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Be Brave, Be Strong: A Journey Across the Great Divide by Jill Lynn Homer
44.99 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
Jill Homer, a newspaper editor in Alaska, has an outlandish ambition: a 2,740-mile mountain bike race from Canada to Mexico along the rugged Continental Divide. But in the tradition of best-laid plans, Jill's dream starts to unravel the minute she sets it in motion. An accident during a race on the Idit ...Show more
Carrying Albert Home by Homer Hickam
34.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
From the bestselling author of Rocket Boys-the basis of the movie October Sky-comes a long-awaited prequel. Big Fish meets The Notebook in this novel about a man, a woman, and their alligator. Big Fish meets The Notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that is ...Show more
Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife and Her Alligator by Homer Hickman
22.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
'Must-read...A funny yet tragic tale of a husband and wife's car journey across the US with Albert the alligator in tow. Yes, really.' Marie Claire A journey of a thousand miles. With an alligator on the back seat. And John Steinbeck as a passenger. This is a tale where everything is true,except the bit ...Show more
Chapman's Homer :The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer
8.95 NZD
19.99 (55% off)
Category: Classic Books | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
Homer bidding farewell to his wife, Odysseus bound to the mast, Penelope at the loom, Achilles dragging Hector's body round the walls of Troy - scenes from Homer have been portrayed in every generation. Chapman's translations are argued to be two of the liveliest and readable.
Circe and the Cyclops: Little Black Classics: Penguin 80s #70 by Homer
2.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Little Black Classics
'You must be Odysseus, man of twists and turns...' The tales of Odysseus' struggle with a man-eating Cyclops and Circe, the beautiful enchantress who turns men into swine. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversit ...Show more
October Sky by Homer H. Hickham
25.99 NZD
Category: Travel
Outlining three years in the life of Homer
Odysseus Returns Home by Homer
9.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books
After war and strife, a mighty king's troubles are only just beginning . . . After ten years at war and ten years wandering the world, Odysseus has finally returned home. But he cannot reveal his identity to his faithful wife Penelope. A gang of would-be lovers are pestering her to marry one of them ...Show more
Odyssey (Kingfisher) by Homer
16.95 NZD
18.00 (5% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Kingfisher Classics | Reading Level: From 8 From 9 To 99
Pocket Penguins : The Cave of the Cyclops by Homer
4.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Pocket Penguins 70's S.
Homer's Odyssey is a founding tale of Western civilization: an epic story of one man's struggle to return home from the Trojan war. It became the first Penguin Classic when E.V. Rieu's translation was published in 1946. In this extract, Odysseus describes some of the horros and wonders of his journey, i ...Show more
The Iliad by Homer
14.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Collector's library
One of the great epics of western literature, 'The Iliad' recounts the story of the Trojan wars. This timeless poem vivdly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods battling amidst devastation and destruction.
The Iliad by HOMER
11.99 NZD
12.99 (7% off)
Category: Classic Books
Humans and gods wrestling with towering emotions. Men fighting to the death amidst the devastation and destruction of the Trojan War. To this day, the heroism and adventure in The Iliad have remained unmatched in song and story.