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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. When Midlands housewife Coventry Dakin kills her neighbour in a wild bid to prevent him from strangling his wife, she goes on the run. Finding herself alone and friendless in London she tries to lose herself in the city's maze of streets. There, she meets a bewildering cast of eccentric characters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718194833
ISBN
9780718194833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, a 'half-Jewish' farmer's daughter from the plains of the Midwest, has come to university. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny to a couple who seem at once mysterious and glamorous, Tassie is drawn into the life of their newly-adopted child and increasingly complicated household. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571249466
ISBN
9780571249466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. * A new tense psychological thriller from the award-winning author, Russell Celyn Jones. * TEN SECONDS FROM THE SUN is an extraordinary story about what happens when a man is forced to construct a shiny new identity in an effort to escape a dark and terrible past. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KRF0038157
ISBN
9780349117799
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Dori's father has gone travelling in South America and, suffering from some kind of breakdown, following the death of his wife, he goes missing. Dori sets out to find him, leaving his wife and young son at home in Israel. Translator(s): Silverston, Sondra. Num Pages: 624 pages, -. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578550
ISBN
9780099578550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Harbour Books (East) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905128228
ISBN
9781905128228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. A heartbreaking story of love, loss and grief. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 285. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTG0005995
ISBN
9780330544115
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Jenny Bunn and Patrick Standish have settled into London life with their troubled courtship long behind them. Patrick works in publishing and Jenny teaches sick children in a hospital. They have reached a certain level of maturity, or so they think. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194226
ISBN
9780141194226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Repack
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764228513
ISBN
9780764228513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Based on the author's own experiences, this book presents the story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys in World War Two. It offers descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts. It tells of ordinary, heroic men who had to face a brutal menace which would strike without warning from the deep. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042831
ISBN
9780141042831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Following her UK No 2 success with DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL, this is Mary Higgins Clark's new bestseller. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 23. Weight in Grams: 186. Clean copy with some light shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
SKU
KST0022099
ISBN
9780743467735
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Following her UK No 2 success with DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL, this is Mary Higgins Clark's new bestseller. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 23. Weight in Grams: 186. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
SKU
KRF0009148
ISBN
9780743467735
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Through a dialogue between two lovers, this book retells the history of Europe of the twenties and thirties. It weaves together disparate strands of landscape to take the reader on a journey through Spain, London, Soviet Russia, North Africa and middle Europe. Num Pages: 604 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
604
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011116
ISBN
9781906011116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. 'These 39 Arab writers are all under the age of 40. They have flung open the doors on Arabic culture inviting the reader to transcend cultural boundaries and land in a region known as the "Arab World".' Hanan al-Shaykh Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222. New Writing from the Arab World. 320 pages. 'These 39 Arab writers are all under the age of 40. They have flung open the doors on Arabic culture inviting the reader to transcend cultural boundaries and land in a region known as the "Arab World".' Hanan al-Shaykh. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; FA; FYT. Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408809631
ISBN
9781408809631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.68

Paperback. * The ninth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series; Little, Brown are publishing in hardback Series: No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Edition
1st. Paperback Edition
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119953
ISBN
9780349119953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

paperback. In this East End saga set during the 1960s, Patsy Hemmingway gave her son Jac to his natural father and his wife because he didn't fit into her lifestyle. Now Jac is six and Patsy is on her own and she wants him back. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 21. Weight in Grams: 189.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Hodder & Stoughton Edition
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KNW0005699
ISBN
9780340818541
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Atmospheric, intelligent women's commercial fiction that explores the secrets and lies that can lurk beneath even the closest of friendships. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444723953
ISBN
9781444723953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Coolly and compellingly narrated by a man, this is a novel of psychological insight and power, about the reckless quality of exclusive love, about the damage families do - and try, sometimes dangerously, to undo. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 7058. Clean copy in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KST0026429
ISBN
9780099424338
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.78

Paperback. A New York Times bestseller and the magical second novel from the author of the enchanting GARDEN SPELLS Num Pages: 352 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 111 x 25. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340935774
ISBN
9780340935774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Tristao Raposo, a nineteen-year old black child of the Rio slums, spies Isabel Leme, an eighteen-year-old upper-class white girl, across the hot sands of Copacabana Neach, and presents her with a ring. Their flight into marriage takes them from urban banality to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188942
ISBN
9780141188942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. When the beautiful, imperious and moneyed Grace Caldwell Tate wants something she goes after it. Her affair scandalises Pennsylvania's elite and she must face the costs to her marriage and the man she really loves. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528821
ISBN
9780099528821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. The bestselling author of The Dovekeepersweaves the story of one of history's most captivating 'invisible' women: Rachel, mother of Camille Pissarro Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471112119
ISBN
9781471112119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Younes' life is changed forever when his poverty-stricken parents surrender him to the care of his more affluent uncle. Re-named Jonas, he grows up in a colourful colonial Algerian town, and forges a unique friendship with a group of boys, an enduring bond that nothing - not even the Algerian Revolt - will shake. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540458
ISBN
9780099540458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 'Sharp, intelligent and funny' Sarah Winman, author of When God was a Rabbit Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. Some minor shelf wear but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTJ0046907
ISBN
9780330519892
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Sharp, intelligent and funny' Sarah Winman, author of When God was a Rabbit Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTG0006335
ISBN
9780330519892
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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