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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
hardcover. Describes how in 1949, as a young reporter, the author witnessed the opening of several tombs as an old convent made way for a new hotel. One of the tombs contained a skeleton of a young girl with reddish hair that measured 22 metres, 11 centimetres long. This novel talks about her legend as a popular saint. Num Pages: 5 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145. Weight in Grams: 379. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000898
- ISBN
- 9780224040259
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602827592
- ISBN
- 9781602827592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.04
€ 16.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. On a street in a town in the North of England, ordinary people are going through the motions of their everyday existence. A young man is in love with a neighbour who does not even know his name. An old couple make their way up to the nearby bus stop. But then a terrible event shatters the quiet of the early summer evening. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0216156
- ISBN
- 9780747561576
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. In this first of six novels, Tremblay fictionalizes the lives of his beloved characters, dramatized so brilliantly in his plays. Translator(s): Fischman, Sheila. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Talonbooks Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889221901
- ISBN
- 9780889221901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.85
€ 20.99
€ 19.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553592535
- ISBN
- 9780553592535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.19
€ 16.99
€ 15.19
Paperback. Twelve-year-old Fumi Tanaka has a problem - her beautiful and beloved older sister, Sumiko, has disappeared. Determined to find her, Fumi enlists the help of her new classmate Aya, forcibly repatriated with her father from Canada after the war. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 32. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784161149
- ISBN
- 9781784161149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.08
€ 10.99
€ 10.08
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manor House Publishing Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780978107000
- ISBN
- 9780978107000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.90
€ 26.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. A long-awaited new novel set in the period of the French and Indian Wars brings a new dimension to the region s history" Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584652137
- ISBN
- 9781584652137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.39
€ 18.99
€ 16.39
Paperback. Grace Sachs, a happily married therapist with a young son, thinks she knows everything about women, men and marriage. She is about to publish a book called You Should Have Known, based on her pet theory: women don't value their intuition about what men are really like, leading to serious trouble later on. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571307531
- ISBN
- 9780571307531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. All The Places We Lived is a collection of disparate, yet inextricably connected stories that are bound by the common threads that exist amongst young people in and out of love with each other and life in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910409657
- ISBN
- 9781910409657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.44
€ 12.44
Paperback. Offers a irreverent overview of Indonesian history in the Sukarno and Suharto eras and insights into the postcolonial condition. This title tells a story that begins in the 1930s, before Indonesia's independence from Dutch rule, and follows the fortunes of a poor Javanese village woman who becomes a servant in the household of President Sukarno. Translator(s): Keeler, Ward. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295983929
- ISBN
- 9780295983929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly thought he knew all he needed to about women's bodies.. And now he's getting a biology lesson he could have so lived without .. Sometimes, life just isn't fair to the babe magnet supremo. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844880904
- ISBN
- 9781844880904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.87
€ 20.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564781673
- ISBN
- 9781564781673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.76
€ 15.76
Paperback. Wonderful Booker Prize-shortlisted novel now reissued Num Pages: 224 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0017659
- ISBN
- 9780340637838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Now a major motion picture, The Choice is an unforgettable - and heart-wrenching - love story from Nicholas Sparks, the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Notebook. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- V9780751540574
- ISBN
- 9780751540574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Hardback. Navy intelligence officer Neal Olen finds himself a pawn of both the author,a woman with whom he had an affair and who hopes to promote her book and the Navy eager to demonstrate zero tolerance of sex scandals. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593590
- ISBN
- 9781882593590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.69
€ 27.99
€ 23.69
Paperback. The wise, warm story of a woman negotiating her way through life without realising she doesn't understand the rules of the game, by the Booker-shortlisted author of Astonishing Splashes of Colour Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254. Good copy with some shelf wear but overall in a good condition9780752844718
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KIN0035010
- ISBN
- 9780340896679
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Tanya was in Beverly Hills to do a major screenplay after years of writing stories and articles on the side, always putting her family first. Now, flying back to Marin County between shoots, struggling to reconnect with a family that seems to need her less and less, Tanya watches helplessly as her old life is pulled out from under her. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 108 x 35. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clear copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KYB0000318
- ISBN
- 9780552151818
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Sometimes, a second chance can come out of nowhere.. Martin's rejection by Gabrielle has haunted him all his life. He's now a Parisian cop on the cusp of making a career-defining arrest. Archibald Maclean, the legendary art thief, is in his sights. But things are about to change. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Gallic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906040345
- ISBN
- 9781906040345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Infamous Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617754821
- ISBN
- 9781617754821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.67
€ 14.99
€ 13.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186. As new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Brandon Books
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220715
- ISBN
- 9781902011158
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A pornographic fantasy in which the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185385
- ISBN
- 9780141185385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
Hardcover. Broke Neck, Kentucky, lies deep in Appalachia. Its people are descendents of the men and women who settled the country in revolutionary war times, and their ways have not chnaged much in the past 200 years. "Shady Groves" chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Broke Neck's Fowler clan. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122380
- ISBN
- 9780813122380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.91
€ 37.91
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
€ 4.99