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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Life is sweet for would-be bohemian Artie Conville. Safe at the helm of his subsidised magazine - with a cosy office paid for by the tax-payer - he's content to drift along quoting poetry, lingering over long lunches and flirting with the lovely Rosie McCann. The main thing is to keep the real world at bay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 311.
Publisher
Sandstone Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908737083
ISBN
9781908737083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.55

Paperback. A very funny, energetic, wonderfully engaging novel about where we're from and where we'd like to get to.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007346721
ISBN
9780007346721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. Exploring the themes of love and longing and loss with grace, bewilderment, playfulness, and occasionally anger. Num Pages: 80 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 157.
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897231432
ISBN
9781897231432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 8.27

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135. .
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845233341
ISBN
9781845233341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Hardcover. Rosemary Fielding is delighted when impresario and family friend Oliver Duncan suggests turning her novel into a mini-series. However, his choice of leading man, the actor Stephen Walker, is rude and arrogant causing Rosemary to retaliate. But, with Oliver insisting they settle their differences, the author and actor spend a weekend together. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526. 224 pages. Rosemary Fielding is delighted when impresario and family friend Oliver Duncan suggests turning her novel into a mini-series. However, his choice of leading man, the actor Stephen Walker, is rude and arrogant causing Rosemary to retaliate. But, with Oliver insisting they settle their differences, the author and actor spend a weekend together. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight: 526.
Publisher
Robert Hale
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780709080961
ISBN
9780709080961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.09

Paperback. A young and inexperienced sea captain finds that his first command leaves him with a ship stranded in tropical seas and a crew smitten with fever. As he wrestles with his conscience and with the increasing sense of isolation that he experiences, the captain crosses the 'shadow-line' between youth and adulthood. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140180978
ISBN
9780140180978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. From our greatest novelist of Renaissance Italy comes Sacred Hearts, a stunning tale of passion, betrayal and music set in an enclosed convent in 1570. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089116
ISBN
9781844089116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. How far would you go to get the life can't have? Shyama, aged forty-eight, has fallen for a younger man. They want a child together. Meanwhile, in a rural village in India, young Mala, trapped in an oppressive marriage, dreams of escape. When Shyama and Mala meet, they help each other realise their dreams. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Red Fox
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862300538
ISBN
9781862300538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Translator(s): MacAdam, Alfred. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Regan Arts
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Rep Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632060952
ISBN
9781632060952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.81

Paperback. A dark and brilliant debut collection of short stories by a gifted young author. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786490414
ISBN
9781786490414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Wife, mother and journalist Jess finds her usually cheery muddle of family life turned upside down when her husband Matt is unexpectedly made redundant. For instead of looking upon it as the disaster it is, he sees it as the perfect opportunity to indulge in some kind of second adolescence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - Genre - Family Sagas,Subjects - Fiction - Authors, A-Z - A - Astley, Judy,Subjects - Fiction - General,Subjects - Fiction - Contemporary Fiction: 1970 Onwards - Women's Popular Fi"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS0048846
ISBN
9780552147644
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Wife, mother and journalist Jess finds her usually cheery muddle of family life turned upside down when her husband Matt is unexpectedly made redundant. For instead of looking upon it as the disaster it is, he sees it as the perfect opportunity to indulge in some kind of second adolescence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220. A fine reading copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KRS0016790
ISBN
9780552147644
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel of spellbinding emotional power about a family in crisis by a highly talented young author Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 262. Clean copy, with some light shelfwear. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KST0022800
ISBN
9780340961438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Shriver's intelligence, mordant humour and vicious leaps of imagination all combine to make this a novel that is as unsettling as it is entertaining' FINANCIAL TIMES The brilliant new novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk about Kevin. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007560776
ISBN
9780007560776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

Paperback. Spice up your life with the new novel from the author of THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRA0004361
ISBN
9780340922200
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. "The king is dead. Long live the king. When power falls on the shoulders of a young man, only his slave can teach him how to be great. But power corrupts, and absolute power.. A new novel of the ancient world - in all its splendour and barbarity - from a hotly talented, prize-nominated rising star. " Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857899231
ISBN
9780857899231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Hardcover. Series: Calla Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 271 x 251 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1340.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
20th Anniversary Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606600337
ISBN
9781606600337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.59

Paperback. All that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas.. The Nightingale Hospital, London, 1944: With her husband Nick away fighting, Dora struggles to keep the home fires burning and is put in charge of a ward full of German prisoners of war. Can she find it in her heart to care for her enemies? Series: Nightingales. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 267.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784750015
ISBN
9781784750015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Other book format. Series: BARNES NOBLE FLEXIBOUND EDITIO. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 150 x 219 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Sterling Publishing Co Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
flexibound edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781435159587
ISBN
9781435159587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.11

Paperback. Iain Banks's classic novel, reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139265
ISBN
9780349139265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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