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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Arieka is one of the last to prophesy at Delphi, in the shadowy years when the Romans were securing their grip on the tribes and cities of Greece. The plain, unloved daughter of a local grandee, she is rescued from the contempt and neglect of her family by her Delphic role. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571298532
- ISBN
- 9780571298532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. What happens when Deadline M-ximo Afonso, a 38-year-old professor of history, discovers that there is a man living in the same city who is identical to him on every physical detail, but not related by blood at all. And what happens when each of these men attempt to investigate each other's lives? Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099461654
- ISBN
- 9780099461654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. One of the most dramatic stories in ancient history told through the eyes of four remarkable women - a tour de force from an extraordinary writer. Num Pages: 512 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857205445
- ISBN
- 9780857205445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.54
€ 13.00
€ 11.54
Paperback. A story of shanty-town life in Trinidad. Calvary Hill is the home of Aldrick Prospect, who lives for the carnival and his once-a-year chance to play dragon. Here too live Miss Cleothilda, the ageing carnival queen, Philo the Calypsonian, and Fisheye, who flaunts his strength in the steel bands. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571193172
- ISBN
- 9780571193172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. From the Sunday Timesbestselling author, a dream house, a hidden past, a place of memories Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849835312
- ISBN
- 9781849835312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Stepping out into the dusk of an warm evening, esteemed art critic Sukhanov feels on top of the world. But the year is 1985 and the air is heavy with change. His future is haunted by doubt. Beset by visions of a past he gave up, he questions his choices: in swapping a life as a brilliant underground artist for comfort did he betray his dreams? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001560
- ISBN
- 9780141024400
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304. Short Stories. 368 pages. A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight: 250.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747592297
- ISBN
- 9780747592297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.68
€ 13.00
€ 11.68
Paperback. A man dreams he is working on a campaign to advertise the Scent of Musk, whose animal attraction is perculiarly appropriate for the relationship developing between himself and the woman who has given him the commission. Num Pages: 128 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KTJ0000701
- ISBN
- 9780719561924
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.38
€ 5.38
Paperback. A man dreams he is working on a campaign to advertise the Scent of Musk, whose animal attraction is perculiarly appropriate for the relationship developing between himself and the woman who has given him the commission. Num Pages: 128 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719561924
- ISBN
- 9780719561924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.38
€ 5.38
Paperback. A man dreams he is working on a campaign to advertise the Scent of Musk, whose animal attraction is perculiarly appropriate for the relationship developing between himself and the woman who has given him the commission. Num Pages: 128 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTJ0000703
- ISBN
- 9780719561924
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.38
€ 5.38
Paperback. A man dreams he is working on a campaign to advertise the Scent of Musk, whose animal attraction is perculiarly appropriate for the relationship developing between himself and the woman who has given him the commission. Num Pages: 128 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTJ0000704
- ISBN
- 9780719561924
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.38
€ 5.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811223430
- ISBN
- 9780811223430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.79
€ 17.99
€ 15.79
Paperback. It is the summer of 1916 and Roger Casement awaits the hangman in London's Pentonville Prison. Dublin lies in ruins after the disastrous Easter Rising led by his comrades of the Irish Volunteers. He has been caught after landing from a German submarine. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571275755
- ISBN
- 9780571275755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.03
€ 17.99
€ 13.03
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770091016
- ISBN
- 9781770091016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.53
€ 20.99
€ 19.53
Paperback. Graham shines a satiric-comic light on a marriage that is severely tested! Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849163972
- ISBN
- 9781849163972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846689949
- ISBN
- 9781846689949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.14
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€ 10.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933633657
- ISBN
- 9781933633657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.81
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€ 16.81
paperback. Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants' office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and the obsessional experience takes on a far darker significance. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188348
- ISBN
- 9780141188348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. A year on, Emma remains haunted by the image of that empty cot, thousands of miles away, the chasm between her and the rest of the family growing with each day that Sam remains missing. Is her son still out there? Will the mystery about what happened that night ever be unravelled? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405915311
- ISBN
- 9781405915311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. The bestselling modern fairytale, with a new introduction from Luke Cutforth 'I loved it .. so good!' CARRIE HOPE FLETCHER Num Pages: 371 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0015275
- ISBN
- 9780007479092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When Maude Slocum - beautiful, frightened and angry - comes to Lew Archer's office with a poison pen letter intended for her husband, he reluctantly agrees to help her. As he follows the Slocums around, Archer finds that Mrs Slocum might have the least of the family's troubles. But why is their handsome ex-chauffeur still hanging around? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141196626
- ISBN
- 9780141196626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. In a town without rain, some secrets are never washed away.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349142111
- ISBN
- 9780349142111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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€ 11.09
Paperback. It's 1989, and in the dying years of the Apartheid regime, eleven-year-old Jack Viljee considers himself the centre of his world. The son of an Afrikaans father and an English mother, wedged between a strident older and favoured younger sister, Jack allies himself with the family's beloved maid, Susie. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099555070
- ISBN
- 9780099555070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
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€ 9.50
Paperback. Lucas Corso, a gin-swilling book hunter and an expert in Napoleonic war games, is hired to authenticate an Alexandre Dumas manuscript. At the same time a Spanish bookseller asks him to investigate two other editions of the book. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099448594
- ISBN
- 9780099448594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08