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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In the tradition of his beloved first novel, The Notebook, bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with this epic story of two couples whose parallel love stories intersect in profound and surprising ways. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751549966
ISBN
9780751549966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardback. Another restrained yet monumental epic-in-miniature by one of the most elegant and lucid of modern European writers Translator(s): Watkinson, Laura. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857056085
ISBN
9780857056085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. The tragic story of a rebellious, fiercely intelligent young slave who breaks all the rules: in learning to read and write; in falling in love with a white girl, the daughter of his owner, and finally in trying to escape and joining her in the free North. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099462217
ISBN
9780099462217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Rickie Elliot, a sensitive and intelligent young man with an intense imagination and a certain amount of literary talent, sets out from Cambridge full of hopes to become a writer. But when his stories are not successful, he decides instead to marry the beautiful but shallow Agnes, agreeing to abandon his writing and become a schoolmaster. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441481
ISBN
9780141441481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A short break can become the holiday of a lifetime .. From the bestselling author of THE BEACH HUT Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409135463
ISBN
9781409135463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Light Years and Marking Time comes a revealing portrait of a marriage. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447272243
ISBN
9781447272243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.73

Paperback. A collection of short stories, set in the idyllic Salinas Valley in California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world. This book includes the tales: The Murderer and The Chrysanthemums. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185514
ISBN
9780141185514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. 'Small Island is a hard act to follow, but in her new book Levy has moved into top gear' - Observer Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755359424
ISBN
9780755359424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Gabriella Harrison is the daughter of New York aristocrats but has an abused and terrifying childhood. Peace is achieved in a nunnery for some time but again pain reappears with love for a young priest. Despite these torments she manages find forgiveness, freedom from guilt, and healing from abuse. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 110 x 32. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Corgi Edition
SKU
KAK0012109
ISBN
9780552145022
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
New
SKU
9780060617516
ISBN
9780060617516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 15.16

Hardcover. Creator of the famous Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler elevated the American hard-boiled detective genre to an art form. His last four novels, published here in one volume, offer ample opportunity to savour the unique and compelling fictional world that made his works modern classics. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 46. Weight in Grams: 872.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152562
ISBN
9781857152562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Gleeson, Sinead. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848405486
ISBN
9781848405486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472207234
ISBN
9781472207234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A potent, prize-winning novel of rural life and familial loss - and an unforgettable introduction to one of the most distinctive new voices in British fiction Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Granta
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783780402
ISBN
9781783780402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. It lies somewhere beneath the snow, high in the Dolomites: Nazi gold, tainted with the blood of murdered men. Only a few know its secrets, and one by one they come in search of it - a hot-tempered Italian Comtessa, a racketeering pimp, a Greek criminal, a film-maker and a hapless writer. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577423
ISBN
9780099577423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Golden Richards is a normal dad. But with four wives and twenty eight children there just isn't enough of him to go around. Unbeknownst to his wives, Golden has taken a construction job on a Nevada brothel. Lying to cover his tracks, beset by familial rivalry on all sides, he seeks relief in the arms of his boss' wife. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 40. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099498032
ISBN
9780099498032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. At Waterloo Station, hopeful new arrivals from the West Indies step off the boat train, ready to start afresh in 1950s London. There, homesick Moses Aloetta, who has already lived in the city for years, meets Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver and shows him the ropes. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188416
ISBN
9780141188416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

hardcover. A novel about childhood damage and the redemptive power of art from an author twice listed for the Women's Prize and the Giller Prize Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 38. Weight in Grams: 658. Good clean copy with light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
riverrun London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001138
ISBN
9781849163354
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Paul lives in the Welsh countryside with his wife Elise, and their two young children. One day he learns that his eldest daughter Pia, who was living with his ex-wife in London, has moved out from home and gone missing. He sets out in search of Pia. But the search for his daughter begins a period of unrest and indecision for Paul. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099552260
ISBN
9780099552260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. 'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?' 'My mother, Vianne Rocher.' Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her two daughters live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped - at least for a while. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 408. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTG0004543
ISBN
9780552773157
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 9.71

paperback. From the New York Times bestselling author of Station Eleven. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447280071
ISBN
9781447280071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. First published in 1930 under the title Fever Pitch, The Lizard Woman is Frank Waters' first novel. It foreshadows a theme central to Waters' later work: that we must attune our spirits to the land to fully understand our places in the natural order. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 280. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Ohio University Press Ohio
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804009874
ISBN
9780804009874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. The Irish nation is at peace. Violence and segregation are consigned to history, stories to be told and not forgotten. Yet for the first generation to come of age in Ireland's flimsy peacetime, the ghosts of the past are all too close to home. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 333.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781782391678
ISBN
9781782391678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. As part of The Living you cannot die. As part of The Living you have no free will. Yet one man is born who is different to the rest; one who could bring society crashing down - A stunning and sinister vision of a dystopian future by a critically acclaimed young Russian author. Translator(s): Rann, James. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843913771
ISBN
9781843913771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

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