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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The time: 1994. The place: Washington DC. President Bush has just been replaced. In London, Margaret Thatcher has been ousted by her own party. In Russia, Gorbachev has been toppled by forces he cannot control. Of the principal actors in the Gulf War, the sole survivor is Sadam Hussein. Num Pages: 500 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112. Weight in Grams: 250. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
(Reissue)
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KRF0009180
ISBN
9780006476061
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Talks about the narrator, who is twelve when he leaves his village in Guyana to come to England, where he is abandoned by his father into social care, but later wins a scholarship to Oxford. Featuring the narrator's Guyanese childhood and youth in working-class Balham, this novel explores the cost to his personality of losing that past. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845230135
ISBN
9781845230135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Having married and murdered his way into a wealthy Italian family he has now become a respected member of Veronese business life. But it's not enough. He comes up with a plan to put on the most exciting art exhibition of the decade, based on a subject close to his heart: killing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581437
ISBN
9780099581437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters. This work traces the sisters' lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in provincial Bursley, England, during the mid-Victorian era, through their married lives, to the modern industrial age, when they are reunited as old women. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442112
ISBN
9780141442112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.62

Paperback. * The first ever novel from the ex-Geordie Shore star, Vicky Pattison Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751561333
ISBN
9780751561333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Drowning in the freezing North Atlantic, Christopher Hadley Martin, temporary lieutenant, happens upon a grotesque rock, an island that appears only on weather charts. To drink there is a pool of rain water; to eat there are weeds and sea anemones. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571298501
ISBN
9780571298501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. A sharp, spiky and funny look at modern life and middle-class preoccupations - this time Christina Hopkinson unpicks the world of the weekend wives. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444785302
ISBN
9781444785302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. The fifth novel in the Little Village School series, packed full of humour, warmth and village drama, from bestselling author Gervase Phinn. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 38. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444779417
ISBN
9781444779417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, Rosie McCosh and her three sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of the conflict. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War? Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099597834
ISBN
9780099597834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. In Rebecca Shaw's latest scintillating tale of village life, hearts will be broken, families reunited and long-hidden secrets will finally come to light. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409147237
ISBN
9781409147237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Hardcover. Clean copy in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st. Edition : 1st. Printing
SKU
KNH0011892
ISBN
9780007302543
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A mesmerising tale of Empire, wild daring, love and conquest in Lawrence's Arabia Num Pages: 320 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408809808
ISBN
9781408809808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 109 x 20. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kensington Publishing United States
Number of pages
264
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781601621412
ISBN
9781601621412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.74

Paperback. Flirtatious, straight-talking Jo Gold says she's got no time for love. New mother Sarah Hudson has cut short her maternity leave to return to work. Bored, over-eating housewife Carrie Radley says she just wants to shift the pounds. The unlikely trio meet by chance, and embark on a mission to make their wishes come true by September. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552171557
ISBN
9780552171557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Whispers are driving Bruno Frye to kill - even if it means returning from the grave .. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472248220
ISBN
9781472248220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. One morning Herman Mussert wakes up in a hotel room in Lisbon, where twenty years previously he slept with another man's wife. Yet he is quite certain that the night before he went to sleep as normal in his house in Amsterdam. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099582885
ISBN
9780099582885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. Weight in Grams: 165. Well read copy, with some shelfwear and/or soiling. Remains a very good reading copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Corgi Books(London)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New
SKU
KST0021596
ISBN
9780552132749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Rumer Godden's classic wartime love story is a dramatic tale that was the basis for the film Enchantment starring David Niven. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088577
ISBN
9781844088577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. How do you go about rewriting the story of your life? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782399445
ISBN
9781782399445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.24

Paperback. A novel in verse tells of one man's self-induced tragedy and his search for happiness. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848664371
ISBN
9781848664371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

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