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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A truly Great Read - 'Convincing, exotic, lively, for sheer story-telling it puts other so-called "epics" in the shade' Standard Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340938324
ISBN
9780340938324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Celeste Price is an eighth-grade English teacher in suburban Tampa. She is attractive. She drives a red Corvette. Her husband, Ford, is rich, square-jawed and devoted to her. But Celeste has a secret. She has a singular sexual obsession - fourteen-year-old boys. It is a craving she pursues with sociopathic meticulousness and forethought. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571303335
ISBN
9780571303335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. After the death of her lover Jake, Talulla Demetriou finds herself to be the last living werewolf. Pregnant, grieving and on the run, she flees to an Alaskan hunting lodge to have her child in secret and keep the bloodline alive. Series: The Last Werewolf Trilogy. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main - New cover
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782112679
ISBN
9781782112679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Subsequent
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714529905
ISBN
9780714529905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. The sixth wickedly funny new romantic comedy from the bestselling author of CHAPATTI OR CHIPS? Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 356. Clean copy with light shelfwear, good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KST0019030
ISBN
9781416527534
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Glamour, ambition, love and sex. It's all here in the page-turning bestsellers by Louise Bagshawe Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755340538
ISBN
9780755340538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583227299
ISBN
9781583227299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.83

Paperback. Shy, sensible banker Stuart has trouble with women; that is, until a fortuitous singles night, where he meets Gillian, a picture restorer recovering from a destructive affair. Stuart's best friend Oliver is his complete opposite - a language teacher who 'talks like a dictionary', brash and feckless. Soon Stuart and Gillian are married. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540137
ISBN
9780099540137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 382 pages. BIC Classification: BG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583220412
ISBN
9781583220412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.86

Hardcover. What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals that O'Dwyer spent his life haunted by a secret Maori curse. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 460. "What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals that O'Dwyer spent his life haunted by a secret Maori curse. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 460. Fine in dustwrapper"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Harvill Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KTJ0050303
ISBN
9781860467103
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 12.00

Paperback. Talk You Round Till Dusk is a collection of tiny stories and big ideas celebrating the wonder of the moment. Illustrator(s): Higgie, Anna. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Burning Eye Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909136519
ISBN
9781909136519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. 'A moving and unmissable debut' Chris Cleave Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9780330445450
ISBN
9780330445450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. They met at a party. It was hate at first sight. Ruth was far too beautiful, too flamboyant. Not at all Ann's kind of person. Until a chance encounter in the bathroom led to an alliance of souls. This is the story of Ruth and of Ann. And all of us who wonder what we'd say if we knew we didn't have forever. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234. Clean copy with some shelf wear. Previous owner name to endpaper
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0000806
ISBN
9780099451723
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 205 x 42. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590178447
ISBN
9781590178447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. Translator(s): Kuntz, Jane. Series: Tunisian Literature Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564786296
ISBN
9781564786296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.07

Hardcover. Includes stories that reflect author's own happy schooldays at Dulwich College but they also do a good deal more. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591797
ISBN
9781841591797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

paperback. This book tells the stories of the vaqueros of the Wild Horse Desert for fourth- through eighth-grade students. Series: Jack & Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture. Num Pages: 138 pages, 62 b&w photos, 31 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 203. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
Edition
1st
SKU
V9780292712416
ISBN
9780292712416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 194 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824815943
ISBN
9780824815943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.36

Paperback. Features characters that highlight London's concern with social issues. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140183580
ISBN
9780140183580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. San Francisco, 1976. A naive young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios, pot-growing landladies, cut throat debutantes, and Jockey Shorts dance contests. The saga that ensues is manic, romantic, tawdry, touching, and outrageous - unmistakably the handiwork of Armistead Maupin. Series: Tales of the City. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552998765
ISBN
9780552998765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.47

Hardcover. Ten daring stories from 'a writer who seems capable of anything' (Guardian), the Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 478. Fine in dustwrapper. DW with some light shelf wear, else as new
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KRS0029318
ISBN
9780007459636
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of short stories gives an insight into the dark, dangerous lowlife of Los Angeles that the inhabited. From prostitutes to classical music, the author of this book mixes high and low culture in his 'tales of ordinary madness'. These are angry yet tender, humorous and haunting portrayals of life in the underbelly of Los Angeles. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Virgin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753513873
ISBN
9780753513873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

paperback. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714529547
ISBN
9780714529547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Blacksmith Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881613936
ISBN
9789881613936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

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