Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardback. The eponymous Old Testament hero Noah fuels his local economy with a prescient plan to build the Ark. Though no one around him seriously believes in the coming flood, everyone is more than willing to do business with him: The people of Mesopotamia had never had it so good. Translator(s): Willcocks, Samuel P. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857420466
- ISBN
- 9780857420466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.85
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Paperback. Childhood sweethearts Matthew and Katy agree they must never see each other again following a school reunion. So all is forgotten ..until eight months later when a shock meeting at an antenatal class forces them to confront the fact that Matthew could be the father of Katy's baby. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099594758
- ISBN
- 9780099594758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
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Paperback. Yamada answered "no" twice in a compulsory government questionnaire as to whether he would serve in the armed forces and swear loyalty to the United States. This book tells the story of Ichiro Yamada, a fictional version of the real-life "no-no boys." Series: Classics of Asian American Literature. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 261 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295994048
- ISBN
- 9780295994048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.80
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Paperback. The final instalment in the diaries of Marie Sharp, the Bridget Jones for the SAGA generation - still growing old disgracefully Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782069355
- ISBN
- 9781782069355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.92
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Hardback. Grumpy Old Women meet Bridget Jones in the continuing story of Marie Sharp, first met in the bestseller No! I Don't Want to Join a Bookclub. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 33. Weight in Grams: 490. Good, clean copy in dust wrapper DW showing minor shelfwear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KSG0004306
- ISBN
- 9781780878584
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Grumpy old women meet Bridget Jones in the continuing story of Marie Sharp, first met in the bestseller 'No! I Don't Want to Join a Bookclub'. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780878607
- ISBN
- 9781780878607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
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€ 11.12
Paperback. Too young to get whisked away by a Stannah Stairlift, or to enjoy the luxury of a walk-in bath, Marie is all the same getting on in years - and she's thrilled about it. She's a bit preoccupied about whether to give up sex, but there are compensations, like falling in love with her baby grandson, and maybe falling in love with someone else too. Num Pages: 256 pages, no pictures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Some shelf wear, but remains good
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- SKU
- KTJ0007221
- ISBN
- 9780141025834
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564788610
- ISBN
- 9781564788610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.36
€ 18.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564787293
- ISBN
- 9781564787293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.38
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Paperback. A majestic novel about post-Independence South Africa by the Nobel laureate and Booker Prize winner Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 352. 432 pages. A majestic novel about post-Independence South Africa by the Nobel laureate and Booker Prize winner. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 202 x 137 x 26. Weight: 298.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408831267
- ISBN
- 9781408831267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
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Paperback. Set in 1968, this story is narrated by twelve-year-old Gilles as he approaches his Solemn Communion, puberty, and some sense of the chaos around him. His home is deeply dysfunctional, and Gilles is blithely unaware that any of this is out of the ordinary. There is a deeper trauma here, however, far more shocking that Gilles could have dreamt of. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099428831
- ISBN
- 9780099428831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
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€ 9.43
Paperback. An Irish, contemporary romantic comedy about relationships and what happens when the romance wears off Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 314. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KRF0009138
- ISBN
- 9780755328475
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. An Irish, contemporary romantic comedy about relationships and what happens when the romance wears off Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 314. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KOC0003817
- ISBN
- 9780755328475
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594933073
- ISBN
- 9781594933073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.61
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Paperback. This haunting, elegiac tale about the secret love of a man destined shortly to die, was published in the year before the author's death and is her last novel. She also wrote "All Passion Spent", "The Edwardians", "Family History", "Seducers in Ecuador" and "The Heir". Series: VMC. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860685784
- ISBN
- 9780860685784
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
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Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 105 x 39. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Kensington Publishing
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622867325
- ISBN
- 9781622867325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.23
€ 10.23
Paperback. A heart-warming and hilarious novel about four girls looking for Mr Right by internationally renowned and bestselling author. Her critically acclaimed YA novel, 'Does My Head Look Big in This' sold over 25,000 copies in the UK. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863567117
- ISBN
- 9780863567117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.71
€ 14.99
€ 14.71
Paperback. A classic novel of terror from Richard Laymon Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006573
- ISBN
- 9780747267300
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Hoopoe Fiction. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; FA; FW; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Hoopoe Fiction
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774168178
- ISBN
- 9789774168178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.22
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Paperback. In the grand tradition of Josephine Cox and Catherine Cookson Num Pages: 544 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 36. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340738603
- ISBN
- 9780340738603
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
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Paperback. Wife, mother and journalist Jess finds her usually cheery muddle of family life turned upside down when her husband Matt is unexpectedly made redundant. For instead of looking upon it as the disaster it is, he sees it as the perfect opportunity to indulge in some kind of second adolescence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220. A fine reading copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KRS0016790
- ISBN
- 9780552147644
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Wife, mother and journalist Jess finds her usually cheery muddle of family life turned upside down when her husband Matt is unexpectedly made redundant. For instead of looking upon it as the disaster it is, he sees it as the perfect opportunity to indulge in some kind of second adolescence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - Genre - Family Sagas,Subjects - Fiction - Authors, A-Z - A - Astley, Judy,Subjects - Fiction - General,Subjects - Fiction - Contemporary Fiction: 1970 Onwards - Women's Popular Fi"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KHS0048846
- ISBN
- 9780552147644
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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paperback. Fridays are different. Every other day of the week, the Colonel and his ailing wife fight a constant battle against poverty and monotony, scraping together the dregs of their savings for the food and medicine that keeps them alive. But on Fridays the postman comes - and that sets a fleeting wave of hope rushing through the Colonel's ageing heart. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241968734
- ISBN
- 9780241968734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.33
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Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439178102
- ISBN
- 9781439178102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.08
€ 19.99
€ 19.08