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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. In this sequel to "The Virgin in the Garden", Byatt illuminates the conflicts between ambition and domesticity, confinement and self-fulfilment, while providing a observation of intellectual and cultural life in England during the 1950s. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099479918
ISBN
9780099479918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A young artist, Tod Hackett, arrives in LA full of dreams. But celebrity and artifice rule and he soon joins the ranks of the disenchanted that drift around the fringes of Hollywood. When he meets Faye Greener, an aspiring actress, he is intoxicated and his desperate passion explodes into rage.. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099573166
ISBN
9780099573166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The author of "Bird in Hand" and "The Way Life Should Be" delivers a captivating story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship: a 91-year-old woman with a hidden past as an orphan-train rider and the teenage girl whose own troubled adolescence leads her to seek answers. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061950728
ISBN
9780061950728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK
SKU
KIN0007446
ISBN
9781416511472
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. Gives us Edmund Burke a new, vividly depicting his dazzling intellect, imagination and empathy against the rich tapestry of 18th century Europe. Editor(s): Norman, Jesse. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 213 x 54. Weight in Grams: 998.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593654
ISBN
9781841593654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Collects three stories featuring Buchan's character, Edward Leithen, a prosperous Scots lawyer and MP in London. He seeks adventure to relieve the tedium of respectability. These stories present him: making his own adventure by playing the poacher, and seeking a lost friend in the wastes of Canada. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 158 x 46. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
728
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862419950
ISBN
9780862419950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. The emotional, gripping story of a shocking secret at the centre of a family, and a mother desperate to keep it hidden - perfect for fans of Kathryn Hughes' The Letter, Amanda Prowse's What Have I Done? and Jodi Picoult. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409168232
ISBN
9781409168232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. .
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998141
ISBN
9781906998141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker and a teacher who tried to befriend him. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood and Kevin's horrific rampage. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 338.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687341
ISBN
9781846687341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.68

Hardcover. One of a series of fiction titles for schools. Okonkwo, a man of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria at the end of the last century, is a person of substance, character and promise, but he and his people are doomed to be destroyed - both from within the tribe and by the arrival of the white man. Series: New Windmills. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; YFB; YQEF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 187 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435121624
ISBN
9780435121624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.24

Paperback. Written during 1913 and 1914, Maurice deals with the then unmentionable subject of homosexuality. More unusual, it concerns a relationship that ends happily. Editor(s): Levitt, Steven D. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First by this Publisher
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441139
ISBN
9780141441139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Set in Somerset at the turn of the century this is the second spellbinding saga from the bestselling author of The Boy With No Boots Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Paperback Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471154928
ISBN
9781471154928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. Karen King's hilarious take on Monster-In-Laws, disastrous weddings, and love triangles. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Accent Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910939345
ISBN
9781910939345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. There comes a time in every woman's life when the only answer is to marry George Clooney. For Michelle, that time is now. Slogging her guts out in a chicken factory, whilst single-handedly bringing up a teenager who hates her, is far from the life that 36-year-old Michelle had planned. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KRA0013061
ISBN
9780099594734
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In New Orleans in 1937, a man and woman embark on a headlong flight into the wilderness of illicit passion. In Mississippi ten years earlier, a convict sets forth across a flooded river, risking his one chance at freedom to rescue a pregnant woman. From these separate stories, the author composes a symphony of deliverance and damnation. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282921
ISBN
9780099282921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Progressive Press United States
Number of pages
182
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780930852559
ISBN
9780930852559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Totally Entwined Group Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0014641
ISBN
9781786519498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to find Otoko, a young woman with whom he had a terrible affair many years before, and discovers that she is now a painter, living with a younger woman as her lover. Translator(s): Hibbett, Howard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192611
ISBN
9780141192611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Someday is Brigitte Nicholson's watchword. Someday she and the man she loves, Ted, will clarify their relationship. Someday she'll have children. Someday she'll finish writing her book. Someday she'll stop playing it so safe.. Then something happens that changes Brigitte's life completely. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KAK0011643
ISBN
9780552158961
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Qatar
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9789927118401
ISBN
9789927118401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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