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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Results 1945 - 1968 of 12832

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The woman who presented herself at the offices of the respectable firm of London solicitors was frail, and her clothes hung off her body. She asked to see the firm's senior partner, Alexander Armstrong, who was amazed when her learnt her name. For Irene Baindor was a woman with a mysterious past. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 107 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KSS0014501
ISBN
9780552146852
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A generation of children are born without speech, without comprehension, without language entirely. At first, they are just medical curiosities. But their numbers swell, and soon they grow into an established underclass, occupying squats and communes around the world. To some they are seen as a threat; to others, as a salvation. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592860
ISBN
9780099592860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Beneath the surface lies a terrible secret.. Hollywood, 1975: Tragedy sends troubled film star Vivien Lockhart into the arms of Giovanni Moretti, and it seems her fortunes have finally changed. Until she meets his sister, and learns that dark shadows haunt her new husband's past.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0014918
ISBN
9781848455009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Beneath the surface lies a terrible secret.. Hollywood, 1975: Tragedy sends troubled film star Vivien Lockhart into the arms of Giovanni Moretti, and it seems her fortunes have finally changed. Until she meets his sister, and learns that dark shadows haunt her new husband's past.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0013281
ISBN
9781848455009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Beneath the surface lies a terrible secret.. Hollywood, 1975: Tragedy sends troubled film star Vivien Lockhart into the arms of Giovanni Moretti, and it seems her fortunes have finally changed. Until she meets his sister, and learns that dark shadows haunt her new husband's past.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0296053
ISBN
9781848455009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Beneath the surface lies a terrible secret.. Hollywood, 1975: Tragedy sends troubled film star Vivien Lockhart into the arms of Giovanni Moretti, and it seems her fortunes have finally changed. Until she meets his sister, and learns that dark shadows haunt her new husband's past.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0295839
ISBN
9781848455009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908524232
ISBN
9781908524232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. An abandoned yacht, a young family missing - chilling crime from the queen of Nordic Noir. Series: Thora Gudmundsdottir. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444734485
ISBN
9781444734485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 194 x 37. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK open market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408850046
ISBN
9781408850046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.56

Paperback. This collection brings together past and present, probing many and varied lives. The title story examines Jane Austen's love life, while others introduce a trio of Kensington widows, mean-spirited and middle-aged; a stranger, awaited with dread; and the mercurial changes in young love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349114088
ISBN
9780349114088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

paperback. Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily is ending, but on the instructions of his father, The Godfather, he must bring back to him the young man known as Salvatore Giuliano - if he can find him. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099580799
ISBN
9780099580799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Repack
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764204630
ISBN
9780764204630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.57

Paperback. An evocative account of a childhood summer spent beside the sea in Norfolk by brother and sister, Eustace and Hilda. Series: FF Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
FF Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571203826
ISBN
9780571203826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

paperback. Series: Playscripts S. Num Pages: 79 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Marion Boyars United Kingdom
Number of pages
79
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714511344
ISBN
9780714511344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.26

Paperback. Welcome to Swell Valley - where the scandal is in a class of its own.. The second book in the Swell Valley series by bestselling author Tilly Bagshawe Series: Swell Valley Series. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 340. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KRA0010861
ISBN
9780007523023
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (LI) ELT intermediate. Dimension: 121 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
New Island Books
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848401020
ISBN
9781848401020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.72

Paperback. Features the bold reign of the corduroy-clad Pippin, his social-climbing wife Maria, his star-struck daughter Clotilde and her Californian beau, Todd. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186054
ISBN
9780141186054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. From a brave girl's determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, to a lesson in summoning storm clouds to help end a drought, these women struggle against domestic violence, savage wilderness, and the corrosive effects of poverty and addiction to secure a sense of for themselves and for those they love. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099591887
ISBN
9780099591887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy' - Candis NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Series: A Blossom Street Novel. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Mira Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780778304845
ISBN
9780778304845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. It is 1913 - just prior to England's entry into World War I - and Edwardian England is about to vanish into history. A group of men and women gather at Sir Randolph Nettleby's estate for a shooting party. Opulent, adulterous, moving through the rituals of eating and slaughter, they are obtuse and decorative finale of an era. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188676
ISBN
9780141188676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A young Japanese girl's world is about to be turned upside down. When black ships carrying barbarians arrive on the shores of Japan, the Satsuma clan's way of life is threatened. But it's not just the samurai who must come together to fight: the beautiful, headstrong Okatsu is also given a new destiny by her feudal lord - to save the realm. Num Pages: 544 pages, B & W map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552163491
ISBN
9780552163491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013 WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2014 Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 228. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0007508
ISBN
9780007491452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fox, Finch & Tepper
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993046704
ISBN
9780993046704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Annie Proulx's highly acclaimed, international bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fourth Estate Limited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857022421
ISBN
9781857022421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

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