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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In the glittering tradition of Edith Wharton, The Emperor's Children examines life in upper-crust Manhattan, and tells a compelling story of ambition, vanity and tragedy Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 40. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447289418
ISBN
9781447289418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Through bustling, hustling city, its slum tenements and sumptuous villas, this book follows Zuleika the daughter of Sudanese immigrants. Married to a fat, rich absent Roman, she is stranded in luxurious neglect, until, one day, Septimus Severus, Emperor himself, comes to town, bringing with him not just love - but danger.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140297812
ISBN
9780140297812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. In the glittering tradition of Edith Wharton, The Emperor's Children examines life in upper-crust Manhattan, and tells a compelling story of ambition, vanity and tragedy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KOC0016690
ISBN
9780330444484
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In the glittering tradition of Edith Wharton, The Emperor's Children examines life in upper-crust Manhattan, and tells a compelling story of ambition, vanity and tragedy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KRF0037397
ISBN
9780330444484
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007459599
ISBN
9780007459599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. From the author of The End of the Alphabet, the magical story of an unlikely romance between an illiterate Parisian baker and a woman with her head permanently buried in a book Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271137
ISBN
9781846271137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second largest Jewish ghetto in Poland. Its chosen leader: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a 63-year-old Jewish businessman. Mysterious, ambiguous and monarchical, 'King Chaim' forced adults and children alike to work punishing hours providing supplies for the German military. Num Pages: 672 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 150 x 42. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571259212
ISBN
9780571259212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Hardback. Tells the moving tale of an Italian family living in Scotland during the rise of Mussolini and his rule in Italy. This story is told from the point of view of Lucia, the family's daughter, who, at 83, reflects on her childhood. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422231
ISBN
9780857422231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473605220
ISBN
9781473605220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.27

Paperback. Perfect for fans of Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project and Gavin Extence's debut novel THE UNIVERSE VERSUS ALEX WOODS, comes a wild and witty, searing and true novel about life's ups and downs. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473605244
ISBN
9781473605244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. In a shocking yet all too prosaic moment, Joe and Eileen O'Kane experience a terrible tragedy which leaves them bereft. A new chapter of Joe's life begins when he is offered a job of researching the story of the renowned 19th-century Derry ship builder, William Coppin, and his connection with the fate of the Artic explorer, Sir John Franklin. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0012257
ISBN
9780747585794
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A compelling and intricate novel of emigration and the effects of colonialism on a people Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472064700
ISBN
9780472064700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.61

Paperback. Documents the lives of four Jewish emigres in the twentieth century. Translator(s): Hulse, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages, 78. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 1. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448884
ISBN
9780099448884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086518
ISBN
9781847086518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. A quirky, astute and heart-warming novel about human relationships - and a duck. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780744001
ISBN
9781780744001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. A collection that features such stories as: When a man's favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset; a couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's; a woman finds she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her front garden; and, more. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448754
ISBN
9780099448754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Offers a collection of short stories that satirizes the life in Poland under a totalitarian regime. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141193045
ISBN
9780141193045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The 1970 Booker Prize-winning novel. Norman is the clever one of a closely-knit Jewish family in London's East End. Infant prodigy, brilliant barrister, the apple of his parents' eyes - until at 41 he becomes a drug addict, confined to his bedroom, at the mercy of his hallucinations and paranoia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349130224
ISBN
9780349130224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120734449
ISBN
9788120734449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.88

Paperback. Orphaned at a cruelly young age by the death of both parents, diminutive Hugo Dinsmore goes to live with brutish country relatives. It is there that he is drawn into the entourage of the Eggman, a local gangster, before breaking free in his own spectacular but hazardous fashion. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 378. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002056
ISBN
9780099422259
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. When aspiring novelist Christopher Flinders drops out of university to write his masterpiece (in between shifts as a fish delivery man and builder's mate), his family is sceptical. But when he is taken up by the London editor Owen Goddard and his charming wife Diana it seems success is just around the corner. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
9780099469322
ISBN
9780099469322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 9.57

Paperback. The first novel in Elizabeth George's Young Adult series. This genre-bending work combines Elizabeth's flair for mystery and suspense novels with the paranormal Series: The Edge of Nowhere Series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444719970
ISBN
9781444719970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A New York Times #2 bestseller! The hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling New Adult novel, THE EDGE OF NEVER - a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 328. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0002274
ISBN
9780007536191
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A New York Times #2 bestseller! The hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling New Adult novel, THE EDGE OF NEVER - a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 328. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0002177
ISBN
9780007536191
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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