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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. It is the last, bitter days of World War II and the British Raj in India is crumbling. Ensconced in the Indian Hill Station of Pankot are the English wives, mothers, daughters and widows of the officers embroiled in the ongoing conflict. All eyes are upon Captain Merrick and the British military to protect them in this troubled time. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099436164
ISBN
9780099436164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Raven is an assassin, a hired killer, and his brutal murder of the Minister raises the spectre of war across Europe. As the nation prepares for battle, Raven goes on the run, hunted by the police and hunting the man who paid him in stolen banknotes, eventually unearthing the terrible truth behind the killing. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286141
ISBN
9780099286141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. A delicious book -- funny, foodie and romantic. The definitive Roman romantic comedy' Richard Curtis Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0000078
ISBN
9780751535693
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756840
ISBN
9781876756840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. A novel that opens as the narrator Lilly Bere mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. It then goes back to the moment she was forced to flee Dublin, at the end of the First World War, and follows her life through into the new world of America, a world filled with both hope and danger. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210. Signed by the author.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780571226542
ISBN
9780571226542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.59

Paperback. Offers a satire on the battle of the sexes and sequel to "Coming First". Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
210
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747526803
ISBN
9780747526803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.52

Paperback. Another wonderful Liverpool saga from bestselling author Maureen Lee. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752848358
ISBN
9780752848358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The latest in the Guido Guerrieri series set in southern Italy. Guerrieri takes on another case with dubious merits. This time he agrees to defend a judge suspected of corruption, an accusation that sadly looks likely to stick. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908524614
ISBN
9781908524614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. *A classic coming-of-age novel from one of the best-loved writers of the twentieth century Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083053
ISBN
9781844083053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509815715
ISBN
9781509815715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Expelled from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Editor(s): Bradshaw, David. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141180908
ISBN
9780141180908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Pamphlet. .
Publisher
UEA Publishing Project
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911343080
ISBN
9781911343080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.08

Paperback. For twenty years Christian Benediktsson has led an orderly but demanding life as butler to the media magnate William Randolph Hearst, famously the inspiration for Citizen Kane, in his San Simeon castle. But Christian's own private world is filled with regret - for a family abandoned, a reckless affair and a tragic death. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 189 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
SKU
KNW0008620
ISBN
9780571219919
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Powerful, touching and ultimately uplifting, Victoria Walters' debut novel about a young woman who becomes a widow aged twenty-five is a heartfelt tale of love, loss, and finding the courage to love again Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472229328
ISBN
9781472229328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A debut novel about adolescence and first love, English nature and the profound changes affecting the rural landscape. With no job and no prospects, young country-boy Lewis Pike is casually seduced by a married woman. When she ends the relationship, his fragile world disintegrates. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 125 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
SKU
KIN0032606
ISBN
9780571203413
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. As Abi would the first to know. She has spent her life in the shadow of her stunningly beautiful, glamorous older sister Cleo. Headhunted as model when she was sixteen. Could having beauty, wealth and fame lead to more unhappiness than not having them? Who in the family really is the ugly sister? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047256
ISBN
9780141047256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Like Rip Van Winkle returning to his hometown to find that all has changed, Nathan Zuckerman comes back to New York, the city he left 11 years before. Alone on his New England mountain, Zuckerman has been nothing but a writer: no voices, no media, no terrorist threats, no women, no news, no tasks other than his work and the enduring of old age. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage Books / Random House
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Trade Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099516088
ISBN
9780099516088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. 'The things people inscribe on tombstones, even if only with their breath - erasing those things is what the Redeemer's there for.' Translator(s): Dillman, Lisa. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; FA; FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276728
ISBN
9781908276728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
191
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936347837
ISBN
9780936347837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.90

Paperback. Translator(s): Shalaby, Amany. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; FA; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Blue Dome Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935295600
ISBN
9781935295600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. When Joel Knox's mother dies, he is sent into the exotic unknown of the Deep South to live with a father he has never seen. But once he gets there, everyone is curiously evasive when Joel asks to see his father. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187655
ISBN
9780141187655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Filled with prosperous English visitors, the Hotel offers a closed world of wealth and comfort. It also provides the stage for the display of social niceties, for passionate but unspoken love affairs and for the comedy of the shared bathroom. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284758
ISBN
9780099284758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. In London's changing heartland, architect Matthew Halland is aware of how the past and the present blend. It stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter Jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind him. Here too is the London of prehistory, of Georgian elegance, of the Blitz. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140156676
ISBN
9780140156676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. Introducing the indomitable, endearing charlady, Mrs Harris.. Series: The Bloomsbury Group. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240. The Adventures of Mrs Harris. AND Mrs Harris Goes to New York. Series: The Bloomsbury Group. 320 pages. Introducing the indomitable, endearing charlady, Mrs Harris. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight: 220.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408808566
ISBN
9781408808566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

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