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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Jix Dixon has a terrible job at a second-rate university. His life is full of things he could happily do without. If he can just deliver a lecture on Merrie England, a moderately successful career surely awaits him. But without luck, life is never simple.. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 17. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
272
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241956847
ISBN
9780241956847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. A blackly comic campus satire combined with a heart-breaking family mystery, The Falling Sky brilliantly mixes fiction and astronomy into a fascinating, compelling and moving narrative. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Freight Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9781908754141
ISBN
9781908754141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Twenty miles away, in Yonkers, seventeen-year-old Kel Keller navigates life as the poor kid in a rich school and pins his hopes on what seems like a promising sporting career - if he can untangle himself from his family drama. The link between this unlikely pair is Kel's mother, Charlene, a former student of Arthur's. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099558729
ISBN
9780099558729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 5 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Copy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955379239
ISBN
9780955379239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. The captivating and elegant new novel from Elizabeth Speller, author of The Return of Captain John Emmett. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0019248
ISBN
9781844087815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340936320
ISBN
9780340936320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Sam Hunt is a confused modern male in his very late twenties. A work-shy, commitment-phobic would-be actor, he is beginning to worry that turning thirty might just be the last straw. Flatmate Alan, the sensible one, has just been proposed to by his girlfriend Jess, with his femme fatale boss looking on with a saucy gleam in her eye. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715637111
ISBN
9780715637111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
255
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Vintage Classics ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679728177
ISBN
9780679728177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. Rosa Lane is a fashionable journalist in her thirties, already the picture of London achievement. Her boyfriend is something in politics and her other friends are confident, prosperous and ambitious. But one afternoon, staring at her computer screen at work, she fails to see the point, walks out of her job - and begins her fall from modern grace. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234. 8vo. Some light shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
SKU
KEX0273023
ISBN
9780571232611
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Alexandra Potter makes dreams come true in this fun, feel-good fairy-tale about life, love and dating literatures most eligible bachelor Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 238. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTM0000606
ISBN
9780340841136
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The new novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007271108
ISBN
9780007271108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. Miss Read must face the future in another delightful slice of village life.. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Orion
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752884233
ISBN
9780752884233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Time Warner Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781601621573
ISBN
9781601621573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.68

Paperback. After trying to help Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished, nearly feral eleven-year-old boy living in the Montana wilderness, social worker Pete Snow comes face-to-face with the boy's disturbed father, Jeremiah. Pete slowly earns a measure of trust from this paranoid survivalist itching for a final conflict that will signal the coming End Times. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780099559375
ISBN
9780099559375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.00

Paperback. The first volume in a noirish, gritty urban fantasy for adults from the bestselling Children's author. Series: The City Trilogy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
(Reissue)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007261314
ISBN
9780007261314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. A fictional autobiography of a young writer which takes the reader to Canada, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and elsewhere. This story of love, sex and ambiguity is the first novel by the Canadian author of the award-winning short-story collection, "The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios". Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Faber and Faber London
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571219766
ISBN
9780571219766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408831618
ISBN
9781408831618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.25

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099560920
ISBN
9780099560920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. When Jane Minton arrives at Dome House as a secretary-housekeeper, she finds herself sharing the comfortable country home of four attractive young people. Their charming widower father, Rupert Carrington is too occupied with his London business to see very much of them. Jane is warmly welcomed into this happy household. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 177 x 25. Weight in Grams: 220. 384 pages. When Jane Minton arrives at Dome House as a secretary-housekeeper, she finds herself sharing the comfortable country home of four attractive young people. Their charming widower father, Rupert Carrington is too occupied with his London business to see very much of them. Jane is warmly welcomed into this happy household. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 140 x 177 x 25. Weight: 220.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780333007
ISBN
9781780333007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. For five years, Maggie has known what her life is all about: her satisfying job in a small catering company, her boyfriend (and boss) Christian, and the future they're building together. Christian is the man Maggie's destined to be with forever, she fell in love with him the moment they met, their love runs River Deep, Mountain High. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on FFEP.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KTG0007378
ISBN
9780099465041
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This novel by the author of "The Name of the Rose" follows that book's format of a complex intellectual thriller. The plot ranges back and forth through the centuries, full of arcane knowledge, secret societies, love, death, passion and perversion. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287155
ISBN
9780099287155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A story of post-war Britain through the lives of one family Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KLN0015076
ISBN
9780747585831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'A remarkable achievement' Mary Stewart Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 43. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Pan Books
Number of pages
944
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330298735
ISBN
9780330298735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571273928
ISBN
9780571273928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

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