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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. An poetic, heart-rending saga by Iceland's foremost contemporary writer. Translator(s): Roughton, Philip. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849164061
ISBN
9781849164061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Ballantine Books Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780449912492
ISBN
9780449912492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.00

Paperback. Set in Irish border counties, these twelve stories are written by Eugene McCabe - a major playwright who is considered a master of dialogue and intimate characterisation. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099470328
ISBN
9780099470328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Series: Publications on Asia of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; H. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780295956923
ISBN
9780295956923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. A collection of short stories, including "Heavy Water"; "Straight Fiction"; "Career Moves"; "The Janitor on Mars"; "Let Me Count the Times"; and others. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099272663
ISBN
9780099272663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Hardcover. A humorous novel in which an Earl and his aristocratic family are divided by what is seen as a socially unsuitable marriage. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 133 x 46. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591117
ISBN
9781841591117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Can we learn how to be happy? Hector is a successful young psychiatrist. Translator(s): Garcia, Lorenza. Series: Hector's Journeys. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Gallic Books
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KOC0016565
ISBN
9781906040239
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. What is the secret formula for love? Hector, our intrepid psychiatrist, sets off on a new globetrotting mission - and this time he's looking for LOVE. Translator(s): Garcia, Lorenza. Series: Hector's Journeys. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906040338
ISBN
9781906040338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Poor Hector. Tempus fugit and our intrepid psychiatrist is not feeling quite as young as he used to.His current patients are concerned with time too.Hector feels he must get to the bottom of this time business and to do so,of course,a round-the-world adventure is required. Follow Hector as he sets off to uncover nuggets of universal wisdom on time. Translator(s): Gilogley, Carol. Series: Hector's Journeys. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906040895
ISBN
9781906040895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.54

Paperback. Twenty miles away, in Yonkers, seventeen-year-old Kel Keller navigates life as the poor kid in a rich school and pins his hopes on what seems like a promising sporting career - if he can untangle himself from his family drama. The link between this unlikely pair is Kel's mother, Charlene, a former student of Arthur's. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099558729
ISBN
9780099558729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. The dramatic new Ravenscar novel from the international bestselling author of Woman of Substance. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 468. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0010552
ISBN
9780007197644
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Paperback. How difficult it is to explain! The terribly mute hunger in our bodies! If I touch my thigh here in the near darkness of the tent my whole body is again instinct with the driving urge that brought me here, and I cannot explain it. As always, it is stronger than fear. For me it has always been that way.. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128. 176 pages. How difficult it is to explain! The terribly mute hunger in our bodies! If I touch my thigh here in the near darkness of the tent my whole body is again instinct with the driving urge that brought me here, and I cannot explain it. As always, it is stronger than fear. For me it has always been that way. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight: 126.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857869418
ISBN
9780857869418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. The Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, made the historic pilgrimage to Palestine, found pieces of wood from the true Cross, and built churches at Bethlehem and Olivet. This book covers the enormous conflicting forces of the age, and the corruption, treachery, and madness of Imperial Rome. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140182439
ISBN
9780140182439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. 100 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 9. Weight: 140. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Dedalus Limited
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517598
ISBN
9781903517598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.35

Paperback. As a child Ludo is plucked out of the shantytown where he was born and transported to a world of languid, cosseted luxury. Now twenty-seven, he works high above the above the sprawling metropolis of Sao Paulo for a vacuous 'communications company'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001808
ISBN
9780099523840
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A phalanx of motorcycles came roaring over the hill from the west.. the noise was like a landslide, or a wing of bombers passing over. Even knowing the Angels I couldn't quite handle what I was seeing. It was like Genghis Khan, Morgan's Raiders, the Wild One and the Rape of Nanking all at once. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 21. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241951583
ISBN
9780241951583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
1st Ballantine Books trade ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345410085
ISBN
9780345410085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.19

Paperback. A terrifying vision of the future from one of the twentieth century's most renowned writers - J. G. Ballard, author of 'Empire of the Sun' and 'Crash'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007287031
ISBN
9780007287031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. Sonny Jim McConaughy is no stranger to trouble. He blackmails his lawyer, scams the insurance company, drinks, takes drugs and sleeps around. His girlfriend Rhonda, determined to stop him destroying them both, pits herself against him in a desperate battle of attrition. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270. 210 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 14. Weight: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905222834
ISBN
9781905222834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. A funny, haunting portrait of an offbeat family in this episodic novel by the mutiple-awardwinning author of The Outlander Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408811467
ISBN
9781408811467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.31

Hardcover. Ex library.Usual markings and labels.Clean copy in clean dustwrapper.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company London
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KEX0205193
ISBN
9780316027847
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Clean copy in very good condition. Some age and shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little Brown London
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KNH0012158
ISBN
9780316027441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * A suspenseful and haunting novel of abduction and obsessive love, comparable to Ian McEwan's A Child in Time and John Fowles's The Collector Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0004581
ISBN
9780349120300
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413777430
ISBN
9780413777430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.47

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