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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. When Austin King entertains some distant relatives he unwittingly sets in motion events that will threaten his marriage, his law practice and his standing in the community. Austin's eagerness to please his foster cousin Nora is mistaken for other motives, especially since Nora is besotted with him. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9781860465543
ISBN
9781860465543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Rosie Highgrove-Jones grows up hating her double-barrelled name. She dreams of riding out over the wide plains of the family property, working on the land. Instead she's stuck writing the social pages of the local paper. Then the horrible death of her fiance sparks a series of shocking revelations for Rosie and her family. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Preface Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848090873
ISBN
9781848090873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Addresses memory, suicide, the Great Depression, the loss of American eloquence, and the obsolescent thrill of reading books. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099267546
ISBN
9780099267546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The story of a life told backwards. Its narrator, Doctor Tod T. Friendly, trapped and hurtling towards a terrible secret, moves "out of the blackest sleep" to find himself surrounded by doctors and on the deathbed of a man in whose body he is imprisoned. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099455356
ISBN
9780099455356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849822176
ISBN
9781849822176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. 'Tinkers' is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation to the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184 191pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099538042
ISBN
9780099538042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Is real love just a fairytale? Funny, perceptive and real, this title portrays the rawness of motherhood, the flipside of love and the powerful lure of paths not taken. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 195 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845027216
ISBN
9781845027216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2011. Set in the Niger Delta, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away explores the world of twelve-year-old Blessing and her family. Part comic, part tragic, it shows that some families can survive almost anything. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849163750
ISBN
9781849163750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Series: Neversink. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Melville House Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612193885
ISBN
9781612193885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Now in paperback: From the bestselling author of Roses, a sweeping drama of long-hidden secrets, enduring bonds, and unlikely redemption, set in turn-of-the-century Texas. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455533848
ISBN
9781455533848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. This is a book for anyone who has ever felt their life careering out of control. Clever, touching, disturbing, it will take you from laughter to tears and back again. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
SHORT BOOKS LTD
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906021351
ISBN
9781906021351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

Paperback. Titus, now almost twenty, as he escapes from the Castle, and becomes lost in a sandstorm. Helped by the owner of a travelling zoo and his ex-lover Juno, Titus ends up stranded in a bustling city. And now Titus, the deserter, the traitor, longs for his home, and looks for it all the time to prove, if only to himself, that Gormenghast is truly real. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749394875
ISBN
9780749394875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born, he stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that stand for Gormenghast Castle. There are tears and strange laughter; fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings; dreams and violence and disenchantment contained within a labyrinth of stone. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749394929
ISBN
9780749394929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity and the farm flourishes - until one brother kills the tree. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185507
ISBN
9780141185507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. * A brilliant and original novel about love, crossing the cultural divide, and the meaning of home Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086429
ISBN
9781844086429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241146859
ISBN
9780241146859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. * A riveting and heartbreaking love story about what happens when you revisit the road not taken Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123639
ISBN
9780349123639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Enthralling sequel to Barbara Taylor Bradford's universally loved novels, A Woman of Substance and Hold The Dream. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 35. Weight in Grams: 296. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0004928
ISBN
9780586070345
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Enthralling sequel to Barbara Taylor Bradford's universally loved novels, A Woman of Substance and Hold The Dream. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 35. Weight in Grams: 296. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0007614
ISBN
9780586070345
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Storytelling of the highest calibre Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Pan Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330419093
ISBN
9780330419093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550964684
ISBN
9781550964684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.18

Paperback. This is a short, powerful novel dealing with the complicities and accomodations of power within Italian politics. Translator(s): Foulke, Adrienne. Series: Black and White Series. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 182. Series: Black and White Series. 146 pages. This is a short, powerful novel dealing with the complicities and accomodations of power within Italian politics. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 13. Weight: 186. Translator(s): Foulke, Adrienne.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Number of pages
146
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856359910
ISBN
9780856359910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. A story of Urban Enlightenment. To Fear, With Love is a modern-day twist on the timeless truth of human transformation and transcendence. Follow heroine Alice Bailey as she overcomes emotional suffering and adversity, using them as a catalyst to find passion and love. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782795810
ISBN
9781782795810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Harry Morgan was hard - the classic Hemingway hero - rum-running, gun-running and man-running from Cuba to the Florida Keys in the Depression. He ran risks, too, from stray coastguard bullets and sudden double-crosses. But it was the only way he could keep his boat, keep his independence, and keep his belly full. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 13. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Arrow/Children's (a Division of Random House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099909002
ISBN
9780099909002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

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