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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. 1945: a lost German bomber crashes on the Vatnajokull glacier in Iceland. Inexplicably, in the midst of World War Two, there are both German and American officers on board. One of the senior German officers claims that their best chance of survival is to try to walk to the nearest farm and sets off, a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. Translator(s): Cribb, Victoria. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099535638
ISBN
9780099535638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Marie-Constance loves reading and possesses a beautiful voice. So, one day she decides to put an ad in the local paper offering her services as a paid reader. Her first client, a paralysed teenager, is transformed by her reading of a Maupassant short story. Her fame spreads and soon the rich, the creative and the famous clamour for her services. Translator(s): Hunter, Adriana. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Peirene Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908670229
ISBN
9781908670229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, Hajime and Shimamoto had been childhood sweethearts. The two eventually lost touch but now, in their thirties, they meet up again. Hajime, now a father and husband, finds himself catapulted into the past, risking all that he has in the present. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448570
ISBN
9780099448570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848404304
ISBN
9781848404304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.57

Paperback. 'Some books change lives. This is one of them' Val McDermid A haunting story of obsessive love which scandalized the world when first published Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224. 320 pages. 'Some books change lives. This is one of them' Val McDermid A haunting story of obsessive love which scandalized the world when first published. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight: 228.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408808979
ISBN
9781408808979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: FA; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274. Returning to Excellence in Education. 242 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; JN. Dimension: 145 x 201 x 17. Weight: 266.
Publisher
Tarcher
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874775723
ISBN
9780874775723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.85

Paperback. Eugene Debs Hartke, ex-Vietnam vet, ex-college professor, current inmate of Tarkington State Reformatory, awaits his trial and probable death from TB. How did he get there? Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
9780099877103
ISBN
9780099877103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Piatkus Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRF0031210
ISBN
9780749934194
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Pighog Press
Number of pages
207
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781906309251
ISBN
9781906309251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.97

Paperback. Gabriel Corrigan is a man who will fight to the death to protect little freedoms. The system doesn't like it. It says that you cannot opt out, that you have to participate. And it will do whatever it takes to return Gabriel to the fold - alive or dead. Series: Fourth Realm Trilogy. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 106 x 32. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552153355
ISBN
9780552153355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. The brilliant new police procedural from Luca Veste, featuring series characters Murphy and Rossi - 'A writer to watch' Mark Billingham Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Paperback Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471141379
ISBN
9781471141379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. An abandoned yacht, a young family missing - chilling crime from the queen of Nordic Noir. Series: Thora Gudmundsdottir. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444734485
ISBN
9781444734485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. One Dayon fast-forward: falling in love is the easy part. What matters most is what happens next .. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471142444
ISBN
9781471142444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. Stephanie Adam's life has just changed in an instant. After years of an unhappy marriage, and three kids grown, her husband passes away suddenly. Despite her grief and regrets, she can begin to think about what might come next for her. Returning from a weekend away, Stephanie finds herself on the road to Las Vegas, and new adventures. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Corgi Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552166195
ISBN
9780552166195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A tale of murder and literary ambition set on an American university campus from a master of the dark side of human nature Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324. Good clean copy with some minor shelf and reading wear. Previous owner's inscription on half title page.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTG0012075
ISBN
9780753820605
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Mr & Mrs Max Irving request the company of: Mrs Fran Friedman, mourning her empty nest, the galloping years and a disastrous haircut. Mr Saul Friedman, runner of marathons, and increasingly distant husband. The two Misses Friedman, Pip and Katy, one pining over the man she can't have, the other trying to shake off the man she no longer wants. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552779326
ISBN
9780552779326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

paperback. Read previously but remains good to very good.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group London
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KNH0009253
ISBN
9780751537925
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A classic tale of fantasy and self-delusion from one of the most acclaimed British novelists of the twentieth century Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083077
ISBN
9781844083077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. In the heart of London lies a tight-knit community of families. In the sweltering heat, Grace Ballantyne leaves her son Adam playing in his toy car in the garden. When she returns, she finds the door to the car open and her is nowhere in sight. As Grace frantically searches, panic creeps in and so the nightmare begins. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099509837
ISBN
9780099509837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. A burning helicopter crashes into Sydney Opera House and Kurt Austin is flung headlong into a race to avert global catastrophe.. Attempting to save a man in a speedboat from a sniper swooping in by helicopter, Kurt Austin lands himself in trouble with the Australian secret service. Series: The NUMA Files. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405909860
ISBN
9781405909860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

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