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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A masterful re-imagining of the lives and loves of Harry Houdini, from the author of the Richard and Judy bestseller The Cellist of Sarajevo. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KAK0011217
ISBN
9781782394013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A government official who is inspecting a faded mansion of forgotten treasures, comes across the final, shocking gift which is bleeding the museum dry. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099553953
ISBN
9780099553953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Orphaned at the age of seven, Koyaga grows up to be a terrible hunter; he fights mystical beasts, and is a shape-shifter, capable of changing himself into beasts and birds. He fights in the French colonial armies. Over the course of five nights, this title tells the life story of Koyaga, President and Dictator of the Gulf Coast. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283829
ISBN
9780099283829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A lyrical coming-of-age narrative, its people drawn with love in that singing Glasgow voice. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204. 320 pages. A lyrical coming-of-age narrative, its people drawn with love in that singing Glasgow voice. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight: 204.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671257
ISBN
9781847671257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Abie follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to a coffee plantation that now could be hers if she wants it. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the sound of the past, but the layers of years are too many. Thus begins the gathering of her family's history through the tales of her aunts. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747585923
ISBN
9780747585923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Portrays the development of Burroughs' mature writing style by presenting a selection of pieces from the mid-1950s. This book tells how his outrageous tone of voice represents the exorcism of four decades of oppressive sexual and social conditioning. Editor(s): Grauerholz, James. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189871
ISBN
9780141189871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. You've read THE SHADOW OF THE WIND - now read what happens next .. Includes Reading Group Notes. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780222851
ISBN
9781780222851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Moorcock returns to his beloved London, in a novel that captures the wild heart and dangerous living of the greatest city in the world. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473213272
ISBN
9781473213272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Somerville Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992736415
ISBN
9780992736415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. Mma has just buried her mother, and now she is alone. She has been left everything. But she's also inherited her mother's bad name. A bold, brash woman, the only thing her mother refused to discuss was her past. Why did she flee her family and bring her daughter to a new town when she was a baby? What was she escaping from? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224093835
ISBN
9780224093835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 225 x 26. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408860557
ISBN
9781408860557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. The dazzling second book from the winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize and Nibbies 'Author of the Year' Aravind Adiga Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 344. 352 pages. The dazzling second book from the winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize and Nibbies 'Author of the Year' Aravind Adiga. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 126 x 196 x 27. Weight: 344.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848878099
ISBN
9781848878099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.55

Paperback. Fidel and Raul Castro are in the hills, descending only to burn sugarcane plantations and recruit rebels. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099586999
ISBN
9780099586999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. They said I've done something wrong?.. And they've just left me down here to starve. Haven't had a drop in days more so.. Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: McGlue is in the hold, still too drunk to be sure of his name or situation or orientation - he may have killed a man. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784706623
ISBN
9781784706623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. The year was 1902. A new century was dawning as a motherless young girl arrived at a ballet school in St Petersburg, Russia, at the age of seven. By age seventeen, Danina Petroskova had become a great ballerina, a favorite of the Czar and Czarina, who welcomed her into the heart of the Imperial family. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 107 x 22. Weight in Grams: 160. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Corgi Edition
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KIN0034475
ISBN
9780552145084
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Edgar-winning short story from the author of GONE GIRL. The perfect stocking filler for Flynn fans. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474603041
ISBN
9781474603041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.68

Paperback. Adele Parks writes novels that real women want to read. Her books get right to the heart of the dilemmas women - and men - face in their lives; her characters are real as are the choices they make Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755371358
ISBN
9780755371358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.26

Hardcover. A tale of fathers and sons, the ties that bind, and the barriers of class that even love cannot break, Three Bargains is a stunning first novel, as potent, heart-stopping, and epic as Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393063400
ISBN
9780393063400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.57

Paperback. Shielded from emotional and physical abuse by layers of fat, Lilian struggles to escape a suffocating existence in the home of her tyrannical Victorian father and her elegant but ineffectual mother. This book traces the progress of her life's journey, and why she made the choices she did. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841959955
ISBN
9781841959955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. The Roman poet Ovid, exiled to a remote village on the edge of the Black Sea, tells the story of his meeting with a feral boy, brought up among wild animals in the snow. It is a luminous encounter between civilization and nature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Random House
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099273844
ISBN
9780099273844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Hardcover. Known worldwide for her Diary, Anne Frank's TALES FROM THE SECRET ANNEXE were written at the same time with the same humour, honesty and wisdom, and are an essential part of her legacy. Editor(s): Halban Publishers. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Halban Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559206
ISBN
9781905559206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. During an eventful season at Bath, naive Catherine Morland experiences joys of fashionable society for first time. She is delighted with her acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance and horror, and sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite her to their father's mysterious house, Northanger Abbey. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141389424
ISBN
9780141389424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200. "Originally published: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1993. Commissioning organisation: Cyrus Colter. 251 p. 20 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period - General,Subjects - Fiction - General"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
The X Press Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
251
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KEX0161051
ISBN
9781874509738
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. In two powerful novels of belonging, one of Africa's most important writers explores village life and the traditions of Botswana. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086221
ISBN
9781844086221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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