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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Will, who has given up everything to raise his twin daughters, has a terrible choice to make when both girls suffer kidney failure age 16. Should he save one child? If so, which one? Should he buy a kidney - be an organ tourist? Should he sacrifice himself? Or is there a fourth solution - one so terrible it has never even crossed his mind? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 109 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KAK0006990
ISBN
9780571254378
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Surreal, ambitious, and exquisitely conceived, THE DOLL'S ALPHABET is a collection of stories in the tradition of Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910695371
ISBN
9781910695371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172. Clean copy, good to very good some very light shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KST0016910
ISBN
9781853713255
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KIN0008149
ISBN
9781853713255
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Bonner, Deborah. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564786128
ISBN
9781564786128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.35

Paperback. Gertie is the young mother of five children - uneducated, determined, strong. Her only ambition is to own her own small farm in the Kentucky hills where she lives, to become self-sufficient and free. Because Gertie is also an artist, a sculptor of wood and creator of beautiful handmade dolls. When the family is forced to move.. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871871
ISBN
9781784871871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A collection of short stories by the author of REBECCA and 'THE BIRDS'. Many of these stories have only recently been rediscovered and have not been included a collection before. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087358
ISBN
9781844087358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. It's Manchester, July 1996, the month after the IRA bomb, and the Evening News is carrying reports of two murders. On the front page is a glamorous Egyptian woman, a socialite and heiress to an oil fortune, whose partially clothed body has been found in a basement. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 223.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0012786
ISBN
9780099554066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. It's Manchester, July 1996, the month after the IRA bomb, and the Evening News is carrying reports of two murders. On the front page is a glamorous Egyptian woman, a socialite and heiress to an oil fortune, whose partially clothed body has been found in a basement. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 223.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0007685
ISBN
9780099554066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. My name is Ruby. I live with Barbara and Mick. They're not my real parents, but they tell me what to do, and what to say. I'm supposed to say that the bruises on my arms and the black eye came from falling down the stairs. But there are things I won't say. I won't tell them I'm going to hunt for my real parents. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 225 x 36. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0019740
ISBN
9780571313853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 5.80

Hardback. My name is Ruby. I live with Barbara and Mick. They're not my real parents, but they tell me what to do, and what to say. I'm supposed to say that the bruises on my arms and the black eye came from falling down the stairs. But there are things I won't say. I won't tell them I'm going to hunt for my real parents. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 225 x 36. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0019404
ISBN
9780571313853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 5.80

Paperback. Ada grows up motherless in the Jewish pogroms of a Ukrainian city in the early years of the twentieth century. In the same city, Harry Sinner, the cosseted son of a city financier, belongs to a very different world. Eventually, in search of a brighter future, Ada moves to Paris and makes a living painting scenes from the world she has left behind. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507789
ISBN
9780099507789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. No one expected Barley to have an encounter with the Messiah. He was homeless, hungry, and struggling to survive in first century Jerusalem. Most surprisingly, he was a dog. But through Barley's eyes, the story of a teacher from Galilee comes alive in a way we've never experienced before. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 213 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718083922
ISBN
9780718083922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. From the author of the two million-copy #1 international bestseller THE HEN WHO DREAMED SHE COULD FLY which was: A TOP TEN INDIE PUBLISHERS' FICTION BESTSELLER AN INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK A WATERSTONES BOOK CLUB PICK A BOOKSELLER BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK For fans of: CHARLOTTE'S WEB, ANIMAL FARM and JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL Num Pages: 176 pages, Black and white pictures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349142104
ISBN
9780349142104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. * Second novel in he new London-based series from Alexander McCall Smith, comparable in warmth and humour to 44 Scotland Street Series: Corduroy Mansions. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123219
ISBN
9780349123219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A light-hearted love story about a young couple brought together by a four-legged bandit. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Time Warner Trade Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455562541
ISBN
9781455562541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.45

Paperback. An Oprah Book club favourite that spreads joy, mindfulness, and hope to all who read it. Or in the words of Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl: "A dreamy, post-apocalyptic love letter to things of beauty, big and small: a twitching trout, a can of Sprite, empathy, sex, decency and a good dog" Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755392629
ISBN
9780755392629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Written by the author of "True Grit". Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
y First edition thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747572640
ISBN
9780747572640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. These are stories about people who make choices that seem inevitable, whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience. With her trademark compassion and wit, Hempel takes readers into the marriages, minor disasters and moments of revelation in an uneasy America. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847247322
ISBN
9781847247322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Alexei Sayle is back, with a new collection of dark, timely, and comic tales. These dazzlingly written stories cut right to the heart of the modern world Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340819449
ISBN
9780340819449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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