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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In Hanky Park, near Salford, Harry and Sally Hardcastle grow up in a society preoccupied with grinding poverty, exploited by bookies and pawnbroker, bullied by petty officials and living in fear of the dole queue and the Means Test. His love affair with a local girl ends in a shotgun marriage, and, disowned by his family, he is tempted by crime. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099224815
ISBN
9780099224815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. 'Beautifully written, intelligent and gripping' Daily Mail. From the Richard and Judy bestselling author of The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Heron Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782064510
ISBN
9781782064510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Beautiful reissue of Louise Erdrich's most famous novel, from one of the most celebrated American writers of her generation and winner of the National Book Award 2012. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
New
SKU
9780006546191
ISBN
9780006546191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. A passionate and moving story about a girl who is ready to fight for a chance of happiness Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 29. Weight in Grams: 238. Well-read paperback in good condition, some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0029679
ISBN
9780747249597
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Brilliantly funny stuff' SUN Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 308. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KIN0034702
ISBN
9780007520886
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447247548
ISBN
9781447247548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.14

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602827493
ISBN
9781602827493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. Lost Soul's Point is the tourist trail name for the highest part of the wild and windswept cliffs overlooking the south coast seaside resort of Shoresby. It's here that the hopes and fears of 4 very different people converge. This book tells their story, about love, growing up, overcoming tragedy, and learning to love life and live it full. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 285. Already read but clean
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KDK0011351
ISBN
9780099414834
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583229095
ISBN
9781583229095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.19

Paperback. Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks writes novels that real women want to read. With her trademark tell-it-like-it-is style, she gets right to the heart of the dilemmas people face in their lives and takes her stories to unexpected places. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755394296
ISBN
9780755394296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. With the bookshop where she works about to close, hopeless romantic Laura Horsley, in a moment of uncharacteristic recklessness, finds herself agreeing to help organise a literary festival in the heart of the English countryside. But her initial excitement is followed by a mounting sense of panic when she realises just how much work is involved. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornerstone
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0034607
ISBN
9780099525042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KRF0038447
ISBN
9781844883110
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. A collection of stories that reveal one woman's exploration of identity, finding it in both the sweeping backdrop of Egyptian history and the quotidian exchanges with friends and family. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 176 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609216
ISBN
9780815609216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.38

Paperback. Wasn't that sex that happened between the talking-and-going-out-to-dinner bit and the sobbing-and-eating-too-many-biscuits bit? Still, Bella was sure she could handle some. She must be practically a virgin again by now, all sealed over like pierced ears if you don't wear earrings for too long. But the 'L' word? She never wanted to hear it again. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
SKU
KTM0006448
ISBN
9780552998536
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Wasn't that sex that happened between the talking-and-going-out-to-dinner bit and the sobbing-and-eating-too-many-biscuits bit? Still, Bella was sure she could handle some. She must be practically a virgin again by now, all sealed over like pierced ears if you don't wear earrings for too long. But the 'L' word? She never wanted to hear it again. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KTM0006231
ISBN
9780552998536
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241978924
ISBN
9780241978924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

paperback. Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed hopeless romantic Florentino Ariza's impassioned advances and married Dr Juvenal Urbino instead. During that half-century, Flornetino has fallen into the arms of many delighted women, but has loved none but Fermina. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000556
ISBN
9780241968567
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Hardcover. On seventh of July at six in the afternoon, a woman of 71 and a man of 78 ascend a gangplank and begin one of the greatest adventures in modern literature. The man is Florentino Ariza, President of the Carribean River Boat Company; the woman is his childhood sweetheart, the recently widowed Fermina Daza. She has earache. He is bald and lame. Num Pages: 422 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 31. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
9781857152357
ISBN
9781857152357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Hardback. Set in Cairo in the aftermath of the Six-Day War of 1967, this title introduces us to an assortment of characters who, each in his or her own way, comes face to face with the questions raised by human weakness and misfortune. It presents a struggle between 'old' and 'new' in the realm of moral values that leaves the future in doubt. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
152
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774164521
ISBN
9789774164521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.89

Paperback. Mitch is a 25-year-old with commitment issues. Leonard is a five-year-old kid with asthma and vision problems, who captivates everyone he meets. Pearl is Leonard's teenage mother, who's trying to hide a violent secret from her past. Life has given Pearl every reason to mistrust people, but circumstances force her to trust her neighbour, Mitch. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0037374
ISBN
9780552773645
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Friendship, a newcomer - and romance .. from the author of THE VILLAGE GREEN AFFAIR. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 278. 8vo. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KEX0276242
ISBN
9781409102069
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A hugely romantic debut novel about love and destiny. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KEX0245750
ISBN
9780007255825
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A fabulous collection of short stories and essays by much loved and multi-million-copy bestselling author Penny Vincenzi Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755399581
ISBN
9780755399581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. As she approaches forty, a woman struggles to find a new kind of happiness in this sexy and surprising debut novel Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780446540438
ISBN
9780446540438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

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