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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Set on the eve of the January 1977 'bread riots' against IMF austerity programmes and privatisation that nearly brought down President Anwar Sadat, this novel catches Egypt in the mid-stream of its modern history. Translator(s): Colla, Elliott. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774163074
ISBN
9789774163074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. Young, newly married and intensely ambitious, Michael Davenport is trying to make a living as a writer. His adoring wife, Lucy, has a private fortune that he won't touch in case it compromises his art. She in turn is never quite certain of what is expected of her. All she knows is that everyone else seems, somehow, happier. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518648
ISBN
9780099518648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A haunting and intense novel of desire and destiny - book one of Nora Roberts' much-loved classic series, the 'In the Garden' trilogy Series: In the Garden Trilogy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349411606
ISBN
9780349411606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Mr Artur Sammler, intellectual and occasional lecturer at Columbia University in 1960s New York City, is a registrar of madness, a refined and civilized being caught among people crazy with the promises of the future. His Cyclopean gaze reflects on the degradations of city life while looking deep into the sufferings of the human soul. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188812
ISBN
9780141188812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. A story of espionage and counter-espionage, and anarchists and embassies. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853260650
ISBN
9781853260650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. One impulsive wedding later and with the arrival of three perfect children, Jake, Aly and Stan, the Barrett family seem to have it all. When Jake dies suddenly, they're swept away on a tide of grief that fractures Maggie and Bill's marriage. She and the children are left clinging to the wreckage of their family. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 358. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KSG0009557
ISBN
9780141043128
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The million-copy international bestseller reissued in Tom Rob Smith's striking new series style Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857204080
ISBN
9780857204080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. A tale of family, community and strength of spirit Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Headline Book Publishing
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755318926
ISBN
9780755318926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A bold, dark, romantic debut set in war-torn 1990s Croatia, for fans of Victoria Hislop and Louis de Bernieres. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784299507
ISBN
9781784299507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The Golden Age of the English short story lies from its first wide acceptance in the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth, a period when there were a great many outlets in Britain for shorter fictions. This title celebrates this period through some of the most widely known writers of the time. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952856
ISBN
9780241952856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. In the tradition of great Australian literature Volcano Street is a wonderfully vivid portrayal of small-town life and the uncertainties of childhood. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857892089
ISBN
9780857892089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. Felicito Yanaque has raised himself from poverty to ownership of a trucking business. He receives a threatening letter demanding protection money. The police don't take him seriously, Felicito refuses to pay up and gets sucked into a nightmare. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571310746
ISBN
9780571310746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. Oscar is ill and no one, especially not his parents, will tell him what he already knows: that he is dying. Granny Rose, the oldest of the 'ladies in pink' who visit Oscar and his fellow patients, makes friends with him. She suggests that he play a game: to pretend that each of the following twelve days is a decade of his imagined future. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 80.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Atlantic Books London
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843548867
ISBN
9781843548867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. On a winter night on a remote road in Nebraska, Mark Schluter's truck turns over in a near fatal accident. His sister, Karin, returns reluctantly to their home town to look after him. But when he finally awakes from his coma, Mark believes that Karin - who looks, acts and sounds just like his sister - is really an identical imposter. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 410.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099506027
ISBN
9780099506027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Lady Constance Chatterley feels trapped in her sexless marriage to the Sir Clifford. Paralysed in the First World War, Sir Clifford is unable to fulfil his wife emotionally or physically, and encourages her instead to have a liaison with a man of their own class. Editor(s): Poplawski, Paul; Squires, Michael. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441498
ISBN
9780141441498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. * This wonderful novel showing Beryl Bainbridge at her darkly comic best - out for the first time as an Abacus paperback Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123707
ISBN
9780349123707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. An excoriating portrayal of loss and an unnerving post-Iraq discourse mark this brilliant novel of modern America. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330512398
ISBN
9780330512398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. A powerful and hauntingly beautiful novel set on death row - as if THE GREEN MILE or THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION were written by Cormac McCarthy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226347
ISBN
9781780226347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.01

Paperback. As new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Forge Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KRF0028401
ISBN
9780765322517
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Forge Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0233339
ISBN
9780765322517
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Introduces the Wapshots of St Botolphs. This title features Captain Leander Wapshot, venerable sea-dog and would-be suicide; his licentious older son, Moses; and Moses' adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099275275
ISBN
9780099275275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Gugu is beautiful, charismatic and of an unimpeachable political background. A respected midwife, she combines modern medical knowledge with a healer's touch to save the lives of village women and their babies. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 40. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967324
ISBN
9780241967324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Del Rey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345490179
ISBN
9780345490179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. Set in the beautiful Cornish landscape, DI Wycliffe must tackle a high-profile murder case. Series: The Cornish Detective. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409171843
ISBN
9781409171843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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