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The Case Against Fragrance by Kate Grenville
30.00 NZD
Category: Health
Kate Grenville had always associated perfume with elegance and beauty. Then the headaches started. Like perhaps a quarter of the population, Grenville reacts badly to the artificial fragrances around us- other people's perfumes, and all those scented cosmetics, cleaning products and air fresheners. On a ...Show more
The Idea Of Perfection by Kate Grenville
27.95 NZD
30.00 (6% off)
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
By the winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2001, this is a witty and tender romance that demonstrates that sometimes, unexpectedly, there can be something better than perfection.The Idea of Perfection is a funny and touching romance between two people who've given up on love. Set in the eccentric lit ...Show more
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
37.00 NZD
38.00 (2% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Lt Daniel Rooke, a young astronomer, sails on the First Fleet to a land waiting for scientific discovery. But his attention soon shifts from the stars to Tagaran, an Aboriginal child who begins to teach him her language. As words unfold, a friendship grows. When he is called to duty, Daniel faces a dile ...Show more
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
9.99 NZD
28.00 (64% off)
Category: Fiction
In 1788 Daniel Rooke sets out on a journey that will change the course of his life. As a lieutenant in the First Fleet, he lands on the wild and unknown shores of New South Wales. There he sets up an observatory to chart the stars. But this country will prove far more revelatory than the stars above. Ba ...Show more
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
47.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In 1787 Lieutenant Daniel Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts, destined for New South Wales. As a young officer and a man of science, the shy and quiet Rooke is full of anticipation about the natural wonders he might discover in this strange land on the other s ...Show more
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
30.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Historical Trilogy Ser.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2006 COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC DUBLIN PRIZELondon, 1806. William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mist ...Show more
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
37.00 NZD
38.00 (2% off)
Category: Historical Fiction
Kate Grenville's The Secret River was first published in 2005, but, now in soft cover, it remains a firm favourite - and can anyone else write such compelling and vividly mmemorable historical fiction and illustrate so clearly the issues around colonisation?
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
47.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thomhill is sentenced in 1806 to be transported to New South Wales for the terms of his natural life. With his wife Sal and children to tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a death sentence. But his first gl ...Show more
The Secret River TV Tie-in by Kate Grenville
30.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Historical Trilogy Ser.
In 1806 William Thornhill, a man of quick temper and deep feelings, is transported from the slums of London to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife Sal and their children he arrives in a harsh land he cannot understand. But the colony can turn a convict into a free man. Eight ...Show more
The Writing Book: A Practical Guide for Fiction Writers by Kate Grenville
32.99 NZD
Category: Language
From the acclaimed author of The Secret River, a completely practical workbook that offers down-to-earth ideas and suggestions for writers or aspiring writers to get started and keep going Full of ideas and examples to get pen to paper or fingers on the keyboard, this guidedoesn't just talk about how to ...Show more