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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849822442
ISBN
9781849822442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Features twelve stories, in which, an elderly school teacher recalls the single act of youthful passion that changed her life forever; a young gardener has an unsettling encounter with a suburban housewife; and a teenage girl strikes up an unlikely friendship with a lonely bachelor. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782116011
ISBN
9781782116011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. A stunning debut composed of memory, music, love and freedom, The Chimes pulls you into a world that will captivate, enthral and inspire. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444794502
ISBN
9781444794502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Private detective Lew Archer has better things to do than take on an investigation for Alex Kincaid, a young man claiming that his new bride, Dolly, has gone missing. Snapped by a hotel photographer on the day of their wedding, the beautiful girl vanished only hours after and Alex has heard nothing since. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196619
ISBN
9780141196619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh, the children play in a story-book world - but their lives, and those of their rich cousins and their friends, the son and daughter of a curator at the new Victoria and Albert Museum, are already inscribed with mystery. Each family carries its own secrets. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 448. 617pp. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2009
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099535454
ISBN
9780099535454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Dinah is a prostitute who lives with a Rastafarian fisherman on the Dungle, the rubbish heap where the very poorist squat. She refuses to accept his passivity and patriarchal attitudes and leaves him. But she is no more satisfied by the secure life she takes up with Alphanso, a dull police constable. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 208 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. 224 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 134 x 208 x 17. Weight: 268.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845230944
ISBN
9781845230944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Features the awkward, lonely, curious teenager Timothy Gedge as he wanders around the bland seaside town of Dynmouth. Timothy takes a prurient interest in the lives of the adults there, who only realise the sinister purpose to which he seeks to put his knowledge too late. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241971833
ISBN
9780241971833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.33

Paperback. Fiona Maye, a leading High Court judge, renowned for her fierce intelligence and sensitivity is called on to try an urgent case. For religious reasons, a seventeen-year-old boy is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life. Time is running out. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099599630
ISBN
9780099599630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 177 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581550
ISBN
9780099581550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. A little girl is missing. Her parents are hiding something. Who will pay the price? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
SKU
KSG0006280
ISBN
9780008116491
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Grace and her brother Andrew inherit their grandmother's house in Hampstead, they decide to move in together. They've always got on well, the house is large enough to split down the middle, and neither of them likes partying or loud music. There's one thing they've forgotten though: what if one of them wants to bring a lover into the house? Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241963579
ISBN
9780241963579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.79

Paperback. Stephen Lewis, a successful author of children's books, takes his three-year-old daughter on a routine Saturday morning trip to the supermarket. While waiting in line, his attention is distracted and his daughter is kidnapped. From there, Lewis spirals into bereavement that has effects on his relationship with his wife, his psyche and time itself. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099755012
ISBN
9780099755012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590171172
ISBN
9781590171172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654362
ISBN
9780875654362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. A story of escape and salvation, with the clue for both being chess. The protagonist, Wang Yisheng, undergoes a gradual transformation from "chess fool" to "chess master" - from an alienated young man obsessed with the material needs of life to a spiritually enlightened transmitter of the Chinese tradition. Translator(s): Jenner, W.J.F. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629962371
ISBN
9789629962371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.50

Paperback. London 2011. Catherine Gehrig, conservator at the Swinburne museum, learns of the unexpected death of her lover of thirteen years. Her employer at the museum, gives her a special project - to piece together the mechanics and the story of an extraordinary automaton, commissioned in the nineteenth century by Henry Brandling to amuse his dying son. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224. ****THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE SHIPPED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DATE IN AUGUST 2022****
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571280018
ISBN
9780571280018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. Translator(s): Alpert, Michael. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905512669
ISBN
9781905512669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.44

Paperback. 1950: the rusting hulk of a steam locomotive is raised from the depths of a Montana lake. Inside are three bodies, bloody clue to a fortune lost for over forty years.. 1906: For two years banks across the western United States have been living in terror of the 'Butcher Bandit'. Series: The Isaac Bell Adventures. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241956427
ISBN
9780241956427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg, New York Times bestselling authors of The Heist, return in this action-packed, exciting adventure featuring master con artist Nicolas Fox and die-hard FBI agent Kate O'Hare. And this time around, things go from hot to nuclear when government secrets are on the line. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472201799
ISBN
9781472201799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. * The wonderful new Isabel Dalhousie novel -- out now in paperback Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123127
ISBN
9780349123127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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