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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Tells the story of Chicago's Mafia and the power struggle that ensues when the greedy Don, Jimmy Collucci, attempts to become the king-pin of Chicago's "Honored Society". For Jimmy Collucci has had a lifelong hatred pf dedicated Black Warrior, Jesse Taylor, against whom he has regularly competed for turf on the streets of Chicago. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186. 224 pages. Tells the story of Chicago's Mafia and the power struggle that ensues when the greedy Don, Jimmy Collucci, attempts to become the king-pin of Chicago's "Honored Society". For Jimmy Collucci has had a lifelong hatred pf dedicated Black Warrior, Jesse Taylor, against whom he has regularly competed for turf on the streets of Chicago. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight: 186.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857869753
ISBN
9780857869753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 117 x 19. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099470434
ISBN
9780099470434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. The ruthlessly ambitious Joe Lampton rises swiftly from the petty bureaucracy of local government into the unfamiliar world of inherited wealth, fast cars and glamorous women. But the price of success is high. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099445364
ISBN
9780099445364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. A father, finally free of his daughter's demands, embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. And in the grandest house of all, Danni the Polish housekeeper catches the eye of an enigmatic visitor. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099548447
ISBN
9780099548447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Jodi Picoult explores the issues of bullying and teenage school shootings in this riveting, thought-provoking and compelling number one bestseller, reissued with an exciting new cover treatment. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 150 x 45. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444754360
ISBN
9781444754360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. From pre-First World War Warsaw to the New York of the 1930s, this title traces the early years of the author's life. It presents his bookish boyhood as the son of an Orthodox rabbi, equally absorbed in science, philosophy and cabbala. It chronicles the intricacies of his first love affairs. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391595
ISBN
9780141391595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. A novel that offers an account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures and relapses. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189826
ISBN
9780141189826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. The first of Trollope's six Palliser novels, Can You Forgive Her? explores the dilemma of Alice Vavasor, torn between two suitors, and the choices faced by two other independent women. The tensions within Victorian society highlighted by the plot are illuminated in the introduction and notes to this new edition. Editor(s): Birch, Dinah. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199578177
ISBN
9780199578177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. 1913. Unmarried sisters Nellie and Vivian Marsh live an impoverished existence in a tiny cottage on the banks of the Little River in Suffolk. Their life is quiet and predictable, until a sudden flood throws up a strange fish on their doorstep and a travelling man who will change them forever. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905490714
ISBN
9781905490714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. IN ONE MOMENT THE HORROR BECOMES YOUR LIFE. IT'S NOT JUST IN THE PAPERS ANYMORE, IT'S ON YOUR HANDS. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KRF0037663
ISBN
9780007241729
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A richly imaginative tale of alien cultures set on a collision course from an author who continues to build on his substantial fan-base to attain a wider readership. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849160902
ISBN
9781849160902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461029
ISBN
9780099461029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. .
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First World Publication
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727887320
ISBN
9780727887320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. This is no ordinary tale of innocence lost .. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447283706
ISBN
9781447283706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. After more than twenty years together, Jean and Mark revel in a sabbatical on a remote tropical island. Life seems idyllic. Until, that is, Jean opens a salacious love-letter addressed to Mark. Looking for answers she goes undercover with a surreptitious correspondence that propels her on to alarming and illuminating adventures of her own.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513384
ISBN
9780099513384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

Paperback. Tells the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. This title presents a loving and nostalgic recreation of the sumptuous, intricate upper-class life of Osaka immediately before World War Two. With surgical precision, it lays bare the sinews of pride, and brings a vanished era to vibrant life. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749397104
ISBN
9780749397104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Revolves around the character of Hend, an Arabic teacher and would-be writer in her late thirties, who emigrates to the United States from Cairo with her eight year old son after the painful break-up of her marriage. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571280056
ISBN
9780571280056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

paperback. In a country recovering from a brutal and divisive civil war, a young boy, Jamie, is knocked off his bike and dies in a city street. His father agrees to allow one of Jamie's lungs to be removed and flown over the border for a transplant. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 149.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KNW0008641
ISBN
9780099497233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. Would you fight to save the world your parents have destroyed? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218. 320 pages. One choice. One chance to make a difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 194 x 127 x 21. Weight: 218.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857864185
ISBN
9780857864185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Enter Rosamunde Pilcher's world of simple joys, of crisp country air and crackling log fires, the pleasures of family reunions and rediscovered friendships. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444761740
ISBN
9781444761740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

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