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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Santiago Nasar is brutally murdered in a small town by two brothers. All the townspeople knew it was going to happen - including the victim. But nobody did anything to prevent the killing. Twenty seven years later, a man arrives in town to try and piece together the truth from the contradictory testimonies of the townsfolk. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968628
ISBN
9780241968628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. At the age of five, Nelio watched helplessly as his village was burned to the ground and his people were massacred by bandits. He escaped by chance and made his way to the coast. Upon arrival in the city, Nelio joined a rough street gang, and began a very different way of life. Translator(s): Nunnally, Tiina. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099455479
ISBN
9780099455479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. A story of great human triumph in the life of a much loved public figure - a TV tie-in edition published alongside the major new ITV series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Media Tie In
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141411
ISBN
9780349141411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. As the oldest unadopted child at St Cloud's orphanage, Homer Wells strikes up a profound and unusual friendship with Wilbur Larch, the orphanage's founder, a man of rare compassion and an addiction to ether. What he learns from Wilbur takes him from his early apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery, to an adult life running a cider-making factory. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552992046
ISBN
9780552992046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Hardcover. Rosemary Fielding is delighted when impresario and family friend Oliver Duncan suggests turning her novel into a mini-series. However, his choice of leading man, the actor Stephen Walker, is rude and arrogant causing Rosemary to retaliate. But, with Oliver insisting they settle their differences, the author and actor spend a weekend together. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526. 224 pages. Rosemary Fielding is delighted when impresario and family friend Oliver Duncan suggests turning her novel into a mini-series. However, his choice of leading man, the actor Stephen Walker, is rude and arrogant causing Rosemary to retaliate. But, with Oliver insisting they settle their differences, the author and actor spend a weekend together. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight: 526.
Publisher
Robert Hale
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780709080961
ISBN
9780709080961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.19

Paperback. In the dark of night, Hanan al-Hashimi awakens from a nightmare, confused and shaken. Roaming the house in search of some reassurance, she is drawn towards the streak of light under her husband's bedroom door. Little does she know that the beckoning glow will turn her life on its head.. Translator(s): Danby, Emily. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Arabia Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906697433
ISBN
9781906697433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781250050182
ISBN
9781250050182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 201 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444743975
ISBN
9781444743975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. The instinct to make rivals; the urge to reach out to others. These competing claims - and flawed, elusive love - are the territory of these nineteen stories. This book aims to probe our darker fantasies of power, control and revenge, in a world not far removed from Grimm's icy forests, where games are seldom innocent. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638584
ISBN
9781902638584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Paperback. Big Benny and the elfin Eve Malone have been best friends throughout their childhoods in sleepy Knockglen. When they both go to study in Dublin, they meet a circle of friends. As Knockglen is surprised into new life, the two girls, Benny and Eve, discover that among the many distractions of growing up, true friendship is the greatest gift of all. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 514.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
9780099498599
ISBN
9780099498599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK The author of The Paris Wife takes us to the heart of another true story: set in 1920s colonial Kenya, Circling the Sun is about an unforgettable woman who lives by nobody's rules but her own. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 255 x 32. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088300
ISBN
9781844088300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Translator(s): Sollosy, Judith. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 193 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714531236
ISBN
9780714531236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120747890
ISBN
9788120747890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Paperback. Intends to satirize modern society in a poetic story of sex, drugs, disease and adventure. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189932
ISBN
9780141189932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.66

Paperback. Translator(s): Favorov, Nora Seligman. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231183031
ISBN
9780231183031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. The once-great city of Bohane on the west coast of Ireland is on its knees, infested by vice and split along tribal lines. There are still some posh parts of town, but it is in the slums and backstreets of Smoketown, the tower blocks of the Northside Rises and the eerie bogs of Big Nothin' that the city really lives. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099549154
ISBN
9780099549154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.07

paperback. This is a a tangle of tales that transports the reader from the medieval India of magicians, witches, and vampires, through to the chaos and political terror of contemporary India. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226756899
ISBN
9780226756899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. 1930s America. A woman ahead of her time. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pan
Edition
Reprints
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0011670
ISBN
9780330516990
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A superb, powerful thriller from 'one of crime fiction's new stars' [Sunday Telegraph] Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KRF0037686
ISBN
9780752880891
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200. "Originally published: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1993. Commissioning organisation: Cyrus Colter. 251 p. 20 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period - General,Subjects - Fiction - General"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
The X Press Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
251
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KEX0161051
ISBN
9781874509738
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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