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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393241136
ISBN
9780393241136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.31

Paperback. * Longlisted for the National Book Award * A stunning exploration of characters shaped by the forces of history, the debut work of fiction by a 2013 National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393349962
ISBN
9780393349962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.14

Paperback. John Emmerson was a lonely man. He had a wife, a son, friends, but he was isolated from all the people and events about him by the tragedy of his past. Then, he met Cissie, and for the first time his loneliness eased a little. Cissie was everything his wife Ann was not. And, she was quick to sense the needs of a desolate, unhappy man. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 21. Weight in Grams: 160. 336pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KEX0192190
ISBN
9780552140768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Sex, Lies, and Rocky Roads.. Life is simple for Champa. He has a good job as a chauffeur in his hometown of Lhasa, and if his Chinese boss Plum is a little domineering, well, he can understand that she's a serious art-collector after all. When he starts to sleep with his boss as well as drive her around, life becomes a whole lot more complicated. Translator(s): Harman, Nicky. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552779500
ISBN
9780552779500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.94

paperback. Offers a wide range of philosophical speculations and it descants on a variety of styles. This book draws together the Czechoslovakia of the Prague Spring and the Russian invasion, the philosophy of Nietzsche, and the love affairs of a number of heartbreakingly familiar characters. Translator(s): Heim, Michael Henry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571135394
ISBN
9780571135394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. * The fifth volume of Alexander McCall Smith's wonderful serial novels set in Edinburgh's New Town Series: 44 Scotland Street. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121147
ISBN
9780349121147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. It has been a most uncommon life, but the one constant during each stage of his journey are the voices which accompany him, voices which for other members of his family, including Brynja, have been far less benign. Now Alfred's final duty is to make sure that Julia understands so that Brynja does not become yet another family tragedy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785300820
ISBN
9781785300820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardcover. The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people such as the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 215. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KKD0008952
ISBN
9781846680496
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give. But then as he traverses a landscape by turns eerie and comical - and always strangely malleable, as a dream might be - he comes steadily to realise he is facing the most crucial performance of his life. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571283897
ISBN
9780571283897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. What if every woman in town suddenly went on strike? For the people of Stellar Plains, the staging of a new school production of an Athenian drama coincides with a mysterious cold wind that blows into houses and into hearts, stilling passion and cooling sheets. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099553960
ISBN
9780099553960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849822398
ISBN
9781849822398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 164 x 234. Weight in Grams: 386. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRF0008905
ISBN
9780340950845
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 19 x 129 x 198. Weight in Grams: 196.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KLN0014372
ISBN
9780340950852
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An unforgettable heroine who's trying hard not so much to have it all as to hold it together Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 19 x 129 x 198. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTG0012730
ISBN
9780340950852
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 19 x 129 x 198. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KLN0014389
ISBN
9780340950852
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The duke has just completed a network of tunnels beneath his estate. His health is failing, but his imagination seems to know no bounds. While he spends more time underground and retreats ever deeper into the darker corners of his house, there are some ghosts that demand to be acknowledged and some memories which insist on making themselves known. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571236299
ISBN
9780571236299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Nick Wood's stage adaptation of Mick Jackson's Booker Prize shortlisted novel. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 74.
Publisher
Aurora Metro Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911501107
ISBN
9781911501107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. When a chance encounter makes him a witness to the abduction of a child, private detective Lew Archer can't help but be drawn into the case, pursuing a trail that leads all too quickly to murder. While forest fires rage in the hills around Los Angeles, Archer unearths a hidden history of failed marriages and runaway children. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196589
ISBN
9780141196589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. .
Publisher
Fleet
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708898406
ISBN
9780708898406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A comedy masterpiece from the bestselling author of ONE DAY and STARTER FOR TEN. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340935217
ISBN
9780340935217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. An immensely powerful first novel set in Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II, its ambition and achievement reminiscent of Rachel Seiffert's The Dark Room, Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin, Bernhard Schlink's The Reader and Helen Dunmore's The Siege. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782391050
ISBN
9781782391050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Translator(s): Constantine, Peter. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 208 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Later printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583220269
ISBN
9781583220269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.03

Paperback. Presents the story of a girl who needs to slow down, to find herself, to fall in love, and discover what an iron is for.. Samantha is a high-powered lawyer in London. She has no home life, and cares about getting a partnership. She thrives on the pressure and adrenalin. Until one day.. she makes a mistake, so huge, that it'll wreck her career. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Edition
1st Black Swan Edition
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0030812
ISBN
9780552772747
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Samantha is a high-powered lawyer in London. She works all hours, has no home life, and cares only about getting a partnership. She thrives on the pressure and adrenalin. Until one day.. she makes a mistake. A mistake so huge, it'll wreck her career. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0000909
ISBN
9780552772747
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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