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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Two Irish-American scholars from Harvard journey to Albania in the 1930s with a tape recorder in order to record the last genuinely oral epic singers. Their purpose, they say, is to show how Homer's epics might have been culled from a verbal tradition. The two dedicated scholars realise only too late that they have stumbled over an ants' nest. Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099497196
- ISBN
- 9780099497196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. A feisty, flirty tale of one woman's quest to cure her disastrous love life, by Sunday Times bestselling author of Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe (winner of the 2012 Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance) and Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams (RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2013 winner). . The perfect summer read. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751551099
- ISBN
- 9780751551099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. 'I am Akram Khan, formerly Sergeant Khan of the Yeoman's Guard, and I am submitting. I am saving my pleasures for when I am dead.' So begins the story of a young man's journey to radicalisation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782397304
- ISBN
- 9781782397304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.93
€ 21.99
€ 19.93
Paperback. Cal Logan is shocked to see Nicole Bentley sitting across from him at a coffee shop thousands of miles from their hometown. After all, no one has seen or heard from her since they graduated over a year ago. Except this girl isn't Nicole. She looks exactly like Cal's shy childhood crush, but her name is Nyelle Preston and she has no idea who he is. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children´s UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141355900
- ISBN
- 9780141355900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, a collection of some of her finest short stories. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007143009
- ISBN
- 9780007143009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
CD-Audio. When Irene Spencer meets Vera Small at her daughter Lesley's wedding reception they embark upon a correspondence that is quite unlike any other in the history of letter-writing. They live in a world of church fetes and amateur dramatics, but love nothing more than dipping their pens in the vitriol pot - while remaining the firmest of pen-pals. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Publisher
- BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408426401
- ISBN
- 9781408426401
CD
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
€ 14.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. From the acclaimed author of The Rossetti Letter comes a haunting novel of intrigue, romance, and murder that shifts tantalizingly between present-day Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 492. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRF0008920
- ISBN
- 9781847373199
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Opening on the eve of the millennium, when the world as we know it is still recognisable, we meet the nine-year-old narrator as he flees the city with his parents, just ahead of a Y2K breakdown. Next he is a teenager with a growing criminal record, taking his grandparents for a Sunday drive. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099547044
- ISBN
- 9780099547044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. An elegantly constructed story within a story, laced with the wit that characterises the work of this outstanding European writer. Translator(s): Dixon, Adrienne. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782067191
- ISBN
- 9781782067191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Wood, Sarah. Num Pages: 96 pages, full colour artwork. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Full Circle Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957152823
- ISBN
- 9780957152823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.60
€ 24.99
€ 18.60
Hardcover. This Wodehousean comedy features Mike Bond, the owner of Bond's Bank, who finds himself in a spot of trouble and wants someone to burgle the bank before the trustees inspect it. Fortunately Horace Appleby, currently posing as his butler, is on hand to oblige. Horace is, in fact, not a butler but an American gangster.. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591438
- ISBN
- 9781841591438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Stanley Duke thinks it is safe to sink into middle age, his son goes insane. As if that wasn't terrible enough, Stanley finds himself beset on all sides by women - neurotic, cantankerous, half-baked or just plain capricious. As they gnaw away at his composure, he wonders whether insanity is not something with which women are intimately acquainted. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099461043
- ISBN
- 9780099461043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. The best novel yet from 'the king of high concept SF' (GUARDIAN) Series: Gollancz S.F. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 24. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780575076518
- ISBN
- 9780575076518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. Rin is flying back from her honeymoon. She's madly in love with her husband, Shin, and the future looks rosy. This title follows Rin's life backwards through time from this moment so that we see her when she is eighteen, sixteen and finally fifteen, and a picture of the dark heart and violent past of this disturbed young woman gradually develops. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099515982
- ISBN
- 9780099515982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Les Anglais are in the kitchen and the French are up in arms Series: Fogas Chronicles. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444708233
- ISBN
- 9781444708233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Set in Paris and Ireland, this is a moving story about a woman in her forties, dealing with her sexuality, a damaged daughter and a fear of returning to her roots. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 412. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KTM0005600
- ISBN
- 9780743450171
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 171 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: FA; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 171
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888393944
- ISBN
- 9780888393944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.29
€ 18.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595545039
- ISBN
- 9781595545039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.01
€ 17.99
€ 17.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 24. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553248135
- ISBN
- 9780553248135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.60
€ 9.99
€ 8.60
Paperback. The highly acclaimed new novel from the award-winning author of Blackmoor Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847391551
- ISBN
- 9781847391551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.27
€ 10.99
€ 9.27