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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In Pat Barker's Another World, the First World War casts its shadow down the generations. At 101 years old, Geordie, a proud Somme veteran, lingers painfully through the days before his death. His grandson Nick is anguished to see this once-resilient man haunted by the ghosts of the trenches and the horror surrounding his brother's death. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0000949
ISBN
9780140258981
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559428
ISBN
9781875559428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.90

Paperback. Faith Madison is the very picture of a sophisticated New Yorker. Slim, blonde, stylish, married to a successful merchant banker and having raised two daughters, Faith has a life many would envy. But Faith has overcome a childhood marred by tragedy, and has carried within herself a secret she could divulge to no-one. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 104 x 27. Weight in Grams: 216. Paperback in very good condition, with some light shelfwear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232431
ISBN
9780552148542
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. P B Jones discovers that bed-hopping rather than literary ability is the way to get published. He discovers along the way that prayers that are answered cause more pain than those that remain ignored. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185934
ISBN
9780141185934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062375285
ISBN
9780062375285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. Enthralling, moving, darkly funny and humane, Anthem is a triumphant account of ordinary people and a dispute over a group of small, barren islands at the bottom of the world. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprints
SKU
KNW0008650
ISBN
9780330487467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist delivers "an astonishing literary achievement" (Anthony Gottlieb, The Economist). Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393339703
ISBN
9780393339703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Chris, Ikem and Beatrice are like-minded friends working under the military regime of His Excellency, the Sandhurst-educated President of Kangan. In the pressurized atmosphere of oppression and intimidation they are simply trying to live and love, and remain friends. But in a world where each day brings a new betrayal, hope is hard to cling on to. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186900
ISBN
9780141186900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. When Theodore Gumbril hits upon the notion of designing a type of pneumatic trouser to ease the discomfort of a sedentary life, he decides the time has come to leave his position as housemaster in a boys' public school and seek his fortune in the metropolis. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099458180
ISBN
9780099458180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. "Antigua, Penny, Puce" is a tale of sibling rivalry in which Jane and Oliver fight for posession of a never-issued one-penny stamp from Antigua. "They Hanged my Saintly Billy" tells of Dr William Palmer, a notorious surgeon, racehorse owner and confessed forger who was also a thief. Editor(s): McCormick, Ian. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857545845
ISBN
9781857545845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.14
€ 50.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811219914
ISBN
9780811219914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Maybe this Christmas her wishes will come true Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 468. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of pages
352
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KSG0004605
ISBN
9781444726053
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Stretching the truth online seemed absolutely harmless to Jenny Breslin, but that was before she invited her cyber pals to visit.. Surely she's not the only one who has been stretching the truth? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242. Good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0009500
ISBN
9781444726060
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The arrogant Duke of Griffinston is taken by his mother to a tiny town known as Spinster Cove. There, she demands he pick any woman there to be his bride, promising she'll turn her into a Duchess. To teach his mother a lesson, he chooses serving girl Pauline Simms. Original. Series: Spindle Cove. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 109 x 27. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062240125
ISBN
9780062240125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.95

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241981450
ISBN
9780241981450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, but Logan Mountstuart's - lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century - contains more than its fair share of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian Fleming and betrayed in the war. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
9780141044170
ISBN
9780141044170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.07

Paperback. Kelly McCallan has had far from an easy life. But the biggest threat to her future happiness will be her own flesh and blood.. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747255055
ISBN
9780747255055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509811144
ISBN
9781509811144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.19

Paperback. Anna Walsh is officially a wreck. She's covered in bandages and she's lying in her parents' Good Front Room dreaming of leaving Dublin and getting back to New York. To her friends. And most of all back to Aiden. But her family have other ideas. And Aiden, for some reason, seems unwilling to get in touch. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 40. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241958469
ISBN
9780241958469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Andie and her sister Jin have never seen eye to eye. They both need the support of a friend but can they ever be friends with each other? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 193 x 41. Weight in Grams: 424. In good condition. A well read copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KRS0010697
ISBN
9780755333288
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

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