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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The dazzling new novel from the author of Cloud Atlas, at once the kaleidoscopic story of an unusual woman's life, a metaphysical thriller and a profound meditation on mortality and survival. Num Pages: 640 pages, 6. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 50. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340921623
ISBN
9780340921623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Paperback. A shocking murder Belorussia, 1943. When a General and his wife are found dead, German detective Heinrich Hoffmann is put in charge of the case. A single clue. There is one witness. A six-year-old girl provides him with an essential lead: a drawing of a bird. Translator(s): Aitken, Martin. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Random House UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593195
ISBN
9780099593195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Hardcover. Pete Ferry is driving home from work one evening when he sees a car swerving dangerously on the road. He wants to keep out of its way, so he allows it to overtake - but as it does so he sees that the driver is a beautiful woman, she's half-naked or at least her clothes are hanging off her, and it's clear that she's drunk or something isn't right. Num Pages: 304 pages, -. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 209 x 29. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780701181925
ISBN
9780701181925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 259 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503940048
ISBN
9781503940048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. 'He was about to commit a forbidden act. A transgression. For no man should rummage through a woman's handbag.' Translator(s): Boyce, Emily. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908313867
ISBN
9781908313867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Utterly gripping spy thriller set in the glittering world of European high society, just before the Second World War. Num Pages: 304 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753826386
ISBN
9780753826386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 264. Publishers file copy with labels on front cover
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KEX0221110
ISBN
9780863223662
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Natalie Waite, daughter of a mediocre writer and a neurotic housewife, is increasingly unsure of her place in the world. In the midst of adolescence she senses a creeping darkness in her life, which will spread among nightmarish parties, and the manipulations of the intellectual men who surround her, as her identity gradually crumbles. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391984
ISBN
9780141391984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. In a drab North Korean city, a seventh daughter is born to a couple longing for a son. Abandoned hours after her birth, she is eventually rescued by her grandmother. The old woman names the child Bari, after a legend telling of a forsaken princess who undertakes a quest for an elixir that will bring peace to the souls of the dead. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Periscope
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859641743
ISBN
9781859641743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. With compassion, wit and what seems to be candour, the author seeks to determine what she actually knows about herself and her past, but we begin to suspect, along with her, that given the elusiveness of memory and understanding, any tale retrieved from the past must be fiction. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241205457
ISBN
9780241205457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress' baby. The mother, Temple Drake, knows the reason why. The night before the execution, a lawyer pleads with Temple to intercede, but will the past allow for justice or absolution in the present? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099585916
ISBN
9780099585916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. With the satirical eye of Cindy Sherman, the psychological perceptiveness of Dostoevsky, and the bleak absurdities of Beckett, the author blends macabre spectacle with transformative moments of grace and shows just why she is Russia's preeminent contemporary fiction writer. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198590
ISBN
9780141198590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. On a remote jungle island, genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now one of mankind's most thrilling fantasies has come true and the first dinosaurs that the Earth has seen in the time of man emerge. But there is a dark side to the fantasy. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784752224
ISBN
9781784752224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Pays homage to the traditional Western with a modern comic spin, following a cowardly farmer who seeks the help of a gunslinger's wife to win back the woman who left him. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Tie-In - Film Tie-In
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782113584
ISBN
9781782113584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. You + Me = Everything. When you are surrounded by love, you have nothing to fear Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471149146
ISBN
9781471149146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Si and Danny are best friends, teenage sons of ex-hippy single mothers in North London. All Si wants is to hang out on Primrose Hill, but his laid-back summer of love is destroyed when Danny decides to kill his junky mother's dealer boyfriend. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 166. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
211
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
SKU
KRS0020011
ISBN
9780571201853
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 10 b/w drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Copy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955379246
ISBN
9780955379246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. It had never been the best of marriages. There was something potentially explosive just below the surface of life at Wearcill House, but when that explosion came it was in a totally unforeseeable and devastating form, plunging the Coulsons into an excoriating series of crises out of which would come both good and evil. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 22. Weight in Grams: 174. Clean copy In good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KTJ0006015
ISBN
9780552132473
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It had never been the best of marriages. There was something potentially explosive just below the surface of life at Wearcill House, but when that explosion came it was in a totally unforeseeable and devastating form, plunging the Coulsons into an excoriating series of crises out of which would come both good and evil. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 22. Weight in Grams: 174. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KTJ0008193
ISBN
9780552132473
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Open Door is "not only a great novel, but a literary landmark that shaped our consciousness."-Abdel Moneim Tallima Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHP; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 205 x 30. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774168277
ISBN
9789774168277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.79

Paperback. Christopher Jamieson has devoted himself tirelessly to St Benet's Church and its Anglo-Catholic tradition. Single, lonely and prickly, Christopher finds himself at odds with his upbringing, his associates, his fellow churchwarden, and even his sympathetic friend, Max. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
i2i Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780995480582
ISBN
9780995480582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Translator(s): Schaefer, Dolores A. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588140203
ISBN
9781588140203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. It's the middle of the 21st century, and the next Ice Age has suddenly sent global warming into reverse. Saul is one of the Ice People, the threatened peoples of the northern hemisphere, who, watching their world freeze over, try to move south towards the equator. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Telegram Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590382
ISBN
9781846590382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. From the author of the international bestseller The Sweetness of Forgetting comes a captivating novel about the struggle to overcome the past when our memories refuse to be forgotten. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848664883
ISBN
9781848664883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

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