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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Coconut is a story that deals with growing up as a black child in a white world. It is the story of black youth who grow up in white neighbourhoods, go to private schools and have white friends. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230. 224 pages. Coconut is a story that deals with growing up as a black child in a white world. It is the story of black youth who grow up in white neighbourhoods, go to private schools and have white friends. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 15. Weight: 234.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770093362
ISBN
9781770093362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.37

Paperback. Meet Kate Reddy, fund manager and mother of two. She can juggle nine different currencies in five different time zones and get herself and two children washed and dressed and out of the house in half an hour. A victim of time famine, Kate counts seconds like other women count calories. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320. 8vo.Some minor wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KEX0264750
ISBN
9780099428381
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Meet Kate Reddy, fund manager and mother of two. She can juggle nine different currencies in five different time zones and get herself and two children washed and dressed and out of the house in half an hour. A victim of time famine, Kate counts seconds like other women count calories. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KTM0006123
ISBN
9780099428381
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A powerful tale of bitter revenge and sweet retribution from the author of Women of Iron. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 26. Weight in Grams: 212. Clean copy.Trade paperback
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0219135
ISBN
9780751539080
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In a suburb on the outskirts of Tokyo, four girls drift through tedious summer school classes. Then Toshi's next-door neighbour is found brutally murdered and the girls suspect Worm, the neighbour's son. They become drawn into a treacherous vortex of brutality and seduction which rises from within themselves as well as the world around them. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523192
ISBN
9780099523192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Tells the story of four people whose intertwined lives span Asia's last seventy years. This novel covers the complacency of colonial life in the 1930s; the horrors of the Japanese occupation during the Second World War; and the post-war boom and the handover of the city to the Chinese. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571294855
ISBN
9780571294855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. Off stage, however, she is bored with her handsome husband, coquettish and undisciplined. She is at first flattered and amused by the attentions of a shy and eager young fan, but before long Julia is amazed to find herself falling wildly, dangerously, in love. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286837
ISBN
9780099286837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Eve's eyes are opened to a multicolour life of one-night stands, drug-fuelled discos and cheap plonk. She barely has time to notice Adam. Adam, however, notices Eve. While contending with sexual frustration, a violent father and increasingly compulsive behaviour, is he too busy reading Razzle in the attic to make his move? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170. Well-read copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
SKU
KRF0009490
ISBN
9780571232833
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Peter Haskell, president of a major pharmaceutical company, has everything: power, position, and a family which mean everything to him. Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband's ambitions and career until her soul is bone-dry. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 105 x 24. Weight in Grams: 180. Clean copy.
Publisher
Corgi Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRS0020108
ISBN
9780552143783
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Peter Haskell, president of a major pharmaceutical company, has everything: power, position, and a family which mean everything to him. Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband's ambitions and career until her soul is bone-dry. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 105 x 24. Weight in Grams: 180. Clean copy, good to very good. Some light shelf wear
Publisher
Corgi Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KST0012525
ISBN
9780552143783
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Storytelling of the highest calibre Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Unabridged
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTM0005712
ISBN
9780330453141
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Wright, Jonathan. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9789927101793
ISBN
9789927101793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.30

Paperback. One night, Enaiatollah's mother tells him three things: don't use drugs, don't use weapons, don't steal. The next day he wakes up to find she isn't there. Ten-year-old Enaiatollah is left alone in Pakistan to fend for himself. This book describes his five-year journey from Afghanistan to Italy where he finally managed to claim political asylum. Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555452
ISBN
9780099555452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. The history of the Kindertransport and one family's desperate struggle to escape Czechoslovakia during the Nazi invasion Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755379439
ISBN
9780755379439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Each September, thousands of students walk through the doors of University College and Trinity College, Dublin. This year, Olive and Tom will be among them. Eighteen-year-old Olive is fresh from the country, and her eyes are opened wide by the big-city goings on of her new friends. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9781848271432
ISBN
9781848271432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Each September, thousands of students walk through the doors of University College and Trinity College, Dublin. This year, Olive and Tom will be among them. Eighteen-year-old Olive is fresh from the country, and her eyes are opened wide by the big-city goings on of her new friends. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KOC0004168
ISBN
9781848271432
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A story of unfulfilled love - tormented, funny, and affecting - and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. It is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself 'worthwhile'. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778442
ISBN
9780552778442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Hardback. A literary debut about a very modern American family. Intelligent, funny and wildly inventive, Shine, Shine, Shine is a captivating love story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 220 x 30. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781849837811
ISBN
9781849837811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 6.23

Paperback. The new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of 'The Northern Clemency'. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0013675
ISBN
9780007301348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tilted Axis Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911284000
ISBN
9781911284000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams. Literally. In 1963, ten years after giving Hank the overdose that killed him, Doc is wracked by addiction. But when Graciela, a young Mexican immigrant, appears in the neighbourhood in search of Doc's services, miraculous things begin to happen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554479
ISBN
9780099554479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

paperback. An addictive and unforgettable novel of a marriage in freefall, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2016. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
HEADLINE
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755358816
ISBN
9780755358816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A true story of the Berlin Tunnel or Operation Gold, the abortive brainchild of the CIA and MI6. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099277095
ISBN
9780099277095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A row of cottages comes up for sale in Fairacre - although with less than desirable tenants at either end, who could possibly want to buy it? Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752882321
ISBN
9780752882321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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