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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A story of what appears to be a perfectly ordinary farming family living in a perfect village in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It feels like a place that will never change. Its fields have been cultivated since medieval times, its farmhouse is crumbling and the same bric-a-brac has been circulating the village jumble sales for decades. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 14 x 25. Weight in Grams: 347. A story of what appears to be a perfectly ordinary farming family living in a perfect village in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It feels like a place that will never change. Its fields have been cultivated since medieval times, its farmhouse is crumbling and the same bric-a-brac has been circulating the village jumble sales for decades. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 14 x 25. Weight in Grams: 347. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KOC0004194
ISBN
9780701185800
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Now a major film: J. G. Ballard's compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Edition
Film tie-in edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008134891
ISBN
9780008134891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. On the high seas of the Caribbean, a family of English children is set loose - sent by their parents from their home in Jamaica to receive the civilising effects of England. When their ship is captured by pirates, the thrilling cruise continues as the children transfer their affections from one batch of sailors to another. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437437
ISBN
9780099437437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Well read copy, but remains good
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Pocket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KTJ0005571
ISBN
9780671037505
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The war on drugs has been lost, but for want of the courage to face that fact, the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network. From the Groucho Club toilets to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, we are all partners in crime and this story takes us through the landscape it has created. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 270. The war on drugs has been lost, but for want of the courage to face that fact, the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network. From the Groucho Club toilets to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, we are all partners in crime and this story takes us through the landscape it has created. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy showing some shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0009525
ISBN
9780552999953
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The war on drugs has been lost, but for want of the courage to face that fact, the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network. From the Groucho Club toilets to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, we are all partners in crime and this story takes us through the landscape it has created. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266. Well-read paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRF0021697
ISBN
9780552999953
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Includes stories that are set in ordinary places, in the streets and suburbs and dancehalls of Dublin, the small towns and fields of the midlands, the big houses of the beleaguered Anglo-Irish in the aftermath of their ascendancy, and the whole changing country propelled in a generation from the nineteenth into the late twentieth century. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 135.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225699
ISBN
9780571225699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. If everyone else was fighting dirty, could you rise above it? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 184. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0030979
ISBN
9780747256069
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241981214
ISBN
9780241981214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Do you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups? Rob does. He keeps a list, in fact. But Laura isn't on it - even though she's just become his latest ex. He's got his life back, you see. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969816
ISBN
9780241969816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. In September 1984, a man calling himself Roy Walsh checked into The Grand Hotel in Brighton and planted a bomb in room 629. The device was primed to explode when Margaret Thatcher and her whole cabinet would be staying in the hotel. This is a retelling of one of the most ambitious assassination attempts against the British establishment. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1955
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592280
ISBN
9780099592280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. From the Orange- and Whitbread-shortlisted author of Buddha Da Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841955193
ISBN
9781841955193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. From the three million copy bestselling author of Lady of Hay comes the big new novel by the bestselling author of WHISPERS IN THE SAND is a gripping tale of witchcraft and romance, past and present, as her modern-day characters are caught up in a battle that has been raging for hundreds of years. Num Pages: 528 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
(Reissue)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007288632
ISBN
9780007288632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 204 x 14. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Caitlin Press Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927575468
ISBN
9781927575468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. Two little girls are taken by their mother to Morocco on a 1960s pilgrimage of self-discovery. For Mum, it is not just an escape from the grinding conventions of English life but a quest for personal fulfilment; her children, however, seek something more solid and stable amidst the shifting desert sands. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140174120
ISBN
9780140174120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910400043
ISBN
9781910400043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. Meet Harry Pickles, aged nine and a bit. Harry is the fastest boy runner in the world, first son of Mo and Pa, and big brother to Daniel. His life is good. He's premier league. At least, that's the way it was before the school trip.. This novel captures the perspective of a confused nine-year-old. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KOC0012900
ISBN
9781841956954
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The best-selling novel by Fern Britton author of The Holiday Home and The Seaside Affair. Perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Celia Imrie. Num Pages: 432 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007362721
ISBN
9780007362721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

Paperback. Bestselling author Erica James explores the stories of a potent mix of characters who meet at a creative writers' group. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Orion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752883496
ISBN
9780752883496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. For Theresa and her student friends, Belfast can seem an urban nightmare - a city where secrecy and bitterness are nursed behind closed doors, and where Theresa's twin brother, Francis, has been murdered. This book reveals the crisis of faith that confronts Theresa when her devout Catholicism provides no explanation for the tragedy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780571298778
ISBN
9780571298778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. From the author of the acclaimed UNEXPECTED LESSONS IN LOVE - 'impossible to recommend more highly' Guardian Num Pages: 384 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444789270
ISBN
9781444789270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Two men have been enlisted to kill the head of the Gestapo. This is Operation Anthropoid, Prague, 1942: two Czechoslovakian parachutists sent on a daring mission by London to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich - chief of the Nazi secret services, 'the hangman of Prague', 'the blond beast', 'the most dangerous man in the Third Reich'. Translator(s): Taylor, Sam. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099555643
ISBN
9780099555643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. The story of one family piecing itself back together after a tragic highschool shooting, Hey Nostradamus! is Douglas Coupland's most soulful, piercing and searching novel yet. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196. Used paperback in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Harper Perennial Edition
SKU
KRF0036028
ISBN
9780007162512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155479
ISBN
9781903155479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

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