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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Sweeping in scope, both historically and geographically, the author weaves a rich tapestry of characters (real and imagined) in a Kenya poised between colonialism and independence. He intertwines political and personal - rise of Mau Mau in last days of colonialism looms large over a plot centring on two love stories and a deep friendship. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306. 448 pages. Sweeping in scope, both historically and geographically, the author weaves a rich tapestry of characters (real and imagined) in a Kenya poised between colonialism and independence. He intertwines political and personal - rise of Mau Mau in last days of colonialism looms large over a plot centring on two love stories and a deep friendship. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight: 358.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956060
ISBN
9781841956060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.04

Paperback. When Tiro, the confidential secretary of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events which will eventually propel his master into one of the most famous courtroom dramas in history. The stranger is a Sicilian, a victim of the island's corrupt Roman governor, Verres. Series: Cicero Trilogy. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099527664
ISBN
9780099527664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Life as a single mother is hard. Emma loves her thirteen-month-old son Ritchie, she really does - but sometimes, she dreams about what life would be like without him. But when Ritchie is abducted from the London Underground, Emma's dream becomes a nightmarish reality. So why don't the police seem to believe her? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857503749
ISBN
9780857503749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Carole Barber has come to Paris, with its rain-slick slate roofs and winding streets, to work on her novel - and to find herself after a lifetime in the spotlight. But on this cool November evening, as her taxi speeds into a tunnel just past the Louvre, a fiery instant of terror shatters hundreds of lives - and leaves Carole alone, unconscious. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Corgi Edition
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRA0010718
ISBN
9780552154741
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Book 2: The Agnes Browne Trilogy Continuing the hilarious saga of the ups and downs, minor scrapes and major run-ins of the seven children of Agnes Browne. Full of joy, humour, pathos and Dublinese. With a new introduction by the author, Brendan O'Carroll. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847173232
ISBN
9781847173232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Spanning the centuries from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth, this collection opens with a rumbustious tale from the Marquis de Sade, takes in the masters of the nineteenth century, from Stendhal and Balzac to Maupassant, and reaches to Quebec, Africa, and the French Carribbean in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Fallaize, Elizabeth. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583171
ISBN
9780199583171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. The story of Eva Kershaw - sister of OUR LIZZIE and OUR POLLY Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 34. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340821329
ISBN
9780340821329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 214 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126769
ISBN
9781897126769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. A chance acquaintance brings together the preposterous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182131
ISBN
9780141182131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. * In her wonderfully witty fifth novel, bestselling author Candace Bushnell tells the stories of five women living in Manhattan's swankiest apartment building Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRF0008990
ISBN
9780349119540
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * In her wonderfully witty fifth novel, bestselling author Candace Bushnell tells the stories of five women living in Manhattan's swankiest apartment building Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 334. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRA0009082
ISBN
9780349119540
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. * In her wonderfully witty fifth novel, bestselling author Candace Bushnell tells the stories of five women living in Manhattan's swankiest apartment building Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328. Clean copy in good to very good condition.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLJ0001989
ISBN
9780349119540
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Wife. Mother. Daughter. What happens when it all becomes too much? Series: No Greater Courage. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Head of Zeus United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784970352
ISBN
9781784970352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. At the turn of the twentieth century, Nathan Walker comes to New York City to take the most dangerous job in the country: digging the tunnel far beneath the Hudson that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In the bowels of the riverbed, the workers - black, white, Irish and Italian - dig together, the darkness erasing all differences. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214. 256 pages. At the turn of the twentieth century, Nathan Walker comes to New York City to take the most dangerous job in the country: digging the tunnel far beneath the Hudson that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In the bowels of the riverbed, the workers - black, white, Irish and Italian - dig together, the darkness erasing all differences. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight: 182.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408805916
ISBN
9781408805916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. Anya has been backpacking in the Spice Islands, but her last postcard home arrived months ago. Now her anxious father, Francesco, has gone in search of her. Almost within sight of land, the ferry he's travelling on sinks and Francesco and two other Europeans are washed ashore on the island Anya was heading for. Translator(s): Jamieson, Christopher. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KLN0016503
ISBN
9780747586012
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Exact Change,U.S. United States
Number of pages
139
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
annotated ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781878972071
ISBN
9781878972071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. Is love ever enough? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 303. In good condition. A well read copy
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRS0011011
ISBN
9780007180363
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A third novel by the author of "Bird of Paradise" and "The Indiscretion". Charting the ebb and flow of female friendships, and set against a background of international polo and transatlantic airlines, it is the story of a woman who throws down a challenge - to life, business and her lover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 30. Weight in Grams: 230. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KNH0013319
ISBN
9780099586500
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In a shock move for the Church of England, a female Archbishop of Canterbury is appointed. What happens when the stained glass ceiling is shattered? Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444753370
ISBN
9781444753370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. A scrumptiously funny and moving tale of love, lust and confectionery. Who needs love when you've got chocolate? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 28. Weight in Grams: 306. Clean copy.Trade paperback
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0219133
ISBN
9780751539684
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Sam and Laura Diamond - and their friends - are circling forty and all feeling a lot less certain about life than when they first met in their twenties. Laura wants to work part-time and have a third child - an appalling prospect for her husband Sam, whose secret ambition is to give up his job as a struggling scriptwriter and have a vasectomy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRF0037212
ISBN
9780099502890
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Sam and Laura Diamond - and their friends - are circling forty and all feeling a lot less certain about life than when they first met in their twenties. Laura wants to work part-time and have a third child - an appalling prospect for her husband Sam, whose secret ambition is to give up his job as a struggling scriptwriter and have a vasectomy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KDK0009225
ISBN
9780099502890
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509809769
ISBN
9781509809769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.41

Paperback. An extraordinary novel from the best-selling author of the Ibis trilogy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848544154
ISBN
9781848544154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

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