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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity - until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. Set in the twenty-sixth century AD. Translator(s): Brown, Clarence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140185850
ISBN
9780140185850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. .
Publisher
DeVorss & Co ,U.S. United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875162324
ISBN
9780875162324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.31

paperback. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
SKU
KRS0020187
ISBN
9780349115184
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2008. An epic chronicle of the last twenty years of British life from the Booker shortlisted and Granta Best of Young British novelist, Philip Hensher. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 47. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007461684
ISBN
9780007461684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.69

Paperback. Both hilarious and touching, Joan Jonker brings the close-knit backstreets of Liverpool to life Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 28. Weight in Grams: 244. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KTG0015716
ISBN
9780747258537
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Both hilarious and touching, Joan Jonker brings the close-knit backstreets of Liverpool to life Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 28. Weight in Grams: 244.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KLN0014176
ISBN
9780747258537
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When it isn't prison, it's hell. Or at least that's the heartfelt belief of conscripts Jonathan Browne and Mike 'Ginger' Brady. For this is the British Army in the days of National Service, a grimy deposit of post-war gloom. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554134
ISBN
9780099554134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. A lyrical and moving novel by a twice ORANGE-listed rising star, set in 1950s Sudan and Egypt. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828113
ISBN
9780753828113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

paperback. V. S. Pritchett, one of our greatest short-story writers, has chosen forty-one stories written in the English language for this volume, producing a collection that successfully displays the wealth and variety of an art that spans some 200 years. Editor(s): Pritchett, V. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583133
ISBN
9780199583133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.33

Paperback. One May evening in London, as a result of a chance encounter and a split-second decision, the young climatologist Adam Kindred loses everything - home, job, reputation, passport, credit cards, money - never to get them back. With the police and a hit man in merciless pursuit, Adam has no choice but to go underground. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294. 416 pages. One May evening in London, as a result of a chance encounter and a split-second decision, the young climatologist Adam Kindred loses everything - home, job, reputation, passport, credit cards, money - never to get them back. With the police and a hit man in merciless pursuit, Adam has no choice but to go underground. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight: 292.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408802854
ISBN
9781408802854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Set in the 17th century, in Italy, France and on the high seas, this is a tale of medieval legends and dastardly deeds, mixed with portions of exploration literature. Roberto, a young nobleman, waits alone on a Pacific island, separated from the island beyond: the island of the day before. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749396664
ISBN
9780749396664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Open Letter United States
Number of pages
342
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824078
ISBN
9781934824078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. In the Koran, there are 99 names for God. Does the 100th exist? Months before the dawn of the apocalyptic "year of the beast", 1666, Balthasar Embriaco, a Genoese Levantine merchant embarks on a quest to find the answer. He sets out on a journey that will take him across the breadth of the civilized world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099452089
ISBN
9780099452089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. When she was good she was very, very good. But when she was bad she was horrid! Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780745312
ISBN
9781780745312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 40. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
10th Anniversary edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784162122
ISBN
9781784162122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Happy ending, take two: a novel romance from the merry widow of New York.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
QUERCUS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782067580
ISBN
9781782067580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. A psychological novel that is a coming-to-terms with the ghosts, corpses and repressed nightmares of Europe's recent past. It is made up of three first-person narratives integrated into a work of tragic intensity. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: DN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 142 x 44. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099766315
ISBN
9780099766315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. Dickens' most beloved story, A Christmas Carol, is as much a part of Christmas as mistletoe and carolers. This collection also includes A Christmas Tree, Christmas Dinner and the Christmas chapters from "The Pickwick Papers." Revised reissue. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 108 x 15. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet Classics
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451532022
ISBN
9780451532022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.75

Paperback. Some scars never heal .. An addictive thriller from the author of the mega bestseller GONE GIRL. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753822210
ISBN
9780753822210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.39

Paperback. After three years' hard time, minding no-one's business but his own, Ray Klein wins his parole. That same day, the disciplinary perfection of Green River State Penitentiary is torn apart by tribal war, and the prison falls into the hands of its inmates. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099579045
ISBN
9780099579045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. Empire Falls, Maine: once a thriving hub of industry, this small town nestles in a bend of the vast and winding Knox River, and has always been the empire of the wealthy Whiting family. Now the last Mrs Whiting presides like a black widow spider over its declining fortunes. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422273
ISBN
9780099422273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. A compilation of five short stories which include: "The Small Rain", "Lowlands", "Entropy", "Under the Rose", and "The Secret Integration". Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532514
ISBN
9780099532514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
SKU
KRF0023881
ISBN
9780340980187
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
Fourth Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875650593
ISBN
9780875650593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.89

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