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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The seventeen-year-old Hornblower became notorious as soon as he stepped on board ship - as the midshipman who was seasick in Spithead. But he was soon to gain his sea legs. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 44. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Film and TV-Tie Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140271737
ISBN
9780140271737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. 'Beautifully written, intelligent and gripping' Daily Mail. From the Richard and Judy bestselling author of The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Heron Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782064510
ISBN
9781782064510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. When Simeon Simcox, a socialist clergyman, leaves his entire fortune not to his family but to the ruthless, social-climbing Tory MP Leslie Titmuss, the Rector's two sons react in very different ways. Henry, novelist and former 'angry young man' turned grumpy old reactionary, decides to fight the will and prove their father was insane. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141193397
ISBN
9780141193397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Rumer Godden's classic novel China Court, first published in the 1960s, is a compelling story of a century of love, ambition and endurance. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088553
ISBN
9781844088553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A journey into the dark recesses of the American psyche in which a hapless writer with a passion for drink and rich women finds he has a bad case of alcoholic amnesia and must try to reconstruct the missing hours of a terrible evening that resulted in his car being drenched in blood. A crime novel from the author of THE AMERICAN DREAM. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349103273
ISBN
9780349103273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Vienna, 1903. An operatic diva, Ida Rosenkrantz, is found dead in her luxurious villa. It appears that she has taken an overdose of morphine, but a broken rib, discovered during autopsy, suggests other and more sinister possibilities. Series: Liebermann Papers. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099519683
ISBN
9780099519683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. As a librarian, Imogen read a lot of books, but none of them covered real life on the Riviera. Her holiday with tennis ace, Nicky, and the whole glamorous coterie of journalist, playboy, photographer, was a revelation - and so was she. A prize worth winning. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552152549
ISBN
9780552152549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. The perfect companion to Lauren Oliver's New York Times bestselling Delirium trilogy about forbidden love, revolution and the power to choose. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL; FR; YFB; YFM; YFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473638600
ISBN
9781473638600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Lorimer Black - young, good-looking, but with a somewhat troubled expression - does not understand why his world is being torn apart, though he does know that for the most part it is made up of bluster and hypocrisy. His business, trying to keep insurance companies from paying out the money they've promised. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044187
ISBN
9780141044187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In bestseller Elin Hilderbrand's first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473617179
ISBN
9781473617179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Series: Dover Thrift S. 208 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 15. Weight: 186.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486289991
ISBN
9780486289991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.03

Paperback. One day, Ralph Goldstein switches on the television to hear Ruud Gullit, former Dutch international and Chelsea player-manager extraordinaire coining the famous phrase "sexy football" and realises how these two simple words sum up everything he believes in. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130. Weight in Grams: 454.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Robson Books Ltd
Number of pages
342
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KLN0017814
ISBN
9781861057945
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Love gets in the way of progress when Raman, a sign painter, meets Daisy, who wishes to bring birth control to the city of Malgudi. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140185492
ISBN
9780140185492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.14

Paperback. Sally Beauman is the author of the bestselling REBECCA'S TALE. First published in 1990, DARK ANGEL is her second novel and already international bestseller which has been widely translated and contains overtones of Daphne Du Maurier. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751534658
ISBN
9780751534658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Lew Archer, world-weary private investigator, is hired by Larry and Irene Chalmers when they suspect that their troubled son Nick is involved in their own burglary. But when a fellow investigator - one who's been working with Nick - turns up dead, Archer soon realizes this isn't simply about some stolen loot. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196602
ISBN
9780141196602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins his hero Dean Moriarty, a traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat, on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American dream. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182674
ISBN
9780141182674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. 'A literary molotov cocktail to light up the dark' Colum McCann Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 302 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141428
ISBN
9780349141428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Adam and Rachel are getting married at last. Childhood sweethearts whose lives and families have been intertwined for years; theirs is set to be the wedding of the year. But then Rachel's cousin Ellie makes an unexpected return to the family fold. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569527
ISBN
9780099569527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A powerful, menacing novel from the New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782112754
ISBN
9781782112754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. In their tiny, sea-beaten cottage on the north coast of Scotland, Liska and Ruth await the birth of their first child. Each passes the time by telling the baby stories, trying to pass on the lessons they've learned: tales of circuses and stargazing, selkie fishermen and domestic werewolves, child-eating witches and broken-toothed dragons. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784702342
ISBN
9781784702342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
New
Publisher
Old Street
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTM0005699
ISBN
9781905847389
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Old Street
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRF0038532
ISBN
9781905847389
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Old Street
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRF0024417
ISBN
9781905847389
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 195 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Sternberg Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9783943365863
ISBN
9783943365863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.81

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