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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The first novel in Frank Barnard's riveting World War Two fighter pilots series - Band of Brothers for the air Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755325559
ISBN
9780755325559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. It should be the most natural thing in the world. But in Tony Parsons' latest bestseller, three couples discover that Mother Nature can be one hell of a bitch. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 282. Used paperback in very good condition.
Edition
(Reissue)
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KNW0015503
ISBN
9780007151240
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Part glamorous travelogue, part slow-burn mystery, this full-bodied tale of a runaway is at once formally inventive and heartbreakingly familiar.. (It's also insanely funny.)' Lena Dunham Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782397694
ISBN
9781782397694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. The seventeen year old Hornblower became infamous as soon as he stepped on board ship as the midshipman who was seasick in the Spithead, but things were soon to change. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Penguin UK
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140119398
ISBN
9780140119398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2003, this book suggests that desperate times throw up the most unlikely of heroes. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main - Re-issue
SKU
KRF0024440
ISBN
9780571215164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Features characters from folklore, archetypal figures from Yoruba society, supernatural or magical happenings, acute human observation and often a moral point. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316885
ISBN
9780571316885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Poor Angus centres round a struggling painter, Angus McAllister, who has returned to the seemingly idyllic Hebridean island of his birth in the hope that it will inspire him to create his masterpiece. His privacy is invaded by Janet, a visitor with relatives on the island. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 173.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
SKU
KNW0010695
ISBN
9781841951249
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Deep within the Balou mountains lies a small rural town populated by disabled people. Blind, deaf and disfigured, the 197 citizens of the Village of Liven have until now enjoyed a peaceful, mutually supportive life out of sight and mind of the government. Translator(s): Rojas, Carlos. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569480
ISBN
9780099569480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past. Driven to shelter from a storm on the island of Banda, the trio meet good-natured Erik Christessen and his fiancee, the cool and beautiful Louise. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286882
ISBN
9780099286882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The air of Eastwick breeds witches - women whose powerful longings can stir up thunderstorms and fracture domestic peace. Jane, Alexandra and Sukie, divorced and dangerous, have formed a coven. Into the void of Eastwick breezes Darryl Van Horne, a charismatic magus of a man who entrances the trio, luring them to his mansions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188973
ISBN
9780141188973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 164 x 234. Weight in Grams: 386. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRF0008905
ISBN
9780340950845
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. First in her spellbinding new 3-part series Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Pocket Books
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847394729
ISBN
9781847394729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.50

Paperback. Thomas and Mary have been married for thirty years. They have two children, a dog, a house in the suburbs. But after years of drifting apart, things - finally - come to a head. This title recounts what happens when youthful devotion has long given way to dog walking, separate bed times, and tensions over who left the fridge door open. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784702007
ISBN
9781784702007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A masterpiece of the literature of colonialism - the story of a strong but doomed and unequal bond between a Dutch boy and his Indonesian best friend Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846273230
ISBN
9781846273230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. G H, a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous objects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach - black, dusty, prehistoric - crawling out of the wardrobe and, panicking, slams the door on it. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197357
ISBN
9780141197357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Hardback. From the acclaimed author of Seven Years, a coolly arresting collection of stories that charts with extraordinary precision the impulses that determine the course of ordinary lives Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 402. Very good copiy in clean dustwrapper. Frst edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Granta Books London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KEX0303085
ISBN
9781847087669
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 368. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 368. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KTG0011513
ISBN
9780007198443
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A gorgeous reissue of the warm and enchanting bestselling novel. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
1st
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KTM0006814
ISBN
9780007198443
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. One of the author's works was published shortly after her death in 1941. The story takes place at Pointz Hall, the country home of the Oliver family for 120 years. Its central focus is the performance of a village pageant, written and directed by the Miss La Trobe, encompassing the whole history of England from the Middle Ages to the verge of war. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099982609
ISBN
9780099982609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. A sweeping saga set around the aristocratic Ingham family of Cavendon Hall and the Swanns who serve them, set on the eve of World War 1. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007503209
ISBN
9780007503209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.45

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