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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The Same Sky tells the powerful, moving story of Carla, a 12-year-old Honduran girl struggling to get to the US with her little brother, and Alice, who lives in Texas and is desperate to become a mother. A perfect book club read, for fans of Liane Moriarty. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349134321
ISBN
9780349134321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. A Blackfriars paperback original or fans of Jonathan Franzen, a brilliant and funny novel about the illusion of perfection in relationships or in work. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 321 x 24. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Blackfriars
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349134383
ISBN
9780349134383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. From the author of the acclaimed The Girl Below comes a stunning novel of one woman's attempt to outrun the destiny that is predicted for her, moving from a remote New Zealand commune in the waning days of 1970s free-love experimentation to the heady music scene of 1980s London. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349134444
ISBN
9780349134444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. The new literary tour-de-force from the author of Citrus County Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349138862
ISBN
9780349138862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. 'Andrea Semple's book about an agony aunt's agony will make you laugh, cry and make you want to call up your friends and tell them how much you love them. Refreshingly original.' - Faith Bleasdale Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349402048
ISBN
9780349402048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. A novel about sex, relationships and other natural disasters Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349402086
ISBN
9780349402086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. In his follow-up to Love, Love Me Do, Mark Haysom moves us from 60s to 70s Briton in a novel about one ordinary family's hopes and dreams. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 150 x 39. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349403915
ISBN
9780349403915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. Much-anticipated new novel from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Rosamund Lupton Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349408156
ISBN
9780349408156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. The text of this 1902 novel is again that of the fully corrected and annotated reprint of the New York Edition (1909), together with James's preface and the two frontispieces he commissioned for the New York Edition of The Wings of the Dove. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393978810
ISBN
9780393978810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. This is the story of a former secret service agent who, having been forced to retire due to an accident, decides to write a novel about his experiences. He starts to visit a cafe frequented by intellectuals, only to find himself the subject of police scrutiny." Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435134808
ISBN
9780435134808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Edition
1 Original
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780446178099
ISBN
9780446178099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. Bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman's debut novel is an epic story of a fierce young immigrant's rise to become the greatest ice cream maker in America.. and the events that threaten to destroy her. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780446696944
ISBN
9780446696944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Angus, Douglas; Angus, Sylvia. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780449912225
ISBN
9780449912225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. A compelling and intricate novel of emigration and the effects of colonialism on a people Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472064700
ISBN
9780472064700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.07

Paperback. Series: Dover Children's Thrift Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 6. Weight in Grams: 73.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486430317
ISBN
9780486430317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.24

Paperback. Jack Burns' mother, Alice, is a tattoo artist in search of the boy's father, a virtuoso organist named William who has fled America to Europe. To fund her journey, she plies her trade in the seaports of the Baltic coast. Num Pages: 960 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552773126
ISBN
9780552773126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. When Buddy taunted Mac with the odd truth of their family that Madeline was not really Mac's sister, but his father's first wife with a damaged brain and intellect of a 7 year old, the family was separated. Later in 2003, Mac attends the funeral of Buddy's son. This story explores notions of innocence and experience, loyalty and betrayal. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552773676
ISBN
9780552773676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Rachel loves being at the centre of her large family. She has devoted herself fiercely to bringing up her three sons, but at their childhood home on the wide, bird-haunted coast of Suffolk, Rachel finds that her control begins to slip away. Other women - her daughters-in-law - are usurping her position. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776400
ISBN
9780552776400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The soldiers are coming home - after six months in Afghanistan. Surely being reunited with their wives and girlfriends and families will be heaven, after the hell they have been through. When Dan Riley returns to his adored wife, Alexa, and their children, his Army life still comes first. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776424
ISBN
9780552776424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Lee Fiora is a shy fourteen-year-old when she leaves small-town Indiana for a scholarship at Ault, an exclusive boarding school in Massachusetts. Her head is filled with images from the school brochure of handsome boys in sweaters leaning against old brick buildings, and girls running with lacrosse sticks across pristine athletics fields. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776844
ISBN
9780552776844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Born a Parsi in Bombay, sent to university and medical school in Vienna, Dr Farrokh Daruwalla is a Canadian citizen - a 59-year-old orthopaedic surgeon, living in Toronto. Once, twenty years ago, Dr Daruwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa. Now, two decades later, the doctor will be reacquainted with the murderer.. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552996051
ISBN
9780552996051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Icy winter in South Dakota. A bus skids and crashes in a gathering storm. On the back seat: Jack Reacher, hitching a ride to nowhere. A life without baggage has many advantages. And disadvantages too, like facing the arctic cold without a coat. Series: Jack Reacher. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bantam
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
V9780553825565
ISBN
9780553825565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Harriet Norton won't stop crying. Her parents, Ann and Thomas, are being driven close to insanity and only one thing will help. Mysteriously, their infant daughter will only calm when she's under the ancient trees of Bleasdale forest. The Nortons sell their town-house and set up home in an isolated barn. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571308187
ISBN
9780571308187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.16

Hardcover. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 121 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679601722
ISBN
9780679601722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.95

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