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2019 Penguin Superproof

$0.00 NZD

Category: Short Stories

Mokoia Maheni Issue 3

$7.50 NZD

Category: Short Stories

Labels and Other Stories by Louis de Bernières

$40.00 NZD

Category: Short Stories

In this entertaining collection of stories, Louis de Bernieres introduces us to a man who turns his life around through developing his hobby of collecting cat-food tin labels. We also meet a traveller who embarks on a confusing love affair in Colombia, a dolphin romance and, in 'Gunter Weber's Confessi on', we return to the much-loved characters of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Louis de Bernieres is one of our most treasured writers and these stories show his imaginative range and unique storytelling power. ...Show more

Midsummer Nights (Short Stories) by Jeanette Winterson

$27.99 NZD

Category: Short Stories

In celebration of the Glyndebourne Festival, Jeanette Winterson has brought together some of the best loved and most critically acclaimed authors writing today to pen stories inspired by opera. Includes an introduction by Jeanette Winterson, Alexander McCall Smith on Cosi Fan Tutte, Ali Smith on Fidelio , Andrew Motion on Peter Grimes, Andrew O'Hagan on Eugene Onegin, Anne Enright on La Boheme, Antonia Fraser on The Marriage of Figaro, Colm Toibin on Pearl Fishers, Jackie Kay on The Makropulos Affair, Joanna Trollope on L'Elisir d'Amore, Julie Myerson on Ariadne auf Naxos, Jeanette Winterson on La Fanciulla del West, Kate Atkinson on La Traviata, Kate Mosse on Pelleas et Melisande, Lynne Truss on The Turn of the Screw, Marina Warner on Dido and Aeneas, Paul Bailey on The Makropulos Affair, Posy Simmonds, 'Midsummer Night at Glyndebourne', Ruth Rendell on Theodora, Sebastian Barry on Natoma, Toby Litt on Don Giovanni. ...Show more

Girl, Balancing and other stories by Helen Dunmore

$26.00 NZD

Category: Short Stories

Haunting, uplifting, beautiful: the final work from Helen Dunmore Helen Dunmore passed away in June 2017, leaving behind this remarkable collection of short stories. With her trademark imagination and gift for making history human, she explores the fragile ties between passion, love, family, friendship and grief, often through people facing turning points in their lives: A girl alone, stretching her meagre budget to feed herself, becomes aware that the young man who has come to see her may not be as friendly as he seems. Two women from very different backgrounds enjoy an unusual night out, finding solace in laughter and an unexpected friendship. A young man picks up his infant son and goes outside into a starlit night as he makes a decision that will inform the rest of his life. A woman imprisoned for her religion examines her faith in a seemingly literal and quietly original way. This brilliant collection of Helen Dunmore's short fiction, replete with her penetrating insight into the human condition, is certain to delight and move all her readers. ...Show more

Roar by Cecelia Ahern

$22.99 NZD

Category: Short Stories

'Cecelia Ahern at her quirky, magical best' Daily MailFrom international bestseller Cecelia Ahern come thirty stories that speak to us all: the women who befriend us, the women who encourage us, the women who make us brave. From The Woman Who Slowly Disappeared to The Woman Who Returned and Exchanged he r Husband, discover these original, surprising tales and find a story for every woman. Witty, tender, surprising, these stories capture the moment when we all want to roar. 'A wonderful, inspiring collection...the kind of book everyone should have on their shelf' Libby Page, bestselling author of The Lido'Inventive and ingenious, with a doffing of the cap to Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood' Stylist ...Show more

You Know You Want This: Cat Person and Other Stories by Kristen Roupenian

$35.00 NZD

Category: Short Stories

From the author of the global sensation Cat Person comes You Know You Want This, a compulsive short story collection about sex, dating and modern life that will thrill you before it chills you.You Know You Want Thisis about the ways in which women are horrifying as much as it is about the horrors that a re done to them. There's a couple who becomes obsessed with their friend hearingthem have sex, then seeingthem have sex... until they can?t have sex without him; a woman who finds a book of spells half hidden at the library and summons her heart?s desire- a nameless, naked man; a ten-year-old whose birthday party takes a sinister turn when she wishes for "something mean"; and a self-proclaimed "biter" who dreams of sneaking up behind and sinking her teeth into a green-eyed, long-haired, pink-cheeked coworker. Though the stories span a range of genres-covering territory from the mundane to the murderous and supernatural-they are all, in the end, horror stories. They are stories about sex and punishment, guilt and anger, the pleasure and terror of inflicting and experiencing pain. They fascinate and repel, revolt and arouse, scare and delight in equal measure. And, as a collection, they point a finger at the reader, daring them to feel uncomfortable... or, worse, understood, as if to say, "You want this, right? You know you want this." ...Show more

