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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Alice never imagined that she would end up like this. Is she the only mother who feels so permanently panic-stricken at the terrors of the modern world - or is it normal to sit up in bed all night popping bubble wrap? She worries that too much gluten and dairy may be hindering her children's mental arithmetic. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552771627
ISBN
9780552771627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. The dark and dazzling new novel from the author of the major bestseller This Book Will Save Your Life Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083234
ISBN
9781847083234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283843
ISBN
9780099283843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. A mysterious novel by the author of the international bestseller SOPHIE'S WORLD. Translator(s): Anderson, James. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
New, Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753811467
ISBN
9780753811467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564789068
ISBN
9781564789068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.23

paperback. The tale of an outsider told from the inside. It speaks to the resilience of the human spirit. Cadence Roth holds the world record of shortest woman and is trying to renew her failed acting career, Maupin narrates the story through Cadence's journal entries. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552998758
ISBN
9780552998758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.83

Paperback. Following her husband Kenneth McAdam's suicide, Isla meets his daughter by his first marriage, and finds that Kenneth had never divorced his first wife. Left with nothing, Isla and her two young children move to a seedy tenement building and she sets about improving it - and herself. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 29. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751550993
ISBN
9780751550993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. They said I've done something wrong?.. And they've just left me down here to starve. Haven't had a drop in days more so.. Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: McGlue is in the hold, still too drunk to be sure of his name or situation or orientation - he may have killed a man. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784706623
ISBN
9781784706623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Moving from Massachusetts to Kansas in 1855, with his new wife and a group of German carpenters, Gordon McKay is dead set on making his fortune raising bees, undaunted by Missouri border ruffians, newly- minted Darwinism, or the unsettled politics of a country on the brink of civil war. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226561110
ISBN
9780226561110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. Harry Fielding has had enough. He's had enough of his adopted city, he's tired of his flat and most of all he's finished with MI5. But his plans for a new life are ruined when an old friend reappears, who's in trouble. Harry cannot abandon a mate. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
KTJ0050898
ISBN
9780099284871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Harry Fielding has had enough. He's had enough of his adopted city, he's tired of his flat and most of all he's finished with MI5. But his plans for a new life are ruined when an old friend reappears, who's in trouble. Harry cannot abandon a mate. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005107
ISBN
9780099284871
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Sian Busby's debut novel is a breathtaking feat of historical scholarship, which takes you to the heart of the Victorian soul. As Daniel McNaughten goes on trial, the dark forces lying beneath the surface of society threaten to break loose and overturn the very order of things. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906021887
ISBN
9781906021887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. The text of this edition presents, fully annotated, the 1899 First Edition text of McTeague, a significant example of American literary naturalism and a commentary on turn-of-the-century American cultural values. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393970135
ISBN
9780393970135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 12. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9781910021972
ISBN
9781910021972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.71

Paperback. Alexandra Potter makes dreams come true in this fun, feel-good fairy-tale about life, love and dating literatures most eligible bachelor Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 238. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTM0000606
ISBN
9780340841136
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509811083
ISBN
9781509811083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. From the queen of summer reading, this is a sparkling tale of heartbreak, hope, friendship and love. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447208662
ISBN
9781447208662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.01

Paperback. Richard is a 17-year-old kid from New Jersey with the gift of the gab and an eye for the ladies. He's bored with school and dreams of making it big in the dazzling world of 1930s Manhattan. Miraculously, he bumps into Orson Welles outside the yet-to-open Mercury Theater a week before Welles' history-making production of Julius Caesar. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099531807
ISBN
9780099531807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Room meets Stand By Me, in a thrilling tale of the loss of innocence Translator(s): Doust, Kylee. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128. 160 pages. Lorenzo Cuni is a fourteen-year-old loner. His wealthy parents think he is away on a school skiing trip, but, in fact, he has stowed away in a forgotten cellar. He plans to live in perfect isolation for a week, keeping the adult world at bay. Then a visit from his estranged half-sister, Olivia, changes everything. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 11. Weight: 128. Translator(s): Doust, Kylee.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857861986
ISBN
9780857861986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Heartbreaking and uplifting, Me and You is a story about how hard it is to leave our old selves behind, the tough choices we sometimes have to make and how love and friendship can heal the most damaged of hearts. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0000571
ISBN
9781847562746
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780718157838
ISBN
9780718157838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. One man's search for his true love, whilst following his other true love. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780996875
ISBN
9781780996875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.42

Paperback. A dark story of loss, friendship, love and the lengths we'll go to cope, from the winner of the 2016 Luke Bitmead Bursary. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079252
ISBN
9781785079252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. The love story of the year! Fall in love with the perfect feel-good romance for fans of Katie Fforde, Jill Mansell and Carole Matthews. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0295830
ISBN
9780008216511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

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