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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A second collection of fairy tales by Angela Carter involving more alluring women, ailing warriors, enchantresses and seekers of revenge. They come from every corner of the globe to haunt, to entice, transform and even to help. Illustrator(s): Sargood, Corinna. Editor(s): Carter, Angela. Num Pages: 240 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 271. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006200
ISBN
9781853816161
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Familiar with his students' hostile attitude towards both his lectures and himself, a senior school teacher reaches a decision that forces an assessment of his choice of life, of his marriage and ultimately of his values and worth in modern society. This is a story of a man lost in a world that no longer recognises either him or his talent. Translator(s): Lyngstad, Sverre. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005885
ISBN
9781843432104
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. After being betrayed by Iraq, the presumed dead Ben Adnam defects to Iran to plot his revenge. Adnam plans to steal a submarine and create a new weapon which will cause shocking air disasters in America. To complete his revenge Adnam ensures the blame is placed on Iraq. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 32. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
SKU
KKD0005758
ISBN
9780099269052
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The third in the bestselling and much-loved BIG STONE GAP series Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KKD0005426
ISBN
9780743450881
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Jo Marie has started to feel at home running the Rose Harbor Inn. Now it's springtime, and in memory of her late husband, Paul, Jo Marie has designed a beautiful rose garden for the property and enlisted handyman Mark Taylor to help make it happen. Jo Marie and Mark don't always see eye-to-eye but deep down, she finds great comfort in his company. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 31. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005293
ISBN
9780099564065
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Jo Marie has started to feel at home running the Rose Harbor Inn. Now it's springtime, and in memory of her late husband, Paul, Jo Marie has designed a beautiful rose garden for the property and enlisted handyman Mark Taylor to help make it happen. Jo Marie and Mark don't always see eye-to-eye but deep down, she finds great comfort in his company. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 31. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005213
ISBN
9780099564065
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Diana Spencer and her lover are visiting Paris. An international fixer puts a team in place to watch the Princess. Former Special Branch man John Harper is recruited as part of the team. Ritz Hotel Deputy Director of Security Henri Paul and paparazzo supreme James Andanson are their targets. But they are not the only ones watching Spencer. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KKD0005078
ISBN
9780571223411
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. In early 2006, Chuck Ramkissoon is found dead at the bottom of a New York canal. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004918
ISBN
9780007275700
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The executive director of an insurance company, Harold, and his doctor wife, Claudia, for whom violence could never be a means of solving personal conflict, are faced with something that could never happen to them: their son has committed murder. What kind of loyalty do a mother and a father owe a son who has committed this unimaginable horror? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KKD0004885
ISBN
9780747542575
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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. 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 contemporary novel from the author of A Woman of Substance about a young woman finding herself and her place in life, in love and in the world. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 274. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KKD0004502
ISBN
9780006510901
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. When Michael Dillon is ordered by the IRA to park his car in the carpark of a Belfast hotel, he is faced with a moral choice which leaves him absolutely nowhere to turn. He knows that he is planting a bomb that would kill and maim dozens of people. But he also knows that if he doesn't, his wife will be killed. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 152. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KKD0004060
ISBN
9780099998105
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. When Mabelline visits her pen pal Rosa, she quickly takes Rosa and her son Carlos to her heart, but she knows right away there is something different about the boy. When tragedy occurs, Mabelline becomes responsible for Carlos as he struggles to fit into a world based on rules he doesn't understand, and finds himself in serious trouble. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YF; YX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002906
ISBN
9781843102564
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. For Joe, the summer of 1977 meant punk rock, fun and violence. Fast forward to 1988 and Joe is on the Trans-Siberian express coming to terms with his best mate's suicide back in 1977. In the present, Joe still has to come to terms with Smiles's death. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002076
ISBN
9780099283164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002043
ISBN
9781853714405
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. * Second novel from TV writer/comedian and novelist - and again, a bitter-sweet romantic tragicomedy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 215. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
KKD0001875
ISBN
9780349113920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Follows the fortunes of Jack - struggling painter, lad about town, charmer - and Amy - disorganized, funny and looking for love. Whilst Jack outlines his tactics for a night on the town and the seduction of the gorgeous Amy, Amy plans how to hook the first decent man she's met in ages. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
SKU
KKD0001631
ISBN
9780099279273
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Mixing fiction and nonfiction, Skinner breathes new imaginative life into the story of a twentieth century icon. Bewitched by the beauty of a troupe of native dancers and the strange music of the gamelan, Margaretha changes her name to Mata Hari and goes to Paris, where she is drawn into a web of espionage resulting in her death by firing squad. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001310
ISBN
9780571209347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A stunning second novel from the mega-selling author of SISTER Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 330. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Piatkus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0036421
ISBN
9780749942168
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Spellbinding stories of love, loss, revelation and reconciliation from the bestselling author of A FEW OF THE GIRLS Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 298. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0035667
ISBN
9781409103462
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Cassandra never set out to be a psychic, least of all a famous one, with her very own magazine column, plus a glamorous TV slot thrown in for good measure. But, whether she likes it or not, ever since she was a little girl, Cassandra's been able to see things, so vividly and clearly, it can be, well, a bit frightening. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 123 x 30. Weight in Grams: 332. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Publication date
2008
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
SKU
KIN0034538
ISBN
9781848270077
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Julia and Valentina Poole are normal American teenagers - normal, at least, for identical 'mirror' twins who have no interest in college or jobs. But everything changes when they receive notice that an aunt whom they didn't know existed has died and left them her flat in an apartment block overlooking Highgate Cemetery in London. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 346. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Thus
SKU
KIN0033141
ISBN
9780099524175
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0032541
ISBN
9781842235041
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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