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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A mix of Wodehousian farce and whodunit that is sure to appeal to Downtown Abbey fans, Lady Georgie - 34th in line to the throne, flat broke and struggling to survive in the Great Depression - is embroiled in a mystery. Series: Her Royal Spyness. Num Pages: 352 pages, no internal images/maps. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472120700
ISBN
9781472120700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, the thrilling flamenco cry - the pride in poverty, the gypsy intensity in vivid whitewashed slums, and the cult of the bullfight. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099479710
ISBN
9780099479710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Visiting Florence with her cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional, lower-class Mr Emerson and his son, George. Upon her return to England, Lucy becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but she finds herself increasingly torn between the expectations of the world and the yearnings of her heart. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183299
ISBN
9780141183299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardback. Translation of: Seijoki no kikoenai heya. Translator(s): Scott, Christopher D. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157445
ISBN
9780231157445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.72

Paperback. Ben Chambers wakes up to find an unfamiliar object - rusty and lost - sitting underneath the willow tree in his garden. Refusing to throw it on the skip as his wife Amy advises, he takes it home. Ben does not want children, or even a job, and now he has found yet another reason to stay in his study and ignore everyone around him. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781784160524
ISBN
9781784160524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Reissued to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Keneally's first novel. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KCW0000512
ISBN
9780340624746
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A retired bureaucrat has escaped the world to spend his twilight years running a guest-house on the banks of the country's holiest river, the Narmada. But he has chosen the wrong place for peace and quiet: too many lives converge here and he meets a series of unusual characters. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515944
ISBN
9780099515944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Anv
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226472065
ISBN
9780226472065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276. 288 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight: 306.
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905147472
ISBN
9781905147472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Mariano, who has lived in the city from an early age, is summoned back to his village to attend his grandfather's funeral. But, when he arrives, he discovers two things: firstly, that he has been nominated by his grandfather to take over the running of the family affairs, secondly that his grandfather has not died completely. Translator(s): Brookshaw, David. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846686719
ISBN
9781846686719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Baen Books
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451638714
ISBN
9781451638714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.34

Paperback. It begins at the stroke of midnight on the first day of 1997. As the year turns, a group of disparate individuals from different backgrounds, from all corners of the country, are about to embark on separate journeys which will converge over the course of the next twelve months. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 350. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KSG0006665
ISBN
9780099537991
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A failing young Russian American journalist's life is unexpectedly transformed when he forges Holocaust restitution claims for his rogue grandfather and his friends Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 374. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
One
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KRA0009787
ISBN
9780957548831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. When the beautiful, imperious and moneyed Grace Caldwell Tate wants something she goes after it. Her affair scandalises Pennsylvania's elite and she must face the costs to her marriage and the man she really loves. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528821
ISBN
9780099528821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. An epic novel of gangland intrigue from 'one of crime fiction's new stars' [Sunday Telegraph] Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752877402
ISBN
9780752877402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Why did Tsuneo's shy wife end up stone dead in a boutique in a louche Tokyo neighborhood? He discovers she's been having an affair, and, in a moment of panic, kills her lover. No apparent motive, no witnesses, a faltering investigation. But the pressure builds and Tsuneo starts making mistakes. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908524638
ISBN
9781908524638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 201 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088638
ISBN
9781844088638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Beaufort Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825305214
ISBN
9780825305214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.89

paperback. The opening novel in Anthony Powell's twelve-novel sequence, "A Dance to the Music of Time". Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472384
ISBN
9780099472384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. It is never clear to Elizabeth whether the mission principal's cruel revelations of her origins is at the bottom of her mental breakdown, but in the dark loneliness of the Botswanan night, the frightened South African refugee slips in and out of sanity. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 208 pages. It is never clear to Elizabeth whether the mission principal's cruel revelations of her origins is at the bottom of her mental breakdown, but in the dark loneliness of the Botswanan night, the frightened South African refugee slips in and out of sanity. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight: 176.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435907204
ISBN
9780435907204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.21

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