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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Afghanistan, 2009. A Rifle section is halfway through their six-month tour of duty in Helmand Province. Forty-seven others have been wounded and flown back home. Young men with tans, scruffy beards, peeling noses and lips burnt raw by the Afghan sun. This book tells the story of four young men in this Rifle section. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE EXPORT
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552165518
ISBN
9780552165518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780997261
ISBN
9781780997261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. Here we encounter a blind piano tuner whose wonderful memories of his first wife are cruelly distorted by his second; a woman in a difficult marriage who must choose between her indignant husband and her closest friend; and two children, survivors of divorce, who mimic their parents' melodramas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140258349
ISBN
9780140258349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Follows the lives of the Pargiters, a large middle-class London family, from an uncertain spring in 1880 to a party on a summer evening in the 1930s. We see them each endure and remember heart-break, loss, radical change and stifling conformity, marriage and regret. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099982807
ISBN
9780099982807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571206117
ISBN
9780571206117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.50

Paperback. The narrator of this novel has temporarily abandoned his work-in-progress - an essay on Kafka - and exchanged his writer's pen for the orange vest of a Prague road-sweeper. As he works, he meditates on Czechoslovakia, Kafka, life, art and his passionate and adulterous affair with Daria. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429586
ISBN
9780099429586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Dolphin culture evolved over millions of years so they could remain perfectly attuned with their world, the ocean. But the growing pressure of man's activities become intolerable and in frustration they seek an aggressive new path, making a shocking departure from the ancient philosophy that has guided them so well through the millennia. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412. Rise of the Guardians. 260 pages. Dolphin culture evolved over millions of years so they could remain perfectly attuned with their world, the ocean. But the growing pressure of man's activities become intolerable and in frustration they seek an aggressive new path, making a shocking departure from the ancient philosophy that has guided them so well through the millennia. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight: 418.
Publisher
Aquapress
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905492237
ISBN
9781905492237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.27

Paperback. Compulsive daydreamer Isadora Wing has come to a crossroads. Five years of marriage have made her itchy - itchy for men, and itchy for solitude. Ditching her second husband during a work conference in Vienna she decides to cut and run, criss-crossing her way across Europe in search of the perfect no-strings-attached tryst. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250. A well-read copy in good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KRF0003690
ISBN
9780749396053
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Racom Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933199535
ISBN
9781933199535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 7.11

Paperback. Sheer, enchanted storytelling from one of the best-loved writers of our time Series: The Eliot chronicles. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473655973
ISBN
9781473655973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Britain's former prime minister is holed up in a remote, ocean-front house in America, struggling to finish his memoirs, when his long-term assistant drowns. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Windmill
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515838
ISBN
9780099515838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. New novel from the international bestselling chick-lit writer who keeps you guessing to the very end. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 552. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KRF0030866
ISBN
9780340993354
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 181 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Empire Publications (UK)
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901746877
ISBN
9781901746877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. France, 1916. Sophie Lefevre must keep her family safe whilst her adored husband Edouard fights at the front. When she is ordered to serve the German officers who descend on her hotel each evening, her home becomes riven by fierce tensions. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 392.
Edition
0th Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718157845
ISBN
9780718157845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. This story of a boy who grows to manhood, and of a tree that gives him her bounty through the years, is a moving parable about the gift of giving and the capacity to love. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 264 x 200 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060256654
ISBN
9780060256654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.87

Paperback. Where do you go when you've lost the centre of your world? Since I Don't Have You is a powerful, emotional story of lives rebuilt and love rediscovered. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 330. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0233070
ISBN
9780751538090
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Captures the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in the privileged world of the county house party and the London season, this is a comedy of English manners. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181493
ISBN
9780141181493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. A pregnant mother's plans for the future unravel at the hospital; a travelling salesman learns the consequences of an almost-missed exit on the motorway in the newspaper the next morning. In those crucial moments, the author demonstrates her magical skill in conveying love, lust, longing, and loneliness. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 22. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
47551st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099506010
ISBN
9780099506010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. .
Publisher
Comma Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583768
ISBN
9781905583768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155493
ISBN
9781903155493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Paperback. This novel tells the story of a young girl, Lizzie, who was rescued from the streets and given the chance of a new life. Lizzie blossomed into a woman with ideals and expectations, and began to realize that she no longer needed the support of the man she had once regarded as her saviour. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 108 x 22. Weight in Grams: 170. Paperback, in good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KRF0014697
ISBN
9780552150156
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. It is midsummer in Sweden - when the light lingers through dawn and the long winter comes to an end. Now, in this magical time, a brutal killer has chosen to strike, and the murder of a female priest sends shockwaves through the community. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241956458
ISBN
9780241956458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.87

Paperback. Glamour, ambition, love and sex. It's all here in the page-turning bestsellers by Louise Bagshawe Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 386. Good, clean copy. Covers and page edges showing minor shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KSG0006131
ISBN
9780755336074
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Glamour, ambition, love and sex. It's all here in the page-turning bestsellers by Louise Bagshawe Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 386. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KOC0008002
ISBN
9780755336074
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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