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Gathering Evidence by Caoilinn Hughes
28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
With pinpoint accuracy, virtuosity and humour, Caoilinn Hughes aligns scientific and poetic venturing. In this striking debut collection she focuses on moments of discovery, from the first controlled nuclear reaction to the shape of an avalanche as witnessed from its catchment area. These are epiphanies ...Show more
Orchid & the Wasp by Caoilinn Hughes
22.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Orchids are liars. They use pheromones to lure wasps in to become unwitting pollinators. In nature, such exploitative systems are rare. In society, they are everywhere. Gael Foess is a heroine of mythic proportions. Raised in Dublin by single-minded, careerist parents, she learns from an early age how i ...Show more
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes
36.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
The four Flattery sisters - Olwen, Nell, Maeve and Rhona - were left to cobble together their own makeshift adolescence after the death of both their parents. Decades later, all four of them have found success in their respective fields, all of them boasting PhDs and, in Nell's case, a healthy clutch of ...Show more
The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes
32.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
It's 2008, and the Celtic Tiger has left devastation in its wake. For Hart and Cormac Doharty life continues as normal - at least at first. But when their father falls ill, the boys face a devastating choice. Their family, and their community, are in crisis, and there's nothing more dangerous than two m ...Show more
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