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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In 2020, Britain is at breaking point, society on the edge. The country is a bomb waiting to explode.. and then it does. Thoughtful, compassionate and sometimes provocative, Kenneth Steven's 2020 is a parable for our times. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Saraband
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910192559
ISBN
9781910192559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. How far would you go to protect your child? When her daughter is bullied, Laura makes a terrible mistake.. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782396888
ISBN
9781782396888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.79

Paperback. * Mma Ramotswe's wonderful eleventh novel Series: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119991
ISBN
9780349119991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Translator(s): Wolf, Leonard. Num Pages: 712 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 38. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590172797
ISBN
9781590172797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.68

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953478033
ISBN
9780953478033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.06

Paperback. A story of great human triumph in the life of a much loved public figure - a TV tie-in edition published alongside the major new ITV series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Media Tie In
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141411
ISBN
9780349141411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. The importance of Chekhov's stories is now recognized by readers as well as by fellow authors. Their themes - alienation, the absurdity and tragedy of human existence - have as much relevance today as when they were written, and this superb new translation captures their modernist spirit. Among the fourteen stories included are 'The Lady with the Little Dog', 'Gusev', and 'Rothschild's Violin'. Translator(s): Bartlett, Rosamund. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536689
ISBN
9780199536689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. A gorgeous novel of love, friendship, and a horse named Boo, from bestselling and RNA prize-winning author Jojo Moyes. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340961605
ISBN
9780340961605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. This debut novel is a wonderful portrayal of how love has the power to reawaken and heal the grief of loss. Set in the small Devon village of Cameldip, it explores the effect that the drowning of two children has on a family and a community over almost half a century. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 395. .
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Black Cat New York
Number of pages
346
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KEX0211203
ISBN
9780802170071
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 107 x 21. Weight in Grams: 130. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
2009
SKU
KTG0009238
ISBN
9780553592511
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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
€ 18.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. .
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910745465
ISBN
9781910745465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.37

Paperback. From the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, 'A masterful mixture of fantasy and reality..a simply wonderful read' SHE. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 5AL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753817001
ISBN
9780753817001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.63

Paperback. Ireland, 2004 Roisin Burns has spent over twenty-five years living a lie. Brian Lonergan, a rising politician, has used the time to reinvent himself. But scandal is brewing around him, and Roisin knows the truth. Lonergan stole her life as a young girl. And now she wants it back. But he is still one step ahead .. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592587
ISBN
9780099592587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.39

Paperback. Senhor Jose is a minor official in a registry office, with a passion for reconstructing people's lives from the data in archive documents. One woman's file is particularly intriguing. She is dead, and he decides to trace her life backwards, from death to birth. But can he bring her back to life? Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860467202
ISBN
9781860467202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Hardcover. Includes stories like "To Room Nineteen", in which a woman reacts against the oppression of her banal marriage with dreadful results; "One off the Short List", that traces the surprising conclusion to a seduction gone awry; and "The Habit of Loving", in which a lonely older man who takes a vivacious young wife witnesses a reversal of intimacy. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
696
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593166
ISBN
9781841593166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. Beijing, sometime in the near future: a month has gone missing from official records. No one has any memory of it, and no one can care less. Except for a small circle of friends, who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the sinister cheerfulness and amnesia that has possessed the Chinese nation. Translator(s): Duke, Michael. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776974
ISBN
9780552776974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447288695
ISBN
9781447288695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Could a story save your life? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 316. 448 pages. Could a story save your life?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight: 316.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671295
ISBN
9781847671295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.85

CD-Audio. Round the Horne: Complete Series One: March 1965 - June 1965. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; APW; FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2014
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471366642
ISBN
9781471366642
CD
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.50

Paperback. This cult classic of working class life in post-war Nottingham follows the exploits of rebellious factory worker Arthur Seaton and is introduced by Richard Bradford. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007205028
ISBN
9780007205028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.50

Paperback. In Dublin, a newspaper editor is found dead. One of his colleagues, Owen Simmons, discovers a dossier on the dead man's desk. And in the dossier Owen finds a photograph, which brings him back, once again, to a dusty road in Africa and to the woman he once loved.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTJ0008195
ISBN
9780141038063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 13.99
€ 11.24

Paperback. In Dublin, a newspaper editor is found dead. One of his colleagues, Owen Simmons, discovers a dossier on the dead man's desk. And in the dossier Owen finds a photograph, which brings him back, once again, to a dusty road in Africa and to the woman he once loved.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Paperback, in good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRF0015132
ISBN
9780141038063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 11.24

Paperback. A novel that illuminates the lives of the humans who left us magnificent paintings in the caves of France and Spain. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332. A Novel of the Ice Age. 280 pages. A novel that illuminates the lives of the humans who left us magnificent paintings in the caves of France and Spain. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 212 x 146 x 17. Weight: 332.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520202771
ISBN
9780520202771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.41

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