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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. She was born Princess Marguerite Alexandrovna Valensky. But everyone called her Daisy. She was a blonde beauty living in a world of aristocrats and countless wealth. Her father was a prince, a Russian nobleman. Her mother was an American movie goddess. Men desired her. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 108 x 33. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857501653
ISBN
9780857501653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. In a drab North Korean city, a seventh daughter is born to a couple longing for a son. Abandoned hours after her birth, she is eventually rescued by her grandmother. The old woman names the child Bari, after a legend telling of a forsaken princess who undertakes a quest for an elixir that will bring peace to the souls of the dead. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Periscope
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859641743
ISBN
9781859641743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155530
ISBN
9781903155530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.14

Paperback. It is the summer of 1912 in a fishing village, where visitors while away the long, light-filled days. For twelve-year-old Malte, it is a summer of freedom and discovery. But when one day he trips over a salt-eaten coffin, and finds inside the body of a dead sailor, the voice that whispers in Malte's ear starts to take on a life of its own. Translator(s): Haveland, Barbara. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129. Weight in Grams: 181. Clean copy with light shelfwear, good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
SKU
KST0019004
ISBN
9780099284031
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It is the summer of 1912 in a fishing village, where visitors while away the long, light-filled days. For twelve-year-old Malte, it is a summer of freedom and discovery. But when one day he trips over a salt-eaten coffin, and finds inside the body of a dead sailor, the voice that whispers in Malte's ear starts to take on a life of its own. Translator(s): Haveland, Barbara. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129. Weight in Grams: 181. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
SKU
KEX0200823
ISBN
9780099284031
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Si and Danny are best friends, teenage sons of ex-hippy single mothers in North London. All Si wants is to hang out on Primrose Hill, but his laid-back summer of love is destroyed when Danny decides to kill his junky mother's dealer boyfriend. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 166. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
211
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
SKU
KRS0020011
ISBN
9780571201853
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Remakes old stories: of Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, and Beauty (who married her Beast and spends a lifetime suffering his doggy stink). Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192956
ISBN
9780141192956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. Three women vie for success in this glossy bonkbuster set in the world of art houses and art forgery. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition
Export ed.
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340950814
ISBN
9780340950814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Akashic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936070923
ISBN
9781936070923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. A dark and disturbing psycological thriller debut - perfect for fans of THE ICE TWINS and I LET YOU GO. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409152682
ISBN
9781409152682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.11

Paperback. Series: A Vintage original. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 202 x 29. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781101873304
ISBN
9781101873304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Hardback. This book asks how a selection of South African writers have responded to the period since the end of apartheid. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSA; DSBH5; FA; FYT; HBJH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198793762
ISBN
9780198793762
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Strebor Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593096120
ISBN
9781593096120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. 'Punches its way, bare-knuckled, through every millennial New York novel centring around middle-class intellectual characters.. but its real target, sought out with a heat-seeking precision, is far weightier, and that is America itself' (Observer) Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. .
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780748337
ISBN
9781780748337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. Lee Fiora is a shy fourteen-year-old when she leaves small-town Indiana for a scholarship at Ault, an exclusive boarding school in Massachusetts. Her head is filled with images from the school brochure of handsome boys in sweaters leaning against old brick buildings, and girls running with lacrosse sticks across pristine athletics fields. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776844
ISBN
9780552776844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. An unconventional young woman. A haunted young man. A forbidden instrument. Can the love of music bring them together .. or will it tear them apart? Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310320357
ISBN
9780310320357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.58

Paperback. Translator(s): Waters, MS Alyson. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 166 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Archipelago Books United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935744160
ISBN
9781935744160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.60

Paperback. A story of Precious Jones, a sixteen year old illiterate black girl who has never been out of Harlem. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Media tie-in
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTG0012675
ISBN
9780099548720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A story of Precious Jones, a sixteen year old illiterate black girl who has never been out of Harlem. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140. Copy with some shelf wear and minor staining
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Media tie-in
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KOC0008205
ISBN
9780099548720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. As a devoted mother, Veronique Parker has dedicated herself to her three daughters, before and since her divorce. Her world is turned upside down, however, when her former husband dies, leaving her and their daughters astonishing inheritances: a painting of mysterious provenance, a chateau in the south of France, and a shocking revelation. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552166232
ISBN
9780552166232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Precious and Grace is a story about life at Botswana's leading No. 1 Ladies' detective agency. Series: No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349142036
ISBN
9780349142036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.63

Paperback. On the mountainside in rural Mexico where Ladydi lives, being a girl is dangerous. Especially a pretty one. If the Narcos hear there is a pretty girl on the mountain, they steal her. So when the black SUVs roll into town, Ladydi and her friends hide in the warren of holes scattered across the mountain, safely out of sight. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099587590
ISBN
9780099587590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873982631
ISBN
9781873982631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.18

Hardcover. Prague, I see a city..takes the form of a novel of quest, in which the heroine abandons the material world of everyday society and linear history, perceiving it as false, temporary and distracting and journeys in search of her true identity. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 135 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Jantar Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956889065
ISBN
9780956889065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.87

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