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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A novel about a man in flight from his rural past, in thrall to his job and in despair about his life. Dexter Bucknell is a 40-year-old single parent hoping to inveigle his live-in girlfriend into marrying him and being a mother to his two young sons. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Vintage Book Edition
SKU
KMR0005468
ISBN
9780099772415
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A chance encounter one cold, dark night could change the course of Tilda Penny's life for ever Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 181 x 31. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747248569
ISBN
9780747248569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. When Lorna comes to work one morning at the offices of a buzzing newspaper and a colleague offers to bring her a sandwich, all seems as it should be. Emails, boyfriends and sparkling parties follow. But Lorna has had a brainstorm. She can't remember what she does, where she came from and where she's supposed to go next.. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099498124
ISBN
9780099498124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. A captivating fusion of elegy, autobiography, socio-political critique and visionary thrust, To the Lighthouse is the most accomplished of all Woolf's novels. This new edition includes a full contextualizing introduction and notes by David Bradshaw. Editor(s): Bradshaw, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536610
ISBN
9780199536610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.11

Paperback. Dan is a war correspondent in Bosnia, a stringer and a loner, a truthteller up to a point, careless with everything except his sources. This is a novel about transgressing moral, personal, ethical and social boundaries with tragic results - as a translator at the War Crimes tribunal gets close to a journalist who reports from former Yugoslavia. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099464471
ISBN
9780099464471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812970043
ISBN
9780812970043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.15

Paperback. Set in the Malay Archipelago, this novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance, but also an exotic tale of the East. It explores the dilemmas of conscience, of moral isolation, of loyalty and betrayal confronting a sensitive individual whose romantic quest for an honourable ideal are tested to the limit. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260377
ISBN
9781853260377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. * 'The divine Spark is shining at her brightest .. Pure delight' Claire Tomalin, Independent Series: VMC Designer Collection. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085279
ISBN
9781844085279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Can you ever re-create that first great love? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444761931
ISBN
9781444761931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Edwin Fisher has fled to a seaside resort of his childhood past to try to come to terms with the death of his baby son and the collapse of his marriage to Meg. On this strange and lonely holiday, as he seeks to understand what went wrong, Edwin must find some way to think about what he has been and decide upon where he can go next. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099591924
ISBN
9780099591924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 195.
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Edition
Doubleday Anchor ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385240871
ISBN
9780385240871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.07

Paperback. A woman in a township is surrounded by dusty children but longs for a baby of her own; an old man finds that his job making coffins at No Matter Funeral Parlour brings unexpected riches; a politician's widow stands quietly by at her husband's funeral as his colleagues bury an empty casket. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571246946
ISBN
9780571246946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Translator(s): Berry, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781400031863
ISBN
9781400031863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197661
ISBN
9780141197661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. The Quintons have lived in the old house in Cork for hundreds of years. Though Anglo-Irish Protestant, they sympathize with the cause of independence and secretly fund Michael Collins' fighters. But one of their workers is an informer, and when he's murdered on their land, though they know nothing of it, the Black and Tans come seeking revenge. Series: William Trevor Backlist Novels. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969496
ISBN
9780241969496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. An elderly caretaker at a large outdoor exhibition, called Art in Nature, finds that a couple have lingered on to bicker about the value of a picture; he has a surprising suggestion that will resolve both their row and his own ambivalence about the art market. Translator(s): Teal, Thomas. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Sort of Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956308696
ISBN
9780956308696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. It's a Thursday evening in 1936. Clive Staples Lewis (known to all his friends as "Jack") is hosting a gathering of that well-known literary group, The Inklings. Among those attending is Auberon Willesden. The following morning he is found beheaded. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Marylebone House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910674321
ISBN
9781910674321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Berlin before the fall of the Wall is a city divided, yet its ordinary residents find ways to live and survive on both sides. All are, in their different ways, wall jumpers, trying to lose themselves but still trapped wherever they go. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187983
ISBN
9780141187983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. Sara has a hard time understanding why Seth wants to befriend the new girl in town and even share their secrets of Thacker's Trail. Even Solomon's reassuring words don't soothe Sara. But Sara discovers that not only does Annette's presence not detract from her joyful experience, but that it adds to it in more ways than she could have imagined. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Hay House Inc
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401911607
ISBN
9781401911607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.80

Hardback. The sequel to YouTube sensation Oli White's bestselling debut GENERATION NEXT. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473634411
ISBN
9781473634411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. On the cusp of the Second World War in Europe, Nicolas and Alex are two widowed men raising their children alone. They lead contented, peaceful lives, until a long-buried secret about Nicolas' ancestry threatens his family's safety.. To survive, they must flee to America. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552166133
ISBN
9780552166133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. From the award-winning author of All She Wants and the writer of Coronation Street and Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, comes this comedy with a huge, beating heart. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KRA0011671
ISBN
9781447238461
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Erica James at her best - 'A very moving novel about life, families and love' Sunday Express Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Orion
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752883410
ISBN
9780752883410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

paperback. Previously read copy, with some shelfwear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KST0030723
ISBN
9780751518597
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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