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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Charts the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginning as a naive, carefree country girl before the war through to her wry and trenchant old age in the year 2020. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540090
ISBN
9780099540090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. These outstanding stories from the 2014 Bristol Short Story Prize will provoke, stimulate, move, amuse, unsettle, and entertain. A wonderfully diverse and exhilarating collection of short stories, that enhances Bristol Short Story Prize's reputation as a major contributor to the resurgence of the short story genre. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Tangent Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910089088
ISBN
9781910089088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. A trilogy of three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard detective fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main - Faber Modern Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571322800
ISBN
9780571322800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. The first of two thematically linked novellas, each investigating the dream of the perfect family. It gives voice to a mother, loving but unsure of her love's value. In forfeiting her powerful husband, she fears that she has done her children irrevocable harm. The second novella is "Good Will". Series: Flamingo S. Num Pages: 208 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130. Weight in Grams: 160. Clean copy, good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
(Reissue)
SKU
KST0016776
ISBN
9780006543930
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Millie Bird is seven-years-old. On a shopping trip with her mum, Millie is left alone in a department store. Her mum never returns. Agatha Pantha is eighty-two and hasn't left home since her husband died. Karl the Touch Typist is eighty-seven and in a nursing home. Together, Millie, Agatha and Karl set out to find Millie's mum. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592297
ISBN
9780099592297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. He wanted power; she wanted revenge. The magnificent novel by the internationally bestselling author of The Other Side of Midnight and Morning, Noon and Night. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 114 x 23. Weight in Grams: 196. In good condition. A well read copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Thus
SKU
KRS0011071
ISBN
9780006510550
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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
€ 12.97

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
€ 13.37

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

€ 7.09

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

€ 11.41

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
€ 14.72

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

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
€ 12.87

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375753138
ISBN
9780375753138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.30

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

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

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