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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. For readers who loved Room and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: a heartwarming, heartbreaking story of love, loyalty and the power of the imagination - a novel perfect for anyone who ever had a friend .. real or otherwise. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751547870
ISBN
9780751547870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. A fictionalised autobiography of the period between the spring of 1916 and the summer of 1917, in which the story moves from the trenches to the Fourth Army School, to Morlancourt and a raid, and then to the Battle of the Somme. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; FA; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Edition
Faber Library - Fab Lib 1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571064106
ISBN
9780571064106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Hardcover. Includes memoirs that are the reminiscences of author's adventures in seeking out, collecting, and reading old and rare books, along with reflections upon time, memory, and other mysteries. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821409374
ISBN
9780821409374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.47

Paperback. The Emperor Hadrian writes a valedictory letter to Marcus Aurelius, his future successor. The Emperor meditates on his past, describing his accession, military triumphs, love of poetry and music, and the philosophy that informed his powerful and far-flung rule. This work recreates the life and death of one of the great rulers of the ancient world. Translator(s): Frick, Grace. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141184968
ISBN
9780141184968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 4.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583228753
ISBN
9781583228753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.77

Paperback. On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a newspaper columnist in Colombia decides to give himself 'a night of mad love with a virgin adolescent'. But on seeing this beautiful girl he falls deeply under her spell. His love for his 'Delgadina' causes him to recall all the women he has paid to perform acts of love. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968543
ISBN
9780241968543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. When a history professor - Alfred Clayton - is asked to record his impressions of the Ford Administration, he recalls a turbulent piece of personal history as well: his unfinished book on 19th-century president James Buchanan. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188997
ISBN
9780141188997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.33

Paperback. Dying is easy. Coming back to life is hard. At least that's what Miles Vorkosigan thinks, and he should know, having died once already. That was when he last visited Jackson's Whole, rescuing his brother. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Baen
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476736730
ISBN
9781476736730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602202443
ISBN
9781602202443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.28

hardcover. "Originally published in French as La maemoire aux abois (c) Editions Hoebeke, 2010" -- Verso title page. Translator(s): Daw, Paul Curtis. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9780813938080
ISBN
9780813938080
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.42

Paperback. Anthony Doerr's brilliant new collection of stories is about memory: the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, and the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. Now includes 'The Deep', which was awarded the 2011 Sunday Times Short Story Award. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007367726
ISBN
9780007367726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Text Publishing
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911231028
ISBN
9781911231028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.22

Paperback. Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185736
ISBN
9780141185736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Which matters more - your love life or your job? Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444711776
ISBN
9781444711776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.05

Paperback. The final episode in the trilogy that began with the million-copy bestseller MAN AND BOY Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSG0023665
ISBN
9780007327775
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The final episode in the trilogy that began with the million-copy bestseller MAN AND BOY Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0296135
ISBN
9780007327775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Set in a Central Europe rapidly fragmenting after the fall of Communism, this title follows a cast of dissolute Bohemians, political refugees, football referees, deaf police agents, assassins and stranded astronauts as they chase a stolen icon painting from Sofia to Prague and beyond. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276. 300 pages. Set in a Central Europe rapidly fragmenting after the fall of Communism, this title follows a cast of dissolute Bohemians, political refugees, football referees, deaf police agents, assassins and stranded astronauts as they chase a stolen icon painting from Sofia to Prague and beyond. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight: 272.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846880568
ISBN
9781846880568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks writes novels that real women want to read. With her trademark tell-it-like-it-is style, she gets right to the heart of the dilemmas people face in their lives and takes her stories to unexpected places. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 271. 8vo Good copy .
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KEX0255122
ISBN
9780755371273
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
i2i United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956036933
ISBN
9780956036933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.91

Paperback. Contains short stories, featuring men, who are bullfighters and boxers, hired hands and hard drinkers, gangsters and gunmen. Each of their stories deals with masculine toughness unsoftened by woman's hand. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099909309
ISBN
9780099909309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. The author of "The Average American Male" and "The Lie" returns with a shocking and salacious--yet surprisingly rich and subtle--new novel of the average American family. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061657313
ISBN
9780061657313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Edition
Media tie-in
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062340115
ISBN
9780062340115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. From fatal accident to life-saving operation, Maylis de Kerangal, one of the brightest and boldest writers of modern literary fiction, returns with the epic story of a heart transplant. Translator(s): Moore, Jessica. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857053855
ISBN
9780857053855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. * Reissue of Simon Mawer's briliant third novel MENDEL'S DWARF Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349000053
ISBN
9780349000053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

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