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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A story of hope and second chances.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0010827
ISBN
9781444794427
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Barbara must say a final farewell to her four daughters. But how can she find the words? And how can she leave them when they each have so much growing up to do? Barbara's answer is to write each daughter a letter, finally expressing the hopes, fears, dreams and secrets she couldn't always voice. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTM0000839
ISBN
9780141030012
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive and he is one of the powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show his weakness. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, he takes violent action. Will the great man's pride eventually destroy him? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 15. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141023380
ISBN
9780141023380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.64

Paperback. Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things begin to fall apart. Then Okonkwo returns from exile to find missionaries and colonial governors have arrived in the village. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141186887
ISBN
9780141186887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

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

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. A blackly-comic novel about the price of celebrity. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0001134
ISBN
9780747557357
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A blackly-comic novel about the price of celebrity. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KTG0002339
ISBN
9780747557357
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849822152
ISBN
9781849822152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Paperback. Idealistic composer, Fish, visits economically decimated Greece with his archaeologist girlfriend, Gabrielle, but unexplained events thwart his plans for a new society. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 221 x 25. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782790532
ISBN
9781782790532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. When cattle rustlers working in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1880s switch to horses and target the Circle C ranch, fourteen-year-old Andi turns to Macy, a homeless, ill-bred new student whose mistakes have endangered Andi but who may hold the key to saving Taffy's foal. Series: Circle C Milestones. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FW; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Kregel Publications,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825443671
ISBN
9780825443671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.33

Paperback. As students, Marianne Dillon and Clare McMahon become instant and unlikely friends. Marianne's generosity and Clare's steadfastness are the glue of a friendship that sees them through twenty-five years of love and loss, disappointments, marriage and motherhood. The secret of their friendship, they believe, is that they are complete opposites. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTJ0050559
ISBN
9780241952016
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Text Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Text Publishing Australia
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921922183
ISBN
9781921922183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 145 x 36. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Persephone Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781903155462
ISBN
9781903155462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.09

Paperback. Hungarian Classic and winner of the 2002 Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize, now re-edited and re-jacketed Translator(s): Banffy-Jelen, Katlin; Thursfield, Patrick. Series: The Writing on the Wall. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 40. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910050910
ISBN
9781910050910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Hungarian classic and winner of the 2002 Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize, now re-edited and re-jacketed. Translator(s): Thursfield, Patrick. Series: The Writing on the Wall. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910050927
ISBN
9781910050927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Welcome to Des Dillon's world - a world where murderous poultry and evolutionary elephants make their mark. Featuring modern, unique, and often gritty stories, Dillon takes the reader on a journey into a world where - amongst other bizarre happenings - the cast of Othello find themselves in the Big Brother house. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905222353
ISBN
9781905222353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 137 x 41. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed of 1934 ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155080
ISBN
9781903155080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. Oryx & Crake meets Douglas Coupland. An unforgettable vision of the future of America. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 323.
Publisher
William The 4th
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906321307
ISBN
9781906321307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

Paperback. Hilary Plum's grave and elegant novel They Dragged Them Through the Streets is a bold meditation on human suffering and the sorrowful challenges of men and women striving for collective change. A veteran of the US war in Iraq commits suicide, and his brother joins with four friends in search of ways to protest the war. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573661720
ISBN
9781573661720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.86

Paperback. The first full-length work of the distinguished Yemeni writer Mohammad Abdul-Wali to appear in English Translator(s): Bagader, Abubaker; Akers, Deborah. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705081
ISBN
9780292705081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Elizabeth Morison is an ordinary woman. Yet to eight-year-old Bunny, his mother is the centre of his universe. To his older brother, Robert, she is someone he must protect against the dangers of the outside world. And to James Morison, his wife is the foundation on which his family rests and life without her is unimaginable. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860469282
ISBN
9781860469282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The hilarious second book in Nigel William's comic trilogy set in Wimbledon, delightfully re-issued with a stunning new cover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472106780
ISBN
9781472106780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408865781
ISBN
9781408865781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

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