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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Hemingway must take on his new role of leader and, of equal importance, assist his wife Mary to pursue the great lion she is determined to kill before Christmas. This work details the African landscape, the thrill of the hunt, and the heartfelt relationships with his African neighbours. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 21. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099282129
- ISBN
- 9780099282129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 5.70
€ 9.99
€ 5.70
paperback. Ten years on from "Trainspotting", Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099422464
- ISBN
- 9780099422464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.00
€ 10.99
€ 8.00
Paperback. The characters in this collection by the author of "Trainspotting" are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Stereotypes are at once celebrated and destroyed, as the protagonists find themselves on unfamiliar ground. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099435013
- ISBN
- 9780099435013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. Roy Strang is engaged in a strange quest in a surrealist South Africa. His mission is to eradicate the evil marabou stork before it drives away the flamingo from picturesque Lake Torto. Part of the 1995 Scottish Book Fortnight promotion. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- 9780099435112
- ISBN
- 9780099435112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 4.99
€ 9.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Victor Frankenstein begins his anatomy experiments in a barn in the secluded village of Headington, near Oxford. The coroner's office provides the corpses he needs - but they have often died by violent means and are damaged and putrifying. Victor moves his coils and jars and electrical fluids to a deserted pottery manufactury in Limehouse. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099524137
- ISBN
- 9780099524137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 6.44
€ 9.99
€ 6.44
Paperback. An absorbing story of family life in its infinite variety, exploring the complex bonds between parent and child. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 22. Weight in Grams: 187.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340826270
- ISBN
- 9780340826270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 1026
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780394716787
- ISBN
- 9780394716787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.09
€ 21.99
€ 21.09
Paperback. 'As dramatic and colourful as the land itself' Gold Coast Bulletin Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 40. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747257660
- ISBN
- 9780747257660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. Luke Sutherland's extraordinary modern-day myth Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747569053
- ISBN
- 9780747569053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. * A definitive collection of 101 short pieces from 1900 to 2000 this is an invaluable volume of women's writing this century Editor(s): Smith, Ali; Boddy, Kasia; Wood, Sarah. Num Pages: 528 pages, Integrated: 10, Int. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860498428
- ISBN
- 9781860498428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. A historical tale marking a new turn in Doyle's writing. Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. He eventually becomes a Fenian, a rebel, a republican legend - one of Michael Collins's boys, an assassin on a stolen bike. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 250. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0009745
- ISBN
- 9780099284482
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.99€ 10.33
€ 11.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. When Gabby first met Elliott she knew he was the man for her. In twenty years of marriage she has never doubted her love for him - even when he refused to give her the one thing she still wants most of all. But now their two daughters are growing up Gabby feels that time and her youth are slipping away. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0009945
- ISBN
- 9780718157586
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Sunday Times bestseller Cathy Kelly returns with a funny, emotional, heart-warming new novel. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 350. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0009946
- ISBN
- 9781409153610
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The unmissable new action-thriller from one of the biggest names in British fiction - the No 1 bestselling author of The Ghosts of Sleath, Haunted, The Magic Cottage and The Rats. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harpercollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KKD0009974
- ISBN
- 9780006476009
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Nora Roberts - the World's Greatest Storyteller Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 394. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Piatkus
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0009996
- ISBN
- 9780749929688
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A collection of Vargas Llosa's short fiction whose domain is the Peru of male youth and machismo, where life's dramas play themselves out on the soccer field, on the dance floor and on street corners. The author has published many novels, including "The Storyteller". Translator(s): Kolovakos, Gregory; Christ, Ronald J. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 133. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0010097
- ISBN
- 9780571162123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. 1936: London is abuzz with gossip about the affair between Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson. But the king is not the only member of the aristocracy with a hard decision to make. Owen Montignac, the handsome and charismatic descendent of a wealthy land-owning family, is anxiously awaiting the reading of his late uncle's will. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552777407
- ISBN
- 9780552777407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.01
€ 15.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Uma, the plain, spinster daughter of a close-knit Indian family, is trapped at home, smothered by her overbearing parents and their traditions, unlike her ambitious younger sister Aruna, who brings off a 'good' marriage, and brother Arun, the disappointing son and heir who is studying in America. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on edges and ffep and minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0008702
- ISBN
- 9780099289630
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. After Rufus Scott, an embittered and unemployed black jazz-musician commits suicide, his sister Ida and old friend Vivaldo become lovers. Yet their feelings for each other are complicated by Rufus's friends, especially the homosexual actor Eric Jones who has been Vivaldo's lover. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141186375
- ISBN
- 9780141186375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.45
€ 14.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. A global phenomenon, The Alchemist has been read and loved by over 62 million readers, topping bestseller lists in 74 countries worldwide. Now this magical fable is beautifully repackaged in an edition that lovers of Paulo Coelho will want to treasure forever. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780722532935
- ISBN
- 9780722532935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.57
€ 11.99
€ 9.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583226988
- ISBN
- 9781583226988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. The Internal Revenue Service Regional Examination Centre in Peoria, Illinois, 1985. Here the workers fight a never-ending war against the urgency of their own boredom. Here then, squeezed between the trivial and the quotidian, lies all human life. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141046730
- ISBN
- 9780141046730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.53
€ 16.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, and a consumate musician. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- SKU
- KKD0011027
- ISBN
- 9780749397548
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals. The skirmishes are so severe that the Government dispatches a squadron of soldiers led by the fat, brutal and stupid Figueras to deal with them. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0011028
- ISBN
- 9780749391300
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95