma: she shouldn't have been at the hotel in the first place, and certainly not with a married man. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099593232
- ISBN
- 9780099593232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. The stories in this debut collection present a harsh and unsentimental view of the mundane, underscored by moments of beauty, humour and pathos. The characters inhabit a world that can seem dangerously indifferent to human feeling, but alive to the thrills of living on the edge. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- 9780571206544
- ISBN
- 9780571206544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.05
€ 9.99
€ 8.05
Paperback. This is an utterly gripping psychological drama for reading groups, in the vein of Sophie Hannah. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755377992
- ISBN
- 9780755377992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. 'We can't praise Emily Barr's novels enough; they're fresh, original and hugely readable' Glamour Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755301928
- ISBN
- 9780755301928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. The New York Times bestselling author of BE COOL and GET SHORTY. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753822432
- ISBN
- 9780753822432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714527598
- ISBN
- 9780714527598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. Crystal is beautiful, talented and ambitious. All her life she has dreamed of making it as a singer. After years of trying to break into the music industry her chance finally comes when her girl band enters a TV reality show contest. But Crystal has a secret. She's fallen for the wrong man and this one mistake could cost her everything. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 248. 8vo Good copy .
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KEX0255182
- ISBN
- 9780099497875
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Crystal is beautiful, talented and ambitious. All her life she has dreamed of making it as a singer. After years of trying to break into the music industry her chance finally comes when her girl band enters a TV reality show contest. But Crystal has a secret. She's fallen for the wrong man and this one mistake could cost her everything. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 248. Well read, but remains good
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KST0003720
- ISBN
- 9780099497875
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that have shaped the past century. He weaves together the cracking of the Axis codes during WWII and the quest to establish a free South East Asian 'data haven' for digital information in the present. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099410676
- ISBN
- 9780099410676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
paperback. Tells the story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. This work talks about love and hope, courage and endurance, born of the dignity of man. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099766810
- ISBN
- 9780099766810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.95
€ 19.99
€ 10.95
paperback. Tells the story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. This work talks about love and hope, courage and endurance, born of the dignity of man. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001648
- ISBN
- 9780099766810
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 19.99€ 10.95
€ 19.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. A powerful account of the early days of the Spanish Civil War, seen through the eyes of a young girl. Translator(s): Faccini, Ben. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857054524
- ISBN
- 9780857054524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Under South Africa's apartheid regime, black activist Steve Biko has been working for years to undermine the system when he meets white journalist Donald Woods. Initially suspicious of Biko and his motives, Woods finds himself united with Biko in common cause after Biko reveals to him the true extent of police atrocities in the black townships. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b/w film stills. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241950722
- ISBN
- 9780241950722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Dramatizes the resourcefulness, cunning, and pain of the Filipino peasants' struggle against a heritage of colonization, first by Spain and later by the United States. This title is set during the political upheavals of the 1940s and 1950s. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392969
- ISBN
- 9781566392969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Paperback. * A reissue of one of Jane Gardam's best-loved novels Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119892
- ISBN
- 9780349119892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. From the author of The Stars Look Down and The Citadel, and the creator of Dr Finlay's Casebook Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 151 x 35. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447243731
- ISBN
- 9781447243731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. In 1996, just before the rise of New Labour, Reverend Gore returns to his native Newcastle charged with planting a new church in one of the city's rougher estates. As he settles into the local community, he becomes involved with Stevie, a local 'security consultant', Lindy, a street-wise single mother, and Martin, an ambitious local Labour MP. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 38. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571228058
- ISBN
- 9780571228058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.52
€ 13.00
€ 11.52
Paperback. Reverend John Gore goes to the North-East after a decade, charged with the mission of 'planting' a new church in the deprived West End of town. But on his return to a Victorian city in the throes of 'regeneration', Gore finds his task complicated by run-ins with three impressive locals, all of whom he needs to successfully bring off his mission. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571228065
- ISBN
- 9780571228065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 6.07
€ 16.99
€ 6.07
Paperback. An important new contemporary voice, compared with a young Martin Amis. Num Pages: 256 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 181. Good clean copy. Showing light shelfwear, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0021729
- ISBN
- 9780340749982
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718185657
- ISBN
- 9780718185657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08