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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Michele is a successful business woman with a troubled private life. When she moves her elderly mother, Clara, into the basement, her husband slams the door and disappears into the night. Eventually, Clara - the controlling matriarch - finds a way to release her daughter. But can Michele release herself? Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907773792
- ISBN
- 9781907773792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.15
€ 11.99
€ 10.15
Hardcover. A satirical novel about a mother whose life spirals out of control when she's forced to rethink her bleeding heart liberal ideals Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 219 x 34. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316265416
- ISBN
- 9780316265416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.59
€ 30.99
€ 20.59
Paperback. Sunday Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan - writing as Jane Beaton - welcomes you to a new term at a beautiful Cornish boarding school by the sea. Series: Maggie Adair. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751553291
- ISBN
- 9780751553291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Strowbridge, Clarence C. Series: Dover Large Print Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Edition
- Large type edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486422510
- ISBN
- 9780486422510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. Translator(s): White, Antonia. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422471
- ISBN
- 9780099422471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Claudine is in despair, having left her beloved Montigny for a new life in Paris. But her instinctive curiosity gradually leads to an awakened interest in the city. She records her witty observations and adventures amongst the intriguing characters that surround her. Translator(s): White, Antonia. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422525
- ISBN
- 9780099422525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408842553
- ISBN
- 9781408842553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Set in and around Clear Water - a shopping centre lying on the edge of the Thames estuary in Kent - this novel binds together five unforgettable characters in a deadpan exposition of contemporary life. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KEX0200195
- ISBN
- 9780571231027
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897126257
- ISBN
- 9781897126257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.17
€ 18.99
€ 14.17
Paperback. The focus of this book is on speech production and speech processing associated with cleft palate, covering phonetic (perceptual and instrumental), phonological and psycholinguistic perspectives, and including coverage of implications for literacy and education, as well as cross-linguistic differences. Editor(s): Howard, Sarah; Lohmander, Anette. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470743300
- ISBN
- 9780470743300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.32
€ 61.32
Paperback. Detached and unwordly paleontologist Howard Beamish is on a journey that is to change his life. Travelling to Nairobi, his plane is forced to land in Marsopolis, the capital of Callimbia, where Cleopatra's sister entertained Antony. Also on the flight is Lucy Faulkner, a journalist with a sketchy knowledge of Callimbia's political turbulence. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000730
- ISBN
- 9780140175936
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Originally published in a censored form, this novel is now presented in a form closer to that first written, though not all passages can be restored. Dorothy's plight can be read with clearer understanding of what Orwell intended. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780436231292
- ISBN
- 9780436231292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.96
€ 40.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Edmond Music, Catholic Priest and director of Beale Hall research institute isn't what he seems. Fred Twombly, Music's half-century-enemy, has arrived, determined to destroy him. What may be Shakespeare's lost masterpiece has disapeared from the Hall's famous library. Edmond must be to blame. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285854
- ISBN
- 9780099285854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.70
€ 9.99
€ 8.70
Paperback. Follows the story of Stella, from her childhood as the daughter of a single mother in a Bristol bedsit in the 1960s into the shallows of her middle age. This title is full of drama - violent deaths, an abrupt end to Stella's schooldays, and two sons by different fathers who aren't around to see the boys grow up. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099570523
- ISBN
- 9780099570523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Hardcover. Featuring stories of love, rivalry, and revenge, this book includes stories which combine physical farce and verbal wit with a gallery of unforgettable characters. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591124
- ISBN
- 9781841591124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897142394
- ISBN
- 9781897142394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.69
€ 27.99
€ 19.69
paperback. "Clochemerle" satirizes the titanic confrontation of secular and religious forces in a small wine-growing village in Beaujolais which begins when the mayor, wishing to leave behind a monument to his administration's achievements, proposes to build a public urinal in the town centre - right next to the church. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099453888
- ISBN
- 9780099453888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. 'The Wire wouldn't exist without Clockers' David Simon, creator of The Wire Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 492. 608 pages. 'The Wire wouldn't exist without Clockers' David Simon, creator of The Wire. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 40. Weight: 410.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747598206
- ISBN
- 9780747598206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.30
€ 23.99
€ 16.30
Paperback. Close to home is a suspenseful telling of mysterious happenings that take place among a circle of friends. When this circle of friends start off their university career as what seems to be ordinary and free from trouble, one of their classmates is found dead. The group becomes divided when debate arises around the cause of death. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431410712
- ISBN
- 9781431410712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.39
€ 16.99
€ 15.39
Paperback. Series: Fusion. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0014569
- ISBN
- 9780062434760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In 1981 a mother abandoned her child and drove into the night, never to return. Her disappearance was reported in the press as a fatal road accident. Her body was never found. Thirty years later, Rowan has a child of her own. Leaving her young family and life in London, she returns to her childhood home to find a failed utopia shrouded in secrecy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000299
- ISBN
- 9780099565758
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186. 200 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 214 x 128 x 13. Weight: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906413972
- ISBN
- 9781906413972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.64
€ 16.99
€ 12.64
Paperback. *The greatest novel by one of the greatest of all Czech writers. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 70.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349101255
- ISBN
- 9780349101255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Translator(s): Pargeter, Edith. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241290224
- ISBN
- 9780241290224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47