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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. By 1910, Leo Tolstoy had become an almost religious figure, surrounded on his lavish estate by family and followers alike. Too ill to continue beyond the tiny station of Astapovo, he believes he is dying alone. This book centres on the battle for his soul waged by his wife and his leading disciple. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841959672
ISBN
9781841959672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. In a small village in Puglia, there are two memorials: one to those killed in the First World War, and one to those lost in the Second World War. In this tale of the fate of a tiny hilltop village, Vitantonio and Giovanna are born moments apart just as the First World War ends, and just as their two fathers are killed on the front. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD; FRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784162269
ISBN
9781784162269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. A compelling family drama about a rebellious teenage girl's romantic awakening .. and first encounter with heartbreak. Written in conjunction with the hit film starring Miley Cyrus. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
Edition
28th Edition
SKU
V9780751543261
ISBN
9780751543261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. The Irish troubles rage, but up at the 'Big House', tennis parties, dances and flirtations with the English officers continue, undisturbed by the ambushes, arrests and burning country beyond the gates. Faint vibrations of discord reach the young girl Lois, who is straining for her own freedom. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Edition
Promotion Copy
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099276470
ISBN
9780099276470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A body is discovered among some ruins. It appears to be an open-and-shut case but the more Inspector Yusuf Khalifa of the Luxor police uncovers about the dead man, the more uneasy he becomes. And his investigation turns out to be anything but routine. Khalifa doesn't know it yet, but he is on the trail of an extraordinary long-lost artifact. Num Pages: 720 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 106 x 45. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
2006
SKU
KAK0005749
ISBN
9780553814057
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Jenny has devoted her life to her husband, the naturalist Wilkie Walker. She is as rare a creature as the endangered species he works to preserve. But this year, as winter comes on, Wilkie seems distant and depressed. In desperation Jenny persuades him to visit Key West, but the sun and tropical scenery do nothing to cheer him up. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 200. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Lightly sunned. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016046
ISBN
9780099275794
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A powerfully involving novel from one of America's finest writers, and winner of America's prestigious National Book Award for Fiction 2012 Num Pages: 320 pages, genealogy tab. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007136353
ISBN
9780007136353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.13

Paperback. 1857. As the British look to extend the Commonwealth, the skills of Lakshmi and Sita - the greatest female warriors India has ever seen - are put to the test. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784291105
ISBN
9781784291105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. At the end of the twentieth-century an old woman sits among the birch trees and thinks back over her life, her loves, and the joys and tragedies that have befallen her family and her people. She is a member of the Evenki tribe who wander the remote forests of north-eastern China with their herds of reindeer. Translator(s): Humes, Bruce. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustration (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555650
ISBN
9780099555650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 106 x 23. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Strebor Books International, LLC United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593092368
ISBN
9781593092368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.49

Paperback. With echoes of Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff and Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road, The Last Pilot re-ignites the thrill and excitement of the space race through the story of one man's courage in the face of unthinkable loss. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Myriad Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908434845
ISBN
9781908434845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.29

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910709306
ISBN
9781910709306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.50

Paperback. Paige Toon is a Sunday Times bestselling author whose reputation and acclaim grows with every new novel. Her novels combines romance with darker twists, and appeal to readers who also enjoy novels by Giovanna Fletcher and Marian Keyes. She is very highly regarded in the women's fiction market and is a growing brand author for S&S. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471162558
ISBN
9781471162558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Sam the Lion runs the pool-hall, the picture house and the all-night cafe. Coach Popper whips his boys with towels and once took a shot at one when he disturbed his hunting. Billy wouldn't know better than to sweep his broom all the way to the town limits if no one stopped him. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194448
ISBN
9780141194448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509816569
ISBN
9781509816569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.41

Paperback. McBride is having a tough time. The last expert in the ancient art of pearl fishing, he's on a quest to track down the pearl that will complete a necklace for his wife, Elspeth, convinced that the love token will save their marriage. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784704292
ISBN
9781784704292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. In the 1600s Sara de Vos, a mother and painter, loses her young daughter suddenly to illness. In her grief, she secretly begins paintingh a dark landscape of a girl watching a group of ice skaters from the edge of a wood In 1950s New York, Martijn de Groot has At the Edge of a Wood hanging above his bed. Though it is a dark, peculiar painting, by a scarcely known female painter of the Golden Age, he holds the painting dear and when it is stolen, he is beeft. In Brooklyn, struggling art student Ellie Shipley accepts a commission to paint an intricate forgery of de Vos' sole surviving work, not realising that her decision will come to haunt her. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925266801
ISBN
9781925266801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Hardcover. Selected for the QI Book of the Year Award, 2016'Gripping and utterly believable' IAN RANKIN, Guardian Books of the Year'A story about the strength and fragility of human nature.Rob Ewing's writing is powerful, compassionate and brilliant.I absolutely loved it' JOANNA CANNON, the authorof THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0013543
ISBN
9780008149581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Landry, Judith. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184. 168 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 15. Weight: 182. Translator(s): Landry, Judith.
Publisher
Dedalus Limited
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907650567
ISBN
9781907650567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. . Clean copy with slight shelf wear and minor damage to corner of cover but remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvill Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKE0000376
ISBN
9780002710213
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375757648
ISBN
9780375757648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.73

paperback. In every generation, according to Jewish tradition, thirty-six just men are born to take the burden of the world's suffering upon themselves. At York in 1185 the just man was Rabbi Yom Tov Levey, whose sacrifice so touched God that he gave his descendants one just man each generation, all the way down to Ernie Levey. This book tells Ernie's story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285595
ISBN
9780099285595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, YES. BIC Classification: BGL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 26 x 151 x 232. Weight in Grams: 479. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002172
ISBN
9780340752395
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Edition
paperback / softback
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857051226
ISBN
9780857051226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

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