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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, pursued by the constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776578
ISBN
9780552776578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Compares the relation of biography to fiction and history and explores several writers' lives in connection with their works. This book incorporates different ways in which biographies, memoirs, diaries and autobiographies can be discussed. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844137466
ISBN
9781844137466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Hilarious, heartwarming chick lit perfect for your beach bag, by bestselling author Chrissie Manby. Series: Proper Family. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473615366
ISBN
9781473615366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Tom Carey is a priest in crisis. God's good world has curdled and the Church is beset by scandal. He is haunted by the face of a woman he once secretly loved. Abandoning his comfortable parish he buries himself in the post of Port Chaplain on a busy river, but soon finds himself caught up in the murky world of international people-smuggling. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 195.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422150
ISBN
9780099422150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. In Sawgamet, a gold mining village gone bust, the cold of winter breaks the glass of the schoolhouse thermometer and the dangers of working in the cuts are overshadowed by the mysteries and magic lurking in the woods. On the eve of his mother's funeral, Stephen, a priest, sits to write her eulogy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099549260
ISBN
9780099549260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Kim Rees became a translator for the glamorous jet-set lifestyle. So, five years later, she's not quite sure how she ended up in a basement flat in Cardiff translating German computer games in her dressing gown. Fortunately, her mother has a plan to extract her from her marshmallowy rut: a trip to the magical isle of Capri. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 34. Weight in Grams: 260. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
ARROW
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Arrow Book Edition
SKU
KEX0230747
ISBN
9780099414933
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Copy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909570016
ISBN
9781909570016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His wife is growing distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has been receiving. In this title, as the story unfolds, the suburban realities of Okada's vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer are truned inside out. Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 458.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448792
ISBN
9780099448792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 599 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 108 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294. 599 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; HRCG9. Dimension: 173 x 108 x 25. Weight: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Number of pages
599
Publication date
1997
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553258479
ISBN
9780553258479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.66

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 306. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Publication date
2009
SKU
KOC0016416
ISBN
9781842233450
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 306. Well-read paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Publication date
2009
SKU
KIN0007000
ISBN
9781842233450
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure. Over the weeks leading up to this upheaval, she talks often with her psychiatrist Dr Grene, and their relationship intensifies and complicates. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.. Signed by the author.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780571323951
ISBN
9780571323951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. A gripping psychological thriller from the author of the acclaimed debut The Missing One. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782069874
ISBN
9781782069874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A novel about ghosts, mental illness and sexual betrayal from 2014 Richard and Judy Book Club author Louise Doughty Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471136818
ISBN
9781471136818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Hardcover. Translator(s): Ela, Hosam Aboul-. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714529455
ISBN
9780714529455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A rich, harrowing and compulsively readable parable of betrayal, abuse, friendship and love. A contemporary retelling of the Beauty and the Beast story. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416901198
ISBN
9781416901198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.48

Paperback. Second in Nora Roberts' wonderfully romantic DREAM trilogy Series: Dream Trilogy. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349411705
ISBN
9780349411705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Third in Nora Roberts' wonderfully romantic DREAM trilogy Series: Dream Trilogy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349411712
ISBN
9780349411712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Editor(s): Robson, W. W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536450
ISBN
9780199536450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.12

Paperback. Series: BARNES NOBLE FLEXIBOUND EDITIO. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 150 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Sterling Publishing Co Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781435159624
ISBN
9781435159624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

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