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Paperback. Talks about the narrator, who is twelve when he leaves his village in Guyana to come to England, where he is abandoned by his father into social care, but later wins a scholarship to Oxford. Featuring the narrator's Guyanese childhood and youth in working-class Balham, this novel explores the cost to his personality of losing that past. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845230135
- ISBN
- 9781845230135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Having married and murdered his way into a wealthy Italian family he has now become a respected member of Veronese business life. But it's not enough. He comes up with a plan to put on the most exciting art exhibition of the decade, based on a subject close to his heart: killing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099581437
- ISBN
- 9780099581437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters. This work traces the sisters' lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in provincial Bursley, England, during the mid-Victorian era, through their married lives, to the modern industrial age, when they are reunited as old women. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141442112
- ISBN
- 9780141442112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. * The first ever novel from the ex-Geordie Shore star, Vicky Pattison Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751561333
- ISBN
- 9780751561333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Paperback. Drowning in the freezing North Atlantic, Christopher Hadley Martin, temporary lieutenant, happens upon a grotesque rock, an island that appears only on weather charts. To drink there is a pool of rain water; to eat there are weeds and sea anemones. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571298501
- ISBN
- 9780571298501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. A sharp, spiky and funny look at modern life and middle-class preoccupations - this time Christina Hopkinson unpicks the world of the weekend wives. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444785302
- ISBN
- 9781444785302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
Paperback. The fifth novel in the Little Village School series, packed full of humour, warmth and village drama, from bestselling author Gervase Phinn. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 38. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444779417
- ISBN
- 9781444779417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, Rosie McCosh and her three sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of the conflict. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War? Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099597834
- ISBN
- 9780099597834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. In Rebecca Shaw's latest scintillating tale of village life, hearts will be broken, families reunited and long-hidden secrets will finally come to light. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409147237
- ISBN
- 9781409147237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Hardcover. Clean copy in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers London
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st. Edition : 1st. Printing
- SKU
- KNH0011892
- ISBN
- 9780007302543
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A mesmerising tale of Empire, wild daring, love and conquest in Lawrence's Arabia Num Pages: 320 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408809808
- ISBN
- 9781408809808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.27
€ 10.99
€ 9.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 109 x 20. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Kensington Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601621412
- ISBN
- 9781601621412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.68
€ 8.68
Paperback. Flirtatious, straight-talking Jo Gold says she's got no time for love. New mother Sarah Hudson has cut short her maternity leave to return to work. Bored, over-eating housewife Carrie Radley says she just wants to shift the pounds. The unlikely trio meet by chance, and embark on a mission to make their wishes come true by September. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552171557
- ISBN
- 9780552171557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Whispers are driving Bruno Frye to kill - even if it means returning from the grave .. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472248220
- ISBN
- 9781472248220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. One morning Herman Mussert wakes up in a hotel room in Lisbon, where twenty years previously he slept with another man's wife. Yet he is quite certain that the night before he went to sleep as normal in his house in Amsterdam. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099582885
- ISBN
- 9780099582885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.21
€ 11.99
€ 10.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. Weight in Grams: 165. Well read copy, with some shelfwear and/or soiling. Remains a very good reading copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Corgi Books(London)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KST0021596
- ISBN
- 9780552132749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Rumer Godden's classic wartime love story is a dramatic tale that was the basis for the film Enchantment starring David Niven. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088577
- ISBN
- 9781844088577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. How do you go about rewriting the story of your life? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782399445
- ISBN
- 9781782399445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.19
€ 10.99
€ 9.19
Paperback. A novel in verse tells of one man's self-induced tragedy and his search for happiness. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848664371
- ISBN
- 9781848664371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 63. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Number of pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503945463
- ISBN
- 9781503945463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.63
€ 11.99
€ 10.63
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591513
- ISBN
- 9781841591513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber London
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228096
- ISBN
- 9780571223398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Barefoot, I pick my way across the rough floorboards to where a drawer lined with a quilt serves as a crib. Kneeling as if at chapel, I gaze down at my babe in her makeshift manger. I must not touch her. When I look I must not touch. When I touch I must not look. In this way Mam says no bond will form. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Number of pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KAK0009657
- ISBN
- 9780091947057
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.99€ 4.99
€ 6.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Big Green Tent is the kind of book for which the term "Russian novel" was invented. A sweeping saga, it tells the story of three school friends who meet in 1950s Moscow and go on to embody the heroism, folly, compromise, and hope of the Soviet dissident experience. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 210 x 39. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250097446
- ISBN
- 9781250097446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.95
€ 27.99
€ 22.95