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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The enchanting childhood memoirs of bestselling author Miss Read. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752882208
ISBN
9780752882208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. Lapinski, a manipulative and magical Russian exile, summons forth a number of highly contemporary urban pilgrims. This book explores broken dreams and self-destructive desires in a shimmering, dislocated allegory of its times. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968338
ISBN
9780241968338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. 'In this beautiful novel, Sue Gee.. has dared to take on a difficult, grief-stricken period of English history, and done so with sensitivity and understanding; EARTH AND HEAVEN is the clever, compelling result' The Times Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747268079
ISBN
9780747268079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 16. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024046
ISBN
9780253024046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
DC Books,Canada Canada
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897190210
ISBN
9781897190210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 172 x 107 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451638202
ISBN
9781451638202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.19

Paperback. For thirty-five year old Charlotte Emory, leaving her husband seems to offer the only way out from the mundaneness of every day life's earthly possessions and emotional complications. In the bank, she withdraws enough money to escape a life and a marriage gone sour. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099463702
ISBN
9780099463702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Kenneth Toomey is an eminent novelist of dubious talent; Don Carlo Campanati is a man of God, a shrewd manipulator who rises through the Vatican to become the architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood. In this book, the author plumbs the depths of the essence of power and the lengths men will go for it. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099468646
ISBN
9780099468646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. Trained in the way of the Samurai, dreaming of the City of Brotherly Love, Hiro Tanaka impetuously jumps ship off the coast of Georgia - only to wash up on a barrier island populated by rednecks, descendants of black slaves, and a colony of crazed artists. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication date
1996
Edition
New edition
SKU
KLN0015365
ISBN
9780747529330
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. East of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing and establishes Alex Wheatle as the exciting new voice of the urban experience. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007225620
ISBN
9780007225620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.49

Paperback. An allegorical novel chronicling the fortunes of two families as they try to escape the sins of their forbears. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 440.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185071
ISBN
9780141185071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

paperback. A novel written by the author of the bestselling "Snow Falling on Cedars". Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240. Very good clean copy showing minor age and shelfwear. Ownership details to half title
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025437
ISBN
9780747545088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. An utterly captivating story of three young British women in search of freedom and love in 1920s India Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409170501
ISBN
9781409170501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. An utterly captivating story of three young British women in search of freedom and love in 1920s India Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTG0002536
ISBN
9781409102519
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An utterly captivating story of three young British women in search of freedom and love in 1920s India Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTM0000988
ISBN
9781409102519
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The debut of a new international star with an outstanding collection of short stories, spiked with homesickness and fizzing with the absurd Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444733730
ISBN
9781444733730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters home describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an unusual courtship in sixties London; two childhood friends turned diplomats live out fantasies hatched by Star Trek; and more. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099533016
ISBN
9780099533016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. High Church ritual, evangelical revivalism and the ancestor-worship of the English gentry are all subjected to merciless scrutiny. This book is both a devastating portrait of Church of England and a reworking of the central myth of Western culture. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 416. 400 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 32. Weight: 416.
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905147939
ISBN
9781905147939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.55

Paperback. From Dublin to Donegal and on to more exotic climes, the women in these stories surprise and delight us with their quirky humour. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130. Weight in Grams: 186. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Attic Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0009106
ISBN
9781855940291
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Explores the many roles - some perennial, some unexpected - that food can play in women's lives. In this title, one of the stories features a young woman who, neglected by her rakish husband, decides to kill him by overfeeding him. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9789381017890
ISBN
9789381017890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. A darkly satirical portrayal of the outbreak of Ebola in 1970's Congo and Sudan. Humorous and tragic in turns, the narrative weaves its way from the graveyards of Kinshasa to the factories, brothels and ex-pat communities of southern Sudan, as the disease selects its victims from amongst the novel's vibrant and eccentric characters. Translator(s): Bredin, Charis; Danby, Emily. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 274 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Darf Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850772743
ISBN
9781850772743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.46

Paperback. Jack Reacher, adrift in the hellish heat of a Texas summer. Looking for a lift through the vast empty landscape. A woman stops, and offers a ride. She is young, rich and beautiful. But her husband's in jail. When he comes out, he's going to kill her. Her family's hostile, she can't trust the cops, and the lawyers won't help. Series: Jack Reacher. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 32. Weight in Grams: 394.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857500083
ISBN
9780857500083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. The summer of 1915 was a time of prosperity and unease for the Wittgenstein family, and for eldest daughter Beata it was a time of awakening. By the glimmering waters of Lake Geneva, she met a young French officer and fell in love. As the years pass, Beata must watch in horror as Europe is once again engulfed in war. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 33. Weight in Grams: 272. Well read copy, but remains good
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KTJ0005543
ISBN
9780552149945
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Growing up in a small seaside town in the 1950s, Clare O'Brien and David Power pray that their destiny will lead them faraway from the town in which they live. Years later, they meet again in Dublin, where David is studying medicine and Clare has won a scholarship to University College. This is a story of ambition, betrayal and love. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099498650
ISBN
9780099498650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

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