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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Written by one of the all-time greats of Scottish literature, this work is a trilogy of novels: "Sunset Song" (1932), "Cloud Howe" (1933) and "Grey Granite" (1934). At each book's core is the heroine Chris Guthrie, as she grows from a child into adulthood through the Great War to the development of communism in the 1920s. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Polygon
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008456
ISBN
9781904598824
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people such as the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 215. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KKD0008952
ISBN
9781846680496
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. The magnificent new novel from the million-selling Booker Prize-winning author of The White Tiger: one of the most eagerly anticipated literary novels of 2011, 'a kaleidoscopic portrait of a changing Mumbai' Guardian Best Books of 2011 Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 242 x 37. Weight in Grams: 718. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Atlantic Books London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008955
ISBN
9781848875166
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. It is the freakishly hot, drought summer of 1921; dust storms in London, parched and cracking earth, autumn tints in July. Holed up in a cottage in the Chilterns, a young writer strives to write the first great novel of the War, impelled by his own suffering. Outward events and inner crises deflect him from his purpose, and love intervenes. Series: Vintage War. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 271. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but remains a clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0007025
ISBN
9780099272984
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * An irresistible narrative of courage and endeavour. A story that captures nature at its most beautiful and most brutal and which unlocks the intricacies at the heart of human relationships. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 110 x 30. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KSS0007242
ISBN
9780349116525
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A compulsive and haunting tale of the passion, betrayal, sensuality and ambiguity at the heart of shifting metropolitan lives Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KSS0007313
ISBN
9780747268178
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. An army doctor investigates a plague in a Polish village. What he finds there is deeply unsettling and harrowing. Meanwhile, a colleague is unravelling a similar tale 300 years old - one that arose only to be twisted into its current form, as the fairy-story, the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Flamingo
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0007345
ISBN
9780006550778
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Most of us can remember a defining moment in our lives. A split second when time stood still and our lives changed forever. For Lily Ormond, that moment came late one night when she answered a knock on the door and discovered that while she'd been smashing garlic and rosemary and watching the soaps, her sister Alison had drowned. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st ed
SKU
KSS0007540
ISBN
9781848270114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An enthralling tale of wealth, ruin and secrets from the No. 1 bestselling author Penny Vincenzi. The Original and The Best. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 508. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Headline Review
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
KSS0007545
ISBN
9780755320837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The ultimate 'thinking-person's beach read', a novel based on a fascinating kernel of fact. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 354. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KSS0007591
ISBN
9780755343591
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 222. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0007615
ISBN
9780755323463
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A comedy masterpiece from the internationally bestselling author of ONE DAY and THE UNDERSTUDY. Num Pages: 368 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340734872
ISBN
9780340734872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A lively, unorthodox look at economics, business, and public policy told in the form of a novel. Num Pages: 282 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262681353
ISBN
9780262681353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.14

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755353972
ISBN
9780755353972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Tish is nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. The two families struggle win justice for Fonny. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140187977
ISBN
9780140187977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Cora has everything a woman is supposed to want - a career, a caring husband, children, and a stylish home. Desperate for release & burdened with guilt she falls into a pattern of ever increasing violence and sexual degradation till a one night stand tips her over the edge. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bluemoose Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780992791919
ISBN
9780992791919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.88

Paperback. A landmark work of fiction from one of Britain's most exciting new writers: 'The Harmony Silk Factory' is a devastating love story set against the turmoil of mid-twentieth-century Malaysia. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280. Fine copy
Publication date
2006
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
New Ed
Format
Paperback
SKU
KSS0007859
ISBN
9780007232284
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. A young East Indian man was arrested only because he had answered correctly all the questions in a quiz show This novel has been made into the very popular moVietnamese "Slumdog Millionaire." Vietnamese translation by Nguyen Bich Lan. In Vietnamese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on endpapers and minor nicks and bumps on cover but remains a clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KSS0007975
ISBN
9780552772501
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * The third novel in Alexander McCall Smith's irresistibly charming series about the residents of 44 Scotland Street Series: 44 Scotland Street. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119717
ISBN
9780349119717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A pregnancy pact between three teenaged girls puts their mothers' love to the ultimate test in this explosive new novel from Barbara Delinsky Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264. 69pp .Folio. Stitched as issued. Includes detailed information on each person . Covers Clare Cork kerry Kildare Kilkenny King's County Limerick and Tipperary
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007285846
ISBN
9780007285846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.07

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