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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A novel about the casualties of war - on the front lines, and at home Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004150
ISBN
9780349004150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.41

Paperback. Presents stories "The Snow Goose" - set in the wild, desolate Essex marshes and is a tale about the relationship between a hunchback and a young girl; and, "The Small Miracle" - a contemporary fable about a young boy's love for his dangerously ill donkey. Illustrator(s): Linton, Anne; Norfield, Ed. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 116 x 6. Weight in Grams: 52.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140299526
ISBN
9780140299526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Johnny Peterson was the kind of lad who could light up a room and inspire the best in everyone he met. Then one night he was killed by a car. Appearing only to his withdrawn younger brother and his grief-stricken mother, Johnny's appearances as an angel will change the lives of everyone forever. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 106 x 15. Weight in Grams: 118. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0031154
ISBN
9780552148559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Johnny Peterson was the kind of lad who could light up a room and inspire the best in everyone he met. Then one night he was killed by a car. Appearing only to his withdrawn younger brother and his grief-stricken mother, Johnny's appearances as an angel will change the lives of everyone forever. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 106 x 15. Weight in Grams: 118. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0230602
ISBN
9780552148559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A new edition of the bestselling classic tale of a woman scorned, from a much-loved British author. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340589359
ISBN
9780340589359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Presents an acutely observed study of marriage and manipulation. This title tells the story of the dangers of digging up the dark secrets of the past. Series: Penguin Decades. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044859
ISBN
9780141044859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. * This exquisite novel tells a love story with a difference. * 'One of my favourite classics' Carmen Callil Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084944
ISBN
9781844084944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Tessa has just a few months to live. Tessa compiles a list. It's her Ten Things To Do Before I Die list. Tessa's feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, her new boyfriend, all are painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa's time finally runs out. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250. Well-read paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRF0022102
ISBN
9780552774628
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Even as a young man, Hamid Farsi is acclaimed as a master of the art of calligraphy. But as time goes by, he sees that weaknesses in the Arabic language and its script limit its uses in the modern world. In a secret society, he works out schemes for radical reform, never guessing what risks he is running. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 36. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906697280
ISBN
9781906697280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. A magical retelling of the myth of Eldorado, the Enchanted City of the Amazon, by one of Brazil's most acclaimed writers Translator(s): Gledson, John. Series: Myths. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847673008
ISBN
9781847673008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. 15thApril, 1912. Two remarkable women. One fateful night. A lifetime of secrets. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 395.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857203441
ISBN
9780857203441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.43

Paperback. Containing a wonderfully engaging and eccentric cast of characters who live long in the memory, this is the story of mothers and daughters, people bound by blood and geography, moments captured and lifetimes lost, and things never quite turning out as expected. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Bonnier Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785300905
ISBN
9781785300905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.13

paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 28 x 112 x 176. Weight in Grams: 218.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland Dublin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KNW0014530
ISBN
9780340831564
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. In these three sea stories, based on his own experience, the author invests his portraits of mundane steamers and their crews with epic qualities of fortitude and courage in the face of overwhelming natural odds. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 211 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
305
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150049
ISBN
9781857150049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.64

Paperback. When she was still a child, Lucy Nelson had her alcoholic failure of a father thrown in jail. Ever since then she has been trying to reform the men around her, even if that ultimately means destroying herself in the process. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099484998
ISBN
9780099484998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

paperback. An atmospheric, vibrant and moving tale of pain and passion at the heart of war-torn Spain, from the million-copy bestselling author of The Island Num Pages: 592 pages, Map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755332953
ISBN
9780755332953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Travelling from chilly Edinburgh to sunbaked Malawi to investigate, Lexy uncovers a story of love, deceit and loyalty spanning three generations - but to discover the truth about who she really is, she must must embark on a perilous journey. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Bonnier Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785300080
ISBN
9781785300080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Paperback Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471154942
ISBN
9781471154942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.40

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 39. Weight in Grams: 310. Well-read paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Poolbeg Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRF0030442
ISBN
9781842233146
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Fusion. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062674876
ISBN
9780062674876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. 'Not since Colin MacInnes's City of Spades and Absolute Beginners thirty years ago has a novel stuck a flick-knife so accurately into the young and marginal city' The Times Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198. 288 pages. 'Not since Colin MacInnes's City of Spades and Absolute Beginners thirty years ago has a novel stuck a flick-knife so accurately into the young and marginal city' The Times. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 164 x 199 x 18. Weight: 198.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857862716
ISBN
9780857862716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. The story of two young Jewish girls living in a village in Persia at the turn of the century. Nazie has been long engaged to her cousin and anxiously awaits their marriage whilst Flora is married, pregnant and seemingly abandoned. Translator(s): Lotan, Yael. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841955100
ISBN
9781841955100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 194 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824815943
ISBN
9780824815943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.12

Paperback. Features stories ranging from teenagers coming into awareness of their sexual and artistic powers to humdrum housewives whose lives are shattered by unexpected epiphanies to old people who don't know what to do with themselves. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197388
ISBN
9780141197388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

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