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A Certain Age by Lynne Truss
39.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
In the tradition of Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads" comes Lynne Truss' twelve bittersweet tales about love, romance, friendship and family. Her six men and six women, each have very different stories to tell, ranging from the wife who feels better when her husband disappears to the pedant who undergoes a ...Show more
A Shot in the Dark: A Constable Twitten Mystery 1 by Lynne Truss
24.99 NZD
Category: Mystery | Series: An\Inspector Twitten Mystery Ser.
WINNER OF THE CRIMEFEST LAST LAUGH AWARD 2019The charming first novel in a new comic crime series, from one of Britain's most-loved writers, the incomparable Lynne Truss'More Marx Brothers than Agatha Christie, this is crime fiction turned on its head - a giddy spell of sheer delight' Daily MailBrighton ...Show more
Eats, Shoots and Leaves : Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference by Lynne Truss (illus Bonnie Timmons)
29.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
You might want to eat a huge hot dog, but a huge, hot dog would run away pretty quickly if you tried to take a bite out of him. "Children Drive Slowly" on a road-sign doesn't quite sum up what kids do in their spare time. And we all know now that the comma in "Eats shoots and leaves" is a crucial one. ...Show more
Eats, Shoots And Leaves by Lynne Truss
27.99 NZD
Category: Language
Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens. We all had the basic rules of punctuation drilled into us at school, but punctuation pedants have good re ...Show more
Get Her Off the Pitch! How Sport Took Over My Life by Lynne Truss
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: good
From the bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves , a hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism. Get Her Off the Pitch! is the story of one woman's foray into the very masculine and rather baffling world of sport. Lynne Truss spen ...Show more
Get Her Off the Pitch! How sport took over my life by Lynne Truss
26.99 NZD
29.00 (6% off)
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
From the bestselling author of 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves', this is the hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism. 'Years ago, Boris Becker famously said, after losing at Wimbledon, "Nobody died. I just lost a tennis match." And while ...Show more
Girl's Like Spaghetti by Lynne Truss
29.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
"Eats, Shoots & Leaves" has sold over 3 million copies world-wide. This illustrated follow-up for children shows how confusing the world would be without apostrophes, and how they can completely change the meaning of a sentence.
Going Loco : A comedy of terrors by Lynne Truss
25.95 NZD
27.99 (7% off)
Category: Fiction
The alternative I Don't Know How She Does It, from the author of the international #1 bestseller, Eats, Shoots and Leaves.Belinda Johansson is a woman frantic, overwhelmed by the demands of work and home. Having it all? Pah. Belinda doesn
Making the Cat Laugh by Lynne Truss
26.66 NZD
27.00 (1% off)
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
One woman's journal of single life on the margins. A brilliant collection of Lynne Truss' journalism -- recording the life of a metropolitan refugee from coupledom. The alternative 'Bridget Jones'. For seven long years, starting in 'The Listener' in 1988 and continuing in 'The Times' and 'Woman's Journ ...Show more
Making the Cat Laugh : One woman's journal of single life on the margins by Lynne Truss
25.95 NZD
27.99 (7% off)
Category: Fiction
One woman's journal of single life on the margins.For seven long years, starting in The Listener in 1988 and continuing in The Times and Woman's Journal, Lynne Truss has been trying to make her cat laugh. It has been an uphill task, which is why she deserves this book, a recognition of outstanding coura ...Show more
Psycho by the Sea by Lynne Truss
42.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: A\Constable Twitten Mystery Ser.
'A giddy spell of sheer delight!' Praise for the Constable Twitten Series, Daily MailIn the latest installment of this funny, charming and quirky series - longlisted for the acclaimed CWA Historical Dagger - our trio of redoubtable detectives are faced with the arrival in town of an escaped criminal wit ...Show more
Talk to the Hand by Lynne Truss
23.99 NZD
Category: Humour
<b>The utter bloody rudeness of everyday life (or six good reasons to stay home and bolt the door)</b><br><br><i>"Talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening,"</i> the saying goes. <br>When did the world become so rude? <br>It's a topic that has been ...Show more