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Brilliance by Anthony McCarten
26.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
This is the story of how two brilliant men came together and changed the world. But while the banker, J.P. Morgan, left the relationship unscathed, remaining the uncontested Napoleon of Wall Street, his vision of a corporate world set in motion, the renowned inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, went from being ...Show more
Brilliance by Anthony McCarten
39.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Short of money, the inventor Thomas Edison is captivated by the charismatic figure of J.P. Morgan, the "world's banker". Accepting Morgan's glittering offer of almost unlimited cash in return for helping the man change the way the world does business, Edison sees himself descend from being the godlike i ...Show more
Darkest Hour - How Churchill Brought us Back from the Brink by Anthony McCarten
28.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything, this is a cinematic, behind-the-scenes account of a crucial moment which takes us inside the mind of one of the world's greatest leaders - and provides a revisionist, more rounded portrait of his leadership. May, 1940. Britain is at war, E ...Show more
Death of a Super Hero by Anthony McCarten
27.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Donald Delpe is dying. But this 14-year-old virgin has an urgent desire . . . to have sex, at least once, before he goes. Who will help him? Escaping into his own comic-book realm of immortal superheroes, ruthless villains and sex-crazed vamps, he endlessly dashes his parents' hopes by refusing to fight ...Show more
Going Zero by Anthony McCarten
37.99 NZD
Category: Thriller | Reading Level: very good
TWO HOURS TO VANISH Ten people have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. Pioneered by tech-wunderkind Cy Baxter, FUSION can track anyone wherever they are on earth. But does it work? ONE CHANCE TO ESCAPE Each participant is given two hours to 'Go Zero' – to go off-gri ...Show more
In the Absence of Heroes by Anthony McCarten
4.99 NZD
29.99 (83% off)
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
A clever, moving novel about the impact of the internet on our relationships.Jim and Renata Delpe's life is in a very modern crisis. With their son, Jeff, sending text messages to his dead brother while slipping quickly into internet addiction, and with Renata engaged in a secret internet relationship w ...Show more
Show of Hands by Anthony McCarten
29.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
A huge crowd gathers around a car yard for the 'Win a new Landrover Discovery' competition -- all you need do is keep your hand on the car the longest. Attracted to this gruelling Darwinian contest are people from every walk of life, who for one reason or another -- avarice, poverty, anger, revenge, des ...Show more
Spinners by Anthony McCarten
24.95 NZD
26.95 (7% off)
Category: Fiction
Everyone in Opunake finds it funny when quiet factory worker Delia Chapman makes the absurdly American claim that she was invited on board a spacecraft and 'interviewed' by aliens. Good humour turns to dismay, however, when tests reveal the virgin teenager to be pregnant! And it doesn't help matters whe ...Show more
The English Harem by Anthony McCarten
22.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
In this hilarious, provocative and highly topical story of food, love and Islam, Anthony McCarten exposes the flaws inherent to our multicultural society, and explores the nature of racism from a startlingly original angle. Supermarket checkout girl Tracy Pringle has a very lively imagination indeed. I ...Show more
The Two Popes by Anthony McCarten
26.00 NZD
Category: Religion
On 28 February 2013, a 600-year-old tradition was shattered- Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement. He would resign.This story begins with the death of John Paul, through Benedict's election and reign - taking in the controversies that blighted the world's largest church - to his subsequent an ...Show more
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