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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. * The fifth volume of Alexander McCall Smith's wonderful serial novels set in Edinburgh's New Town Series: 44 Scotland Street. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121147
ISBN
9780349121147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. Offers a wide range of philosophical speculations and it descants on a variety of styles. This book draws together the Czechoslovakia of the Prague Spring and the Russian invasion, the philosophy of Nietzsche, and the love affairs of a number of heartbreakingly familiar characters. Translator(s): Heim, Michael Henry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571135394
ISBN
9780571135394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Sex, Lies, and Rocky Roads.. Life is simple for Champa. He has a good job as a chauffeur in his hometown of Lhasa, and if his Chinese boss Plum is a little domineering, well, he can understand that she's a serious art-collector after all. When he starts to sleep with his boss as well as drive her around, life becomes a whole lot more complicated. Translator(s): Harman, Nicky. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552779500
ISBN
9780552779500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.73

Paperback. John Emmerson was a lonely man. He had a wife, a son, friends, but he was isolated from all the people and events about him by the tragedy of his past. Then, he met Cissie, and for the first time his loneliness eased a little. Cissie was everything his wife Ann was not. And, she was quick to sense the needs of a desolate, unhappy man. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 21. Weight in Grams: 160. 336pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KEX0192190
ISBN
9780552140768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * Longlisted for the National Book Award * A stunning exploration of characters shaped by the forces of history, the debut work of fiction by a 2013 National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393349962
ISBN
9780393349962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.22

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393241136
ISBN
9780393241136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.76

Hardcover. SHORTLISTED FOR THE ENGLISH PEN DEBUT FICTION PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 'The UnAmericans' is a debut story collection of great poise Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 396. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has a slice to front and minor staining overall
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KOC0028170
ISBN
9780007548811
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In 1970s Ireland the British establishment conducted its struggle with the IRA in the "dirty war". This novel, set around the real-life figure of Captain Nairac, recreates the intrigue, loyalism and violence of a time when friend could turn foe overnight and nothing was ever quite as it seemed. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 195.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571221752
ISBN
9780571221752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.56

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 246 x 33. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
William Morrow
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062286833
ISBN
9780062286833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.09

paperback. Translator(s): Soutar, Jethro. Series: Dedalus Africa. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Edition
Second
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213544
ISBN
9781910213544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.32

Paperback. Set in the present-day Czech Republic, this novel traces a year in the life of a Protestant pastor, Daniel Vedra. Ostensibly a happily married father of three, he is gradually beset by spiritual doubt and temptations, both physical and material. Translator(s): Brain, A.G. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130. Weight in Grams: 300. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0016679
ISBN
9781862071155
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The setting is Oaxaca, Mexico, where Harry Quinn has come to free his girlfriend's brother, Sonny, from jail and furthermore get him away from the suavely sadistic drug dealer who suspects Sonny of having cheated him. This is a novel of menace and eroticism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9780747584971
ISBN
9780747584971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. As Abi would the first to know. She has spent her life in the shadow of her stunningly beautiful, glamorous older sister Cleo. Headhunted as model when she was sixteen. Could having beauty, wealth and fame lead to more unhappiness than not having them? Who in the family really is the ugly sister? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047256
ISBN
9780141047256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. An intelligent, moral take on a highly topical issue - this will take Thomas Keneally to a new level, gaining him a new generation of fans Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KLN0016597
ISBN
9780340825266
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458210
ISBN
9780099458210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. What if the thing you most longed for was resting on a two week wait? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTM0004440
ISBN
9780330544108
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747573333
ISBN
9780747573333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. One Dayon fast-forward: falling in love is the easy part. What matters most is what happens next .. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471142444
ISBN
9781471142444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. How female solidarity begins-in experience, thought, action, and force of conviction. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819567604
ISBN
9780819567604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.39

Paperback. In 1837, two young African princes arrive at the court of Willem I in the Netherlands. Treated as curiosities by white people, their friendship suffers and their paths diverge. Years later, as the 20th century dawns, the elderly Kwasi sits down to write his autobiography. Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287872
ISBN
9780099287872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. This book is outrageously defamatory, scandalously exaggerated, disturbingly sensationalised, yet also hideously, addictively entertaining. I don't know whether to consult my lawyer, or my shrink. - Piers Morgan Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276. Good, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0006560
ISBN
9781448209866
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. This book is outrageously defamatory, scandalously exaggerated, disturbingly sensationalised, yet also hideously, addictively entertaining. I don't know whether to consult my lawyer, or my shrink. - Piers Morgan Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KSG0006127
ISBN
9781448209866
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A literary murder mystery and a tale of modern love from an Orange-longlisted author Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. 288 pages. A literary murder mystery and a tale of modern love from an Orange-longlisted author. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight: 204.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671554
ISBN
9781847671554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. A deeply moving, gripping read, this is a novel about the secrets we all carry with us, and the bonds between twins that can never be broken. It is an astonishing debut. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749958695
ISBN
9780749958695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

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