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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A child is found standing on the street, with an empty bucket in her hand, and no memory of her name, her family or her past. Elsewhere, a girl grows up surrounded by familiar faces - a wet nurse, a piano teacher, a gardener, a best friend and a distant mother - but soon finds them slipping mysteriously from her life. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846270581
ISBN
9781846270581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. Jaraby expects to get the job, but he reckons without the bitterness of Nox, who still remembers the humiliations of his school years. And when Jaraby's son gets into trouble with the law, Nox has the perfect stick with which to beat him. Series: William Trevor Backlist Novels. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969250
ISBN
9780241969250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. The characters who inhabit Blake's haunting landscape-awash in their own worlds, adrift in their own lives-struggle to salvage what they can of their hopes and dreams from the encroaching tides. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421032
ISBN
9781421421032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. A long-awaited new novel set in the period of the French and Indian Wars brings a new dimension to the region s history" Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584652137
ISBN
9781584652137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harmony
Condition
New
SKU
V9781400082001
ISBN
9781400082001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Keneally at his powerful best, with the gripping tale of a priest and a serial killer in World War II Australia. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy. Covers and page edges showing some shelfwear, remains in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KSG0009114
ISBN
9780340624760
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Full Colour. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pantheon
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375715167
ISBN
9780375715167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Four unforgettable books by acclaimed poet, novelist and dissident Irina Ratushinskaya, beautifully repackaged. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473637269
ISBN
9781473637269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

paperback. It's 1963 and a young German reporter has been assigned the suicide of a holocaust survivor. The news story seems straightforward, this is a tragic insight into one man's suffering. But a long hidden secret is discovered in the pages of the dead man's diary. What follows is life-and-death hunt for a notorious former concentration camp-commander. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099559832
ISBN
9780099559832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062434852
ISBN
9780062434852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 164 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606998472
ISBN
9781606998472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.42

Paperback. From New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman, comes a novel of memory, magic and survival, about the power of stories and the darkness inside each of us. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472228420
ISBN
9781472228420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. She changed her name. She changed her life. But someone won't let her go. The international number one bestseller from Nora Roberts - the world's greatest storyteller. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780349407784
ISBN
9780349407784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. In an attempt to escape her past, Bessy Buckley takes a job working as a maid in a big country house. But when Arabella, her beautiful mistress, asks her to undertake a series of bizarre tasks, Bessy begins to realise that she hasn't quite landed on her feet. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571223367
ISBN
9780571223367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393346770
ISBN
9780393346770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.74

Hardback. A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393081428
ISBN
9780393081428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.35

Paperback. 1920s Yorkshire Frankie Ford is honest and hardworking and has ambitions to become a ward sister at a prestigious London teaching hospital. But, hiding a secret, Frankie flees her comfortable home counties life to begin training as a district nurse in the poverty-stricken streets of Leeds. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099599593
ISBN
9780099599593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.26

Paperback. Diderot's The Nun (La Religieuse) is the seemingly true story of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent and take holy orders. A novel mingling mysticism, madness, sadistic cruelty and nascent sexuality, it gives a scathing insight into the effects of forced vocations and the unnatural life of the convent. This new translation includes Diderot's all-important prefatory material. Translator(s): Goulbourne, Russell. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555246
ISBN
9780199555246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.15

Paperback. A dark and hilarious pot-infused novel of teenage maladjustment from a compelling new voice in American fiction. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Corsair
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349002392
ISBN
9780349002392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Hardback. Translation of: Lexique nomade [a collection of short meditations by contemporary novelists at the 3rd Assises internationales du roman] Editor(s): Villa Gillet; Le Monde. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: CBW; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150804
ISBN
9780231150804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. A sweeping story of upstairs, downstairs, love and loss by the author of Mr Rosenblum's List. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780340995693
ISBN
9780340995693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.00

Paperback. A sweeping story of upstairs, downstairs, love and loss by the author of Mr Rosenblum's List. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272. 8vo. Good copy
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KTK0090519
ISBN
9780340995693
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. The tenth wonderful story in Alexander McCall Smith's much-loved Isabel Dalhousie series. Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
9780349141022
ISBN
9780349141022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

Hardback. Waldo, a feted filmmaker, is confined by old age and ill health to his London apartment. Frail and frustrated, he is cared for by his lovely younger wife, Zee. But when he suspects that Zee is beginning an affair with Eddie, Waldo is pressed to action: determined to expose the couple, he sets himself first to prove his suspicions correct and more. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. . Like new except for damage to back bottom of dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0005127
ISBN
9780571332014
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 18.99
€ 4.99

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