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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A heartwrenching and tense drama about a troubled family, who give up everything to join an experimental 'family camp' - with life-changing consequences. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340978191
ISBN
9780340978191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. The bestselling author of A WEDDING IN DECEMBER returns with a scintillating new novel about a young widow torn between two brothers during one long New England summer Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KLN0016788
ISBN
9780349119014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A wry, moving and dark story about Russians adrift in New York by award-winning Ludmila Ultiskaya, hailed by Gary Shteyngart as 'one of the most important living writers'. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474602051
ISBN
9781474602051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. 'To the Lighthouse' was Virginia Woolf's fifth novel, and was the first book to win her a large public. The story of an English middle class family in the years leading up to the First World War, it has remained the most popular of all her works. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478294
ISBN
9780099478294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.12

Paperback. A family mystery dripping with Eastern exoticism. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782067627
ISBN
9781782067627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Covers nine stories of vastly different styles and structures, including "L De Bard and Aliette" that recreates the tale of Abelard and Heloise in New York during the 1918 flu epidemic; "Lucky Chow Fun"; and, the title story of "Delicate Edible Birds". Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099537267
ISBN
9780099537267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. One lie sends a family into turmoil in a heart-rending new novel from a worldwide bestselling author, perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264. 8vo. Some light shelfwear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0272862
ISBN
9780007248094
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks writes novels that real women want to read. With her trademark tell-it-like-it-is style, she gets right to the heart of the dilemmas people face in their lives and takes her stories to unexpected places. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 271. 8vo Good copy .
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KEX0255122
ISBN
9780755371273
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Tells the story of Adebisi, a brave African huntress who sets out for the Jungle of the Pigmies to rescue her four brothers. Along the way, she conquers a giant, serves as the barber to a king and endures the horrors of the pigmies' prison. Yet she will not give up. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316892
ISBN
9780571316892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. The triumphant follow-up to THE PRIDE OF LANCASHIRE from Hodder's fastest-growing saga author. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 31. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340840740
ISBN
9780340840740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Charles Highway, a precociously intelligent and highly sexed teenager, is determined to sleep with an older woman before he turns twenty. Rachel fits the bill perfectly and Charles plans his seduction meticulously, sets the scene with infinite care - but it doesn't come off quite as Charles expects. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099455424
ISBN
9780099455424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. As the 1982 school year begins, the author returns to Ragley village school for his sixth year as headteacher. Nora Pratt celebrates twenty-five years in her coffee shop, Ronnie Smith finally tries to get a job, and little Krystal Entwhistle causes concern in the school Nativity play. Num Pages: 336 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552162210
ISBN
9780552162210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Harold Pinter's first and only novel, written in the early 1950s before he began writing plays. The novel is set in post-war London's East End, a landscape of bomb-sites, and describes the lives of four young Londoners whose energy and humour lift them above the routine austerity of the time. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 175.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571164172
ISBN
9780571164172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.50

Paperback. A novel about the celebration of the transience of life, the eternal difficulty of love and a hilarious riff on our 21st-century infatuation with movies and the superhero solution. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244. 250 pages. A novel about the celebration of the transience of life, the eternal difficulty of love and a hilarious riff on our 21st-century infatuation with movies and the superhero solution. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight: 242.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846882876
ISBN
9781846882876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.99

paperback. Translator(s): Lichtenstein, J. T. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609806057
ISBN
9781609806057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. When Helena returns to her childhood home in Orkney, she is forced to face memories that she has spent half a lifetime running from. Her best friend, the charismatic Anastasia, disappeared after a swimming incident. But what really happened that night by the wrecks? An intense portrait of adolescent yearning and obsession. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Nightingale Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780995473515
ISBN
9780995473515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. A laugh-out-loud love story with big ideas - and squirrels SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008160395
ISBN
9780008160395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback.
Publisher
Freight Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780956613578
ISBN
9780956613578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908775979
ISBN
9781908775979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. In a beautifully written, brooding and visceral modern gothic thriller, a boundary dispute in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands escalates out of control, pitting local against in-comer with explosive and violent consequences. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Freight Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9781908754028
ISBN
9781908754028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.95

Paperback. It is January 1819, and Captain Adam Bolitho ships out from Falmouth bound for Freetown, on the old the slave coast of Africa. H M S Onward carries sealed orders in the strongbox below deck. But why all the secrecy and apparent urgency? And why Onward, so soon after the Mediterranean, and that bloody action with Nautilus? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528265
ISBN
9780099528265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A contemporary literary thriller, You're A Big Girl Now is the gripping sequel to The Company You Keep, recently adapted into a major film directed by and starring Robert Redford, alongside Shia LeBoeuf and Susan Sarandon. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447227922
ISBN
9781447227922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.38

Paperback. Sun. Desire. Obsession. An explosive, intelligent novel from the prize-winning author of Brass. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472212122
ISBN
9781472212122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 140 x 204 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Galaxy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592122585
ISBN
9781592122585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

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