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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183725
ISBN
9780141183725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408867327
ISBN
9781408867327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0014091
ISBN
9780008217143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0014521
ISBN
9780008217143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. A mother always knows best. Doesn't she? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JMG; FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270. Minor tear to dustwrapper, else as new.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTG0014748
ISBN
9780008217129
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 176 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New Europe Books United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982578186
ISBN
9780982578186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. KEEPING FAITH is a riveting novel about a family plagued by the media, the medical profession, and organized religion in a world where everyone has an opinion but no one knows the truth - what do you do when your daughter says she's talking to God? Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 201 x 30. Weight in Grams: 392. Good, clean copy. Covers and page edges showing minor shelfwear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0008196
ISBN
9781444754575
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. "Martin's death was singular and pre-9/11, before death became everybody's business." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926845920
ISBN
9781926845920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.73

Paperback. Talks about the fictional adventures of an early 20th-century painting and the women whose lives it touches. This novel opens with bold, passionate Gwen, struggling to be an artist, leaving for Paris where she becomes Rodin's lover and paints a small, intimate picture of a quiet corner of her attic room. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099496861
ISBN
9780099496861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. An exquisite novel about friendship and community Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747251125
ISBN
9780747251125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 5. Weight in Grams: 94. 64pp
Publisher
Cinnamon Press
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9781907090028
ISBN
9781907090028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.45

Paperback. When archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues that only a mother could detect lead her to believe that something more sinister took place. Henrik had kept many things back from her and she is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542049
ISBN
9780099542049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.36

paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, colour and B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dog Horn Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907133053
ISBN
9781907133053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.61

Paperback. Billy Casper is a boy with nowhere to go and nothing to say; part of the limbo generation of school leavers too old for lessons and too young to know anything about the outside world. He hates and is hated. His family and friends are mean and tough and they're sure he's going to end up in big trouble. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 98. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KSS0000584
ISBN
9780140029529
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. In 1857, the Tweed Fisheries Act made it illegal to fish for salmon in 50 square miles of open sea off the mouth of the River Tweed. A local schoolmaster, Adam Horsburgh, believes the Act should be challenged openly and when he proceeds to act, a full-scale salmon war breaks out. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
B&W Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873631461
ISBN
9781873631461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.64

Paperback. Love and magic are only a heartbeat away. The enchanting second novel in Nora Roberts' much-loved classic series, the Key trilogy. Series: Key Trilogy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349411644
ISBN
9780349411644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A captivating novel, full of passion and mystery, and book one in Nora Roberts' much-loved classic series, the Key trilogy Series: Key Trilogy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349411637
ISBN
9780349411637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. An intensely thrilling novel of passion, love and hope - and the final part in Nora Roberts' classic series, the Key trilogy Series: Key Trilogy. 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
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349411651
ISBN
9780349411651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. The sensational and controversial novella about the evacuation of a Palestinian village in 1948 - published in the UK for the first time. Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de; Shulman, David. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083944
ISBN
9781847083944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.52

Hardcover. Reprints two of Wodehouse's earliest books which take the form of story sequences linked by a central character, a technique he used many times thereafter. This title looks forward to Bertie Wooster and Ukridge, but also back to his Victorian models, in a fantastic tale of the little man struggling with fate. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591896
ISBN
9781841591896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. 132 pages. Kid Moses takes us on an intimate journey through the hustle and violence of the streets of Dar es Salaam where Moses scrapes out a meagre existence. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 212 x 136 x 10. Weight: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Jacana Media
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431402656
ISBN
9781431402656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. Tells the story of a boy Willie Kiddar, his first 14 years, from conception on a Sunday afternoon to leaving school during the First World War. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852241278
ISBN
9781852241278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. Walter and Alice are expecting their first baby, but their timing is a bit off: Walter, once a successful loan officer, has been unexpectedly downsized. They've had to relocate to Florida so that they can live rent-free-in Alice's deceased aunt's condo. When Alice's brother-in-law Mid offers Walter a job, he literally can't refuse. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Algonquin Books (division of Workman) United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616201715
ISBN
9781616201715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.18

Hardback. "This translation is dedicated to the memory of Hondao Shun (1936-1997) a kind and gentle man who was nothing like his namesake in this novel." Translator(s): Gessel, Van C. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590. A Novel. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. 328 pages. "This translation is dedicated to the memory of Hondao Shun (1936-1997) a kind and gentle man who was nothing like his namesake in this novel.". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight: 590. Translator(s): Gessel, Van C.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162821
ISBN
9780231162821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.78

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