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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. John James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of the great self-appointed (and failed) geniuses of the twentieth century. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046914
ISBN
9780141046914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Small and insignificant Bastian Balthazar Bux is nobody's idea of a hero, least of all his own. Through the pages of an old book he discovers a mysterious world of enchantment - but a world that is falling into decay. The great task of making things well again falls on Bastian. Illustrator(s): Quadflieg, Roswitha. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; FA; YFH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140074314
ISBN
9780140074314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
ibooks United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596873650
ISBN
9781596873650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. 'A remarkable novelist' The Times Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340518540
ISBN
9780340518540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. The outstanding first book in the ever-popular Dave Robicheaux series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 113. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820339
ISBN
9780753820339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
426
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292749054
ISBN
9780292749054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
ECW Press,Canada Canada
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550229431
ISBN
9781550229431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.77

paperback. A young architect is sent to a remote town to supervise the restoration of its Minster. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 414. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Small tear to bottom edge of rear cover but remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Apollo Library
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022129
ISBN
9781784977023
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Presents the rivalry between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook to be the first American to reach the North Pole. Its protagonist is Devlin Stead, a young man from St John's, Newfoundland. Devlin's mother dies when he is only five, in mysterious circumstances, and he endures a lonely childhood before discovering the truth about his parentage. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099444893
ISBN
9780099444893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.66

Paperback. A wonderful, inventive first novel set primarily in WWII and told through the disparate lives of identical twins; one a fighter pilot, the other a school teacher Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. Weight in Grams: 262.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Scribner
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KNH0010079
ISBN
9780743220170
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A young Jewish woman growing up in Germany in the middle of the twentieth century and an African general hired by the Doge to command his armies in sixteenth century Venice are bound by personal crisis and momentous social conflict. What emerges is Europe's age-old obsession with race, with sameness and difference, with blood. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520573
ISBN
9780099520573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Roy Hobbs has an immense natural gift for playing baseball. He could become one of the great ones of the game, a player unmatched in his time - a hero. But his first hard-won big chance ends violently, at the hands of a crazy girl, and then it is years before he gets another shot. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437024
ISBN
9780099437024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Bex belongs to a hidden society of misfits, homeless and runaways who live in the Narrows, the hidden paths that lie behind even the darkest of alleyways. For years they have lived apart from the rest of the world, but the Narrows are closing, and nobody knows why. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Snowbooks Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907777592
ISBN
9781907777592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593584
ISBN
9780099593584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past. Driven to shelter from a storm on the island of Banda, the trio meet good-natured Erik Christessen and his fiancee, the cool and beautiful Louise. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286882
ISBN
9780099286882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Series: Dover Books on Literature & Drama. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486265513
ISBN
9780486265513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.80

Paperback. Nan, in her early twenties, goes to work for the wealthy X family to help put herself through college, and is shocked by their antics. Between raising the X's son Grayer, keeping on top of her studies, moving house and ensuring Mrs X's day runs smoothly, it's a wonder Nanny ever finds time to hang out with the gorgeous HH on the sixth floor. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KTM0006025
ISBN
9780141008929
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Nan, in her early twenties, goes to work for the wealthy X family to help put herself through college, and is shocked by their antics. Between raising the X's son Grayer, keeping on top of her studies, moving house and ensuring Mrs X's day runs smoothly, it's a wonder Nanny ever finds time to hang out with the gorgeous HH on the sixth floor. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KTM0003577
ISBN
9780141008929
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Jo takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children are downright mystifying. Suddenly, village life seems terribly appealing. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 35. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Arrow
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KCG0002925
ISBN
9780099427971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Jo takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children are downright mystifying. Suddenly, village life seems terribly appealing. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 35. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KI20002885
ISBN
9780099427971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Jo takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children are downright mystifying. Suddenly, village life seems terribly appealing. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 35. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KIN0034594
ISBN
9780099427971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Jo takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children are downright mystifying. Suddenly, village life seems terribly appealing. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 35. Weight in Grams: 296. Clean copy with some light shelfwear
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KST0021694
ISBN
9780099427971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375702624
ISBN
9780375702624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. Michael Reed is a man going through the motions, numbed by the death of his wife and child. But when events force him to act as if he cares, he begins to find people who - against all expectation - help him through his private labyrinth. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 135.
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413771605
ISBN
9780413771605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

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