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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. Three-year-old Dillon vanished in the middle of the night. His father Harry can't forgive himself for not protecting his only child. Yet Harry isn't blamed by his wife Robin: she bares her own secret guilt. Five years later, thousands of miles away, Harry spots an eight-year-old boy in a crowd - a boy he is convinced is Dillon. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781405914048
- ISBN
- 9781405914048
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
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€ 11.14
paperback. Tells a wickedly funny yet poignant tale that reveals how the imagination finds meaning in the most bewildering times, the ways people of all ages strive for connection, and how the darkest of secrets can set us free. Num Pages: 528 pages, 10. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141024325
- ISBN
- 9780141024325
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
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paperback. The short stories in this collection take the reader from small-town Wisconsin to the bustling streets of New York and Chicago and back again. It explores the role of women (especially strong or unconventional women) in modern society, the mores of the midwestern small town, and the changes over time in relationships between parents and children. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 24. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071294
- ISBN
- 9780252071294
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.33
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€ 27.33
paperback. Presents a personal chronicle of Fanny, a young girl growing up Jewish in a small midwestern town. This novel charts Fanny's emotional growth through her relationship with her mother, the shrewd, sympathetic Molly Brandeis. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252069468
- ISBN
- 9780252069468
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.22
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paperback. Series: The Radical Novel Reconsidered. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780252066849
- ISBN
- 9780252066849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.52
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€ 29.52
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846275975
- ISBN
- 9781846275975
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
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€ 10.45
paperback. Somewhere on a rocky patch of the sun-drenched Italian coastline a young innkeeper, chest-deep in daydreams, looks out over the incandescent waters of the Ligurian Sea and views an apparition: a beautiful woman, a vision in white, approaching him on a boat. She is an American starlet, he soon learns, and she is dying. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780670922659
- ISBN
- 9780670922659
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
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paperback. Features short stories that are spread over landscapes ranging from northern California and the urban Southwest to the hills of eastern Kentucky and the Caribbean island of St Lucia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571179572
- ISBN
- 9780571179572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
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paperback. Written in agony, this book features elegiac meditation on the creation of life, and of art. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- Standard Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141197371
- ISBN
- 9780141197371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Sometimes, a second chance can come out of nowhere.. Martin's rejection by Gabrielle has haunted him all his life. He's now a Parisian cop on the cusp of making a career-defining arrest. Archibald Maclean, the legendary art thief, is in his sights. But things are about to change. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Gallic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906040345
- ISBN
- 9781906040345
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
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€ 14.20
hardcover. This selection of stories by Katherine Mansfield has been chosen by Claire Tomalin and emphasize the stronger, feminist side of her writing rather than the popular, more sentimental view. The 21 stories are presented in chronological order and include "Prelude", "The Garden Party" and "At the Bay". Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABU; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857150483
- ISBN
- 9781857150483
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
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paperback. Sir Robert Rannaldini had two ambitions: to seduce his stepdaughter Tabitha Campbell-Black, and to put his mark on musical history by making the film of Verdi's opera, Don Carlos. As the crew gather at Rannaldini's haunted abbey for filming, it is inevitable that violent feuds, temperamental screaming, and devious plotting will ensue. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552156363
- ISBN
- 9780552156363
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
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paperback. Born in a small Sicilian village and orphaned at age nine, Modesta spends her childhood in a convent raised by nuns. Through sheer cunning, she manages to escape, and eventually becomes a princess. Sensual, proud, and determined, Modesta wants to discover the infinite richness of life. Translator(s): Appel, Anne Milano. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141198477
- ISBN
- 9780141198477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
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paperback. For Arthur Rowe, the charity fete was a trip back to childhood, to innocence, a welcome chance to escape the terror of the Blitz, to forget twenty years of his past and a murder. Then he guesses the weight of the cake, and from that moment on he's a hunted man, the target of shadowy killers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099286189
- ISBN
- 9780099286189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
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paperback. The first adult novel by J.K. Rowling Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 396. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001602
- ISBN
- 9780751552867
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Delivering stories that span generations, and offering warmth, wisdom and love on every page - if you treasured Maeve Binchy, read Patricia Scanlan Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 39. Weight in Grams: 662. Signed by the author. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001594
- ISBN
- 9781471151132
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
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paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 107. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Mills & Boon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001589
- ISBN
- 9780263931693
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. The year is 1972, the Cold War is far from over and Serena Frome, in her final year at Cambridge, is being groomed for MI5. Sent on Operation Sweet Tooth - a highly secret undercover mission - she meets Tom Haley, a young writer. First she loves his stories, then she begins to love the man. Can she maintain the fiction of her undercover life? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 358. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001585
- ISBN
- 9780099578789
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
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hardcover. The dazzling new novel, evoking the strange and thrilling world of the Victorian carnival, from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Jamrach's Menagerie Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 222 x 36. Weight in Grams: 518. Lacking dust jacket. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001500
- ISBN
- 9781782116547
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
hardcover. For the last twenty years Sir James Monmouth has been a gentleman adventurer, journeying all over the globe in the footsteps of his hero, the great pioneering traveller Conrad Vane. One rainy winter night, Sir James returns to London. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001460
- ISBN
- 9780701187866
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
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paperback. America, 1959. With two young children she adores, loving parents back in London, and an admired husband, Charlie, working at the British embassy in Washington, the world seems an effervescent place of parties, jazz and family happiness to Mary van der Linden. But the Eisenhower years are ending.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001449
- ISBN
- 9780099275831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
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paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262. Signed by the author. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001305
- ISBN
- 9780755375141
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
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paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 420. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton Ltd London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001244
- ISBN
- 9781444792034
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
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hardcover. A novel about childhood damage and the redemptive power of art from an author twice listed for the Women's Prize and the Giller Prize Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 38. Weight in Grams: 658. Good clean copy with light wear to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- riverrun London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001138
- ISBN
- 9781849163354
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70