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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241973622
ISBN
9780241973622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. A penetrating new spy thriller from a master of the genre Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 122 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416511151
ISBN
9781416511151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Features the teachings of the "Cloud of Unknowing" and the great mystics St John of the Cross and St Teresa of Avila. This title examines the mystic life with married life. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846941191
ISBN
9781846941191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.43

Paperback. Jonathan Pine is merely the night manager at a luxury hotel. But when a single attempt to pass on information to the British authorities about an international businessman at the hotel with suspicious dealings - backfires terribly, and people close to Pine begin to die. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 201 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393018
ISBN
9780141393018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Into a white millionaire's Caribbean mansion comes: Jadine, a graduate of the Sorbonne, art historian - an American black now living in Paris and Rome and Son, a criminal on the run, uneducated, violent, contemptuous - an American black from small-town Florida. He is a threat to her freedom she is a threat to his identity.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099760214
ISBN
9780099760214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592341
ISBN
9780099592341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. You think he might be having an affair - do you walk out, or fight back? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220. Clean copy in good condtion.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KLJ0000631
ISBN
9780751540529
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An utterly captivating story of three young British women in search of freedom and love in 1920s India Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTM0000988
ISBN
9781409102519
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An utterly captivating story of three young British women in search of freedom and love in 1920s India Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTG0002536
ISBN
9781409102519
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 255.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781258989
ISBN
9781781258989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Businessman George F Babbitt loves the latest appliances, making money and the Republican party. In fact, he loves being a Solid Citizen even more than he loves his wife. In the economic boom years of 1920s America, Babbitt became a symbol of middle-class mediocrity, and his name an enduring part of the American lexicon. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099264712
ISBN
9780099264712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. A dazzling, bravura display of sex, small-town politics and the stifling heat of the Haitian sky, by the National Book Award finalist of Fieldwork. Num Pages: 400 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 149 x 41. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848871380
ISBN
9781848871380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

Paperback. A lead title for Spring 2016, Armadillos is far more than a coming of age story. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079597
ISBN
9781785079597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Amid Levi's grim tales of the Holocaust, The Wrench is an optimistic life-enhancing novel. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349138633
ISBN
9780349138633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Revealing that Conrad actually hated sailing and Emily Bronte was so tough she was known as 'The Major', among many other stories of eccentricity, drunkenness and even murder, this book uses unusual angles and peculiar details to illuminate writers' lives in a new way. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141389271
ISBN
9780141389271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Under the repressive regime of The Authority, citizens have been herded into urban centres, and all women of child-bearing age fitted with contraceptive devices. A woman known as 'Sister' leaves her oppressive marriage to join an isolated group of women in a remote northern farm at Carhullan, where she intends to become a rebel fighter. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315628
ISBN
9780571315628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. No one knows what to make of Juliet Slater, not even her mother. And clothes, boys, school, friends, the changing seasons and what other people think - none of these things seem to matter to Juliet. She spends hours in her room with incomprehensible mathematical text books, her mind voyaging in strange seas of thought, alone. Is she a genius? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870270
ISBN
9781784870270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

paperback. May, Christine, Heed, Junior, Vida - even L - all are women obsessed with Bill Cosey. He shapes their yearnings for a father, husband, lover, guardian, and friend. This novel ultimately comes full circle to that indelible, overwhelming first love that marks us forever. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099455493
ISBN
9780099455493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. * A masterpiece of haunting atmosphere and hypnotic suspense Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080700
ISBN
9781844080700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. As the war takes its toll, the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country.. Dora is the devoted mother of twin babies but, determined to help the war effort, she goes back to work at the Nightingale Hospital. More used to nights out in the West End, Jennifer and Cissy volunteer in the hope of tending to handsome soldiers. Series: Nightingales. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099599579
ISBN
9780099599579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169675
ISBN
9780691169675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. Tells a story about the bond between a mother and daughter. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 125 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099580157
ISBN
9780099580157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Is not knowing worse than knowing the truth? The next stunning novel from Richard and Judy pick, Amanda Brooke Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007511365
ISBN
9780007511365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Gunder Jomann, a quiet, middle-aged man from a peaceful Norwegian community, thinks his life has been made complete when he returns from a trip to India a married man. But on the day his Indian bride is due to join him, he is called to the hospital to his sister's bedside. Translator(s): Barslund, Charlotte. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099565499
ISBN
9780099565499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

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