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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A secret that changed everything.. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409135395
ISBN
9781409135395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Fans of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones or Maria Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette? will love this hilarious novel about the lives and loves of a far-from-perfect modern superwoman.. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848548367
ISBN
9781848548367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Offers not just a psychological portrait, but also a searing account of Latin America's political scene. Translator(s): MacAdam, A. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571149049
ISBN
9780571149049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Spurred on by admiration for his novelist half-brother and irritation at the biography written about him by Mr Goodman ('his slapdash and very misleading book'), the narrator, V, sets out to record Sebastian Knight's life as he understands it. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185996
ISBN
9780141185996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) is arguably the greatest writer of modern China, and is considered by many to be the founder of modern Chinese literature. This book presents translations of Lu Xun's stories, including "The Real Story of Ah-Q', "Diary of a Madman", "A Comedy of Ducks", "The Divorce" and "A Public Example", among others. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455489
ISBN
9780140455489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Tessa Hamilton's thirty, with a lovely husband and home, two adorable kids, and not a care in the world. Sure her husband ogles the nanny more than she should allow. And keeping up with the Joneses is a full-time occupation. But she's settled and happy. No seven-year itch for Tessa. Except at the back of her mind is Patrick Cameron. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958339
ISBN
9780241958339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Series: Red River of the North. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Repack
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764201943
ISBN
9780764201943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. The No. 1 Sunday Times and internationally bestselling account of life as an autistic child. 'Brilliant .. both moving and strangely optimistic' (Daily Telegraph). Translator(s): Mitchell, David; Yoshida, Keiko. Num Pages: 192 pages, 11. BIC Classification: BGA; MJNA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781444776775
ISBN
9781444776775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. An essay on the nature of human revolt, this book makes a critique of communism, how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It also questions two events held sacred by the left wing, the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917. Translator(s): Bower, Anthony. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141182018
ISBN
9780141182018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Presents the major figures the splendid dominant King of England, Edward I, and The Great Llewellyn II, Prince of Wales. This book details the political machinations of Edward against the Welsh and the Scots, together with Llewellyn's struggle to control the recalcitrant Welsh Princes. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140113259
ISBN
9780140113259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Repackaged ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764204654
ISBN
9780764204654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.55

Paperback. Coolly and compellingly narrated by a man, this is a novel of psychological insight and power, about the reckless quality of exclusive love, about the damage families do - and try, sometimes dangerously, to undo. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 7058. Clean copy in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KST0026429
ISBN
9780099424338
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.78

hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
London, Calder & Boyars United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714507262
ISBN
9780714507262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. *'Her work is certainly far too little known in relation to the greatness of her talent. But her masterpiece THE RECTOR'S DAUGHTER, is in print again' SUSAN HILL *A wonderfully moving, harrowing but ultimately uplifting novel of love. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860689119
ISBN
9780860689119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. For twenty years, Anna Bouverie, as a priest's wife, has served God and the parish in a variety of ways. When her husband fails to gain promotion to archdeacon and retreats into isolated bitterness, and the bullying of her daughter at the local comprehensive reaches an intolerable level, Anna rebels. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KCG0000066
ISBN
9780552994705
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. The scene is Ireland. The time, 1916, is the eve of the famous, tragic Easter Rebellion in Dublin, which startled Europe even in the midst of the First World War. A single Anglo Irish family provides the extremely diverse characters. This story weaves these people together into a tragic comic pattern. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099429135
ISBN
9780099429135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Mellors, Anthony; Robertson, Fiona. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552542
ISBN
9780199552542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. A college reunion, 20 years after graduation: can one weekend of nostalgia change some people's lives forever? Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089000
ISBN
9781844089000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609452735
ISBN
9781609452735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.87

Paperback. Mixing fiction and nonfiction, Skinner breathes new imaginative life into the story of a twentieth century icon. Bewitched by the beauty of a troupe of native dancers and the strange music of the gamelan, Margaretha changes her name to Mata Hari and goes to Paris, where she is drawn into a web of espionage resulting in her death by firing squad. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001295
ISBN
9780571209347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Mixing fiction and nonfiction, Skinner breathes new imaginative life into the story of a twentieth century icon. Bewitched by the beauty of a troupe of native dancers and the strange music of the gamelan, Margaretha changes her name to Mata Hari and goes to Paris, where she is drawn into a web of espionage resulting in her death by firing squad. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001310
ISBN
9780571209347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback.
Publisher
Broadway Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307405975
ISBN
9780307405975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.64

Paperback. The main character of Leo Haber's novel grows to sexual and social awareness amid old-world Yiddish-speaking rabbis, new-world mobsters, Jewish non-believers, musicians, ballplayers, and new waves of immigrants. Jewish survival in a free society informs the novel, with the ancient law of the red heifer serving as the central metaphor. Series: New York City History & Culture S. Num Pages: 304 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608363
ISBN
9780815608363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.21

Paperback. Two families. Seven days. One house. Angela and her brother Richard have spent twenty years avoiding each other. Now, after the death of their mother, they bring their families together for a holiday in a rented house on the Welsh border. Four adults and four children. Seven days of shared meals, log fires, card games and wet walks. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 334. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0009263
ISBN
9780099570165
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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