Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Set near San Francisco, this warm and funny novel follows the fortunes and failures of Jack and Milly for sixty years. They marry in 1952, and typical of post-war couples, shift up a class. Optimistic and full of plans, they see themselves living the American Dream. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 38. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Sandstone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910985380
- ISBN
- 9781910985380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.38
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€ 10.38
Hardcover. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857152883
- ISBN
- 9781857152883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Private detective Lew Archer has better things to do than take on an investigation for Alex Kincaid, a young man claiming that his new bride, Dolly, has gone missing. Snapped by a hotel photographer on the day of their wedding, the beautiful girl vanished only hours after and Alex has heard nothing since. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141196619
- ISBN
- 9780141196619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Covers a cast ranging from Italian partisans to KGB agents, from American Mafiosi to Parisian lowlifes, and features appearances by Alfred Hitchcock, Marshal Tito and the Emperor of Indochina. This work paints a picture of a past age while commenting on our own. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099472339
- ISBN
- 9780099472339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.92
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€ 20.92
Paperback. Depicts the imagined life of an ordinary person, Bing Wu, from the hardships of his earliest years on a rural farm to his retirement from a respected position in government service. Num Pages: 219 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603846226
- ISBN
- 9781603846226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.90
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€ 16.90
Paperback. From the author of 'Black Bread White Beer' Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172. Some light shelf wear, else as new
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- SKU
- KRA0009085
- ISBN
- 9780008113438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Romantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional school mistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconventional ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy who become the Brodie 'set', introduced to a world of adult games that they will never forget. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141181424
- ISBN
- 9780141181424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
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€ 10.17
Paperback. Behind the bar at Jameel's in Cairo hang two mugs engraved with the names of Ram and Font. During their years together in London, they drank many a pint of Bass from these mugs. But there is no Bass in Nasser's Egypt, so Ram and Font have to make do with a heady mixture of beer, vodka and whisky. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846687563
- ISBN
- 9781846687563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
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€ 10.81
Paperback. Captivating and evocative, Letter from a Stranger will take you on an unforgettable journey from idyllic Connecticut to exotic Istanbul to war-torn Berlin then back to the present day. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 330. Good, clean copy. Covers and page edges showing minor shelfwear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KSG0006197
- ISBN
- 9780007441716
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Love by Jeanette Winterson Race by Toni Morrison Death by Julian Barnes Sisters by Louise May Alcott Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872687
- ISBN
- 9781784872687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.83
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€ 7.83
Paperback. Kully knows some things you don't learn at school. She knows the right way to roll a cigarette and pack a suitcase. She knows that cars are more dangerous than lions. She knows you can't enter a country without a passport or visa. And she knows that she and her parents can't go back to Germany again - her father's books are banned there. Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188454
- ISBN
- 9780141188454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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Paperback. Now the big day has finally arrived, it's time to .. savour the moment. Enjoy the third installment of Nora Roberts' highly successful Bride quartet Series: Bride Quartet. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Piatkus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749929039
- ISBN
- 9780749929039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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Paperback. The international bestselling sensation. Translator(s): Bradbury, Roy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349141800
- ISBN
- 9780349141800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.11
€ 10.11
Paperback. 'Leo the African' is based on the true life-story of Hasan al-Wazzan, the 16th-century traveller and writer who came to be known as Leo Africanus, or Leo the African. This is a story of pirates, slave-girls and princesses, in a world in a state of religious flux. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349106007
- ISBN
- 9780349106007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
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Paperback. In this novel the light and the dark sides of 19th-century London flow into each other, attracting the attention of famous names such as Marx and Gissing, but also of less well-known characters, who play a significant role in a tale that is a mixture of fable, adventure and Gothic comedy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749396596
- ISBN
- 9780749396596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. When Rosie, a successful radio presenter, hears that her father has had a stroke, her life is thrown into disarray and she finds herself making reckless decisions that make little sense to those around her. As she strives towards building some kind of future for herself and her father, he quietly plots his own death. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099539858
- ISBN
- 9780099539858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
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€ 10.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Roman Books India
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789380905471
- ISBN
- 9789380905471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.12
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€ 14.12
Paperback. Born in the Bahamas, Bert Williams moved to California with his family. Too poor to attend Stanford University, he took to life on the stage with his friend George Walker. Together they played lumber camps and mining towns until they eventually made the agonising decision to 'play the coon'. This novel is about the life of one remarkable man. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099488873
- ISBN
- 9780099488873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
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€ 11.73
Paperback. It's 1981, the time of Adam and the Ants, Rubik's Cube, the Sony Walkman and the Falklands War, as head teacher Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley-on-the-Forest School for another rollercoaster year. Vera, the ever-efficient chool secretary, has to grapple with a new-fangled computer. Num Pages: 336 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552162203
- ISBN
- 9780552162203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.12
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KIN0008131
- ISBN
- 9781853714405
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. 'Naipaul's praise is rare enough to be notable; and Taseer lives up to it .. among the sharpest and best-written fictions about contemporary India' Independent Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330544443
- ISBN
- 9780330544443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Paperback. Is real love just a fairytale? Funny, perceptive and real, this title portrays the rawness of motherhood, the flipside of love and the powerful lure of paths not taken. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 195 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845027216
- ISBN
- 9781845027216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.02
€ 10.99
€ 9.02
Paperback. What do Mrs H, Rachel, Edwina, Ida, Sarah, Dot, Chrissie have in common? They're all women, but they're fat, thin, old, young, married or single. This title follows the ripples that go out into ordinary lives that changed by a shared experience, all connected by the same hospital clinic in a small Northern town. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KTM0005959
- ISBN
- 9780099472131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Teal, Thomas. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Sort of Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908745613
- ISBN
- 9781908745613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.41
€ 13.99
€ 11.41