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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. It is 1974 - the year Lucas Lessar turns thirteen. The year his mother Mirjana disappears. The year Zoli from the plate-glass factory goes mad for love. There used to be mines all along the Pittsburg coal seam, but now there's only one left: King Mine, where Lucas' father Jimmy was blown up a few years back. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280. 272 pages. It is 1974 - the year Lucas Lessar turns thirteen. The year his mother Mirjana disappears. The year Zoli from the plate-glass factory goes mad for love. There used to be mines all along the Pittsburg coal seam, but now there's only one left: King Mine, where Lucas' father Jimmy was blown up a few years back. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 19. Weight: 280.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747591962
ISBN
9780747591962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. .
Publisher
Schocken Books United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805210538
ISBN
9780805210538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714527475
ISBN
9780714527475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. * A captivating, rich, historical novel that moves from cholera-infested early nineteenth-century London to the new colony of New Zealand - 'a cracking good story told with verve and assurance' Publishing News Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
KRF0025797
ISBN
9780751533903
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * A captivating, rich, historical novel that moves from cholera-infested early nineteenth-century London to the new colony of New Zealand - 'a cracking good story told with verve and assurance' Publishing News Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRS0004012
ISBN
9780751533903
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. * A captivating, rich, historical novel that moves from cholera-infested early nineteenth-century London to the new colony of New Zealand - 'a cracking good story told with verve and assurance' Publishing News Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRF0025706
ISBN
9780751533903
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A gripping novel that explores the shifting sands of moral values - is murder still murder when committed in a lawless place? Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349006277
ISBN
9780349006277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 37. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408862308
ISBN
9781408862308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. Although readers often think of fables as intended for the entertainment of children, here is one that adults will want to read. Fahy has written an tale aimed at people who find themselves in a period of transition or who are experiencing loss or new birth in their lives. 2-color illustrations. Editor(s): Fahy, Mary. Num Pages: 68 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 179 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Paulist Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809140671
ISBN
9780809140671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.76

Paperback. At the turn of the century Stan Parker takes a wife and makes a home as a small farmer in the wilderness of Australia. Amy bears his children and time brings him a procession of ordinary events - achievements, disappointments, sorrows and dreams. The author won the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099324515
ISBN
9780099324515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. "On the Brink of the Precipice", the first volume of the trilogy "The Tree of Life", describes the lives of the novel's ten protagonists in the Lodz Ghetto before the outbreak of World War II. Series: Library of World Fiction S. Num Pages: 314 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299204549
ISBN
9780299204549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780966491326
ISBN
9780966491326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.37

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bella Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594934063
ISBN
9781594934063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.81

paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
HarperOne United States
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060000806
ISBN
9780060000806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. THE TRAVELLING VAMPIRE SHOW is Richard Laymon's masterpiece - an evocative, nostalgic trip back to a time when innocence comes face to face with life's darker forces. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 114 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747258292
ISBN
9780747258292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Lydia is killed in a car accident, but she returns to her bereft sister as a benign ghost who, nonetheless, comes to haunt the lives of those around her in unexpected ways: Jonathan Goldman, whose flat Lydia is running from when she is knocked down, and his daughter Stella, who discovers her father's affair with the gladiatorial Sonia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224. 272 pages. Lydia is killed in a car accident, but she returns to her bereft sister as a benign ghost who, nonetheless, comes to haunt the lives of those around her in unexpected ways: Jonathan Goldman, whose flat Lydia is running from when she is knocked down, and his daughter Stella, who discovers her father's affair with the gladiatorial Sonia. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight: 186.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747594727
ISBN
9780747594727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.07

Paperback. An exceptional, break-out, coming-of-age novel from the talented Betty Trask Award-winning writer, Will Davis Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408831625
ISBN
9781408831625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 122. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
New Africa Books South Africa
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864860361
ISBN
9780864860361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.32

Paperback. 'The things people inscribe on tombstones, even if only with their breath - erasing those things is what the Redeemer's there for.' Translator(s): Dillman, Lisa. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; FA; FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276728
ISBN
9781908276728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. In this subtle investigation into the meaning of exile and home, doubt and faith, loss and love, a young Muslim exile falls in love with a worldly non-Muslim. Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802170262
ISBN
9780802170262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.15

Paperback. Sammar is a young Sudanese widow, working as an Arabic translator at a British university. Estranged from her son, she drifts, grieving and isolated. Life takes a positive turn when she finds herself falling in love with Rae, a Scottish academic. To Sammar, he seems to come from another world and another culture, yet they are drawn to each other. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Birlinn General United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846970801
ISBN
9781846970801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. Twelve-year-old Fumi Tanaka has a problem - her beautiful and beloved older sister, Sumiko, has disappeared. Determined to find her, Fumi enlists the help of her new classmate Aya, forcibly repatriated with her father from Canada after the war. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 32. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781784161149
ISBN
9781784161149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.08

Paperback. An early thirties couple are forced to move in with an older couple in this dark and very funny thought experiment Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9780008200459
ISBN
9780008200459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.93

Hardcover. A RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME What's standing between you and success? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0013641
ISBN
9780008200428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 4.99

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