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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Forty-nine, with a kind face, no serious ailments, a good salary and three moody children, widowed accountant Martin Santome is about to retire. He assumes he'll take up gardening, or the guitar, or whatever retired people do. What he least expects is to fall passionately in love with his shy young employee Laura Avellaneda. Translator(s): Morales, Harry. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396859
ISBN
9780141396859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408833445
ISBN
9781408833445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. I had a good, proper look at myself in the mirror tonight. I've always wanted to look clever, but at the age of twenty years and three months I have to admit that I look like a person who has never even heard of Jung or Updike. Adrian Mole is an adult. At least that's what it says on his passport. But living at home, clinging to his threadbare.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
Re-issue
SKU
9780141046440
ISBN
9780141046440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. In the deep winter snows of a Swedish hamlet, a strange young woman fakes a break-in at the house of an elderly artist in order to persuade her that she needs companionship. But what does she hope to gain by doing this? And who ultimately is deceiving whom? Translator(s): Teal, Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Sort Of Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954899578
ISBN
9780954899578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. The critically acclaimed, IMPAC shortlisted debut novel from the author of THE PIRATE'S DAUGHTER. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755347049
ISBN
9780755347049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. From the inimitable Michael Palin comes the warm and witty story of an everyman, a tantalising offer, a journey to India and the search for the truth. Includes Reading Group Notes. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828120
ISBN
9780753828120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Aims to take the readers behind the scenes to the world of young Hollywood royalty. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
It Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061137334
ISBN
9780061137334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.10

Paperback. A taut debut psychological novel which asks the question - can there be one single truth? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760290122
ISBN
9781760290122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. Melody Browne can remember nothing before her ninth birthday. Now in her early thirties, Melody lives in the middle of London with her seventeen-year-old son. She hasn't seen her parents since she left home at fifteen, but Melody doesn't mind. She's better off on her own. And then fragments of her past start to come back. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Edition
1st
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099533672
ISBN
9780099533672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A brilliant, touching and funny debut about an extraordinary friendship, a kidnapping, memory championships and a Russian bride Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753824092
ISBN
9780753824092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. New novel from the international bestselling chick-lit writer who keeps you guessing to the very end. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 520. Copy with some shelf wear and minor staining
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KOC0009421
ISBN
9780340993316
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. New novel from the international bestselling chick-lit writer who keeps you guessing to the very end. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 520. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KAK0006269
ISBN
9780340993316
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Lainey Hollingsworth has spent her whole life on the outside of a secret. Her mother would never discuss the reasons she abandoned Italy when Lainey was a new born, nor has she ever stayed in touch with the family she left behind. Now Lainey's mother is dead, taking the secret with her, and leaving Lainey free to find out about her roots. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0000412
ISBN
9780099550860
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. New novel from the international bestselling chick-lit writer who keeps you guessing to the very end. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340993323
ISBN
9780340993323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Four men. One dangerous secret. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KJE0003515
ISBN
9780747596332
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 268. Good, clean copy. Covers and page edges showing minor shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0006050
ISBN
9781842233429
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 9.99
€ 6.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610427
ISBN
9780815610427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.65

Paperback. Infamous for the murder of Maria Iribarne, the artist Juan Pablo Castel is now writing a detailed account of his relationship with the victim from his prison cell: obsessed from the first moment he saw her examining one of his paintings, Castel had become fixated on her over the next months and fantasized over how they might meet again. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194547
ISBN
9780141194547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Follows the interactions of a socially insecure, pun-loving family man, an officious lady caseworker from an adoption agency, and a chauvinist pig - all suburban neighbors who know far too much about one another's private lives in this goofy and gently hilarious tale of marital quibbles. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226173474
ISBN
9780226173474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Paperback. Judith Lennox's novels are full of excitement and drama, with great appeal for readers of Kate Morton Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 44. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755384105
ISBN
9780755384105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. When a young elephant is brutally orphaned by poachers, it is only a matter of time before he begins terrorising the countryside, earning his malevolent name from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries with leaves. Manu, the son of a rice farmer, loses his cousin to the Gravedigger and is drawn into the alluring world of ivory hunting. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700584
ISBN
9781784700584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. "Originally published in Russian under the title Dvenadtsat' Stul'ev in 1928." Translator(s): Fisher, Ann O. Series: Northwestern World Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 186 x 29. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810127722
ISBN
9780810127722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.38

Paperback. Hilarious, uplifting and romantic, The Twelve Dates of Christmas is perfect for fans of Kirsty Greenwood, Giovanna Fletcher and Lindsey Kelk. Previously published in ebook - now available for the first time in paperback. Winner of the Novelicious Debut of Year Award. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751557299
ISBN
9780751557299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Fifteen years old and blazing with the hope of a better life, Hattie Shepherd fled the horror of the American South on a dawn train bound for Philadelphia. Her American dream is shattered time and again: a husband who lies and cheats and nine children raised in a cramped little house that was only ever supposed to be temporary. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Windmill Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0010696
ISBN
9780099558705
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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