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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Tells the story of Lyman Ward, a retired professor of history and author of books about the Western frontier, who returns to his ancestral home in the Sierra Nevada. Wheelchair-bound with a crippling bone disease, Ward embarks on a search to rediscover his grandmother, who made her own journey to Grass Valley nearly a 100 years earlier. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188003
ISBN
9780141188003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. How far would you go to hide the truth? Joshua is Julia Thayne's husband - a dynamic handsome man with great style and humour. He is devoted to his wife and children, but as the ghosts of Julia's past begin to move into their marriage, he finds himself losing the struggle to keep them together. Then two telephone calls change everything. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 400. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Random House UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KRA0011616
ISBN
9780099502258
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. BROTHERS is a heart-breaking record of persecution and inhumanity; it is also a testament to human endurance, faith and love. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1geneal.table. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 173 x 33. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349130132
ISBN
9780349130132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Daniel Martin is a screenwriter working in Hollywood, who finds himself dissatisfied with his career and with the person he has become. So he travels home to reconcile with a dying friend, and also to visit his own forgotten past in an attempt to discover himself. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478348
ISBN
9780099478348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Hardcover. Offers an account of author's work with Guy Bolton in musical comedy, which occupied much of his energy from his arrival in America and effectively made his reputation. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 134 x 31. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591933
ISBN
9781841591933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. A New York Times bestseller and winner of the 2012 Dylan Thomas Prize and 2012 L.A. Times First Novel Prize Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007467730
ISBN
9780007467730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. The highly acclaimed, literary debut novel from renowned comedian and presenter Alexei Sayle Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 163.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340767696
ISBN
9780340767696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Ex-cons, armed robberies and scams in Miami - another classic crime thriller from the masterful Elmore Leonard. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753822371
ISBN
9780753822371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A lawless land of violence and deprivation, The Meadow Well Estate is a no-go area for police and non-residents, and a hotbed of ritual violence. No-one dares enter of their own accord, and few make it out alive. But Jack was one of the good ones. Recently released from prison, he is determined to turn his life completely around: by getting out. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Legend Times Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906558208
ISBN
9781906558208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Dover Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486437132
ISBN
9780486437132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.16

paperback. Vineland, a zone of blessed anarchy in northern California, is the last refuge of hippiedom, a culture devastated by the sobriety epidemic, Reaganomics, and the Tube. Here, in an Orwellian 1984, Zoyd Wheeler and his daughter Prairie search for Prairie's long-lost mother, a Sixties radical who ran off with a narc. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749391416
ISBN
9780749391416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471157165
ISBN
9781471157165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. A collection that gathers together Pulitzer Prize-winning short fiction, including "Pale Horse, Pale Rider", where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her fiance on his way to war, and "Noon Wine", a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195315
ISBN
9780141195315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A collection that features such stories as: Fahner, the retired small-town doctor who resorts to the garden axe when his patience with his cruel wife runs out; Patrick, so entranced by the sight of his sleeping girlfriend that he cuts a small piece out of her back, just to see what she tastes like; and, more. Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099549277
ISBN
9780099549277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. From the bestselling author of OUR KID and HIGH HOPES comes his most heartwarming work to date: the story of his father Tommy, and his determined, spirited battle to rise above the slums and the workhouse and build a better life for himself and his family Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755359592
ISBN
9780755359592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Alice Reynolds had always dreamt of escaping her grimy corner of South London for the fairytale world of the privileged aristocratic elite. Cricket whites, Pimms and summer balls were the stuff of Alice's dreams. But when those dreams come true, the friends and enemies she makes on a trip to Russia draw her into a completely different world. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
SKU
KTM0007523
ISBN
9780099415275
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Alice Reynolds had always dreamt of escaping her grimy corner of South London for the fairytale world of the privileged aristocratic elite. Cricket whites, Pimms and summer balls were the stuff of Alice's dreams. But when those dreams come true, the friends and enemies she makes on a trip to Russia draw her into a completely different world. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 236.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Arrow Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
SKU
KMR0005191
ISBN
9780099415275
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Alice Reynolds had always dreamt of escaping her grimy corner of South London for the fairytale world of the privileged aristocratic elite. Cricket whites, Pimms and summer balls were the stuff of Alice's dreams. But when those dreams come true, the friends and enemies she makes on a trip to Russia draw her into a completely different world. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 236.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Arrow Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
SKU
KLN0012964
ISBN
9780099415275
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Terry is sick and not sure he's going to make his fiftieth birthday, but is kept going by his music, his lovely assistant Angie, and his discovery of the abandoned Union Jack Club, which he decides to clean up and re-open. Ray, meanwhile, is out driving mini-cabs and struggling to control his anger - his only release. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458876
ISBN
9780099458876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Brendan O'Carroll's first novel since the phenomenal success of his Mrs Brown trilogy is set in the rough world of the Dublin boxing scene and introduces a new, larger-than-life character - Sparrow McCabe. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Edition
Published previously as The Sparrow's Trap
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862785383
ISBN
9780862785383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.63

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