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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Features characters from folklore, archetypal figures from Yoruba society, supernatural or magical happenings, acute human observation and often a moral point. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316885
ISBN
9780571316885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2003, this book suggests that desperate times throw up the most unlikely of heroes. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main - Re-issue
SKU
KRF0024440
ISBN
9780571215164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The seventeen year old Hornblower became infamous as soon as he stepped on board ship as the midshipman who was seasick in the Spithead, but things were soon to change. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Penguin UK
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140119398
ISBN
9780140119398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. In 1827, in a hut on the plains of New South Wales, two strangers spend the night in talk. Carney, an illiterate Irishman, is to be hanged at dawn. Adair, also Irish, has been sent to supervise the hanging. The novel moves between Australia and Ireland to explore questions of nature and justice. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099744016
ISBN
9780099744016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Hardback. Part glamorous travelogue, part slow-burn mystery, this full-bodied tale of a runaway is at once formally inventive and heartbreakingly familiar.. (It's also insanely funny.)' Lena Dunham Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782397694
ISBN
9781782397694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.62

Paperback. It should be the most natural thing in the world. But in Tony Parsons' latest bestseller, three couples discover that Mother Nature can be one hell of a bitch. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 282. Used paperback in very good condition.
Edition
(Reissue)
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KNW0015503
ISBN
9780007151240
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The first novel in Frank Barnard's riveting World War Two fighter pilots series - Band of Brothers for the air Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755325559
ISBN
9780755325559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Leading politician and bestselling author Newt Gingrich and novelist Pete Earley are back with another gripping international thriller. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455540297
ISBN
9781455540297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. The book which introduced Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, to the world. Exciting, thrilling and addictive.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755355297
ISBN
9780755355297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. 'ANOTHER INSTANT COBEN BOLITAR CLASSIC' Michael J Fox For ten long years two boys have been missing. Now you think you've seen one of them. He's a young man. And he's in trouble. Do you approach him? Ask him to come home with you? And how can you be sure it's really him? You thought your search for the truth was over. It's only just begun. Series: Myron Bolitar. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 277.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784751135
ISBN
9781784751135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
188
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126417
ISBN
9781897126417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609452940
ISBN
9781609452940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.66

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 113 x 21. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Group
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970553
ISBN
9780241970553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Is Emilia, the wicked stepmother incarnate? Passionately in love with her husband, Emilia has a secret, guilty loathing for her precocious little stepson, William - a forty-year-old in a five-year-old's body, whom she picks up from nursery every Wednesday afternoon. How can she forgive William for living, when her own cherished child has gone? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTG0007377
ISBN
9780552772921
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC GB
Edition
New
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408876855
ISBN
9781408876855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. In the name of Rome, Scipio Africanus systematically destroyed the hard-won empires of Hannibal and Alexander the Great. This work reveals the aristocrat, general, politician, and aesthete behind the Roman triumph. Series: Carthage Trilogy. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map,. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282. 400 pages, 1 map,. In the name of Rome, Scipio Africanus systematically destroyed the hard-won empires of Hannibal and Alexander the Great. This work reveals the aristocrat, general, politician, and aesthete behind the Roman triumph. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight: 282.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671004
ISBN
9781847671004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Behind every great woman stands another one. And for television producer Tamsin, that's Bea, her brilliant assistant. The only one Tamsin can trust with her coffee order, her filing - Bea does it all with a smile on her face. So when Tamsin hears a rumour that Patrick, her oldest and best friend's husband, is cheating on his wife, she is furious. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405917674
ISBN
9781405917674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. This exceptional Egyptian novel - as mesmerising as it is controversial - caused an unprecedented stir when it was first published in Arabic. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007243624
ISBN
9780007243624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571215065
ISBN
9780571215065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Hardcover. When Psmith finds himself working in the City for the pompous Mr Bickersdyke, he makes it his mission to bring a little sweetness and light into the bank manager's life. The monocled wit with the suave manner and the chivalrous but devil-may-care attitude to life is determined not to let honest toil depress him. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591087
ISBN
9781841591087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. A tale of passion, politics and conflict. It features King Henry II who finds himself brutally betrayed by his wife Eleanor and three eldest sons when they enter into a rebellion against him. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038551
ISBN
9780141038551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.64

Hardcover. In an interview, Updike once said, "If I had to give anybody one book of me, it would be the Olinger Stories." This title follows the life of one character from the age of ten through manhood, in the small Pennsylvania town of Olinger (pronounced, according to Updike, with a long O and a hard G), which was loosely based on Updike's own hometown. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596181
ISBN
9781841596181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Translator(s): Smolin, Jonathan. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 205 x 16. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167799
ISBN
9789774167799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Harbour Books (East) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Paperback re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905128273
ISBN
9781905128273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.05

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