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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. George Bowling, forty-five, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline, a new set of false teeth - and a desperate desire to escape his dreary life. He fears modern times - since, in 1939, the Second World War is imminent - foreseeing food queues, soldiers, secret police and tyranny. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185699
ISBN
9780141185699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Christopher Boone is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome. He knows a great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a journey which will turn his whole world upside down. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099598459
ISBN
9780099598459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Arcadia Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908129505
ISBN
9781908129505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

paperback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780099578635
ISBN
9780099578635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 5.47

Hardcover. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Four Courts Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846823602
ISBN
9781846823602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.00
€ 42.31

Paperback. The studio lot looks like 'thirty acres of fairyland' the night that a mysterious woman stands and smiles at Monroe Stahr, the last of the great Hollywood princes. Enchanted by one another, they begin a passionate but hopeless love affair, starting with a fast-moving seduction as slick as a scene from one of Stahr's pictures. Editor(s): Wilson, Edmund. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185637
ISBN
9780141185637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Contains fifteen stories, many of which are set in the author's native New Zealand, and others in England and the French Riviera. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441801
ISBN
9780141441801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. .
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909844278
ISBN
9781909844278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. * The new Isabel Dalhousie novel Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349120546
ISBN
9780349120546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. A computer programmer by day, he is tolerably content, until he's packed off with a colleague - the sexually-frustrated Raphael Tisserand - to train provincial civil servants in the use of a new computer system. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687846
ISBN
9781846687846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

paperback. Summoning up more than 20 years of Japan's most dramatic history, the geisha's story uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. It moves from a small fishing village in 1929 to the glamorous and decadent Kyoto of the 30s and on to postwar New York. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 356. Well read, but remains good
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KST0009345
ISBN
9780099771517
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A fast-paced thriller combining the forces of fear, love, heroism and extraordinary adventure. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. Weight in Grams: 355. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KRF0018289
ISBN
9780006510062
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. On a damp October night the body of beautiful Ashley Cordova is discovered in a Manhattan warehouse. Though her death is ruled a suicide, investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise. The last time McGrath got too close to the Cordova dynasty, he lost his marriage and his career. This time he could lose his mind. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559245
ISBN
9780099559245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Tells the story of four generations of the same family living in an old house in the Bab al-Shaykh district of Baghdad. In this book, their private conflicts and passions are set against the wider drama of events leading up to the overthrow of prime minister Abd al-Karim Qasim and the rise of the Baath party in Iraq. Translator(s): Cobham, Catherine. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 122 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774160929
ISBN
9789774160929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. Series: Sixkiller, U.S. Marshal. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 105 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pinnacle
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786038183
ISBN
9780786038183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.41

Paperback. The third book in the 50 Shades of Red White And Blue series. Maggie Muff and Big Sally-Anne are heading to Benidorm - ay caramba! Series: The Maggie Muff Trilogy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 120 x 15. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Blackstaff Pr
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856409073
ISBN
9780856409073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.24

Paperback. In OSCAR WILDE AND THE CANDLELIGHT MURDERS, the first in Gyles Brandreth's acclaimed Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries series featuring Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle, the brutal murder of a young rent-boy puts Oscar in grave danger.. 'Intelligent, amusing and entertaining' Alexander McCall Smith Series: Oscar Wilde Mystery. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hodder
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0302766
ISBN
9780719569302
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 12.99
€ 10.41

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250065964
ISBN
9781250065964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.40

Paperback. From Lulu Taylor, the author of The Winter Folly, comes the next dark family saga. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447230496
ISBN
9781447230496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. A sports injury ended Brian Holbrook's professional football dreams and left him addicted to prescription painkillers. This cost him his marriage and his licence to practice medicine. Then the prestigious Boston Heart Institute offers him an opportunity to participate in a trial for a wonder drug. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
2nd Impression
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0226901
ISBN
9780099278665
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In the bestselling tradition of Rosamund Pilcher, a gloriously romantic novel of secrets and history, from the author of the highly popular THE CORNISH HOUSE. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409137498
ISBN
9781409137498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322721
ISBN
9780940322721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.83

paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 146 x 6. Weight in Grams: 126.
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486298979
ISBN
9780486298979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.82

Paperback. The wickedly funny new romantic comedy from the bestselling author of The Ivy Chronicles and Holly Would Dream Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 325. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRF0024241
ISBN
9781416527664
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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