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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. This saga, which spans a century of show business, tells the story of gutsy redhead Millie McLancey who defies her humble beginnings to pursue a life on the stage and becomes the first of four generations of inspiring women to taste success in the glossy, yet precarious, world of show business. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. . Previously read copy, with some shelfwear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Robson Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KST0030806
ISBN
9781861056245
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In Gatestown, Texas, twenty-nine-year-old Karen awaits her execution on Death Row. In New York, Franny, a doctor the same age, plans her wedding and tries to resist the urge to run. In Austin, Celia, a beautiful young librarian, mourns her lost husband. Over the course of one summer, the three women's disparate lives intertwine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099466390
ISBN
9780099466390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. A story of a group of young Iranian musicians in Brooklyn who are hungry and poor, high and hopping from bed to bed. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571321070
ISBN
9780571321070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.85

Paperback. It is 1913 - just prior to England's entry into World War I - and Edwardian England is about to vanish into history. A group of men and women gather at Sir Randolph Nettleby's estate for a shooting party. Opulent, adulterous, moving through the rituals of eating and slaughter, they are obtuse and decorative finale of an era. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188676
ISBN
9780141188676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. On a grey afternoon in 1932, a Stuttgart classroom is stirred by the arrival of a newcomer. Middle-class Hans is intrigued by the aristocratic new boy, Konradin, and before long they become best friends. It's a friendship of the greatest kind, of shared interests and long conversations, of hikes in the German hills and growing up together. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 88.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860463655
ISBN
9781860463655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.19

Paperback. "Query: would it be a serious breach of etiquette to run out on my own wedding?" This is the question Becky Steele finds herself asking, on the morning of her very own wedding. Having finally managed to fit into her meringue dress after weeks of drinking only skimmed water, she is suddenly uncertain about what exactly she wants. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KRA0003316
ISBN
9780552775922
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition of Edith Wharton's celebrated novella is based on the first edition, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1911. Editor(s): Wolff, Cynthia Griffin; Lauer, Kristin O. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393966350
ISBN
9780393966350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.18

Paperback. "Of all the work by young men who have sprung up since 1920 one book survives-The Enormous Room by E. E. Cummings."-F. Scott Fitzgerald Editor(s): Firmage, George James. Num Pages: 416 pages, 56 drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871409287
ISBN
9780871409287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.32

Paperback. In the conclusion to her acclaimed Three Sisters Island trilogy, No.1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Nora Roberts masterfully evokes the quaint charm of New England, weaving a spellbinding tale of true love - and sheer magic.. Series: Three Sisters Island. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749952877
ISBN
9780749952877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 176 x 113 x 30. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE EXPORT
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099512820
ISBN
9780099512820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.91

Paperback. 'Guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat' (The Sunday Times). Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KAK0011185
ISBN
9780340560099
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A funny, touching, sometimes profound story about love, memory, and the loss of illusions Num Pages: 320 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Flame Edition
SKU
KRF0038026
ISBN
9780340793916
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007152810
ISBN
9780007152810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.21

Paperback. Presents the story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Deluxe ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105022
ISBN
9780143105022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408880364
ISBN
9781408880364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. 1949: Egypt's struggle against its British occupiers moves towards crisis; Israel declares its statehood, driving out the Arabs. Joe Roberts, an RAF sergeant, his wife Ailsa and daughter, Nia, leave Wales for Egypt. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998370
ISBN
9781906998370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Change is afoot in the beautiful Cotswold village of Thrush Green.. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752882352
ISBN
9780752882352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Young officer John Hilliard returns to his battalion in France following a period of sick leave in England. Despite having trouble adjusting to all the new faces, the stiff and reserved Hilliard forms a friendship with David Barton, an open and cheerful new recruit who has still to be bloodied in battle. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140036954
ISBN
9780140036954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Psychologist sleuth Alex Delaware has experienced more than enough of L.A.'s dark side to recognise the scent of evil.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472206527
ISBN
9781472206527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. 'Enriches and enlarges our own sense of the world we thought we knew' Marylinne Robinson Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084989
ISBN
9781847084989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Valley Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908853608
ISBN
9781908853608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover. The county sheriff is a former US Marine - and a stunningly beautiful woman. Her investigation is going nowhere. Series: Jack Reacher. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 372.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553825503
ISBN
9780553825503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. A treasure trove of short stories from the beloved author of the Old Filth trilogy. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349140384
ISBN
9780349140384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Marnie and her little sister Nelly have always been different. Marnie leads a life of smoking, drinking and drugs; Nelly enjoys playing the violin, eating cornflakes with Coke and reading Harry Potter. But on Christmas Eve, the sisters have to join forces and put their differences aside. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
William Heinemann
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099558422
ISBN
9780099558422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

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