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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. At the far end of the long white gallery is a painting of a woman, in pale flowing clothes and lying on a sofa beside an open window. It is a painting which leads Flora on, beckoning her away from her childhood, her complaining mother, pert younger sister, and the confines of a small community. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099274629
ISBN
9780099274629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Hardcover. A Celebration of Virtue and Vice. 224 pages. Editor(s): Porter, Rosalind; Clark, Alex. Seven of our most acclaimed authors and thinkers go head to head with Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath, Sloth and Vanity to explore what we really mean when we talk about sin. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Dimension: 201 x 134 x 22. Weight: 334.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Union Books
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908526151
ISBN
9781908526151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 6.29

Paperback. Clutching his vodka and his memories, he seeks refuge on an island in the Cyclades. There by chance he meets a young woman who reactivates love's vocabulary. His survival instinct faintly reappears through the distorting mirror of alcohol. Yet the craving is an irresistible, clever adversary that shows no mercy. Translator(s): Connolly, David. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Arcadia Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900850216
ISBN
9781900850216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. An aggressive personal trainer who has just become a media hero after taking down a would-be gunman in Miami. The one witness to the daring rescue is Lena Sorensen - an overweight depressive who is becoming increasingly obsessed with Lucy.. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099535560
ISBN
9780099535560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Tea-Bag, a young Nigerian girl, has fled a refugee camp in Spain for the promise of a new life in Sweden. Tania has made a long and dangerous journey to escape themisery of life in a brothel. Leila has travelled with her family from Iran. All of them are facing different challenges in their new home. Translator(s): Segerberg, Ebba. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099455486
ISBN
9780099455486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Two generations of women, and one house that holds the terrible secrets of their pasts 1922. Grace has been sent to the stately and crumbling Fenix House to follow in her grandmother's footsteps as a governess. Secrets appear to live in the house's very walls and everybody is resolutely protecting their own. Why has she been sent here? Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405917445
ISBN
9781405917445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.79

Paperback. A young and inexperienced sea captain finds that his first command leaves him with a ship stranded in tropical seas and a crew smitten with fever. As he wrestles with his conscience and with the increasing sense of isolation that he experiences, the captain crosses the 'shadow-line' between youth and adulthood. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140180978
ISBN
9780140180978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. A haunting novel from the best-selling author of the Ibis trilogy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848544178
ISBN
9781848544178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Translator(s): Lammers, Wayne P. Series: Japanese Literature Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564786418
ISBN
9781564786418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.09

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seven Stories Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609805074
ISBN
9781609805074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.78

Paperback. Tells the story of Anna Severell's struggle at the age of seventeen to evolve her own personality in the shadow of her father, Henry Severell, a famous English novelist. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vinatge 1991
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099889601
ISBN
9780099889601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Hardback. In an unnamed African nation, the people are subject to a state of perpetual warfare and an Orwellian abuse of language that strips away meaning and renders life senseless. And in a bare room lit only by moonlight, a young man hides, waiting for the mysterious crocodile-men to come and help him escape from the violent tyranny of the state. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: The Africa List. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857420992
ISBN
9780857420992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.29

Paperback. Your best friend has suffered a devastating brain injury - she's a shadow of her former self. Alone and grieving, you turn to the only other person who understands your pain. Her husband. What started out as comfort between friends has become something more.. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 126 x 34. Weight in Grams: 346. Good, clean copy showing minor shelfwear on covers and page edges
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0006777
ISBN
9781848450448
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A spellbinding tale of grief, jealousy and betrayal, from the author of the Richard & Judy Book Club selected SECRETS OF THE TIDES. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409127956
ISBN
9781409127956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Written in 1915, The Shadow-Line is based upon events and experiences from twenty-seven years earlier, to which Conrad returned obsessively in his fiction. A young sea-captain faces a succession of crises on his first command, for which he feels himself responsible. The novel is a work full of 'sudden passions', as well as a penetrating analysis of the nature of manhood. Editor(s): Hawthorn, Jeremy. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 102 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555567
ISBN
9780199555567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Two local prostitutes are found brutally strangled. Serrailler is called back urgently from his sabbatical but by the time he reaches Lafferton another girl has vanished. Then the wife of the Dean at the Cathedral goes missing - has the killer widened their net or is there more than one murderer at large? Series: Simon Serrailler. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 169 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099499282
ISBN
9780099499282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Translator(s): Thomas, Dominic. Series: Global African Voices. Num Pages: 132 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 8. Weight in Grams: 177.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019257
ISBN
9780253019257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 388. 298 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight: 388.
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906413859
ISBN
9781906413859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. Sara Highbury, forty-eight years old, is the manageress of a boarding house. She lives her life in the past, haunted by a love affair with a diamond digger called Herbert. One day, a young child arrives at Sara's door. Apparently the girl is Herbert's illegitimate daughter and it seems there is no one else to look after her. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 173.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099535775
ISBN
9780099535775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Translator(s): Locke, Hillary. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503938052
ISBN
9781503938052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.71

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