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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. In theory, life for Sam as a stay-at-home dad is idyllic and stress-free. Months of honing his childcare programme have enabled him to run a ship-shape home with productive days spent creating finger-print masterpieces, cooking up organic cuisine and polishing the family silver. In practice, the Holden Childcare Programme has fallen out of favour. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 265.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KLN0016614
- ISBN
- 9780099518075
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590175811
- ISBN
- 9781590175811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.53
€ 26.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. Presents four different accounts of what it was to be young and growing up in Glasgow and the west of Scotland, from the 1930s to the 1960s. This title tells a story of how its young protagonist eventually succumbs to a culture of drink and violence where the harshness of life on the land sits next to industrial sprawl. Num Pages: 744 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 744
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841952628
- ISBN
- 9781841952628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.40
€ 20.99
€ 18.40
Paperback. Translator(s): Worster, W. Series: Condor Books. Num Pages: 435 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Souvenir Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 435
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780285648784
- ISBN
- 9780285648784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.49
€ 16.99
€ 12.49
Paperback. Deals with the desire of Guanya, an African princess, to escape a repulsive fate: betrothal to a wealthy man twenty years older than she. Worse, he is a polygamist, compensating for his own ugliness with the beauty of many wives. Guanya must combat his eagerness, her mother's wish, and a tribal tradition that is as entrenched as it is oppressive. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803297555
- ISBN
- 9780803297555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.51
€ 17.99
€ 17.51
Paperback.
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780671670061
- ISBN
- 9780671670061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.60
€ 11.99
€ 11.60
paperback. Insurrection is in the air in Ankh-Morpork. The Haves and Have-Nots are about to fall out all over again. Captain Sam Vimes of the city's ramshackle Night Watch is used to this. It's enough to drive a man to drink. Well, to drinkmore. But this time, something is different - the Have Nots have found the key to a dormant, lethal weapon that even they don't fully understand, and they're about to unleash a campaign of terror on the city. Time for Captain Vimes to sober up. With an introduction by Ben Aaronovitch. Series: DISCWORLD. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552173032
- ISBN
- 9780552173032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.84
€ 14.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. Selected as a Richard & Judy Summer Read for 2009. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Picador
- Edition
- Reprints
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330460668
- ISBN
- 9780330460668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. V. S. Naipaul's novel of fraudulent revolution, schizophrenia and murder. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522915
- ISBN
- 9780330522915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. Reserved Mr Malik. You wouldn't notice him in a Nairobi street - except, perhaps, to comment on his carefully sculpted comb-over - but beneath his unprepossessing exterior lie a warm heart and a secret passion. Not even his closest friends know it, but Mr Malik is head-over-heels in love with leader of local Tuesday-morning bird walk, Rose Mbikwa. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955284
- ISBN
- 9780241955284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Nete Rosen thought she'd put her traumatic youth behind her. Her caring foster parents and loving husband helped her start again. However, when a man from her past reappears one night, Nete's new life could be shattered. But she won't be drawn back into that nightmare - she won't be a victim again.. 2010. Series: Department Q. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405909785
- ISBN
- 9781405909785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.84
€ 14.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. The book which introduced Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, to the world. Exciting, thrilling and addictive.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755355297
- ISBN
- 9780755355297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Packed with glamour and intrigue, Guilty Pleasures - from the Top Ten bestselling author, Tasmina Perry - is the perfect holiday read. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0016849
- ISBN
- 9780007264971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A fictionalised account of the the development of the Delorean gull-wing car. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784971779
- ISBN
- 9781784971779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. Editor(s): Birchwater, Sage. Num Pages: 216 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 13. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759373
- ISBN
- 9781894759373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.80
€ 20.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. Raven is an assassin, a hired killer, and his brutal murder of the Minister raises the spectre of war across Europe. As the nation prepares for battle, Raven goes on the run, hunted by the police and hunting the man who paid him in stolen banknotes, eventually unearthing the terrible truth behind the killing. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286141
- ISBN
- 9780099286141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Translator(s): Murray, Giles. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint, Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781582436265
- ISBN
- 9781582436265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.96
€ 19.99
€ 15.96
Paperback. A funny and tender celebration of love in all its frailty, confusion and excess, from the author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847087317
- ISBN
- 9781847087317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.98
€ 11.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927063781
- ISBN
- 9781927063781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.78
€ 20.99
€ 15.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 205 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551113654
- ISBN
- 9781551113654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.70
€ 41.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Slick, upbeat and funny, these stories inspired the popular musical and film Guys and Dolls. 'Of all the high players this country ever sees, there is no doubt but that the guy they call the Sky is the highest. He will bet all he has, and nobody can bet any more than this'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188331
- ISBN
- 9780141188331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Brought up in a caravan on a settled trailer park, Vicky could not be happier with her life. At 15 she is engaged to her childhood friend Liam. Not only that, but she can't help feeling she's got the balance of her life just right. She's doing well at school and if she works hard she might even fulfill her dream of becoming a dressmaker. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234. Fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KST0035376
- ISBN
- 9780099564539
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Brought up in a caravan on a settled trailer park, Vicky could not be happier with her life. At 15 she is engaged to her childhood friend Liam. Not only that, but she can't help feeling she's got the balance of her life just right. She's doing well at school and if she works hard she might even fulfill her dream of becoming a dressmaker. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234. 8vo. Good copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KTK0090554
- ISBN
- 9780099564539
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Brought up in a caravan on a settled trailer park, Vicky could not be happier with her life. At 15 she is engaged to her childhood friend Liam. Not only that, but she can't help feeling she's got the balance of her life just right. She's doing well at school and if she works hard she might even fulfill her dream of becoming a dressmaker. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KST0035396
- ISBN
- 9780099564539
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99