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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. Archimedes enjoyed from childhood a natural communion with Artemis, Goddess of the Moon and protector of his city-state. This book takes us on a pilgrimage to Eleusis, to Thermopylae, and to Alexandria and the Egypt of the Ptolemies. It demonstrates that the wisdom of the ancients is central to the search for truths about ourselves and our cosmos. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 222 x 32. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847771049
ISBN
9781847771049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.36

Paperback. The new novel from the author of The Mesmerist and The Fraud Series: Mesmerist. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751540956
ISBN
9780751540956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. In their teens, Jim Willard and Bob Ford share a moment of sexual intimacy and Jim spends years searching for the recreation of that moment. When the opportunity occurs, it explodes with violence and pain. This was one of the first pieces of explicitly gay fiction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349106571
ISBN
9780349106571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 160 x 217 x 30. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780091954444
ISBN
9780091954444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 6.00

Paperback. Five lives, five love stories - the dramatic portrait of a generation by the internationally bestselling author of LOVE STORY. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444768527
ISBN
9781444768527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241981009
ISBN
9780241981009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. The novel that launched Tim Gautreaux internationally as one of the best contemporary American novelists - a gripping tale of courage, violence and moral choices set in 1920s Louisiana. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340828908
ISBN
9780340828908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. A powerful novel about a family, and how their lives are torn apart in a single, devastating moment. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
1st Phoenix Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753811139
ISBN
9780753811139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Confronted by burglars or belted earls, the clergy of Wodehouse's "Clergy Omnibus" plough serenely on with the Advent sermon or the opening of the village fete - until, that is, they are swept further into plots which only a well-disposed devil or a member of the Drones Club could have contrived. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091753351
ISBN
9780091753351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426. Fine copy
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KST0010999
ISBN
9780340920190
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340920206
ISBN
9780340920206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

Paperback. Having sacked her handyman, newly-widowed Mrs Emerson finds a replacement in Elizabeth, a lanky, awkward girl. The Emersons, there are seven grown-up children and have a reputation for craziness and Elizabeth finds herself drawn into their disorderly lives against her will. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099469605
ISBN
9780099469605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. On Millennium night, with Blair presiding over a sexed-up new version of the country, Benjamin Trotter finds himself watching the celebrations on his parents' TV. Watching, in fact, his younger brother, Paul, now a New Labour MP who has bought wholeheartedly into the Blairite dream. Neither of them can know that their lives are about to implode. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967720
ISBN
9780241967720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155646
ISBN
9781903155646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290. Signed by the author. Good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Island Books
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0026928
ISBN
9781848403369
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.00

Paperback. The brilliant new novel by Orange Prize winner, Linda Grant, about the legacies of history, longlisted for both the Orange Prize, 2008 and the Man Booker Prize, 2008 Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
9781844085422
ISBN
9781844085422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Interwoven with the poetry of love, loss and longing, The Cloud Messenger is a study of the search for a home in the world and of the redeeming power of memory and unconditional love. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Telegram Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
174
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590894
ISBN
9781846590894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. Translator(s): Dobel, Hilary Vaughn. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Open Letter
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781940953342
ISBN
9781940953342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 124 x 23. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345530684
ISBN
9780345530684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.55

Paperback. The stories in 'The Coast of Good Intentions' evoke the landscape of the Pacific Northwest with impressive ease - crab factories, cranberry bogs, the fog-shrouded shore, the Seattle skyline. Here are ordinary lives in all their messy, unresolved glory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136. 163pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KNW0007114
ISBN
9781862076495
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

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