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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. From the author of the million copy bestselling The Devil Wears Prada. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262. 8vo Good copy .
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KEX0255162
ISBN
9780007311002
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Beginning with the late nineteenth-century writings which first assimilated and reworked Western literary traditions, and coming right up to the younger generation dealing with the pitfalls and paradoxes of modern life, this anthology offers a stimulating survey of the development of the Japanese short story, the Japanese literary genre. Editor(s): Goossen, Theodore W. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
484
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583195
ISBN
9780199583195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Set in Anno Domini 1369, the much loved Queen Philippa lies dying at Windsor and the plague has returned to the city of York. With plague rife and the city's inhabitants besieging his wife, the Apothecary, for new cures, Owen Archer is unwilling to become involved. There is too little to link the victims to each other: the riddle seems unsolvable. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 23. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099416944
ISBN
9780099416944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. ONE DOOMED PRIME MINISTER. TWO WOULD-BE SUCCESSORS. BUT WHO'S PULLING THE STRINGS? The second novel from Britain's foremost political commentator is a thrillingly intimate look at the inner workings of Whitehall, and who really controls party politics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Fourth Estate Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007596492
ISBN
9780007596492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. The prequel to what will be the publishing event of the year: the final volume of Jean M. Auel's six-book series, The Land of Painted Caves Num Pages: 800 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 53. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444713145
ISBN
9781444713145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. The summer bestseller from the immensely popular Lindsey Kelk Series: Tess Brookes Series. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007497980
ISBN
9780007497980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. Num Pages: 436 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
436
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845231453
ISBN
9781845231453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. From the master of the historical spy thriller, a story set in the heart of the Polish resistance Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Phoenix
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753825563
ISBN
9780753825563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Hidden deep in the mountains, the recruits at 'Unit 701', China's secret services, operate in a dark, shadowy world. There is the 'wind-listener', a blind surveillance officer who can hear sounds from miles away, the beautiful, unstable maths genius who meets a violent end, and, the old man who deciphers codes in his dreams. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391458
ISBN
9780141391458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.63

Pamphlet. Translator(s): Barton, Polly. Series: Keshiki. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 4. .
Publisher
UEA Publishing Project
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911343028
ISBN
9781911343028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. "Five-year-old Pea (shortened from her French name, Pivoine) and her eerily precocious younger sister, Margot, are left to their own devices for most of one oppressively hot summer in the French countryside after their father is killed in a farm accident and their pregnant and deeply depressed mother takes to her bed."--Library Journal. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KHN0002077
ISBN
9781408841846
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * Zora Neale Hurston's masterpiece is perhaps the most widely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon of African American literature. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Virago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860685241
ISBN
9780860685241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784703608
ISBN
9781784703608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. In Simpson's uniquely imaginative and sensuous voice, we hear of the mixed blessings of independence and marriage, of sex and babies. By the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749391621
ISBN
9780749391621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Set at the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS), suave master spy Sterling Archer deals with global espionage; a domineering, hypersexual, late middle-aged mother/boss, Malory Archer; his ex-girlfriend, Agent Lana Kane; her ISIS accountant boyfriend Cyril Figgis; and, a less-than-masculine code name: Duchess. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062066312
ISBN
9780062066312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.87

Paperback. Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this novel tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 123 x 23. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006551096
ISBN
9780006551096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590172339
ISBN
9781590172339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.01

Paperback. During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the 'whisky priest', is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny, reluctant to abandon those who need him, and those he cares for. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286097
ISBN
9780099286097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. An irresistible journey of love, intrigue and betrayal from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755358540
ISBN
9780755358540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Hardback. Tom has always known exactly the person he is going to be. A successful footballer. A man others look up to. Now, though, the bright future he imagined for himself is threatened. The Premier League academy of his boyhood has let him go. At nineteen, Tom finds himself playing for a tiny club in a town he has never heard of. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9781910702666
ISBN
9781910702666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 5.47

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