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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. John Berry is a son of a hapless dreamer, brother to a cadre of eccentric siblings, and chronicler of the lives lived, the loves experienced, the deaths met, and the myriad strange and wonderful times encountered by the family Berry. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552992091
ISBN
9780552992091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.36

Paperback. The Panama Hotel in Seattle has been boarded up for decades, but the new owner has made a startling discovery in the basement: belongings stored by Japanese families sent to interment camps during the Second World War. As Henry Lee stands in the crowd he wonders if a link still exists to the girl he lost his young heart to, so many years ago. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284. 416 pages. The Panama Hotel in Seattle has been boarded up for decades, but the new owner has made a startling discovery in the basement: belongings stored by Japanese families sent to interment camps during the Second World War. As Henry Lee stands in the crowd he wonders if a link still exists to the girl he lost his young heart to, so many years ago. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 193 x 129 x 28. Weight: 306.
Publisher
ALLISON & BUSBY
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749010720
ISBN
9780749010720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. Featuring five people, this book focuses on these characters and traces their intersecting lives. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140296792
ISBN
9780140296792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize. Made into an Oscar-winning film, 'The Hours' is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841150352
ISBN
9781841150352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. 'A wonderful contemporary novel.. transforms the stuff of life into art' Philippa Gregory, The Sunday Times Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Review
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755303137
ISBN
9780755303137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The struggle that divided a nation now threatens to divide a family in the second novel from award-winning author Raul Ramos y Sanchez Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780446507769
ISBN
9780446507769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

Hardcover. Follows the fortunes of Mr Biswas, the outsider who refuses to conform to the customs of his grander in-laws whose house he lives in. Finally finding a house of his own, he triumphs over the smaller minds who would repress him. Num Pages: 564 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
564
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
56272nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152135
ISBN
9781857152135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. When eleven-year-old Henrietta arrives at the Fishers' residence in Paris, little does she know what fascinating secrets the house itself contains. Henrietta finds that her visit coincides with that of Leopold, an intense child who has come to Paris to be introduced to the mother he has never known. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
9780099276487
ISBN
9780099276487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155202
ISBN
9781903155202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.28

Paperback. When Joss, an adopted child, discovers that her real mother has left the beautiful family home, Belheddon Hall, to her, she is thrilled, until she discovers that the Hall is haunted by a presence which will not tolerate husbands or sons living in the house. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Paperback Printing Promotional
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007280780
ISBN
9780007280780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. The medical hierarchy of "The House of God" is like a pyramid - a lot at the bottom and one at the top. Roy Basch, a Rhodes scholar, thinks differently, until he meets Hyper Hooper, out to win the most post-mortems of the year award, or Molly, the nurse with the crash helmet. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552991223
ISBN
9780552991223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Johnny Truant, an employee in a LA tattoo parlour, finds a notebook kept by Zampano, a reclusive old man found dead in a cluttered apartment. Herein is the heavily annotated story of the Navidson Report. Will Navidson, a photojournalist, and his family move into a new house. What happens next is recorded on videotapes and in interviews. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 179 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Publisher
Doubleday
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385603102
ISBN
9780385603102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.89

Paperback. A gripping family drama of secrets and lies Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
KRF0037376
ISBN
9780755323302
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A gripping family drama of secrets and lies Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
KNW0010705
ISBN
9780755323302
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Later Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807068113
ISBN
9780807068113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.60

Paperback. There were conjugal visits in the slave camps of the USSR. Valiant women would travel continental distances, over weeks and months, in the hope of spending a night, with their particular enemy of the people, in the House of Meetings. The consequences of these liaisons were almost invariably tragic. This title is about one such liaison. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001783
ISBN
9780099488682
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This sequel to "The Woman of the House" and "Across the River" is a story of love for the home place and of the passions and jealousies it can inspire. A story of grief and trying to cope with loss, but also of resilience in the face of family tragedy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Brandon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863223525
ISBN
9780863223525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.98

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. . Very good copy in bright and clean dustwrapper. First edition.

Includes neat newsclippings on the author.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
SKU
KEX0303152
ISBN
9780241257685
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. Eeva, orphaned daughter of a failed revolutionary, also battles to find her independence and identity. Destitute when her father dies, she is sent away to a country orphanage, and then employed as servant to a widowed doctor, Thomas Eklund. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015026
ISBN
9780141015026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. When Kathy, a young recovering alcoholic recently separated from her husband, fails to open a series of tax letters that have been sent to her in error, the State of California seizes the house she and her brother have inherited from her father. The State sells the house at auction to Behrani, a former Iranian Air Force officer. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0003877
ISBN
9780099283140
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. After the failed revolutions of 1848, Galicia has been brought under the rule of the Habsburg Empire, and the Zemka family find themselves embroiled in the struggle for Polish independence. This is a history of Eastern Europe told in miniature through the tumultuous saga of one family as they try to reclaim their estate. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857420282
ISBN
9780857420282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126875
ISBN
9781897126875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback.
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
110
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679734772
ISBN
9780679734772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.12

paperback. The number one bestseller: just because your son can't look you in the eye .. does that make him guilty? Autism and families are entwined in Picoult's gripping novel, reissued with new cover treatment. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 40. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Hodder Paperbacks
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444754421
ISBN
9781444754421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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