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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey to discover the real Arcadia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784082574
ISBN
9781784082574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. A collection of macabre short stories. Ian McEwan received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976 for a previous collection of short stories entitled "First Love, Last Rites". Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099754718
ISBN
9780099754718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Hannah Olsen and her husband Lars own Langani Farm and Safari Lodge where they struggle to protect their wildlife and land from poachers and corrupt officials. But the developing relationship between their daughter and a young African boy with a terrifying legacy tests the strength of their family. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520634
ISBN
9780099520634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812994384
ISBN
9780812994384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.15

Paperback. Touching and wonderfully funny, In Custody is woven around the yearnings and calamities of a small-town scholar in the north of India. An impoverished college lecturer, Deven, sees a way to escape from the meanness of his daily life when he is asked to interview India's greatest Urdu poet, Nur - a project that can only end in disaster. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428497
ISBN
9780099428497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. First published in 1962 as 'La Placa del Diamant', this is considered the most important Catalan novel of all time. This is a new English translation. Translator(s): Bush, Peter. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
9781844087372
ISBN
9781844087372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Hardback. In Paris, Montreal, Seville, Berlin, and towns large and small, the author has dreamt - and she has remembered her dreams. In this small volume, she shares her dreams of the years 2008-10, a time of global upheaval that happened to coincide with upheavals in her own life. Illustrator(s): Banerjee, Sunandini. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 116 pages, 24 colour plates. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857420299
ISBN
9780857420299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. Nora Roberts - The World's Greatest Storyteller. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749958527
ISBN
9780749958527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Features Jim Nolan, who is disenfranchised and alone, and, his family destroyed by the system. Desperate to find his place in the world, Jim joins the Communist Party and becomes entangled in a strike of migrant workers which spirals out of control, unflinchingly detailing the apocalyptic violence that breaks out when the masses become the mob. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, Notes. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186023
ISBN
9780141186023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Wonderful Booker Prize-shortlisted novel now reissued Num Pages: 224 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017659
ISBN
9780340637838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619024595
ISBN
9781619024595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 21.19

Paperback. As a small South American town sweats under an oppressive heat, an unknown person creeps through the night sticking malicious posters to walls and doors. When the contents of one poster lead to a murder, everyone knows that the town is threatened by a malevolent presence, but is there anything the mayor, the doctor or the priest can do about it? Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968710
ISBN
9780241968710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Hardback. Thomas knows there is something he needs to say to his mother before she dies. But will he reach her in time? And will he have the courage to say what he couldn't say before? His phone is buzzing, his mind is racing, and he can't concentrate on the significance of what is happening. Should he try to solve his friend's family crisis? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 605. Clean copy with minor shelf wear fine in dustjacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001669
ISBN
9781911215707
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Jenny Jefferies despairs of her mother's knack for attracting the wrong kind of men, always with disastrous consequences. But both their lives might be about to change beyond their wildest dreams.. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 111 x 29. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747261230
ISBN
9780747261230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. You fell in love with Cannie Shapiro, now meet Rose Feller in Jennifer Weiner's follow-up to the much loved Good in Bed. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849834018
ISBN
9781849834018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.47

hardcover. Features a book of stories, drawings and poems that was first published in 1964 to great critical acclaim and became a phenomenon, selling over 600,000 copies in the UK alone and revealing a hitherto unseen side to author's artistic output and talent. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781782115403
ISBN
9781782115403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370. 8vo. .Very good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
House of Stratus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
SKU
KEX0275927
ISBN
9780755100996
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. Maggie lives a life of careful routines and measured pleasures. But everything changes when, walking through Gatwick airport, she is approached by a young woman who whispers a single word: 'Help.' Maggie's actions save Anja from her brutal trafficker. Then Anja makes contact, and quickly insinuates herself into Maggie's ordered life.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0019205
ISBN
9780571316687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Maggie lives a life of careful routines and measured pleasures. But everything changes when, walking through Gatwick airport, she is approached by a young woman who whispers a single word: 'Help.' Maggie's actions save Anja from her brutal trafficker. Then Anja makes contact, and quickly insinuates herself into Maggie's ordered life.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0019441
ISBN
9780571316687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Kate O'Brien is thirty and has very little to think about except trying to keep her balance as she totters up London's media-land ladder. Fiona O'Brien is Kate's responsible older sister - with a husband, twin boys, a dog and now ..a life-changing problem. It's a problem that means Kate going back to Dublin. Pronto. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 208. Already read but clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Ireland
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KDK0011368
ISBN
9781844880690
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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