Classic Works from Women Writers by Canterbury Classics Staff (Editor)

$45.00 NZD

Category: Short Stories | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.

A fine collection of classic novels, short stories, poems, and essays from distinguished women writers.   Women writers have been making their voices heard for centuries, but their works were not always taken seriously. Over time, as women gained more social and political freedom, these works hav e reemerged as subjects that are considered to be worthy of closer study. Classic Works from Women Writers is a collection of more than thirty novels, short stories, poems, and essays by prominent and lesser-known female writers since the 17th century. Included in this volume are groundbreaking works such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles, the first Hercule Poirot novel; Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" and her follow-up essay; and poetry from the likes of Christina Rossetti, Amy Lowell, and Sara Teasdale. The words of these authors offer a multitude of perspectives on different issues that affect not only women but the wider world as well. ...Show more

Zebra and other stories by Debra Adelaide

$34.99 NZD

Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: 1 Fiction

The PM stretched out a hand. The black and white head extended, and as the zebra walked down the ramp and into the morning, her first in her new land, and a particularly bright morning as well, the PM realised that Mr Beamish was a marvel, a genius. A stranger, half a world, a continent, away, and yet h e knew that the zebra was exactly what she wanted and needed. Tantalising, poignant, wry, and just a little fantastical, this subversive collection of short fiction - and one singular novella - from bestselling author Debra Adelaide reminds us what twists of fate may be lurking just beneath the surface of the everyday. ...Show more

Ghosts: Granta The Magazine of New Writing 145 by Sigrid Rausing (Editor)

$27.99 NZD

Category: Short Stories | Series: The\Magazine of New Writing Ser.

This issue of Granta is about time and about ghosts – the ghosts of our past selves, the shadows of past injuries, the ghosts of history, the ghosts in the machine.      André Aciman remembers Rome  Ahmet Altan writes from prison in Turkey  Bernard Cooper on Ambi en and sleep-eating  Maggie O’Farrell on living with chronic back pain  Vasily Grossman’s Stalingrad, a companion to his epic Life and Fate  Amos Oz in conversation with Shira Hadad  Inigo Thomas on the fall of Singapore      PLUS  NEW FICTION from Anne Carson, Steven Dunn, Sheila Heti, Eugene Lim, Sandra Newman, Maria Reva and Jess Row  POETRY from Cortney Lamar Charleston and Jana Prikryl  PHOTOGRAPHY from Monika Bulaj, with an introduction by Janine di Giovanni ...Show more

Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales by P. D. James

$19.99 NZD

Category: Short Stories

A Washington Post Notable Book   When it comes to crime, it's not always a question of "who dunnit?" Sometimes there's more mystery in the why or the how. And what about the clever few who carry out what appears to be the perfect crime? Or whose most essential selves are changed by the crimes the y commit? And what about those who know the identity of the murderer but keep the information to themselves? These are some of the questions that these six stories begin to unlock as they draw us into the inner workings--the thoughts and emotional machinations, the recollections and rationalizations, the dreams and desires--behind both murderous cause and effect. And no one gets inside the head of a perpetrator--or makes it a peerlessly thrilling and entertaining read--like the incomparable P. D. James. ...Show more

Robots and Artificial Intelligence Short Stories by Flame Tree Studio (Created by); Sara L. Uckelman (Contribution by)

$49.99 NZD

Category: Short Stories | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.

The promise and the threat of technology, of humankind replaced by its own mechanical creation has long enticed the SF and fantasy imagination. This fabulous mix of new and established writing brings together the top talents of today with the likes of Jerome K. Jerome, E.T.A. Hoffman, L. Frank Baum and Ambrose Bierce. ...Show more