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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Harriet Norton won't stop crying. Her parents, Ann and Thomas, are being driven close to insanity and only one thing will help. Mysteriously, their infant daughter will only calm when she's under the ancient trees of Bleasdale forest. The Nortons sell their town-house and set up home in an isolated barn. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 484.
Edition
Main
Number of pages
352
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780571308170
ISBN
9780571308170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 4.99

Harriet Norton won't stop crying. Her parents, Ann and Thomas, are being driven close to insanity and only one thing will help. Mysteriously, their infant daughter will only calm when she's under the ancient trees of Bleasdale forest. The Nortons sell their town-house and set up home in an isolated barn. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 487. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Main
Number of pages
352
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0009046
ISBN
9780571308170
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 14.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Harriet Norton won't stop crying. Her parents, Ann and Thomas, are being driven close to insanity and only one thing will help. Mysteriously, their infant daughter will only calm when she's under the ancient trees of Bleasdale forest. The Nortons sell their town-house and set up home in an isolated barn. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571308187
ISBN
9780571308187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.24

Paperback. A collection of stories. Set in Italy in the summer of 1940, it explores the relationships between the different generations caught up in the war as well as the author's own experiences as a teenager. It features such stories as: "Into the War", "The Avanguardisti in Menton" and "UNPA Nights". Translator(s): McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193731
ISBN
9780141193731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Another intriguing slice of village life from the bestselling author of the Turnham Malpas and Barleybridge series. Series: Turnham Malpas. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752859101
ISBN
9780752859101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120704459
ISBN
9788120704459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. An elderly, proud black farmer, Lucas Beauchamp, is wrongfully arrested for the murder of a white man. The lynch mob are baying for his blood. His sole hope lies with a young white boy, bent on repaying an old favour, who with the help of Lucas's cynical lawyer will work to find the truth and hatch a risky plot to prove his innocence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Inscription on ffep and writing on last page, remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KCW0001450
ISBN
9780099740315
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. An epic novel recounting the experiences of people living under the German occupation of northern France during World War I. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773547544
ISBN
9780773547544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 94 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
94
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120755055
ISBN
9788120755055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. From the acclaimed author of A FIELD OF DARKNESS and THE CRAZY SCHOOL comes her most powerful and provocative work yet, featuring the acerbic and memorable voice of ex-debutante Madeline Dare. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 239 x 39. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780446511346
ISBN
9780446511346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.59

Paperback. Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429838
ISBN
9780099429838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Tells the story of a man invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. In this book, the author from his expulsion from a Southern college to a terrifying Harlem race riot - go far beyond the story of one individual. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141184425
ISBN
9780141184425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Defeated and embittered by a country which treats him as a non-being, the 'invisible man' retreats into an underground cell, where the author smokes, drinks, listens to jazz and recounts his search for identity in white society. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 181 x 38. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Penguin Essentials
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
PENGUIN ESSENTIALS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970560
ISBN
9780241970560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A fashion model with everything is disfigured in a road "accident" and goes from being the beautiful centre of attention to being a monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists. She then has to learn that reinventing herself means erasing her past and making up something better. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285441
ISBN
9780099285441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Features a catwalk model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, and a loyal best friend. But when a sudden motor 'accident' leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful centre of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099575054
ISBN
9780099575054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. An exquisite new novel from the acclaimed writer of The Big House and Ghost Girl Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408821671
ISBN
9781408821671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785762659
ISBN
9781785762659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Hardback. A fire broke out in the coal seams of their town years ago, and the flames are still smoldering underground. Margaret and Fritzi are the two sisters who are the last remaining youth of this vanishing town. Their inheritance is nothing but an abandoned swathe of land ruled by devastation. Translator(s): Derbyshire, Katy. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780857420190
ISBN
9780857420190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. *A classic coming-of-age novel from one of the best-loved writers of the twentieth century Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083053
ISBN
9781844083053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416903291
ISBN
9781416903291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.11

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