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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. *A witty and ecstatic tale of transforming a wilderness into a garden *By the author of The Enchanted April *Introduced by Elizabeth Jane Howard Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083497
ISBN
9781844083497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A South African THE HELP, THE HOUSEMAID'S DAUGHTER is a startling and thought-provoking debut novel which intricately portrays the drama, dynamics and heartbreak of two women against the backdrop of a beautiful yet divided land. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755392124
ISBN
9780755392124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. In 1857, the Tweed Fisheries Act made it illegal to fish for salmon in 50 square miles of open sea off the mouth of the River Tweed. A local schoolmaster, Adam Horsburgh, believes the Act should be challenged openly and when he proceeds to act, a full-scale salmon war breaks out. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
B&W Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873631461
ISBN
9781873631461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.64

Paperback. From living legend Joan Collins comes a fabulously witty romp in the ultimate playground of the rich and the famous, St. Tropez - full of sun, sin, sex and scandal with Joan's trademark humour. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472122964
ISBN
9781472122964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. A mesmerising novel of the most enduring cultural icon of the 20th century, Blonde is a deeply moving portrait of the woman who became Marilyn Monroe. Num Pages: 960 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
New e.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841153728
ISBN
9781841153728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. Bridget Jones is back! In The Edge of Reason Bridget discovers what it's like when you have the man of your dreams actually living in your flat .. Num Pages: 352 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 27. Weight in Grams: 254.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KLN0014414
ISBN
9780330433587
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Fez, 1954, and American ex-pat Stenham reluctantly accepts a guide for his night-time walk home through the streets of the Medina. A nationalist uprising is transforming the country, much to the annoyance of Stenham, who enjoys the trappings of the old city. His path soon crosses with the young, illiterate son of a healer. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191362
ISBN
9780141191362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. This tale reinvents William Hogarth's famous painting of 1732 which tells the story of a whore, a Jewish merchant, a magistrate and a quack doctor, bound together by sexual and financial greed. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 207.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099288725
ISBN
9780099288725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. A gorgeous summer read to escape with this summer! Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JMG; FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008236755
ISBN
9780008236755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Siblings Billa and Ed share their beautiful, grand old childhood home in rural Cornwall. Their lives are uncomplicated. With family and friends nearby and their free and easy living arrangements, life seems as content as can be. But when postcards start arriving from a sinister figure they thought belonged well and truly in their pasts. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552169004
ISBN
9780552169004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. The heart-warming, inspirational story of how one cheeky little dog, his beloved sister and two grumpy cats save a family. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473643345
ISBN
9781473643345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland Ireland
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473606661
ISBN
9781473606661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. In the picturesque mountains of Squaw Valley, Colorado, a girl's dreams are about to be shattered. At just seventeen, Lily Thomas is already a ski champion training for the Olympics, her heart set on winning the gold. But in one moment, Lily's future is changed forever - her hopes for Olympic triumph swept away in a tragic accident. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KOC0017635
ISBN
9780552159128
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
DeVorss & Company California
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875162539
ISBN
9780875162539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.99

Paperback. Book 3: The Agnes Browne Trilogy. At forty-seven years of age Agnes (star of BAFTA-nominated TV series Mrs Browne's Boys), now thirteen years happily widowed, enters the 1980s with a fruit stall in Moore Street, a French lover and six children .. With a new introduction by the author, Brendan O'Carroll. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847173249
ISBN
9781847173249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. When "history" presents itself in the form of two disgruntled CIA operatives who decide that an unsuccessful attempt on the life of JFK will galvanize the nation against Communism, the scales are irrevocably tipped. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188225
ISBN
9780141188225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. A brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. Including a new story The School of English. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007580996
ISBN
9780007580996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. A penniless and parentless Chicago boy growing up in the Great Depression, Augie March drifts through life latching on to a wild succession of occupations, including butler, thief, dog-washer, sailor and salesman. He is a 'born recruit', easily influenced by others who try to mould his destiny. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184869
ISBN
9780141184869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardback. Blackly comic, A Fabulous Liar is a heartrending novel about family and storytelling - those stories we tell about ourselves, those we tell about each other and those we pass down from generation to generation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372. 224 pages. Blackly comic, A Fabulous Liar is a heartrending novel about family and storytelling - those stories we tell about ourselves, those we tell about each other and those we pass down from generation to generation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 212 x 153 x 21. Weight: 372.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848878488
ISBN
9781848878488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. Centres around Kaspar Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him reprieve from the international authorities. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507352
ISBN
9780099507352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. From the WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION 2014, a novel about a young Jamaican woman with a gift of prophecy embarks on a journey that will take her from a leper colony, to revivalist meetings, then to England. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828083
ISBN
9780753828083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover - or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. Series Editor(s): Royle, Nicholas. Series: Best British Short Stories. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Salt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773129
ISBN
9781907773129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. The seductive new novel from the bestselling author of The End of Mr. Y, full of life, death, desire and family trees Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847679222
ISBN
9781847679222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Iain Banks's classic novel reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139272
ISBN
9780349139272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

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