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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Faced with a choice between her harsh farming life and the seductive but distant world of books and learning, Chris Guthrie eventually decides to remain in her rural community. However, the intervention of WWI leaves her choice in tatters. This is a novel of love and new possibilities, set against a backdrop of rural life during WWI. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Birlinn General United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904598664
ISBN
9781904598664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; DSB; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181013
ISBN
9780231181013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; DSB; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181006
ISBN
9780231181006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.95
€ 79.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780425274484
ISBN
9780425274484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. The charming and entertaining new 44 Scotland Street novel from bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith. Series: 44 Scotland Street. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139166
ISBN
9780349139166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Love, laughter and friendship. The heartwarming new novel from Sunday Times top 5 bestseller, Milly Johnson Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471140488
ISBN
9781471140488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. A son confesses to his mother that he is cheating on his girlfriend; a student falls in love with her lecturer and embarks on an affair with a man in the pub who looks just like him. Young mothers pent-up in childcare dream treacherously of other possibilities. This title includes these stories about family life that are somehow undomesticated. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099499251
ISBN
9780099499251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The brilliantly inventive, wildly funny and humane new novel, set in an economically and politically collapsed America, by the author of the bestselling Absurdistan. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
REPRINT
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082497
ISBN
9781847082497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

paperback. A high-tech business park on the Mediterranean is the setting for a most disturbing crime in this reissue featuring a new introduction by Ali Smith. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
Edition
The First Edition of This Edition
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006551607
ISBN
9780006551607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. The original hardcover "Superbad" was a collection of two dozen pieces ranging from postmodern satire to more serious fiction. The lot of it has been remixed--much like popular music--and reprinted in trade paper, the result a challenging novel with a clear set of themes and characters, tightly constructed and intricately interwoven. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Counterpoint New York
Number of pages
156
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228313
ISBN
9781932360134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. This sixth book is part of the series that chronicles modern life. Series: Tales of the City. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004540
ISBN
9780552998819
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. This sixth book is part of the series that chronicles modern life. Series: Tales of the City. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004543
ISBN
9780552998819
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. This sixth book is part of the series that chronicles modern life. Series: Tales of the City. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552998819
ISBN
9780552998819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Atwood's second novel, hailed by the New York Times as 'one of the most important novels of the twentieth century'. An exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860680642
ISBN
9780860680642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. April 1955, and spring is in the air in Burracombe .. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409153177
ISBN
9781409153177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; FA; FC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 256 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Edition
3rd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101825
ISBN
9781585101825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. .
Publisher
Autonomedia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351788
ISBN
9781584351788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. Tender Branson, the last surviving member of the Creedish death cult, has commandeered a Boeing 747, emptied of passengers, in order to tell his story to the plane's black box before it crashes. Brought up by the repressive cult and hired out as a domestic servant, Tender finds himself suddenly famous when his fellow cult members commit suicide. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
9780099282648
ISBN
9780099282648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. It is 1938 and headstrong eighteen-year-old Mari Carrera leaves a gossipy small town in rural New Zealand aboard the SS Rimutaka. Rather too careless with her reputation, Mari is bound for the bustling anonymity of London - but she is all too willing to be seduced by the temptations of the glittering West End. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780241961520
ISBN
9780241961520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Hot-shot magazine editor Lisa Edwards' career is destined for high-rise New York when suddenly she's diverted to low-rise Dublin. But what can she do about it? Ashling Kennedy, Lisa's super-organized assistant, worries about everything from her lack of waist to the lack of men in her life. She's even anxious about of a little bit of raw fish.. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 141 x 38. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241958476
ISBN
9780241958476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.92

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