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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. A Perth minister opens his door to a traumatised stranger who calls himself 'the son and heir to being lost'. When the stranger disappears, the events leading up to and following on from this are revealed. A modern and far-reaching Shetlandic saga with ethnology, history, linguistics entwined with humour, a mystery, and a love story. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 136 x 34. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906817336
ISBN
9781906817336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. A modern and far-reaching Shetlandic saga with ethnology, history and linguistics entwined with humour, a mystery and a love story. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906817862
ISBN
9781906817862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. To the outside world, Sarah and Oliver Watson had the perfect marriage. Happy and successful, with three beautiful children, they seemed to have it all. But under the surface, Sarah felt lost, empty and inadequate. And one Christmas, after eighteen years of marriage, she walked out. Left alone, Oliver struggles to cope with raising his 3 children. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 109 x 24. Weight in Grams: 206. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Corgi London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
SKU
KEX0216398
ISBN
9780552135221
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. To the outside world, Sarah and Oliver Watson had the perfect marriage. Happy and successful, with three beautiful children, they seemed to have it all. But under the surface, Sarah felt lost, empty and inadequate. And one Christmas, after eighteen years of marriage, she walked out. Left alone, Oliver struggles to cope with raising his 3 children. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 109 x 24. Weight in Grams: 206. 383pp. Cover is slightly creased. Spine sunned
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Corgi London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
SKU
KON0824896
ISBN
9780552135221
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Melrose Publishing Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780758294647
ISBN
9780758294647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155677
ISBN
9781903155677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.97

Paperback. It's the book beaches were made for. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 406. Clean copy. Some shelfwear. FFEP inscribed
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KST0021537
ISBN
9780007228904
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It's the book beaches were made for. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 436. Good clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0010073
ISBN
9780007228904
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564789280
ISBN
9781564789280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. A journey to the South that only Southerners know, to a time when "Blue Velvet" was played at the Senior Prom, and into the life of Daisy Fay Harper. Daisy is a sassy, truth-telling heroine who just can't stay out of trouble. What's more, she tells us everything. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KEX0302784
ISBN
9780099297215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A journey to the South that only Southerners know, to a time when "Blue Velvet" was played at the Senior Prom, and into the life of Daisy Fay Harper. Daisy is a sassy, truth-telling heroine who just can't stay out of trouble. What's more, she tells us everything. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002033
ISBN
9780099297215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Mary Turner has little use for sacrifice. As the niece of Erastus Corning, the prominent railway magnate, she is accustomed to financial security, society balls, and the flirtatious attention of her many suitors. When she marries the ambitious banker Isaac Burch, she secures an upper-class social position at the cost of a loveless relationship. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609315
ISBN
9780815609315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.90

Paperback. Jeff Hinkley, undercover investigator for the British Horse racing Authority, is looking into the shady activities of a race horse trainer. But as he's tailing his quarry through the Cheltenham Racing Festival, the last thing he expects to witness is a gruesome murder. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 46. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405915199
ISBN
9781405915199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

paperback. *The debut novel by Josephine Hart, reissued as a Virago Modern Classic - a chilling exploration of physical passion and psychological darkness Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
9781844087181
ISBN
9781844087181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Salim the coachman tells enchanting tales, but suddenly he is struck dumb. Just as Scheherazade told tales to save her life, Salim's friends must spin yarns to save his speech. Set in Damascus in 1959, the novel alternates the real lives of our storytellers with stories from the distant past. Translator(s): Boehm, Philip. Num Pages: 263 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Arabia Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906697358
ISBN
9781906697358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.87

Paperback. Meet Madison, whip-tongued daughter of a narcissistic film star and a billionaire, abandoned at a Swiss boarding school over Christmas. Madison dies of a marijuana overdose and awakes to find herself in Hell, sharing her cell with a motley crew of young sinners that's almost too good to be true. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099552598
ISBN
9780099552598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Hardcover. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591247
ISBN
9781841591247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. In this novel the light and the dark sides of 19th-century London flow into each other, attracting the attention of famous names such as Marx and Gissing, but also of less well-known characters, who play a significant role in a tale that is a mixture of fable, adventure and Gothic comedy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749396596
ISBN
9780749396596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Features such characters as: High-class call girls billed to Mastercard; a psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads; a hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers; and, a one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448761
ISBN
9780099448761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. An absorbing Sunday Times bestselling wartime saga from this much-loved author. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 240. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KRF0018311
ISBN
9780752864204
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862412975
ISBN
9780862412975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Includes stories that deals with the self-discovery of adolescence, the joys and pains of love and the despair and guilt of those caught in a narrow existence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099273776
ISBN
9780099273776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Akashic Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617754968
ISBN
9781617754968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.23

Paperback. A novel that illuminates the lives of the humans who left us magnificent paintings in the caves of France and Spain. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332. A Novel of the Ice Age. 280 pages. A novel that illuminates the lives of the humans who left us magnificent paintings in the caves of France and Spain. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 212 x 146 x 17. Weight: 332.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520202771
ISBN
9780520202771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.41

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