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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. An exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. An international bestseller. Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232. Well-read paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicholson London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KIN0006995
ISBN
9780753804704
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284864
ISBN
9780099284864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The Ravenscar Dynasty, introducing the house of DeRavenel, launches Barbara Taylor Bradford's epic new series spanning a century. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 40. Weight in Grams: 396. Good clear copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0032080
ISBN
9780007197620
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Ravenscar Dynasty, introducing the house of DeRavenel, launches Barbara Taylor Bradford's epic new series spanning a century. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 40. Weight in Grams: 378. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KRF0031116
ISBN
9780007197620
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bantam Press
Number of pages
419
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
SKU
KLJ0001561
ISBN
9780593034361
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The story of three women who had been inseparable at college before going their own separate ways. Twenty years later the women are together again at a ranch in the foothills of Wyoming's Grand Teton Range where they discover that their friendship is a bond they still all treasure and share. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 107 x 33. Weight in Grams: 276. Clean paperback in good to very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KRF0009909
ISBN
9780552141338
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Records the encounter between East and West through the experiences of a dozen people caught up in the upheavals of the Second World War and the growing campaign for Indian independence. This book describes the love between an English girl and an Indian boy, Daphne Manners and Hari Kumar. Num Pages: 1032 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 127 x 47. Weight in Grams: 898.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
1032
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152975
ISBN
9781857152975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.98

paperback. Explains about three generations of the Brangwen family of Nottinghamshire from the 1840s to the early years of the twentieth century. This framework is with the passional lives of author's characters as he explores the pressures that determine their lives, using a religious symbolism in which the 'rainbow' of the title is his unifying motif. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781853262500
ISBN
9781853262500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Hardcover. This novel renews the Victorian family saga in a modern setting, tracing the history of the Brangwens through several generations. The book was banned when it first appeared in 1915 for its sensuous immediacy and the frankness with which it explores emotional and sexual life. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151619
ISBN
9781857151619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Rosamund lies dying in her remote Shropshire home. But before she does so, she has one last task: to put on tape not just her own story but the story of the young blind girl, her cousin's granddaughter, who turned up mysteriously at her party all those years ago. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967751
ISBN
9780241967751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 'A very nearly perfect novel of broad, regretful vision, and magical intimacy' Sunday Telegraph Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. 'A very nearly perfect novel of broad, regretful vision, and magical intimacy' Sunday Telegraph Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014106
ISBN
9780747259367
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rupa & Company
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9788129120700
ISBN
9788129120700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.52

Paperback. Set mainly in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, this title introduces the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. It chronicles the dramatic changes that felt throughout Central Asia in the early twentieth century. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099466130
ISBN
9780099466130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Tells the story of a group of working men who are joined one day by Frank Owen, a journeyman-prophet with a vision of a just society. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141187693
ISBN
9780141187693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. This novel tells the story of a group of working men who are joined one day by Owen, a journeyman-prophet with a vision of a just society. Owen's spirited attacks on the greed and dishonesty of the capitalist system rouse his fellow men from their political quietism. Editor(s): Miles, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537471
ISBN
9780199537471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Hardcover. Presents a study of family life at the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This book includes a detailed and intimate portrait of a life and the wider panorama of a failing dynasty. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151978
ISBN
9781857151978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. Worldwide bestseller John Grisham will keep you on the edge of your seat with his most suspenseful thriller yet. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444729764
ISBN
9781444729764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 123 x 26. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444730623
ISBN
9781444730623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Charles Highway, a precociously intelligent and highly sexed teenager, is determined to sleep with an older woman before he turns twenty. Rachel fits the bill perfectly and Charles plans his seduction meticulously, sets the scene with infinite care - but it doesn't come off quite as Charles expects. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099455424
ISBN
9780099455424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Charles Highway, a precociously intelligent and highly sexed teenager, is determined to sleep with an older woman before he turns twenty. Rachel fits the bill perfectly and Charles plans his seduction meticulously, sets the scene with infinite care - but it doesn't come off quite as Charles expects. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 193 x 8. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099503873
ISBN
9780099503873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. There is a secret at the heart of the town of Rabbit Back, involving its most famous occupant, a world-renowned children's author, and a strange literary game played by the local Literary Society. As Ella, an aspiring author, makes unsettling discoveries about White's and the Society's past, we explore the nature of literature and truth. Translator(s): Rogers, Lola. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782270430
ISBN
9781782270430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.48

Paperback. A novel set in 19th century England that deals with the varying fortunes of young John Huffam and his mother. Num Pages: 1248 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 50. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
1248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140177626
ISBN
9780140177626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 610 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 55. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Kwela Books
Edition
2nd ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780795705946
ISBN
9780795705946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.63

Paperback. A tale of political paranoia, dangerous liaisons and defiant compassion, The Quiet Twin is an unforgettable journey into a cityscape of totalitarian dread and deception Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 202 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264. 384 pages. A tale of political paranoia, dangerous liaisons and defiant compassion, The Quiet Twin is an unforgettable journey into a cityscape of totalitarian dread and deception. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 162 x 202 x 25. Weight: 264.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408821688
ISBN
9781408821688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

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