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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of 21 Homeric characters. From the return of Chryseis to the burial of Hector, this work presents the events arranged not by the whims of the gods in this instance but by the dictates of human nature. Translator(s): Goldstein, Ann. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138. A Story of War. 176 pages. Re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of 21 Homeric characters. From the return of Chryseis to the burial of Hector, this work presents the events arranged not by the whims of the gods in this instance but by the dictates of human nature. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight: 138.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671035
ISBN
9781847671035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781510704343
ISBN
9781510704343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. Millions die on the Western Front but in East Africa a quite different war is being waged - one with little point and which is so ignored that it will carry on after the Armistice because no one bothers to tell both sides to stop. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 116 x 26. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
2014
Edition
PENGUIN ESSENTIALS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970751
ISBN
9780241970751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. A stunning novel of war, from the bestselling author of Red Dust and Ice Road. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086658
ISBN
9781844086658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. Following 'A Change in Climate', this brilliant novel from the double Man Booker prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall' is a coming-of-age tale set in Seventies London. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007172887
ISBN
9780007172887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.57

Paperback.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906817732
ISBN
9781906817732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.14

Paperback. An army roadblock. An American intelligence agent. Michael Teak is not afraid of mercenaries. Life here comes at a price and as a CIA operative, Teak is holding the money. On the back seat of his car is a suitcase stuffed with narcotics; in the front, a gun and an envelope of US dollars. And then a bomb explodes. Was he the target? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 287. 304 pages. An army roadblock. An American intelligence agent. Michael Teak is not afraid of mercenaries. Life here comes at a price and as a CIA operative, Teak is holding the money. On the back seat of his car is a suitcase stuffed with narcotics; in the front, a gun and an envelope of US dollars. And then a bomb explodes. Was he the target?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight: 286.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848870635
ISBN
9781848870635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.82

Paperback. Tells the story of Dubliner Charles Hythloday and the heroic squandering of the family inheritance. This title features drinking, greyhound racing, vanishing furniture, more drinking, old movies, assorted Dublin lowlife, eviction and the perils of community theatre. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955895
ISBN
9780241955895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. An outstanding debut novel about the conflicts of creativity and family and a love affair that survives against all the odds. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753825655
ISBN
9780753825655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Edition
Translation
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811216302
ISBN
9780811216302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.73

Paperback. Spot-on observant, laugh-out-loud funny, yet laced with kindness through and through, An Englishwoman in New York is the story of what happens when you grow up and realize the middle part of your story might just be your beginning .. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KAK0007122
ISBN
9781848548336
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Following the success of her previous Scottish romance series, the author is back with a historical story. Series: The Highland Brides. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 107 x 27. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Publication date
2013
Edition
a
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061963117
ISBN
9780061963117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.62

Paperback. Cecilia and Manuel accept her father's gift of a house, in hope of repairing their unraveling marriage along with the badly scarred building. The couple's efforts expose the horrifying truth about the building. This work offers a story of Chile, depicting the dissolution of an upper-middle-class family against a background of exile, and return. Translator(s): Labinger, Andrea G. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803264250
ISBN
9780803264250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.01

Paperback. Upstairs, downstairs.. it's all going on at the manor. From the bestselling author of THE LONG WEEKEND and A NIGHT ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409148395
ISBN
9781409148395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. A woman in a township is surrounded by dusty children but longs for a baby of her own; an old man finds that his job making coffins at No Matter Funeral Parlour brings unexpected riches; a politician's widow stands quietly by at her husband's funeral as his colleagues bury an empty casket. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571246946
ISBN
9780571246946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.53

Paperback. Series: Mark of the Lion S. Num Pages: 462 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers United States
Number of pages
462
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842313070
ISBN
9780842313070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.87

Paperback. *'This is one of Bainbridge's best books. The close observation and hilarity are underlain by a sense of tragedy as deep as any in fiction' THE TIMES Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349116150
ISBN
9780349116150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Four friends, two crushes, and a secret that will turn everything upside-down.. The sparkling new novel from the bestselling author of A Summer Fling Series: The Four Seasons. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0012106
ISBN
9781849832038
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Santa Fe Writer's Project United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939650092
ISBN
9781939650092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.33

Paperback. It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War Two, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated artist, Masuji Ono, fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson; his evenings drinking with old associates in quiet lantern-lit bars. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571283873
ISBN
9780571283873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. Translator(s): Stock, Frank. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351115
ISBN
9781584351115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.58

paperback. Previously read copy, with some shelfwear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KST0030723
ISBN
9780751518597
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. The protagonist has just turned thirty and is engaged to be married and about to start work as a teacher. Frightened by the idea of settling down, he journeys to the Alps in a do-or-die effort to climb the unclimbed North Ridge, and by doing so prove he is not ordinary. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike (Lecturer in German, University of Stirling). Series: The German List. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906497927
ISBN
9781906497927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.74

Paperback. Series: Open Door Series 6. Num Pages: 70 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
New Island Books
Number of pages
70
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905494866
ISBN
9781905494866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.95

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