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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In this beautiful coming-of-age story set in a year of political turmoil in South Africa, Tom and Millie are best friends, relying on each other to make sense of what's going on in their lives and in the lives of their families. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760113209
ISBN
9781760113209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

Paperback. When journalist Rachel Carmedi is kidnapped and murdered by a Colombian drug cartel, her lover Tom Chambers vows to avenge her death. Ellen Shelby and Michael McCann want to turn Rachel's story into their first Hollywood movie, whilst Chambers agrees to track down the killers. But his need for vengeance soon overrides their desires. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 358. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KOC0015435
ISBN
9780099534341
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 137 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Muswell Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780995482203
ISBN
9780995482203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Clean copy in slightly worn dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Sphere London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KEX0245983
ISBN
9781847440129
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Charts the destructive emotional war between a young woman, her husband and his disruptive brother as they move through a labyrinth of betrayal, alienation and lost connections. This revised edition evokes the ebb of the 1960s, and includes an afterword which describes the progress of the survivors into the anguish of middle age. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099594215
ISBN
9780099594215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.13

Paperback. All Tom's friends really are superheroes. Tom even married a superhero, the Perfectionist. But six months later, the Perfectionist is sure that Tom has abandoned her, so she's moving to Vancouver. With no idea that Tom's beside her, she boards the plane. Tom has, until they touch down, to convince her he's there, or he loses her forever. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Telegram
Number of pages
108
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590009
ISBN
9781846590009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.37

Paperback. An outstanding collection of new and classic stories, from one of America's greatest living short story writers Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330. New and Selected Stories. 400 pages. An outstanding collection of new and classic stories, from one of America's greatest living short story writers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight: 270.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747597438
ISBN
9780747597438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. Henry Molise, a fifty-year-old successful writer, returns to the family home to help with the latest drama; his elderly parents want to divorce. Henry's tyrannical, bricklaying father, Nick, despite being weakened by age and alcoholism, can still strike fear into the hearts of his sons. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 144. 208 pages. Henry Molise, a fifty-year-old successful writer, returns to the family home to help with the latest drama; his elderly parents want to divorce. Henry's tyrannical, bricklaying father, Nick, despite being weakened by age and alcoholism, can still strike fear into the hearts of his sons. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight: 176.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956190
ISBN
9781841956190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. In a town where most people worry about what to be seen in and who to be seen with, Emma Thomas would rather not be seen at all. She's more concerned with feigning perfection, pulling down her sleeves to conceal the bruises. Emma doesn't want anyone to know how far from perfect her life truly is. Series: The Breathing Series. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141348445
ISBN
9780141348445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Intends to exemplify the variety of Italian writing of the twentieth century. This volume includes discussions of the words and dialect expressions in the Italian text. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140032536
ISBN
9780140032536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Under the hot sun, the Jeddah streets make a scene from an old black-and-white movie: the women dressed like long, dark shadows and the men in their light cotton tunics. Naser's friends have all left town for cooler climes but he can't get away: he's an outsider in Saudi and he needs to hold down his job at the local carwash. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099521143
ISBN
9780099521143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. A magnificent epic of love, war and Russia from the international bestselling author of TULLY and ROAD TO PARADISE Num Pages: 656 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 112 x 39. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Harper
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006513223
ISBN
9780006513223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Daunt Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970115
ISBN
9781907970115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Nan, in her early twenties, goes to work for the wealthy X family to help put herself through college, and is shocked by their antics. Between raising the X's son Grayer, keeping on top of her studies, moving house and ensuring Mrs X's day runs smoothly, it's a wonder Nanny ever finds time to hang out with the gorgeous HH on the sixth floor. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KTM0003577
ISBN
9780141008929
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Evie Hamilton has a secret ..one she doesn't even know about. Yet ..Evie's an Oxfordshire wife and mum who's biggest worry in life is whether or not she can fit in a manicure on her way to fetch her daughter from clarinet lessons. But she's blissfully unaware that her charmed and happy life is about to be turned upside-down. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241959411
ISBN
9780241959411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.82

Paperback. Lauren Scott is bright, talented and beautiful. At eighteen, she is the most precious gift in the world to her mother, and has a dazzling career ahead of her. Oliver Lomax is a young man full of promise, despite the shadow his own, deeply troubled, mother casts over him. This title tells about the story of their truths. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 472.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780099550754
ISBN
9780099550754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781408853597
ISBN
9781408853597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. In a Latin American rainforest, Father Thomas, a Catholic priest, comes across a wounded soldier and takes him to his church in an Indian village. The Indians are wary of this new arrival. Venustiano, the proud young head of the village, is determined to protect his people. But his immediate problem is the jaguar prowling around the village. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099597674
ISBN
9780099597674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Alex Delaware, The Crime Reader, returns in Private Eyes - a compulsive novel from Jonathan Kellerman, the master of psychological suspense. Series: Alex Delaware. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 37. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755342907
ISBN
9780755342907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. On the eve of wealthy philanthropist Cecil Wyatt's eightieth birthday, all the money in the world won't bring back his missing grandson, William Wyatt. The family, the police, and the media, have tried in vain to discover the young man's fate. Now, suspicion has turned shockingly toward William's own half-brother, the enigmatic Mitchell Wyatt. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 31. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749936952
ISBN
9780749936952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
New Generation Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906558680
ISBN
9781906558680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. An enchanting episode in the fictionalised life of Billy Hopkins Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755336425
ISBN
9780755336425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Anthony Farrant has always found his way, lying to get jobs and borrowing money to get by when he leaves them in a hurry. His twin suster Kate persuades him to move and sets him up with a job as a bodyguard to Krogh, which has drastic results. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286172
ISBN
9780099286172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. When Mordy, our hero, discovers that his girlfriend from his life before has also 'offed' herself, he sets out to find her, and so follows a strange adventure.. Num Pages: 96 pages, -. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 7. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780701184315
ISBN
9780701184315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

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