Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A dark and utterly addictive debut, Things We Have in Common is the perfect word-of-mouth read 'Genuinely chilling, this is one of the best books I've read this year' Independent Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782115977
- ISBN
- 9781782115977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. Opening on the eve of the millennium, when the world as we know it is still recognisable, we meet the nine-year-old narrator as he flees the city with his parents, just ahead of a Y2K breakdown. Next he is a teenager with a growing criminal record, taking his grandparents for a Sunday drive. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099547044
- ISBN
- 9780099547044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. Presents the story of two women caught in the shadow of their teenage years. This book tells how at fifteen, Sally Tuttle and Rowena Cresswell were firm friends, until a shocking event changed their lives. It also tells how in their late thirties, they are estranged, both single mothers, both haunted with memories of their intense friendship. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0007306
- ISBN
- 9780571230600
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The bestselling cult comedy from Mil Millington published alongside his new novel, Love and Other Near Death Experiences Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753820735
- ISBN
- 9780753820735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 22.16
€ 22.16
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
€ 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
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: MEN OF VALOUR. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780800724535
- ISBN
- 9780800724535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.42
€ 24.42
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
€ 9.99
€ 8.67
Hardback. Based on the true story of the author's aunt and namesake, and on the search to uncover her remarkable past, A Thin Bright Line encompasses Cold War intrigues, the origins of climate research, the joyful pangs of love, and the impossible compromises of queer life in the 1950s and '60s. Num Pages: 280 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299309305
- ISBN
- 9780299309305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.73
€ 29.99
€ 26.73
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
€ 21.94
€ 21.94
Hardcover. Offers a portrait of a marginalized Egyptian community, bringing to life the absurd and tragic characters who occupy the margins of society while paying tribute to a historical Cairene neighborhood. This novel reveals a social climate where ruthlessness and goodness seem almost indistinguishable and humanity is on display in all its rich variety. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608523
- ISBN
- 9780815608523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.79
€ 20.99
€ 19.79
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 10.99
€ 9.45