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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Offers an exploration of primitive history. This title portrays an era of superstition and violence in a country emerging from the darkness of savagery. It describes the brutality, prejudice and subjugation that occur when hunter-gatherers and farmers struggle for supremacy over the land. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391588
ISBN
9780141391588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Shortlisted for The Orange Prize and highly praised on hardback publication. Set in Lenigrad of the 1930s, ICE ROAD is a compelling and passionate story about ordinary people - Boris, Natasha, Irina - caught up in history Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080595
ISBN
9781844080595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Room meets Stand By Me, in a thrilling tale of the loss of innocence Translator(s): Doust, Kylee. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128. 160 pages. Lorenzo Cuni is a fourteen-year-old loner. His wealthy parents think he is away on a school skiing trip, but, in fact, he has stowed away in a forgotten cellar. He plans to live in perfect isolation for a week, keeping the adult world at bay. Then a visit from his estranged half-sister, Olivia, changes everything. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 11. Weight: 128. Translator(s): Doust, Kylee.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857861986
ISBN
9780857861986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Roy Hobbs has an immense natural gift for playing baseball. He could become one of the great ones of the game, a player unmatched in his time - a hero. But his first hard-won big chance ends violently, at the hands of a crazy girl, and then it is years before he gets another shot. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437024
ISBN
9780099437024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Meet Matthew, Rez, Cocker and Kearney. Facing the void of their post-school lives, the boys spend their first summer of freedom in a savage apprenticeship on the streets of Dublin. Roaming aimlessly through the city, fuelled by drugs and dark fantasies, the teenagers spiral into self-destruction, fleeing a reality they despise. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408863732
ISBN
9781408863732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Hardback. His father hanged himself when the boy was three years old, and now, as an adult, he retires from a world that he finds insupportable to the paradise of his childhood. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162. Weight in Grams: 520. 187pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS1003730
ISBN
9780747509097
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 25.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062244765
ISBN
9780062244765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. It was just a squashed grape on the kitchen floor. Hardly a reason to get upset, right? But six years of motherhood has left Lisa Stratton feeling like a skivvy. Every morning before she's opened her eyes, she starts her mental inventory of jobs to do. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0003794
ISBN
9780099574590
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007333851
ISBN
9780007333851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007136445
ISBN
9780007136445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.25

Paperback. Pyle is a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as he intervenes he wonders why: for the sake of politics, or for love? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478393
ISBN
9780099478393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.47

Paperback. An extraordinary story of war and friendship from one of America's most revered authors of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007457984
ISBN
9780007457984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.53

Paperback. A deeply moving and absorbing novel from a master storyteller. This was Danielle Steel's first novel. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 109 x 22. Weight in Grams: 163.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751542479
ISBN
9780751542479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The perfect high-concept summer bestseller, Nicola's stunning debut novel heralds the arrival of the new Irish Sophie Kinsella Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KRA0010833
ISBN
9780755386857
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Revitalises the American road trip novel, from the perspective of a vulnerable but spirited woman. This book paints an earthy and surprising picture of 1920s America, its smells and textures, its population of drifters and con artists, pimps and prostitutes. It is epic in sweep, but intimate and psychologically acute, moving but unsentimental. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080134
ISBN
9781847080134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. In her twenty-fifth adventure, vampire hunter and zombie raiser Anita Blake learns how far she'll go to save someone she loves.. Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Novels. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 50. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472241771
ISBN
9781472241771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Top-selling spiritual novel from bestselling Mobius author Diana Cooper, with a profound spiritual message to enlighten us all. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340830758
ISBN
9780340830758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. In good condition. A well read copy
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRS0011088
ISBN
9780330458245
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. For Willi Kufult, prison life means staying out of trouble, keeping his cell clean, snagging a precious piece of tobacco - and dreaming of the day of his release. Then he gets out. As Willi tries to make a new life for himself in Hamburg, finding a job and even love, he still cannot escape his past. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196541
ISBN
9780141196541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Momik, the only child of two survivors, is brought up in Israel by a family seeking to ignore the past. No-one will explain to him what life was like 'Over There' or what the 'Nazi Beast' is. His 9-year-old mind imagines a Nazi Beast hiding in the cellar, waiting to feed on Jews. Momik increasingly shields himself from all feeling and attachment. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541592
ISBN
9780099541592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. A re-issue of Fiona Walker's hilarious tale of love, lust and revenge with a stunning new jacket look. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 51. Weight in Grams: 426. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KST0013306
ISBN
9780340635155
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note had explained she was dying. How can she wait? A new volunteer at the hospice suggests that Queenie should write again; only this time she must tell Harold everything. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 245 x 32. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784160302
ISBN
9781784160302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Original cloth, lacking dustwrapper. Spine slightly torn, front page torn out, but otherwise it remains a nice copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Dodo Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTG0000224
ISBN
9781406556421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Rosie Goodwin is in the UK's top 120 most-borrowed library authors, regularly appears in the Bookseller's 'Heatseekers' top twenty, and her frequent book signings and events are very popular Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755353941
ISBN
9780755353941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

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