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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

CD-Audio. Begins on the eve of Paula's forty-ninth birthday. She hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne. Paula still works as a cleaner, but all the others doing the job now seem to come from Eastern Europe. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 215.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Format
CD
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846570360
ISBN
9781846570360
CD
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.27

Paperback. Paula Spencer begins on the eve of Paula's forty-eighth birthday. She hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne. Paula still works as a cleaner. This work shows the inner life of this battered house-cleaner. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099501374
ISBN
9780099501374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. There is a ploughing competition for the hand of the beautiful Popondoro, and the reign of Pauper and Slanderer in the town of women is inevitably brief. This book features Pauper, Brawler and Slanderer who are all forced to embark on journeys of no return, leading to incidents and adventures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316908
ISBN
9780571316908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. A story of love and survival set in the cotton mills of Derbyshire. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447245377
ISBN
9781447245377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Berlin, 1946. During one of the coldest winters on record, Pavel Richter, a decommissioned GI, finds himself at odds with a rogue British Army colonel and a Soviet General when a friend deposits the frozen body of a dead Russian spy in his apartment. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230. 352 pages. Berlin, 1946. During one of the coldest winters on record, Pavel Richter, a decommissioned GI, finds himself at odds with a rogue British Army colonel and a Soviet General when a friend deposits the frozen body of a dead Russian spy in his apartment. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 153 x 23. Weight: 230.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596318
ISBN
9780747596318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. It all started with the social studies teacher's project: Think of an idea for world change, and put it into action. Whilst this proved ambitious for his classmates, Trevor thought he would start by doing something good for three people. But instead of paying him back, he would ask them to "pay it forward" by doing a favour for three more people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Black Swan London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Paperback Edition, First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552774253
ISBN
9780552774253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Siles Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890085049
ISBN
9781890085049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.27

Hardcover. In the mid-1970s, the North Sea oil boom is in full swing and there is work for all. Though Catherine Williams's children are adult and all four have oil-related jobs, she is not happy with the upheaval the oil industry has caused and believes that Davy Jones will demand payment from those who rob his locker with men's lives. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Robert Hale
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Alabama
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719813269
ISBN
9780719813269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.88

Paperback. Mr Marble is in serious debt, desperate for money to pay his family's bills, until the combination of a wealthy relative, a bottle of Cyanide and a shovel offer him the perfect solution. In fact, his troubles are only just beginning. Slowly the Marble family becomes poisoned by guilt, and caught in a dangerous trap of secrets, fear and blackmail. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198101
ISBN
9780141198101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Hardback. Three American soldiers set out on the gruelling ascent of a perilous Italian mountainside in the murky closing days of the Second World War. Haunted by their sergeant's cold-blooded murder of a young girl, and with only an old man of uncertain loyalties as their guide, they truge on in a state of barely suppressed terror and confusion. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298. Very good copiy in clean dustwrapper. Frst edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition/First Printing
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KEX0303081
ISBN
9781848870840
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Paperback. This is the story of a young boy's adventures as he takes it upon himself to solve the mystery of an 'evil' old neighbour in Geneva, and a missing auntie in Zimbabwe. Charming, funny and resonant, this is a novel about how one boy comes to understand what conflict can do to a person, a family, a whole country - and what it means to fight for peace. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472114167
ISBN
9781472114167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.32

Paperback. Miss Read looks forward to her retirement - but it doesn't go quite as planned.. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 115 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752884240
ISBN
9780752884240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 40. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
CENTRAL BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9782359260441
ISBN
9782359260441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. A dazzling, bravura display of sex, small-town politics and the stifling heat of the Haitian sky, by the National Book Award finalist of Fieldwork. Num Pages: 400 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 149 x 41. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848871380
ISBN
9781848871380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

Paperback. When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she allows the wind to blow her back to the village in south-west France where, eight years ago, she opened up a chocolate shop. Nor is it only the incomers from North Africa that have brought change. Father Reynaud, Vianne's erstwhile adversary, is disgraced and under threat. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776998
ISBN
9780552776998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 24 x 153 x 237. Weight in Grams: 422. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KOC0019158
ISBN
9780755332311
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 296. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KTG0009264
ISBN
9780755332328
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 24 x 153 x 237. Weight in Grams: 422. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KI20003404
ISBN
9780755332311
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 24 x 153 x 237. Weight in Grams: 422. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0006433
ISBN
9780755332311
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Rupa Publications India
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788129144881
ISBN
9788129144881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.14

Keywords: Fiction - General - Family Sagas - Women's Interest
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
752
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHS0058469
ISBN
9780751531701
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 224 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Caitlin Press Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927575567
ISBN
9781927575567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. An autobiographical portrait of Post-War Paris and a tumultuous childhood - by the 2014 Nobel Laureate Translator(s): Polizzotti, Mark. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857054937
ISBN
9780857054937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Laugh-out-loud funny from the author that bought you Mum On The Run. Fiona's writing deals with the real life cringe-worthy moments we all know so well.. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308. 400 pages. Laugh-out-loud funny from the author that bought you Mum On The Run. Fiona's writing deals with the real life cringe-worthy moments we all know so well. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight: 308.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847562616
ISBN
9781847562616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

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