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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A visitor: one Cedric Charlton, Her Majesty's inspector of taxes is visiting to find out why junk-dealer Pop hasn't paid his tax. Mariette takes a shine to 'Charley' - as Pop calls him - and before long the family have introduced him to the delights of country living. In fact, soon Charley can't see any reason to return to the office at all. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029672
- ISBN
- 9780141029672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. * Second novel from TV writer/comedian and novelist - and again, a bitter-sweet romantic tragicomedy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 215. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KAK0010737
- ISBN
- 9780349113920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Escape to the winding cobblestone streets and rolling hills of Tuscany in this delicious, romantic and charming tale perfect for fans of Chocolat and Under the Tuscan Sun. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471162695
- ISBN
- 9781471162695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.23
€ 10.99
€ 9.23
Paperback. 'Part glamorous travelogue, part slow-burn mystery, this full-bodied tale of a runaway is at once formally inventive and heartbreakingly familiar.. (It's also insanely funny.)' Lena Dunham Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782397717
- ISBN
- 9781782397717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. A turbulent thriller set in seamy LA, Robert Ward's slick tale of greed and corruption in the FBI is clever, contemporary and cool as ice. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 342. 338 pages. A turbulent thriller set in seamy LA, Robert Ward's slick tale of greed and corruption in the FBI is clever, contemporary and cool as ice. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight: 342.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 338
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848875692
- ISBN
- 9781848875692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.01
€ 11.99
€ 10.01
Paperback. The heartbreaking tale of a doomed love affair in Hitler's Germany. Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857051110
- ISBN
- 9780857051110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Hardcover. Chronicles the history of a man and a nation from the 1950s to the 1980s. Num Pages: 1519 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 181 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1152.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Number of pages
- 1530
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152142
- ISBN
- 9781857152142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.90
€ 46.99
€ 30.90
Paperback. Contains four stories, written between 1900 and 1902. One of them reveals the differences between instinct and intelligence in a partnership vital to human survival; and the other contains 'land-stories' that explore the utter isolation of an East European emigrant in England and in the other, the plight of a woman. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441955
- ISBN
- 9780141441955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Weaves a tapestry of daily life as seen through a magical perspective. This book combines Breton's autobiographical fact with memory and imagination, and spins a love story in modern literature. Translator(s): Howard, Richard; Polizzotti, Mark. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 44 photographs. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141180892
- ISBN
- 9780141180892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. This is the first installment of a three-volume translation, and it includes The Young Maronite, The Marriage of Omar and The Nocturnal Visitor, which are set between 1912 and 1927. Translator(s): Naffis-Sahely, Andre. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Darf Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850772781
- ISBN
- 9781850772781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.37
€ 13.99
€ 11.37
Paperback. A love story and a historical tour de force set in Victorian times, which deals with the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier. Made for each other, the two are gamblers - one obsessive, the other compulsive - incapable of winning at the game of love. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270163
- ISBN
- 9780571270163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.48
€ 13.00
€ 11.48
Paperback. The year is 1714. Daniel Waterhouse has returned to England, where he joins forces with his friend Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group attempting to blow up Natural Philosophers with 'Infernal Devices' - time bombs. As Daniel and Newton conspire, a struggle is waged for England's Crown: who will take control when the ailing queen dies? Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099463368
- ISBN
- 9780099463368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. The Gulag, the Stalinist labour camps to which millions of Russians were condemned for political deviation, has become a household word in the West. This title tells the story of one typical day in a labour camp as experienced by prisoner Ivan Denisovich Shukhov is sufficient to describe the entire world of the Soviet camps. Translator(s): Willetts, H. T. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449270
- ISBN
- 9780099449270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Winner of the 2004 Prix de Flore, France's most exclusive literary award. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Snowbooks Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905005185
- ISBN
- 9781905005185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
€ 11.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408846896
- ISBN
- 9781408846896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.70
€ 13.00
€ 11.70
Paperback. Clean copy in very good condition. Some age and shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little Brown London
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KNH0012158
- ISBN
- 9780316027441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presents the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beautiful, and talented couple whose empty suburban life is held together by the dream that greatness is only just round the corner. This title shows how Frank and April mortgage their hopes and ideals, betraying in the end not only each other, but their own best selves. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256. Clean copy in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Film Tie-In
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KIN0005134
- ISBN
- 9780099518785
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.99€ 4.99
€ 12.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Jack Reacher walks alone. No job, no ID, no last known address. But he never turns down a plea for help. Now a woman tracks him down. A woman serving at the very heart of US power. A woman who needs Reacher's assistance in her new job. Her job? Protecting the Vice-President of the United States. Her problem? Someone wants the VP dead. Series: Jack Reacher. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857500090
- ISBN
- 9780857500090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. In Alex Gray's page-turning new Glasgow-set crime novel, Detective Lorimer must protect his city from a terrifying threat in the countdown to the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Series: William Lorimer. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751548273
- ISBN
- 9780751548273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Pomona United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904590200
- ISBN
- 9781904590200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38