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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 109 x 34. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
X
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345461391
ISBN
9780345461391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.70

Paperback. In the late nineteenth century, Tomo, the faithful wife of a government official, is sent to Tokyo, where a heartbreaking task is awaiting her. From among hundreds of geishas and daughters offered up for sale by their families she must select a respectable young girl to become her husband's new lover. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099589457
ISBN
9780099589457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. From the author of THE ORIGIN MYSTERY - the trilogy with ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD. En route from London to New York, Flight 305 suddenly loses power and crash-lands in the English countryside, plunging a group of strangers into a mysterious adventure that will have repercussions for all of humankind. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008156893
ISBN
9780008156893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. Examines a subject that has long been taboo - the sufferings of the Germans during the Second World War. This book explores the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the maritime disaster of all time, and the repercussions upon three generations of a German family. Translator(s): Winston, Krishna. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KAK0006760
ISBN
9780571216529
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. The son of the local sergeant in an isolated Garda station on the border between Cavan and Fermanagh, his days are balanced between the brooding, taciturn presence of his father, whom he loves and fears in equal measure, and the reassurance of his quiet, gentle mother. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784162559
ISBN
9781784162559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. 'Stunning. An essential novel' Irvine Welsh Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
On Demand
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447219309
ISBN
9781447219309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Hardback. Written during the height of the 1970s Italian domestic terror, a cult novel, with distinct echoes of Lovecraft and Borges, makes its English-language debut. Translator(s): Glazov, Ramon. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631492297
ISBN
9781631492297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.91

Paperback. * A lost Australian classic, from the Booker shortlisted author, Madelaine St John Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123387
ISBN
9780349123387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Turns the 78 tarot cards to a new purpose, linking word and image to the purposes of narrative. A band of travellers, trapped in an gloomy castle in the heart of a wood, find themselves struck dumb and are only able to converse by using the tarot cards to tell one another how they came to be there. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8pp colour halftones, b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 3. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268055
ISBN
9780099268055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Open Letter
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824740
ISBN
9781934824740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.63

Paperback. Under South Africa's apartheid regime, black activist Steve Biko has been working for years to undermine the system when he meets white journalist Donald Woods. Initially suspicious of Biko and his motives, Woods finds himself united with Biko in common cause after Biko reveals to him the true extent of police atrocities in the black townships. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b/w film stills. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950722
ISBN
9780241950722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. It is summer in the Appalachian mountains. From her outpost in an isolated mountain cabin, Deanna Wolfe, a reclusive wildlife biologist, watches a den of coyotes that have recently migrated into the region. She is caught off guard by a young hunter who invades her most private spaces and interrupts her self-assured, solitary life. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571298853
ISBN
9780571298853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 618 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General. Dimension: 201 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Broadway Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307237910
ISBN
9780307237910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. It all begins in a small town in Belgium on the morning of the festival of St. Woelfred. There are dead fish scattered everywhere, blown in by the wind. Are the fish a sign from the saint or a trick played by Contexture, the dance group who once got naked at the Vatican? The lives of six people who live in the town are about to be changed forever Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998905
ISBN
9781906998905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447274773
ISBN
9781447274773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.42

Paperback. Sixteen-year-old Lisa has high hopes for her first year in London. But she is squeezed into a flat with her bohemian mother and a little brother obsessed with foxes. Lisa trails through the city, dabbling with drugs and romance, and refusing to lose faith in her belief that something fantastic will happen to mark the rest of her life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747594475
ISBN
9780747594475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. Series: Bantam Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 177 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam Classics
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reprint, Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553213935
ISBN
9780553213935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954702304
ISBN
9780954702304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardback. Translator(s): Favorov, Nora Seligman. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231183024
ISBN
9780231183024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.27

Paperback. A stunning new novel about a young jazz singer from the acclaimed author of The Icarus Girl Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190. 272 pages. A stunning new novel about a young jazz singer from the acclaimed author of The Icarus Girl. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight: 190.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747593102
ISBN
9780747593102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. In a godforsaken barn, Presidents Eisenhower, John Adams and Rutherford B Hayes are bemused to find themselves reincarnated as horses. Clyde and Magreb - he a traditional capes-and-coffins vampire, she the more progressive variety - settle in an Italian lemon grove in the hope that its ripe fruit will keep their thirst for blood at bay. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578963
ISBN
9780099578963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The final book in the bestselling Ibis trilogy from the author of Booker-shortlisted Sea of Poppies. Series: Ibis Trilogy. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 43. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719569029
ISBN
9780719569029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

paperback. Six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam during a tour of the Grand Canyon with her guardian, Taylor. Her insistence on what she has seen, and her mother's belief in her, lead to a man's dramatic rescue. The mother and adopted daughter duo soon become nationwide heroes. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Faber & Faber, London
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571298839
ISBN
9780571298839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. English teacher Krishna has recently married, but his wife and daughter live miles away. The story begins with his immediate family deciding to join him. Krishna is initially frightened by this, but soon finds that his love for both his wife and child grows deeper than he could have imagined. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282280
ISBN
9780099282280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

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