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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. Narrated by a 15-year-old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KTG0014757
ISBN
9780099450252
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 117 x 19. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099470434
ISBN
9780099470434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Limited Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099496939
ISBN
9780099496939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Christopher Boone is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome. He knows a great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a journey which will turn his whole world upside down. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099598459
ISBN
9780099598459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. 'A charming, unforgettable story.' - Harper's Bazaar 40 years of marriage. 8 golden charms. One man's journey of discovery. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 270 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848455016
ISBN
9781848455016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. A novel sure to appeal to fans of Outlander. A modern love story in the Scottish islands runs parallel with the darker 18th-century tale of Henrietta Dalrymple, kidnapped by the formidable Manus McNeill and held against her will. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198. .
Publisher
Saraband
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910192603
ISBN
9781910192603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. A novel about transforming organizations from the author of bestselling business books The Goal and Zapp! The Cure is a novel for managers about transforming an under-performing bureaucratic organization into a boundaryless, fact-driven management culture like the one that made Jack Welch's General Electric so consistently successful. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471268307
ISBN
9780471268307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. * An endearing coming-of-age first novel..and remarkably tasty' - Fay Weldon, MAIL ON SUNDAY * B format to follow hugely successful C format. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KRA0011488
ISBN
9781860493874
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Werner holds a tedious job in the administration department of the local university and dreams of owning his own gallery. His father is bedridden, hovering on the edge of death, and furious, as he has been for twenty years. As Werner feels his own life slip away, his thoughts turn to murder as a means to correct the course of all their futures. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099597728
ISBN
9780099597728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Dare you follow your heart? The wonderful first novel from Dorothy Koomson. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0007446
ISBN
9780751539691
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Father Hobbes mysteriously dies at the high altar on Good Friday, Dr Jonathan Hullah - whose holistic ideas have earned him the soubriquet 'cunning man' - wants to know why. But it is only through looking back at his own long life that answers are forthcoming. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952641
ISBN
9780241952641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.70

Paperback. The fifth thrilling novel from Andy McDermott in which Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase must help a young archaeologist locate a lost pyramid if they are to stop a cult determined to find it for their own nefarious reasons. Series: Wilde/Chase. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755377459
ISBN
9780755377459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. The acclaimed first crime novel by J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Series: Cormoran Strike. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Sphere
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751549256
ISBN
9780751549256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. A collection of Vargas Llosa's short fiction whose domain is the Peru of male youth and machismo, where life's dramas play themselves out on the soccer field, on the dance floor and on street corners. The author has published many novels, including "The Storyteller". Translator(s): Kolovakos, Gregory; Christ, Ronald J. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 133. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0010097
ISBN
9780571162123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
950
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439134634
ISBN
9781439134634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550964295
ISBN
9781550964295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. Oedipa Maas discovers that she has been made executrix of a former lover's estate. The performance of her duties sets her on a strange trail of detection, in which bizarre characters crowd in to help or confuse her. But gradually, death, drugs, madness and marriage combine to leave Oepida in isolation. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099532613
ISBN
9780099532613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954702304
ISBN
9780954702304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Describes the author's around the world attempt by sail, which was inspired by the examples of his heroes Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Joshua Slocum. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780924486463
ISBN
9780924486463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.67

Paperback. Based on the author's own experiences, this book presents the story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys in World War Two. It offers descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts. It tells of ordinary, heroic men who had to face a brutal menace which would strike without warning from the deep. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042831
ISBN
9780141042831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

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