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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl is left to bring up her three children alone - Cody, a flawed devil, Ezra, a flawed saint, and Jenny, errant and passionate. Now as Pearl lies dying, stiffly encased in her pride and solitude, the past is unlocked and with it, secrets. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099916406
ISBN
9780099916406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. An account of a young English undergraduate from the provinces, this portrait of Oxford during the war is now regarded by many critics as a classic of its kind. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225828
ISBN
9780571225828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Katherine travels through her past to understand the present, unaware that the seeds of her future have already been planted. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782795933
ISBN
9781782795933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Bestseller Jamie McGuire is back, starting at the beginning of Beautiful Disaster, but this time from bad boy Travis' point of view. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471115141
ISBN
9781471115141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509837854
ISBN
9781509837854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. This sequel to "The Woman of the House" and "Across the River" is a story of love for the home place and of the passions and jealousies it can inspire. A story of grief and trying to cope with loss, but also of resilience in the face of family tragedy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Brandon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863223525
ISBN
9780863223525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.98

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 225 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447291596
ISBN
9781447291596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. A brilliant, fast-paced comedy about what happens when all of your dreams become true. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
The Borough Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
KRA0009090
ISBN
9780008118778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Nazca Plains Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934625989
ISBN
9781934625989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 5.21

Paperback. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472207234
ISBN
9781472207234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Series: A Jaine Austen Mystery. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 105. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780758285102
ISBN
9780758285102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.26

Hardcover. This is the only novel that Conrad set in London, and it communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894. Verloc, (a Russian spy who is also working for the police) is ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151237
ISBN
9781857151237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Athena Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844017065
ISBN
9781844017065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 5.52

Paperback. The warm, witty and refreshingly honest novel from the Irish bestseller Clare Dowling. Whether you're a mother, a sister, a daughter or a grandmother, this hilarious story of teenage pregnancy and mistaken identity is guaranteed to have you laughing out loud. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KIN0036196
ISBN
9780755392742
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Traces the turbulent emotional journey of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, a smug, well-to-do London wine merchant and unfaithful husband, whose life is turned inside out when his wife leaves him for her psychoanalyst. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 212 x 39. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593708
ISBN
9781841593708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. 'A beautiful mad romp of a novel .. Prepare to be dazzled' (Daily Mail) Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KST0020627
ISBN
9780340632437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. These stories are all set in the same nameless Greek village, a world where magic invariably loses out to harsh reality, a world at once universal, funny and compelling. The villagers' lives intersect, as lives do in a small place, and they all know each other's secrets - all the little infamies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099433521
ISBN
9780099433521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. This new edition of Defoe's masterpiece includes a lively introduction by Tom Keymer, full notes and useful appendices, including a chronology of the action of the story and Defoe's most sustained commentary on it. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, one map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199553976
ISBN
9780199553976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.11

Paperback. Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks writes novels that real women want to read. With her trademark tell-it-like-it-is style, she gets right to the heart of the dilemmas people face in their lives and takes her stories to unexpected places. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755394272
ISBN
9780755394272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. A heartbreaking collection of stories from one of America's finest living writers. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447250722
ISBN
9781447250722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Reissue of the classic tale of high-octane adventure set in the world of 1970s Formula One, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Num Pages: 256 pages, forms transparencies. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 17. Weight in Grams: 140. 190pp , Minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Fontana
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KLN0022584
ISBN
9780006151357
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The true and epic story of a boy's survival in the face of impossible odds. Walk tells the story of a deadly scramble down the wild coastline of what would become present-day South Africa and should be required reading for anyone interested in the early history of this complex nation and impeccably crafted literary fiction alike. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431409204
ISBN
9781431409204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.41

Paperback. Gold Dust is a classic story of the brotherhood between man and beast, the thread of companionship that is all the difference between life and death in the desert. It is a story of the fight to endure in a world of limitless and waterless wastes, and a parable of the struggle to survive in the most dangerous landscape of all: human society. Translator(s): Colla, Elliott. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Arabia Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
171
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906697020
ISBN
9781906697020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Hlynur Bjorn is an unemployed 30-something loner, still living with his mum, who spends his days on the Internet, watching satellite TV, and gazing at girls in the pub. But Hlynur's cosy, unthreatening world is shaken when his mother comes out as a lesbian, and her Spanish girlfriend Lolla moves into their home. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 115 x 27. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571209767
ISBN
9780571209767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

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