The Fires of Autumn by Irene Nemirovsky
26.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
The prequel to the best-selling Suite Francaise. Paris 1918, Bernard Jacquelain returns from the trenches a changed man. The city is a whirl of decadence and corruption and he embarks on a life of parties and shady business dealings, as well as an illicit affair. But as another war threatens, everything ...Show more
Dearest Margarita: An Edwardian Love Story in Postcards by Anon
40.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books
In 1900, aged twenty and travelling from Havana to Europe, Margarita Johnson met and fell in love with the dashing gold prospector Charles Lumb. Her father disapproved, and after three years of secret postcards, the couple eloped to London. Cut out of her father's will, Margarita was never welcomed agai ...Show more
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
24.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Reading Level: very good
'Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble' Promised a golden future as ruler of Scotland by three sinister witches, Macbeth murders the king to ensure his ambitions come true. But he soon learns the meaning of terror - killing once, he must kill again and again, and the dead return ...Show more
The Night Manager by John le Carré
26.00 NZD
Category: Thriller | Series: Penguin Modern Classics | Reading Level: very good
A classic spy novel from master of suspense John le Carre--reissued in time with the BBC and AMC miniseries, directed by Susanne Bier and starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. On a bleak January night at the outbreak of the Gulf War, Mr. Richard Onslow Roper, a very special visitor, arrives with hi ...Show more
List of the Lost by Morrissey
26.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Beware the novelist . . . intimate and indiscreet . . . pompous, prophetic airs . . . here is the fact of fiction . . . an American tale where, naturally, evil conquers good, and none live happily ever after, for the complicated pangs of the empty experiences of flesh-and-blood human figures are the rea ...Show more
The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta
21.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Two years after his favourite uncle was blown to bits in a London Tube station, Tom has hit rock bottom. He's quit uni and turned his back on his music and everyone that once mattered to him, including the girl he can't forget. But when his flatmates turn him out of the house, Tom moves in with his sing ...Show more
Without a Trace by Lesley Pearse
26.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
International number one bestselling author Lesley Pearse brings a compelling story of courage, friendship and love in her brand new novel Without a Trace. Coronation Day, 1953. In the Somerset village of Sawbridge, young shopkeeper Molly Heywood slips away from the celebrations to her friend's cottage ...Show more
Treasury of Norse Mythology: Stories of Intrigue, Trickery, Love and Spite by Donna Jo Napoli
50.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books
Coinciding with the new Rick Riordan Magnus Chase series and the Marvel Age of Ultron DVD, featuring Thor, comes a new look at Asgard and the timeless tales of ancient Scandinavia. Classic stories and dazzling illustrations of gods, goddesses, heroes and monsters come to life in a stunning tableau of No ...Show more
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom by Nik Cohn
25.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books
Nik Cohn began to write this book in the late 1960s with a simple purpose: to catch the feel, the pulse of Rock. Nobody had written a serious book on the subject before, and there were no reference books or research to refer to. The result is an unruly, thrilling and definitive history of an era, from B ...Show more
The Widow by Fiona Barton
37.00 NZD
Category: Thriller | Reading Level: very good
"The ultimate psychological thriller." (Lisa Gardner). We've all seen him: the man - the monster - staring from the front page of every newspaper, accused of a terrible crime. But what about the woman who grips his arm on the courtroom stairs - the woman who stands by him? Jean Taylor's life was blissfu ...Show more
Private Paris by James Patterson
37.00 NZD
Category: Thriller | Series: Private | Reading Level: good
When Jack Morgan stops by Private's Paris office, he envisions a quick hello during an otherwise relaxing trip filled with fine food and sightseeing. But Jack is quickly pressed into duty after a call from one of his most important clients asking Private to track down his young granddaughter who is on ...Show more
Somewhere Inside of Happy by Anna McPartlin
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
'And just like that my boy was gone.' Maisie Brennan is standing on a podium on the twentieth anniversary of the death of her son, trying to find the first breath that will help her start talking to a room full of strangers. A daunting task at the best of times, but she's also menopausal and one hot flu ...Show more