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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Cardiff in the 1980s is a place where maths can get you noticed. Rumis Vasi is the town's 'maths prodigy': untangling numbers and Rubik's Cubes protects her from the harsh vagaries of the playground and gives a pattern to her world. But after years of her father's determined tutoring, Rumi finds that numbers are beginning to lose their innocence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141030395
ISBN
9780141030395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Wendy Holden, Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of The Wives of Bath and Bad Heir Day, is back with a witty and romantic new series set around a university campus. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755385270
ISBN
9780755385270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Gigi's days are filled with cigars, lobster, lace and superstitions: the education of a future courtesan. Bored and unconvinced by what she's taught, Gigi surprises all with her approach to love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422754
ISBN
9780099422754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. From the author of Housekeeping, Gilead is the long-hoped-for second novel by one of America's finest writers. Chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of the top 6 novels of 2004. 'A beautiful novel: wise, tender and perfectly measured' Sarah Waters Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844081486
ISBN
9781844081486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 710 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Edition
Anchor Books ed
Number of pages
710
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385240864
ISBN
9780385240864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.05

Paperback. The paperback edition of Joan London's celebrated first novel: 'Readers will finish it feeling that they are holding something rare and precious' (Daily Mail) Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 310. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but remains a clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0008110
ISBN
9781843541837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The paperback edition of Joan London's celebrated first novel: 'Readers will finish it feeling that they are holding something rare and precious' (Daily Mail) Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 310. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0001785
ISBN
9781843541837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862414276
ISBN
9780862414276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.30

Paperback. Back in 1888, the young, art-loving Harriet arrives in Glasgow at the time of the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter she befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes a fixture in all of their lives. But when tragedy strikes the promise and certainties of this world all too rapidly disintegrate into mystery and deception.. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 42. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571238309
ISBN
9780571238309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 27 x 164 x 234. Weight in Grams: 426. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
SKU
KTJ0007609
ISBN
9780340976814
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 27 x 164 x 234. Weight in Grams: 426. Paperback, in good condition. Signed by the author.
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0015190
ISBN
9780340976814
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
McArthur & Company United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552787748
ISBN
9781552787748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Kensington Publishing United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496700704
ISBN
9781496700704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.21

Paperback. Feckless, unwashed and charming, Trinity College law student Sebastian Balfe Dangerfield is an Irish-American with an English accent. Dreaming of dollars and ready women, he stumbles from public house to pawnbrokers, murmering delusive enticements in the ear of any girl who'll listen. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349108759
ISBN
9780349108759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Beaufort Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825307775
ISBN
9780825307775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.57

paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396. 312 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 21. Weight: 400.
Edition
New
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871033
ISBN
9780907871033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. When it isn't prison, it's hell. Or at least that's the heartfelt belief of conscripts Jonathan Browne and Mike 'Ginger' Brady. For this is the British Army in the days of National Service, a grimy deposit of post-war gloom. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554134
ISBN
9780099554134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Fairytale and history, wilderness and civilisation collide in this brilliant and magical new novel from the author of Little Exiles. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007488896
ISBN
9780007488896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Hardcover. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed affair with a bartender named Giovanni. This title is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781841593722
ISBN
9781841593722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.62

Paperback. Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, this title presents a story of a fated love triangle that explores the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and sexual identity. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141186351
ISBN
9780141186351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bywater Books United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612940397
ISBN
9781612940397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. The lead debut paperback for Abacus in 2016, for fans of Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349140988
ISBN
9780349140988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Since her divorce a year ago, Kit Hargrove feels she has finally got her life back on track. Gone is the lonely Wall Street widow she used to be, and in her place is a happier, more fulfilled woman, with a new job she loves - working for uberfamous novelist Robert McClore - a small but cosy new home with her children. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
Number of pages
416
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038636
ISBN
9780141038636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Agatha Heterodyne returns to her ancestral home, the warped little town of Mechanicsburg, to convince the artificial intelligence that animates her family's castle that she is, in fact, the new Heterodyne. But things get complicated when an imposter claiming to be the legitimate heir appears. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 41. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Number of pages
258
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781166512
ISBN
9781781166512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.16

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