Modern Fiction (post 1945)

Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher she is certain of where she stands. She can review a book...

The book titled Farewell to Russia by the author Richard Hugo. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Knightfall by the author Gillian Linscott. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Ever had one of those weeks when you've been soaked, put through the wringer and hung out to dry? On Monday morning, this twice-divorced mother of three was bemoaning her...

A psychosexual novel of suspense, by the author of The Orange Tree. Jack Maine, a top TV scriptwriter, falls lustfully in love with Chloe, but soon she disappears and he...

The book titled In the Presence of Enemies by the author William J. Coughlin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The Queen of the Revenge Comedy returns with a razor-sharp new novel about friendship and secrets . . . Georgia and Lydia are so close they're practically sisters. So when...

The Half Moon Valley is not easy to farm, nor are its inhabitants easy to know. But the valley produces the best superfine merino wool in the country, and Dan...

This title contains stories including: "The Landlady", "William and Mary", "The Way up to Heaven", "Parson's Pleasures", "Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat", "Royal Jelly", "Gregory Progy", "Genesis and Catastrophe",...

The book titled The Spoils of Time by the author June Thomson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Protection by the author Bill James. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Stars shine on centre stage. But what secrets lie hidden in the wings? Stars shine on centre stage. But what secrets lie hidden in the wings? Alex Rainford has it...

The book titled Floating Voter by the author Julian Critchley. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Baksheesh and Brahman by the author Joseph Campbell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

From the author of Redemption and Trinity comes another sweeping and awe-inspiring novel of politics, family, passion and intrigue. Spanning the decades from World War II to the 2008 Presidential...

Recapture the summer sunshine this autumn with the Sunday Times bestseller that readers are calling 'captivating' and 'a treasure of a read'... Love grows where you least expect it... July...

This is the story of Richard Temple - prisoner of war, sometime adventurer, lover and artist - told with insight, empathy and drama by one of the world's master storytellers....

This copulative sotry of passion, jealousy, fidelity and faithlessness is Weldon at her most provocative. Into the lives of Marion, Nora, Roaslie and Susan erupts Leslie Beck, an old flame...

The book titled The Americans by the author John Jakes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Macpherson. MacrobertsonBinding: HardbackPublished: MacRobertson, Melbourne, 1921Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Worn and faded boards with some discolouration....

Eve Sylvester is young and broke and needs a job fast. After years of foster homes, backpacking and a sailing trip across the Pacific Ocean, she has lost contact with...

A suspense novel about a murder in the Louvre with clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci, going beyond the novel to the facts we find it's most radical...

'We've been waiting for an hour.' That's what Audrey says. She states it with a little bit of an edge, her words just bordering on cursive. That's the thing I...

Born in County Clare, Ireland, brought up on Lamb's Shakespeare, lime sherbet sweets and the golden dust of fairy's wings, young Harriet Smithson's imagination promises the world in a bubble....

The book titled Pilgrim's Progress by the author John Bunyan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Every night on her late night radio show, Jeannie Sterling vents with her listeners about rude mobile phone users, poor gym etiquette, and other annoyances of modern life. Jeannie truly...

Perfect Family. Perfect Weekend. Perfect Crime. Stay up all night with this twisting thriller... perfect for fans of Lucy Foley, Liane Moriarty and Ali Lowe. Turner Corp, a luxury goods...

A poignant and unforgettable story of family love, loyalty and betrayal set in the Blue Mountains at the turn of the twentieth century. three wives. two brothers. One unbreakable bond....

Author: James Tiptree, Jr.Binding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis science fiction epic, Up The Walls Of The World, chronicles a universe-spanning conflict involving...

Author: Fred Hoyle And Geoffrey HoyleBinding: HardbackPublished: SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB Newton Abbot, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe science fiction novel The Inferno presents a gripping narrative...

The book titled Hanover Place by the author Michael M. Thomas. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled A Very Private Plot: A Blackford Oakes Novel by the author William F Buckley, Jr., Jr.. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

A heart searing novel of a father's love and a family's endurance... To the outside world, Sarah and Oliver Watson had the perfect marriage. Happy and successful, with three beautiful...

It's the first day of term and outside the school gates gossip hums, SUVs swarm and Boden abounds. Yet these three very different mothers are about to discover that friends...

Through the story of Suong, a celebrated singer, and Hung, her composer husband, Memories of a Pure Spring paints an intimate portrait of modern Vietnam and its citizens as they...

'Judith Lennox's writing is so keenly honest it could sever heartstrings' Daily Mail Set in the late 1960s and 1970s. The Dark-Eyed Girls tells the story of three friends, Liv....

In CHANCES , Lucky grew up in a top crime family, in LUCKY she was married three times, in LADY BOSS she took on Hollywood and bought Panther Studios, and...

The book titled Waiting for Childhood by the author Sumner Locke Elliott. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Reckoning by the author Michael Pye. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Captain James Cook by the author John Hooker. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A wonderful collection of stories published together with a poignant novella from the internationally renowned author of Hunting and Gathering. I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere explores how...

From the ancient Nile to the sacred Ganges to the mighty Mississippi-the rivers of the world wind through this glorious anthology from the world's great writers. Rivers and streams play...

Told through a dozen distinct voices circling around an elusive man known only as 'S' this is a book that asks if we are the story we tell about ourselves,...

A kaleidoscopic literary debut about love and self set across parallel universes 'An explosion of creative beauty and heart . . . a massively talented writer arriving ready to awe'...

From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Overstory and Bewilderment 'If you have children or will have children, if you know children or can remember being a child, dare to read...