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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Perilously ill, Jasper Scriven spends his days roaming the wards of a derelict psychiatric hospital on England's southeast coast. His daughter Cleo works in London as a news editor, making palatable stories of the world's events and trying to stay one step ahead of her demons. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523857
- ISBN
- 9780099523857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Cora has everything a woman is supposed to want - a career, a caring husband, children, and a stylish home. Desperate for release & burdened with guilt she falls into a pattern of ever increasing violence and sexual degradation till a one night stand tips her over the edge. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bluemoose Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780992791919
- ISBN
- 9780992791919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.88
€ 10.99
€ 9.88
Paperback. When Mabelline visits her pen pal Rosa, she quickly takes Rosa and her son Carlos to her heart, but she knows right away there is something different about the boy. When tragedy occurs, Mabelline becomes responsible for Carlos as he struggles to fit into a world based on rules he doesn't understand, and finds himself in serious trouble. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YF; YX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002906
- ISBN
- 9781843102564
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. When Mabelline visits her pen pal Rosa, she quickly takes Rosa and her son Carlos to her heart, but she knows right away there is something different about the boy. When tragedy occurs, Mabelline becomes responsible for Carlos as he struggles to fit into a world based on rules he doesn't understand, and finds himself in serious trouble. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YF; YX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002905
- ISBN
- 9781843102564
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Training horses is dangerous - a head-to-head confrontation with 1,000 pounds of muscle takes courage. It is these same qualities that allow John and his uncle Gus to live in the beautiful high desert of Wyoming. This novel explores a divided America. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571232451
- ISBN
- 9780571232451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Clare Dowling's romantic comedy explores the meaning of friendship and how honesty isn't always the best policy! Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KTG0002552
- ISBN
- 9780755359813
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Features Raymond Gunt, a decent chap who tries to do the right thing. Or, to put it another way, the worst person ever: a foul-mouthed, misanthropic cameraman, trailing creditors, ex-wives and unhappy homeless people in his wake. Men dislike him, women flee from him. This book is about a human being with absolutely no redeeming social value. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099537397
- ISBN
- 9780099537397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Collects tales that are complete miniature narratives. None longer than three pages, this title includes stories that deal with hurtling changes of perspective, science fiction, the Middle East, boredom, beauty, grossness, global history, and death. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099575177
- ISBN
- 9780099575177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.75
€ 20.99
€ 16.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120731882
- ISBN
- 9788120731882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.35
€ 24.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. The brilliantly dark and atmospheric new masterpiece from one of the most critically-acclaimed and respected crime authors of his generation Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349141091
- ISBN
- 9780349141091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Severn House Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First World Publication
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780727887337
- ISBN
- 9780727887337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 11.45
€ 27.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. 'A wonderfully evocative picture of wartime Paris and the moral maze of resistance' Mail on Sunday Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- W&N London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753826379
- ISBN
- 9780753826379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. A collection of short stories that reveals various facets of an extraordinary imagination. In prose that is full of imagery and word-play, it creates physical and psychological worlds that are at once familiar and yet shockingly strange. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Trafalgar Square
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099274537
- ISBN
- 9780099274537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. Laughs, love, office life. And a little touch of magic .. From the bestselling author of LOOKING FOR ANDREW MCCARTHY and AMANDA'S WEDDING. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 266. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KTM0006993
- ISBN
- 9780007105557
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Recently divorced, thirty-six-year-old Neill Bassett is engaged in an extraordinary experiment. By day, he works at a Silicon Valley software company, where he is helping to create the world's first 'living' artificial intelligence - a computer programme based on the personality of his late father. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 432. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0003909
- ISBN
- 9780241964866
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Watch out Bridget Jones and Ally McBeal - Johnathan Burlip wants you to know his side of the story! Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 287. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period,Subjects - Fiction - General"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- (Reissue)
- SKU
- KHS0057964
- ISBN
- 9780006513322
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Bob Slocum is anxious, bored and fearful of his job. So why is it he wants nothing more than the chance to speak at the next company convention? In this book, the author takes us for a turn on the maddening hamster wheel of work. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 6. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872786
- ISBN
- 9781784872786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.91
€ 8.99
€ 7.91
Paperback. Includes stories such as - "Mr Loveday's Little Outing"; "Cruise"; "Period Piece"; "On Guard"; "An Englishman's Home"; "Excursion in Reality"; "Bella Fleace Gave a Party"; "Winner Takes All"; "Work Suspended"; "Scott-King's Modern Europe"; "Basil Seal Rides Again"; and "Charles Ryder's Schooldays". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184517
- ISBN
- 9780141184517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. From an astonishing new voice, this debut charts the life of Roscoe T Martin, first as a farm owner with a fractured family, then as prison inmate.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471152238
- ISBN
- 9781471152238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888643490
- ISBN
- 9780888643490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.18
€ 19.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. The author's professional writing had always expressed complex ideas in expressive prose. And the notion emerged - why not compress ideas, stories, even whole novels, into single aphorisms? This collection of single aphorisms intends to provide food for thought. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 129. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Foulsham
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780572030407
- ISBN
- 9780572030407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.30
€ 8.30
Paperback. Words And Women: Three is the third showcase collection of short prose by women writers in the East of England. The memoir, fiction, and creative non-fiction inside reflect the brilliance, boldness and depth of women's contemporary writing in the region. Editor(s): Bryan, Lynne. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Unthank Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910061343
- ISBN
- 9781910061343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.40
€ 12.40
Paperback. Saved from a delinquent childhood by education, cheated out of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, Hilary Burde cherishes his obsessive guilt and ekes out a living in a dull civil service job. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429128
- ISBN
- 9780099429128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84
paperback. Focuses on Lue Gim Gong, a real-life Chinese pioneer, who seized the opportunity to go to America's "Gold Mountain." This book presents the story of his attempt to assimilate the new culture, his few successes and his frequent setbacks as told by the women who cared most about him: his mother, a spinster who loved him, and a friend and co-worker. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295987149
- ISBN
- 9780295987149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82