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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In a series of vignettes of life in her village, Alice Taylor reasserts the priorities of public space and local community. The Parish evokes and explores the positive values of community, which could be renewed and reinvigorated for a present and future that achieves harmony between comfort and the pressing need to respect the environment. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Brandon
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780863223976
ISBN
9780863223976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Further tales of village life in the French Pyrenees. A Parisian comes to Fogas to modernise the village shop and it is baguettes at dawn! Series: Fogas Chronicles. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444721478
ISBN
9781444721478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. On the eve of her ninth birthday, Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice. All at once her cheerful, can-do mother tastes of despair and desperation. Suddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes perilous. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099538264
ISBN
9780099538264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. An epic, awe-inspiring novel of good and evil - the most talked about book of the year, and now a global bestseller. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 46. Weight in Grams: 602.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Orion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752883304
ISBN
9780752883304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. Tanya DuBois doesn't exist. At least not after an accident leaves her husband dead and makes her Suspect No 1. She has one choice. Run. Tanya isn't real, and neither is Amelia Keen, Debra Maze, or any of her other aliases. She is 'Amelia' when she meets Blue, another woman with a life she'd rather not discuss, and thinks she's found her kindred spirit. But their pasts and futures clash as the body count rises around them.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785651731
ISBN
9781785651731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. G H, a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous objects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach - black, dusty, prehistoric - crawling out of the wardrobe and, panicking, slams the door on it. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197357
ISBN
9780141197357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. THE PASSION OF NEW EVE is an extraordinary journey into the apocalyptic vision of the author Lorna Sage called 'The boldest of English writers'. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001652
ISBN
9780860683414
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A beautiful, haunting novel by the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature Translator(s): Chalmers, Martin. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781255278
ISBN
9781781255278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. Four siblings meet up in their grandparents' old house for three long, hot summer weeks. But under the idyllic surface lie shattering tensions. Roland has come with his new wife, and his sisters don't like her. Fran has brought her children, who soon uncover an ugly secret in a ruined cottage in the woods. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 284 x 28. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKE0000040
ISBN
9780099597469
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When he asked her to be his wife, he also wanted a mother for his children.. When Andi marries Ethan she gets a ready-made family in the shape of his daughters Emily and Sophia. Unable to have a child of her own, and crazy in love with Ethan, she has a chance to make the perfect family. Can Andi and Ethan heal the rift in their relationship? Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 201 x 31. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTM0004546
ISBN
9780141038650
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Pin is a bawdy, adolescent cobbler's assistant, both arrogant and insecure who - while the Second World War rages - sings songs and tells jokes to endear himself to the grown-ups of his town - particularly jokes about his sister, who they all know as the town's 'mattress'. Translator(s): Colquhoun, Archibald; Parks, Tim; Creagh, Patrick; McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189734
ISBN
9780141189734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841150505
ISBN
9781841150505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hyperion
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401310882
ISBN
9781401310882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

Paperback. Magical, romantic and heart-warming, this is the new novel by the New York Times bestselling author of GARDEN SPELLS and THE GIRL WHO CHASED THE MOON. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444706673
ISBN
9781444706673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868198057
ISBN
9780868198057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Hardback. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 205 x 15. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780141394688
ISBN
9780141394688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Illustrator(s): Orozco, Jose Luis. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185125
ISBN
9780141185125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Hardback. Series: The Seven Sisters. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; FA; FRD; FRH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509840052
ISBN
9781509840052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062244765
ISBN
9780062244765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. For readers of The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly and The Guest Cat comes this passionate, bittersweet love story that will move readers old and young Translator(s): Hawke, Liedewy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786070531
ISBN
9781786070531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.85

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