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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. London GP Katie Carr always thought she was a good person. With her husband David making a living as 'The Angriest Man in Holloway', she figured she could put up with anything. Until, that is, David meets DJ Goodnews and becomes a good person too. A far-too-good person who starts committing crimes of charity. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969823
ISBN
9780241969823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Helen Bradshaw, 26, has a lot to get over. She is about to ditch the infuriating Jasper when she hears the news that will change her life. Her father has collapsed with a massive heart attack. Initially, Helen thinks of this as an interruption in her already chaotic lifestyle. But with his death everything starts to fall apart around her. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300. Clean copy, good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd., London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KST0019087
ISBN
9780099410188
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: A Pine Deep Novel. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 42. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496705396
ISBN
9781496705396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.82

Hardback. The second smart and engaging police procedural featuring dark and damaged Dutch detective Lotte Meerman Series: Lotte Meerman. Num Pages: 352 pages, unillustrated. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472120632
ISBN
9781472120632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. Rachel Matthews isn't one to rely on others to take care of her. Destitute and alone, she still wants to make her own way and her own money - even if she's forced into the life of a dance hall girl. Horrified, Rachel's brother sends a friend - cattle baron John McIntyre - to rescue her, then sets off to earn enough money to buy back the family ranch. But when months pass without her brother's return, Rachel isn't sure she can take one more day in John McIntyre's home - especially once she discovers that he's the one who holds the deed to her family's ranch.. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800722654
ISBN
9780800722654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.51

Paperback. Set in Italy, France, Ireland or the USA, this title features stories that unpick the casual brutalities of a patriarchal society or the delusions of sexual desire. It includes depictions of Irish or Italian hypocrisies, and also the male bastions of Church and politics. It can shock the reader with their sudden, serenely-accepted violence. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571294909
ISBN
9780571294909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 407 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd Dublin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KAK0010832
ISBN
9781842234129
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A jury gathers in Manhattan to select a memorial for the victims of a terrorist attack. Their fraught deliberations complete, the jurors open the envelope containing the winner's name - and discover he is an American Muslim. Instantly they are cast into roiling debate about the claims of grief, the ambiguities of art, and the meaning of Islam. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528241
ISBN
9780099528241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.70

Paperback. This collection brings together 20 short stories of the "fin-de-siecle" and includes such writers as George Egerton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Vernon Lee, Ada Leverson and Olive Schreiner. The stories range from the lyrical to the Gothic and frequently deal with the conflicts of women writers. Editor(s): Showalter, Elaine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853815904
ISBN
9781853815904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. What do you do when the man in your life lets you down? Can Nessa Riley ignore what her husband seems to be up to or has he really got to go? Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755329939
ISBN
9780755329939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. From the author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged, the gripping story of a woman caught in a horrific cycle of abuse - and the desperate lengths she must go to, to escape. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007299287
ISBN
9780007299287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. The acclaimed author of 'The Calcutta Chromosome' and 'The Shadow Lines' has burst out on to the big stage with a major saga on that hidden country, Burma. Num Pages: 560 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 41. Weight in Grams: 390.
Edition
edizione: 1a
Publisher
The Borough Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006514091
ISBN
9780006514091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Translator(s): Rodel, Angela. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 133. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Archipelago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914671701
ISBN
9780914671701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. The eight short stories in breach explore the refugee crisis through fiction. Dlo and Jan break into refrigerated trucks bound for the UK. Marjorie, a volunteer, is happy to mingle in the camp until her niece goes a step too far. Mariam lies to her mother back home. With humour, insight and empathy breach tackles an issue we can no longer ignore. Series: Peirene Now!. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Peirene Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908670328
ISBN
9781908670328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. The new novel from internationally acclaimed author Paulo Coelho - a dramatic story of love, life and death that shows us all why every second of our existence is a choice we all make between living and dying. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007551804
ISBN
9780007551804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Eliot Nailles loves his wife and son to distraction; Paul Hammer is a bastard named after a common household tool. Neighbours in Bullet Park, the two become fatefully linked by the mysterious binding power of their names in Cheever's sharp and funny hymn to the dubious normality of the American suburbs. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099914105
ISBN
9780099914105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. When their father tragically kills their mother, Dulcie and her sister are sent to an orphanage. Told that a 'better life' awaits them in another country, they are shipped off to Australia. But the promises made to the sisters turn out to be lies. And it seems to Dulcie that everyone who ever said 'trust me' somehow betrayed that trust. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 46. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046044
ISBN
9780141046044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Featuring the first volume in the "Library of Wales" series, this book recounts the story of a boxer from Cymmer in south Wales ready to make his comeback. Abe has ensured Hector is nurtured into a single-minded fighting machine. He is ready to take on the world, but where do the true dangers lie. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638805
ISBN
9781902638805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.35

Paperback. The fifth thrilling novel from Andy McDermott in which Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase must help a young archaeologist locate a lost pyramid if they are to stop a cult determined to find it for their own nefarious reasons. Series: Wilde/Chase. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755377459
ISBN
9780755377459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. When Martin Clay, a young would-be art historian, believes he has discovered a missing masterpiece. The owner of the painting is oblivious to its potential and asks Martin to help him sell it, leaving Martin with the chance of a lifetime: if he could only separate the painter from its owner, he would be able to perform a great public service.. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571283484
ISBN
9780571283484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

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