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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A classic selection of the best of Stan Barstow's stories covering the last five decades of British life. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 44. Weight in Grams: 956.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
696
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908069672
ISBN
9781908069672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 243 x 43. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781101883075
ISBN
9781101883075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.53

Paperback. A masterly evocation of childhood and its influences on the adult mind, from the author of The Go-Between Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547803
ISBN
9781848547803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Burnt island is about a literary novelist, Max Long, who wins a fellowship to Burnt island to write his next novel. He ends up staying with the very successful novelist James Fairfax whose wife had gone missing under mysterious circumstances. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 213.
Publisher
Salt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773488
ISBN
9781907773488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. A dark, indelible epic about the other side of the American Dream Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 43. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330449212
ISBN
9780330449212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. A heart-warming and hilarious novel about four girls looking for Mr Right by internationally renowned and bestselling author. Her critically acclaimed YA novel, 'Does My Head Look Big in This' sold over 25,000 copies in the UK. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Saqi Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863567117
ISBN
9780863567117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.05

Paperback. 'Housekeeping' is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230082
ISBN
9780571230082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. This epic novel is an unforgettably powerful story of love, loss and the long shadow of war, perfect for readers of Santa Montefiore and Victoria Hislop. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471155581
ISBN
9781471155581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. An icon in the world of television news, Blaise McCarthy seems to have it all: beauty, intelligence and courage. But privately there is a story she has protected for years.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 257.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552165884
ISBN
9780552165884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Presents the story of a young woman's slowly evolving identity in the turbulent political environment of South Africa. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312. 384 pages. Presents the story of a young woman's slowly evolving identity in the turbulent political environment of South Africa. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight: 262.
Number of pages
384
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747549796
ISBN
9780747549796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. This is the way the family got away. They packed everything they could fit into the car, placed the body of their dead brother in the toy box and put him in the boot. Then theyy left Minola and headed towards mid-America. This is the story seen through the eyes of the family's surviving children. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 160. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KTG0007336
ISBN
9781841152097
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Sara B. is losing her cool. Not just in the momentary-meltdown kind of way-though there's that, too. At the helm of must-read Snap magazine, veteran style guru Sara B. has had the job-and joy-for the past fifteen years of eviscerating the city's fashion victims in her legendary DOs and DON'Ts photo spread. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396. Good copy
Publisher
MIRA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0241348
ISBN
9780778304333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Sara B. is losing her cool. Not just in the momentary-meltdown kind of way-though there's that, too. At the helm of must-read Snap magazine, veteran style guru Sara B. has had the job-and joy-for the past fifteen years of eviscerating the city's fashion victims in her legendary DOs and DON'Ts photo spread. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
MIRA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KOC0015861
ISBN
9780778304333
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Why did Tsuneo's shy wife end up stone dead in a boutique in a louche Tokyo neighborhood? He discovers she's been having an affair, and, in a moment of panic, kills her lover. No apparent motive, no witnesses, a faltering investigation. But the pressure builds and Tsuneo starts making mistakes. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908524638
ISBN
9781908524638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardback. A tale told by an adventurous boy, Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of a treasure map and sets off with an adult crew in search of the buried treasure. Among the crew, however, is the treacherous Long John Silver who is determined to keep the treasure for himself. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: D; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780141192451
ISBN
9780141192451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. As the new school year begins, Jack Sheffield prepares for an eventful year than usual. A teacher is appointed, and before long tongues start to wag. Meanwhile, five-year old Madona Fazackerly makes her mark in an unexpected way, life changes dramatically for Ruby the caretaker and, in village Coffee Shop, Dorothy Humpleby plans a dirty weekend. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552167031
ISBN
9780552167031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Explores how the history we think we know is not a series of events but rather a constellation of countless individual lives. And although every story is unique, each is founded on the same human desire - to be remembered. Translator(s): Proctor, Minna. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841959832
ISBN
9781841959832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. When Theo Griepenkerl happens upon the fifth Gospel in a war-torn Iraqi museum, he can't believe his luck. Driven by greed and a lust for fame, he capitalises on his find by publishing it. His book is a sensation. But he can hardly imagine the incendiary consequences his discovery will have for Christians, Arabs, and Amazon customers alike. Series: Myths. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
SKU
KTM0000676
ISBN
9781847672797
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. This novel portrays the experiences of ordinary soldiers fighting World War II. Using the points of view of a perceptive young Nazi, a jaded American film producer, and a shy Jewish boy just married to the love of his life, Irwin Shaw conveys the scope, confusion and complexity of war. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 704 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 42. Weight in Grams: 926.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226751290
ISBN
9780226751290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.84

Paperback. The triumphant conclusion to M.K. Hume's magnificent Twilight of the Celts trilogy that completes the epic series about the legend of King Arthur, sure to appeal to fans of Conn Iggulden and George R. R. Martin. Series: Twilight of the Celts. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 42. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472215734
ISBN
9781472215734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A dramatic family saga, filled to the brim with scandal and intrigue Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
336
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749957995
ISBN
9780749957995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. Many years ago, Iris Greenfeder's mother disappeared. They were living at Hotel Equinox where Iris' father was the manager and where her mother wrote delicate, powerful fantasies. Then one day, she took a train and never returned. She was found dead in a hotel fire in Brooklyn, registered as another man's wife. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 319. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arrow
Publication date
2004
SKU
KRA0010917
ISBN
9780099435624
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Canadian Inst of Ukranian Study Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781895571240
ISBN
9781895571240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.86

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
€ 11.04

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