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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Charlie is the latest from bestselling author Lesley Pearse. Her family is threatened and only she can save it.. When sixteen-year-old Charlie witnesses a brutal attack on her mother by two strangers she is shocked and terrified. But after talking to the police she realises that her father's business dealings can't be so innocent. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046020
ISBN
9780141046020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Tells the story of Charlie Bucket, a mysterious, eccentric chocolate factory owner and the golden ticket that transforms his existence. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141394589
ISBN
9780141394589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 180. Clean copy in very good condition. Signed by author.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Ten Publishing Ltd Nottingham
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KNH0012153
ISBN
9780956827708
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. These twelve masterful short stories are by one of Ireland's leading practitioners of the art. This gathering marks a welcome return of a major voice in Irish literature, unpublished since the 1990s. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd Ireland
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843516415
ISBN
9781843516415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. Charlie Johnson is a veteran war correspondent who thinks he has seen it all - until he makes one rash expedition into a war zone in the Balkans. Horrified, he watches as a woman who sheltered him is set on fire. As he tries to save her, he too is caught in the deadly fire that engulfs her. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 115.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099459095
ISBN
9780099459095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Charlie will squirm his way into your heart. Charlie the kitten would do anything for his human. But what could I do? I was just a little cat and nobody ever listened to me. I made a promise to myself that I'd do everything I possibly could to save her, whatever the danger to me, and no matter how many lives I lost in the process. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Ebury Press (Fiction)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785034190
ISBN
9781785034190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young scottish woman, goes to Occupied France on a dual mission: to run an apparently simple errand for a British special operations group and to search for her lover, an English airman who has gone missing in action. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on edges and endpapers with minor nicks and bumps on cover but remains a clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KSS0008120
ISBN
9780099394310
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young scottish woman, goes to Occupied France on a dual mission: to run an apparently simple errand for a British special operations group and to search for her lover, an English airman who has gone missing in action. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003233
ISBN
9780099394310
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Kate Leonard is a young lawyer. Smart, sexy and successful, she seems to have it all, except a life outside the office ..until she meets Tom Faulkener. Tom comes from a different world: the privileged, idle world of private incomes, breathtaking bills and the pursuit of pleasure. The last thing he wants is a relationship ..until he meets Kate. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 41. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099415046
ISBN
9780099415046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.38

Paperback. Chart Throb is the ultimate pop quest. There are ninety five thousand hopefuls, three judges, just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers, he has no idea that the rules are changing. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KRA0006591
ISBN
9780552773768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Chart Throb is the ultimate pop quest. There are ninety five thousand hopefuls, three judges, just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers, he has no idea that the rules are changing. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0011018
ISBN
9780552773768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought. Num Pages: 162 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572410398
ISBN
9781572410398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.64

Paperback. Three years ago Elvis Cole's actions may have freed a killer. Now three more young women are dead.. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 115 x 31. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Orion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752882833
ISBN
9780752882833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Nora Roberts - The World's Greatest Storyteller Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Piatkus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749952235
ISBN
9780749952235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. From the author of the million copy bestselling The Devil Wears Prada. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238. Used paperback in very good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2231929
ISBN
9780007262717
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. An extraordinary debut collection of stories, which reveal how the world looks when you're young, wild and deaf Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081773
ISBN
9781847081773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. Delderfield's magnificent novel of an affair that will corrupt a young man forever. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 123 x 23. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340554487
ISBN
9780340554487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Suitable for those who enjoyed "The Story of Lucy Gault" and "Love and Summer", this title deals with themes of missed opportunities, the inevitability of change and the powerful but fragmentary quality of our memories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168 231pp. The paperback edition of the latest excellent collection of short stories from one of the great Masters of the genre.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Condition
New
SKU
9780141032450
ISBN
9780141032450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609453725
ISBN
9781609453725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Willem Elsschot's Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set. As poignant as it is funny, Cheese will appeal to anyone who has suffered the endless indignities of office life. Translator(s): Berg, Sander. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Alma Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846884160
ISBN
9781846884160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781257807
ISBN
9781781257807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.68

Hardback. Translator(s): Nair, Anita. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 214 x 26. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423917
ISBN
9780857423917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.73

Paperback. Lea de Lonval is a magnificent and aging courtesan facing the end of her career. She has devoted the last six years to the amorous education of the exquisitely handsome and spoilt Cheri - a playboy half her age. When an advantageous marriage is arranged for Cheri, Lea reluctantly decides their relationship must end. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422761
ISBN
9780099422761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

paperback. Reuniting some of our favourite Maeve Binchy characters, this is a delightful collection of linked stories from No. 1 bestselling author of A WEEK IN WINTER Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Orion
Condition
New
SKU
9781409151814
ISBN
9781409151814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 7.20

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