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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. When Jo takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children are downright mystifying. Suddenly, village life seems terribly appealing. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 35. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KI20002885
- ISBN
- 9780099427971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A novel with the power of the THE LOVELY BONES behind it, that questions how it is possible to move on when the thing you love most is taken from you. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear to the cover
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KIN0034959
- ISBN
- 9780755329892
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cleis Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781627781305
- ISBN
- 9781627781305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.62
€ 17.99
€ 15.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780967967554
- ISBN
- 9780967967554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.05
€ 23.05
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. Reissue - with a stunning new cover - of Anita Shreve's outstanding second novel - 'a superbly crafted, intelligent exploration of the complications of an abusive relationship' BOOKLIST Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. First pages slightly stained.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KTG0004548
- ISBN
- 9780349105864
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. It charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Digital
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099428541
- ISBN
- 9780099428541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.25
€ 12.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. The narrator meets Helen, a tiny, blonde, serious girl when they are both looking after children during a summer holiday in Normandy. Helen's adventures in search of a morally satisfying life lead her into situations that are neither satisfying nor moral. Series: A chronicle of modern twilight. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003342
- ISBN
- 9780099286028
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Flambard Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873226681
- ISBN
- 9781873226681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.37
€ 12.37
Paperback. Presents an account and indictment of colonialism. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803279667
- ISBN
- 9780803279667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.65
€ 18.99
€ 18.65
Hardback. A novel, in which the narrator unexpectedly finds himself back in the world of his childhood: Switzerland in the 1940s. He returns to his childhood home to find his parents frantic because their son is missing. Then, in another switch, the young boy that he was back then turns up in the present of the early 1990s, during the Gulf War. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Donal. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857422118
- ISBN
- 9780857422118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.36
€ 20.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. Murder, intrigue, suspicious cash, public munificence, scandal--and tree farming? A family saga of Sephardic Jews living in Chile. Translator(s): Winkler, Donald. Series: Biblioasis International Translation Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927428375
- ISBN
- 9781927428375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.38
€ 17.99
€ 15.38
Paperback. A mysterious novel by the author of the international bestseller SOPHIE'S WORLD. Translator(s): Anderson, James. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- New, Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753811467
- ISBN
- 9780753811467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551521572
- ISBN
- 9781551521572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.30
€ 17.99
€ 16.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Sui, Gwee Li. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 39. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564789051
- ISBN
- 9781564789051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Declan O Donnell has sailed out of Oregon and deep into the vast, wild ocean, having had just finally enough of other people and their problems. He will go it alone, he will be his own country, he will be beholden to and beloved of no one. Num Pages: 320 pages, includes 9 black-&-white illustrations & 10 music notations throughout plus 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Picador
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250062451
- ISBN
- 9781250062451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.18
€ 19.99
€ 18.18
Paperback. Orlando, a young nobleman in Elizabeth's England, awaits a visit from the Queen. Now, an ambassador in Costantinople, awakes to find that he is a woman. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853262395
- ISBN
- 9781853262395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.05
€ 8.05
paperback. BABY COME BACK is the gripping, touching and funny story of what happens when a wife discovers her deadly rival is her husband's mother. Another wry, witty novel from a wonderful bestselling author. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006213
- ISBN
- 9780751529685
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 34. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Grantha Corporation United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890206482
- ISBN
- 9781890206482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.30
€ 21.30
Paperback. Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy. And then she sees something shocking.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784161750
- ISBN
- 9781784161750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781783781683
- ISBN
- 9781783781683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.02
€ 12.99
€ 9.02
Paperback. Includes an excerpt from "Murder takes the cake." Num Pages: 272 pages, includes recipes. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451600025
- ISBN
- 9781451600025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.60
€ 16.99
€ 14.60
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. An autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Black writers of the 20th century. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472064687
- ISBN
- 9780472064687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.15
€ 30.15