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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Delivering stories that span generations, and offering warmth, wisdom and love on every page - if you treasured Maeve Binchy, read Patricia Scanlan Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 45. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471141232
ISBN
9781471141232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. London, 1920. Arlette works in Liberty by day, and by night is caughty up in a glamorous whirl of parties, clubs, cocktails and jazz. But when tragedy strikes she flees the city, never to return. Over half a century later, in the grungy mid-'90s, her granddaughter Betty arrives in London. She can't wait to begin her new life. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 47. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559535
ISBN
9780099559535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The Thames runs through Downriver like an open wound, draining the pain and filth of London and its mercurial inhabitants. Commissioned to document the shifting embankments of industry and rampant property speculation, a film crew of magpie scavengers, high-rent lowlife, broken criminals and reborn lunatics picks over the rivers detritus. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014852
ISBN
9780141014852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. When Ned's mother Jenny suffers a breakdown and retreats from her husband's carelessness into a dream world, Ned becomes part of his father's seedy nocturnal world, touring the town's bars and pool halls, struggling to win Sam's affections while avoiding his sins. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Trafalgar Square
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099276494
ISBN
9780099276494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. The story of Michael, Louis, Alex and Isobel, four children on the edge of adolescence, who run away to the forest to establish their own utopian community. All seems well in the Republic of trees - until the sudden arrival of Joy. Under her influence, their relationships grow more erotic and obsessive.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571222940
ISBN
9780571222940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Sent to the Highlands to archive the ancient McAndrew family heirlooms, the last thing Evie expects to find is love.. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782065654
ISBN
9781782065654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardcover. Records the encounter between East and West through the experiences of a dozen people caught up in the upheavals of the Second World War and the growing campaign for Indian independence. This book describes the love between an English girl and an Indian boy, Daphne Manners and Hari Kumar. Num Pages: 1032 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 127 x 47. Weight in Grams: 898.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
1032
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152975
ISBN
9781857152975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.98

Paperback. Previously published with the title Where Rainbows End - now a major film entitled Love, Rosie. A story about love. And how life can get in the way.. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 404. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KHN0000987
ISBN
9780007538188
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Man Booker prize-winning author's critically acclaimed selection of the best Irish short stories of the last sixty years, following Richard Ford's best-selling Granta Book of the American Short Story. Editor(s): Enright, Anne. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082558
ISBN
9781847082558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. A political satire, this work is an indignant response to the phenomenon of Richard M Nixon. In the character of Trick E. Dixon, it show us a man who outdoes the severest cynic, a peace-loving Quaker and believer in the sanctity of human life who doesn't have a problem with killing unarmed women and children in self-defence. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099389118
ISBN
9780099389118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. THOSE WHO DENY HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 386. 400 pages. THOSE WHO DENY HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight: 380.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848872134
ISBN
9781848872134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Meet Caroline Gray: divorcee and newly-single mother. Firmly closing the door on her acrimonious divorce, Caroline and son Ben have moved to trendy Frencham where they join Caroline's long-time best friends, Heather and Eva. Settling into their new life is easy, but nothing has prepared Caroline for the demands of motherhood at The Sycamore. Num Pages: 464 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KTG0007423
ISBN
9780099498452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Timo von Bock's release by the Czar from nine years' incarceration does not spell the end of the Baron's troubles: he is confined to his Livonian estate to live under the constant eye of police informers planted among his own household, and is subjected to endless humiliations. It is claimed that he is a madman and in need of 'protection'. Translator(s): Hollo, Anselm. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860465796
ISBN
9781860465796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. Detective Harriet Blue needs to get out of town, fast. With her brother under arrest for a series of brutal murders in Sydney, Harry's chief wants the hot-headed detective kept far from the press. So he assigns her a deadly new case - in the middle of the outback. Series: Detective Harriet Blue Series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784754143
ISBN
9781784754143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Everyone in Washington knows Madeleine and Jack Hunter. Maddy is an award-winning TV anchorwoman, and Jack is the head of her network and an adviser to the President on media issues. To the world, theirs is a storybook marriage. But behind the locked doors of their lush Georgetown home, a very different story emerges. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 31. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Corgi London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KAK0010145
ISBN
9780552145060
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A powerful and emotive story of a woman who finds worldly success but yearns for the gift of love, by No.1 bestselling writer Josephine Cox. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472245731
ISBN
9781472245731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. When you Have It All except true love and cheekbones, you still want more Num Pages: 704 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 37. Weight in Grams: 352. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - Authors, A-Z - W - Walker, Fiona,Subjects - Fiction - General,Subjects - Fiction - Contemporary Fiction: 1970 Onwards - Chick Lit,Subjects - Fiction - Contemporary Fiction: 1970 O"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Coronet
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Coronet Edition
SKU
KHS0058477
ISBN
9780340682296
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Stephen Lewis, a successful author of children's books, takes his three-year-old daughter on a routine Saturday morning trip to the supermarket. While waiting in line, his attention is distracted and his daughter is kidnapped. From there, Lewis spirals into bereavement that has effects on his relationship with his wife, his psyche and time itself. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099755012
ISBN
9780099755012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback.
Publisher
Samuel French Inc United States
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573613432
ISBN
9780573613432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503941106
ISBN
9781503941106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.62

Paperback. The quiet life of schoolteacher Bill Mor and his family is disturbed when Rain Carter arrives at the school to paint the portrait of the headmaster. Mor becomes aware of new desires and his wife and children fight discreetly and ruthlessly against Rain and her influence over him. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
VINTAGE (RAND)
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099433583
ISBN
9780099433583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Hardcover. In Quick Service a complicated chain of events is set into motion after Mrs. Chavender takes a bite of breakfast ham. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591285
ISBN
9781841591285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Translator(s): Searls, Damion. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590176726
ISBN
9781590176726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.03

Paperback. Dave Hart is back in David Charter's second instalment of City satires. Dave's banking career seems ruined until he takes over an ailing German bank, tasked with turning it into a major financial player. But in this world of power, greed, deceit and betrayal, will it all work out? Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186. 192 pages. Dave Hart is back in David Charter's second instalment of City satires. Dave's banking career seems ruined until he takes over an ailing German bank, tasked with turning it into a major financial player. But in this world of power, greed, deceit and betrayal, will it all work out?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight: 186.
Publisher
Elliott & Thompson Limited
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904027751
ISBN
9781904027751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.47

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