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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. Moving away from crime fiction, Pauline McLynn has crafted a mesmerising novel about human relationships. 'This is Pauline McLynn's fourth novel, and the author is going from strength to strength with every outing. Fizzing with vividly sketched characters, The Woman on the Bus is a skilfully written story' Sunday Tribune Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302. Good Clean copy with minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Headline Review
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMF0000289
ISBN
9780747267829
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 9.58

paperback. Moving away from crime fiction, Pauline McLynn has crafted a mesmerising novel about human relationships. 'This is Pauline McLynn's fourth novel, and the author is going from strength to strength with every outing. Fizzing with vividly sketched characters, The Woman on the Bus is a skilfully written story' Sunday Tribune Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover and slight foxing on endpapers but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Headline Review
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0007890
ISBN
9780747267829
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 12.99
€ 9.58

Paperback. The Phelans have owned Mossgrove for generations. But when it is put up for sale, the lengths to which Irish people will go to keep their land become clear. An enchanting novel by Ireland's favourite writer. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Brandon
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863222498
ISBN
9780863222498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Hortensia and Marion are next door neighbours in a charming, bougainvillea-laden Cape Town suburb. One is black, one white. Both are successful women with impressive careers behind them. Both have recently been widowed. Both are in their eighties. And both are sworn enemies. But one day an unforeseen event forces the women together. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 2. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701376
ISBN
9781784701376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Harry Ricks is a man who has lost everything. A romantic mistake at the small American college where he used to teach has cost him his job, his marriage and his relationship with his only child. And when the ensuing scandal threatens to completely destroy him, he votes with his feet and flees - to Paris. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers and page edges
Edition
1st Arrow Book Edition
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0007570
ISBN
9780099469254
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Niki Jumpei, an amateur entomologist, searches the scorching desert for beetles. As night falls he is forced to seek shelter in an eerie village, half-buried by huge sand dunes. He awakes to the terrifying realization that the villagers have imprisoned him with a young woman at the bottom of a vast sand pit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141188522
ISBN
9780141188522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679733782
ISBN
9780679733782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.99

Paperback. Autumn 1940, World War Two. Bombs are raining down, destroying the cities of Britain. The evacuations begin, and soon children are being taken to the country for safety. Teacher Eve Parkins is in charge of one such group. The children are scared, but the truth is that she too is haunted by a tragedy she cannot put behind her. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KAK0000864
ISBN
9780099588290
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The fabulous new bestseller from Dorothy Koomson Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 330. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOC0022564
ISBN
9780751543506
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The fabulous new bestseller from Dorothy Koomson Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 330. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KAK0002947
ISBN
9780751543506
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The fabulous new bestseller from Dorothy Koomson Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 330. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KOC0022127
ISBN
9780751543506
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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
€ 10.70

Paperback. Juliet Ashton weaves a story of love, friendship and community that will move you to laughter and to tears. Think Cold Feet meets David Nicholls, with a dash of the joy of Jill Mansell added for good measure. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471158896
ISBN
9781471158896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. 'A wonderfully, life-affirming book..Carmel Harrington writes with such honesty' New York Times bestselling author, Hazel Gaynor Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JMG; 5HE; 5HM; FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008150136
ISBN
9780008150136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.40

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0295998
ISBN
9780008210144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. For almost a decade Rachel Caine has turned her back on home, kept distant by family disputes and her work monitoring wolves on an Idaho reservation. But now, summoned by the eccentric Earl of Annerdale and his controversial scheme to reintroduce the Grey Wolf to the English countryside, she is back in the peat and wet light of the Lake District. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571258130
ISBN
9780571258130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
Fourth Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875650593
ISBN
9780875650593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.14

Hardcover. A combination of nature writing and fantasy that forces us to see the world afresh through the eyes of a hunter in all its savagery, terror, and magic. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy. Minor shelfwear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0268325
ISBN
9780224085199
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. A tale of yummy mummies with flat brown tummies in the mother of all romantic comedies Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 314.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Review London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KRC0000100
ISBN
9780755326297
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The thrilling, unputdownable number one bestseller from 'The most successful novelist on Planet Earth' Washington Post Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 38. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749955212
ISBN
9780749955212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Edwards was a graduate of University College, Cardiff and although spent time in Vienna, Florence and London this was her permanent home. Both Davies and Edwards were clearly influenced by Chekhov (Davies called him "my god") and the stories in "Rhapsody" are reminiscent of his work. This novel established his name as a young writer to watch. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 345 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
345
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762477
ISBN
9781905762477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

paperback. On the verandah of a great New Orleans house, now faded, a mute and fragile woman sits rocking. And the witching hour begins. This title is from the author of "The Vampire Chronicles". Num Pages: 1216 pages. BIC Classification: FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 114 x 68. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
1216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099471424
ISBN
9780099471424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. The air of Eastwick breeds witches - women whose powerful longings can stir up thunderstorms and fracture domestic peace. Jane, Alexandra and Sukie, divorced and dangerous, have formed a coven. Into the void of Eastwick breezes Darryl Van Horne, a charismatic magus of a man who entrances the trio, luring them to his mansions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188973
ISBN
9780141188973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. After four years of marriage, the brave hunter of the Rocky Town and his beautiful wife, Lola, are still without a child. Equipped with juju, sharpened machete, bow and poisonous arrows, flints and thunderbolts, he sets off in search of the Witch-Herbalist's medicine. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316922
ISBN
9780571316922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

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