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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The Time Machine (1895) is H. G. Wells's first published novel as well as his most enduring and influential work. Editor(s): Arata, Stephen. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Norton Critical Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393927948
ISBN
9780393927948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. From the inspirational author of Tuesdays with Morrie comes the compelling tale of the man who became Father Time. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751541175
ISBN
9780751541175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. 'Reading Pauline McLynn's ambitious new novel is like watching the pieces of a puzzle slot together with a series of satisfying clicks. The Time is Now is a fascinating shift for McLynn, who has developed a lot as a writer since her amiable debut.. This compelling, intelligent and moving novel bodes well for the future' Irish Times Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258 402pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780755343430
ISBN
9780755343430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.58

Paperback. THE LAST GOSPEL was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller and Headline is determined to take David Gibbins to the top Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755354382
ISBN
9780755354382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007441655
ISBN
9780007441655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. Written before he became an eminent figure in the Church, Michael Novak's first novel, now with an introduction by Ralph McInerny, is an intriguing story about a young man preparing for the priesthood in Rome in the 1950?s. The Tiber Was Silver provides a unique view of the pre-conciliar Church through the eyes of a young seminarian. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932589139
ISBN
9781932589139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.90

Paperback. Hannah and Humphrey Drayton seem to be happily married. Yet Hannah has reached the stage where she can't stand her husband. Every Thursday she meets with her friend, David Craventon, and they go to the cinema or the theatre. Yet when Humphrey finds out, her Thursday friend becomes her saviour. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 107 x 26. Weight in Grams: 192. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Corgi
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0245717
ISBN
9780552144384
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Luton, Robbie Goulding, an Irish-born teenager, meets the elusive Fran Mulvey, an orphaned Vietnamese refugee. Together they form a band. Joined by cellist Sarah-Therese Sherlock and her twin brother Sean on drums, The Ships in the Night set out to chase fame. But the story of this makeshift family is haunted by ghosts from the past. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780099481539
ISBN
9780099481539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099560883
ISBN
9780099560883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Sense and Sensibility moves to Westport, Connecticut, in this New York Times bestselling homage to the classic novel. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KOC0012774
ISBN
9781849016063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Modern Library Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 91 x 31. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Edition
Modern Library
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375756740
ISBN
9780375756740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.10

Paperback. Forced into service at the age of fourteen, orphan Katie Mair must enter the bleak and cut off household, Howe of Denty, that turns out to be not as respectable as it first appears. One desperate act of defence from Katie is to a start a chain of despair, passion and revenge. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Birlinn Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9781841588254
ISBN
9781841588254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. When the Thorne family gather for the annual Christmas festivities, they think they've only got to endure each other for three days. But then the snows come, along with the 90-mile-an-hour winds and the plunging temperatures, and the Thornes get cut of with only each other for support, or to blame. It promises to be a Christmas like no other.. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KRF0037342
ISBN
9780099457831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910709153
ISBN
9781910709153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. 'Sweeping, magnificently detailed and ambitious' The Sunday Times Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780755377756
ISBN
9780755377756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. The new novel from Emylia Hall, author of The Book of Summers, voted the best Richard & Judy Book Club pick of summer 2012, and A Heart Bent Out of Shape, winner of the Novelicious Book of the Year Award 2013. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472212023
ISBN
9781472212023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial and Commonwealth Writers' Prizes Num Pages: 560 pages, 7 B&W. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 39. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340921586
ISBN
9780340921586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. France. A skint, clapped-out British philosopher meets an incompetent, freshly released, one-armed, armed robber. The Thought Gang is born as the duo blag their way from Montpellier to Toulon for the ultimate bank robbery. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099516927
ISBN
9780099516927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849823074
ISBN
9781849823074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.38

Paperback. * The Australian answer to GONE WITH THE WIND * 'One of the biggest-selling, most widely read books in the history of fiction' Observer Series: VMC. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084470
ISBN
9781844084470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Novelty book. When Evelyn Morgan walks into Thorne and Son, a bookstore in the Cornish village of Clews, she doesn't know that she's going to meet the love of her life. When Brendan Thorne sells her a medieval poem called "The Book of the Green Knight", he doesn't know that it will shape his future. Num Pages: 82 pages, Spot Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Quirk Books United States
Number of pages
82
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Box Nov
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594745515
ISBN
9781594745515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 372. 352 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FW. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight: 372.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprinted
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764205743
ISBN
9780764205743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Richard Hannay finds a corpse in his flat, and becomes involved in a plot by spies to precipitate war and subvert British naval power. The resourceful victim of a manhunt, he is pursued by both the police and the ruthless conspirators. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260803
ISBN
9781853260803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. It's May, 1914. Britain is on the eve of war with Germany. Richard Hannay is living a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising adventure - a desperate hunt across the country and against the clock, pursued by the police and a cunning, ruthless enemy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528395
ISBN
9780099528395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.39

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