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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099274636
ISBN
9780099274636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435905668
ISBN
9780435905668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.13

Paperback. Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible luxury of a book, a piece of string or a single match in a world where survival is all. This work lets you participate in the struggle of men to survive both the terrible rigours of nature and the inhumanity of the system that defines their conditions of life. Translator(s): Parker, Ralph. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184746
ISBN
9780141184746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.14

Paperback. The fifth novel from award-winning author Helen Oyeyemi, who was named in 2013 as one of Granta's best of young British novelists. A retelling of the Snow White myth, Boy, Snow, Bird is a deeply moving novel about three women and an unbreakable bond. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447237143
ISBN
9781447237143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. A chemist by training, the author became one of the witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In these haunting reflections inspired by the elements of the periodic table, he ranges from young love to political savagery; from the inert gas argon - and 'inert' relatives like the uncle who stayed in bed for twenty-two years - to life-giving carbon. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185149
ISBN
9780141185149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062493033
ISBN
9780062493033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the deciding game at the climax of the season, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099557265
ISBN
9780099557265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. In 1945, Rick Braithwaite, a smart, highly educated ex-RAF pilot, looks for a job in British engineering. He is deeply shocked to realise that, as a black man from British Guiana, no one will employ him because of the colour of his skin. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099483694
ISBN
9780099483694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Hardcover. LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE The breakout book from Daniel Alarcon, one of the New Yorker's 20 best writers under 40: a breathtaking, suspenseful search for the truth of one man's spectacular downfall. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 40. Weight in Grams: 522. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0015517
ISBN
9780007517398
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. From the bestselling author of THE WEIRD SISTERS comes an enchanting tale of self-discovery that will strike a chord with anyone who has ever felt they've lost their way.'I adored The Light of Paris. It's so lovely and big-hearted' JOJO MOYES'Soulfulness and emotional insight meet laugh-out-loud humour' PAULA McLAIN, author of The Paris Wife Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KCG0001040
ISBN
9780007393671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. An electrifying debut novel about what happens when the one who should love you the most becomes your worst enemy. Sure to appeal to fans of GONE GIRL, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN and ROOM Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 628. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KRA0009819
ISBN
9780007547388
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Hebe listens in the darkness of the hall to a family conference. The stern hypocrisy of her grandfather is winning the day. He has summoned her three horsey sisters' successful husbands and they are discussing Hebe's unexpected pregnancy. The decision, unanimous, is that it be terminated. Hebe, dissenting, flees into the night. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099501688
ISBN
9780099501688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Five amateur bakers compete in a baking competition and discover that the vision of perfect domesticity they aspire to may not be the whole truth. For book club readers everywhere whose tastes range from The Help, One Day and The Other Hand to Katie Fforde and Gill Hornby. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444792256
ISBN
9781444792256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Harbour Books (East) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Paperback re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905128273
ISBN
9781905128273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.91

Hardcover. In an interview, Updike once said, "If I had to give anybody one book of me, it would be the Olinger Stories." This title follows the life of one character from the age of ten through manhood, in the small Pennsylvania town of Olinger (pronounced, according to Updike, with a long O and a hard G), which was loosely based on Updike's own hometown. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596181
ISBN
9781841596181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. A tale of passion, politics and conflict. It features King Henry II who finds himself brutally betrayed by his wife Eleanor and three eldest sons when they enter into a rebellion against him. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038551
ISBN
9780141038551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.17

Hardcover. When Psmith finds himself working in the City for the pompous Mr Bickersdyke, he makes it his mission to bring a little sweetness and light into the bank manager's life. The monocled wit with the suave manner and the chivalrous but devil-may-care attitude to life is determined not to let honest toil depress him. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591087
ISBN
9781841591087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571215065
ISBN
9780571215065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.08

Paperback. This exceptional Egyptian novel - as mesmerising as it is controversial - caused an unprecedented stir when it was first published in Arabic. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007243624
ISBN
9780007243624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.50

Paperback. Behind every great woman stands another one. And for television producer Tamsin, that's Bea, her brilliant assistant. The only one Tamsin can trust with her coffee order, her filing - Bea does it all with a smile on her face. So when Tamsin hears a rumour that Patrick, her oldest and best friend's husband, is cheating on his wife, she is furious. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405917674
ISBN
9781405917674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. In the name of Rome, Scipio Africanus systematically destroyed the hard-won empires of Hannibal and Alexander the Great. This work reveals the aristocrat, general, politician, and aesthete behind the Roman triumph. Series: Carthage Trilogy. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map,. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282. 400 pages, 1 map,. In the name of Rome, Scipio Africanus systematically destroyed the hard-won empires of Hannibal and Alexander the Great. This work reveals the aristocrat, general, politician, and aesthete behind the Roman triumph. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight: 282.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671004
ISBN
9781847671004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC GB
Edition
New
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408876855
ISBN
9781408876855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. Is Emilia, the wicked stepmother incarnate? Passionately in love with her husband, Emilia has a secret, guilty loathing for her precocious little stepson, William - a forty-year-old in a five-year-old's body, whom she picks up from nursery every Wednesday afternoon. How can she forgive William for living, when her own cherished child has gone? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTG0007377
ISBN
9780552772921
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 113 x 21. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Group
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970553
ISBN
9780241970553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

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