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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Captures the claustrophobic atmosphere of a small town. This title tells the story of Billy Fisher, a Yorkshire teenager unable to stop lying - especially to his three girlfriends. Series: Penguin Decades. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141041735
ISBN
9780141041735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. Billy Fisher, a Yorkshire teenager unable to stop lying - especially to his three girlfriends. Trapped by his boring job and working-class parents, Billy finds that his only happiness lies in grand plans for his future and fantastical day-dreams of the fictional country Ambrosia. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 111 x 13. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Viking
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241973646
ISBN
9780241973646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. To be adapted into a major motion picture directed by Oscar-winning director Ang Lee Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857864406
ISBN
9780857864406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.57

Paperback. From Jonathan Kellerman, the master of psychological suspense, comes an explosive thriller featuring detective Petra Connor Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 38. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755342945
ISBN
9780755342945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 264. Publishers file copy with labels on front cover
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KEX0221110
ISBN
9780863223662
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'One of the few great writers of our time' Auberon Waugh Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444753875
ISBN
9781444753875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Hardback. Life as a fishing guide ain't easy. Just ask Skip, the hilarious character developed by Sandy Rodgers. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Derrydale Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586670559
ISBN
9781586670559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.20

Depicts the imagined life of an ordinary person, Bing Wu, from the hardships of his earliest years on a rural farm to his retirement from a respected position in government service. Num Pages: 219 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603846233
ISBN
9781603846233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 37.99

Paperback. Depicts the imagined life of an ordinary person, Bing Wu, from the hardships of his earliest years on a rural farm to his retirement from a respected position in government service. Num Pages: 219 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
186
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603846226
ISBN
9781603846226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.90

Paperback. In Peach Village, crying is forbidden. But as a child, Binu never learnt to hide her tears. Shunned by the villagers, she faced a bleak future, until she met Qiliang, an orphan who offered her his hand in marriage. Then one day Qiliang disappears. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Myths. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847670625
ISBN
9781847670625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.89

Paperback. Life was always difficult for Banger Peyton-Crumbe, an antiquated, misanthropic blood-sport obsessive, but it gets considerably worse when he is killed in a shooting incident and returns to earth as a pheasant. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099563471
ISBN
9780099563471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307717979
ISBN
9780307717979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.81

Paperback. The extraordinary Maisie Dobbs returns in her second case Num Pages: 320 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566240
ISBN
9780719566240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. A collection of stories containing a range of emotional force and dark humour. It unfolds a series of portraits of the young, the hip, the lost, the unsettled and the unhinged of America. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571260867
ISBN
9780571260867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.57

Paperback. "A full-course meal, a rich, complex and memorable story that will leave you lingering gratefully at [Abu-Jaber's] table."-Ron Charles, Washington Post Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393342598
ISBN
9780393342598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.04

Paperback. What ex-diplomat Michael Blake wanted was a quiet birding trip up the Nile � he wasn�t expecting a revolution .. Num Pages: 327 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Number of pages
327
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782791584
ISBN
9781782791584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.38

Hardcover. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1242.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Leatherbound edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780436205552
ISBN
9780436205552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 235.21
€ 157.32

paperback. When war is declared and the outside world intrudes, the twin scourges of religion and nationalism lead to forced marches and massacres, and the peaceful fabric of life is destroyed. Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim the Goatherd who has courted her since infancy are but two of the many casualties. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478980
ISBN
9780099478980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. An extraordinary story of war and friendship from one of America's most revered authors of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007457984
ISBN
9780007457984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.42

Paperback. The multi-award-winning compact epic of passion, ambition and the American Dream. Translator(s): Moore, Jessica. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857053817
ISBN
9780857053817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. The sequel to 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001278
ISBN
9780007108831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. * A Bainbridge classic comes into Abacus paperback for the first time Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121567
ISBN
9780349121567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

unknown_binding. What will you get for your birthday this year? A chance to see into the future? Or a reminder of the imperfect past? The author has chosen for his party some of the very best short story writers, each with their own birthday experiences, each story a snapshot of life on a single day. This title presents these stories. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099481553
ISBN
9780099481553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Strong women. Powerful suspense. Fall into the grip of a Nora Roberts novel and it will never let you go. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749940423
ISBN
9780749940423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

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