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The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey
50.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
The Chemistry of Tears is both wildly entertaining and deeply moving, a portrait of love and loss that is simultaneously delicate and anarchic. At its heart is an image only the masterful Peter Carey could breath such life into - an object made of equal parts magic, art and science, a delight that conta ...Show more
The Tax Inspector by Peter Carey
32.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
From Granny Catchprice, who runs her family business - and her family - with senility, cunning, and a handbag full of explosives to sixteen-year-old Benny, who dreams of transforming a failing automobile franchise into an empire - and himself into an angel - the Catchprices may be the most spectacularly ...Show more
The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
27.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
'I lost my own father at 12 years of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dear daughter you are presently too young to understand a word. I write but this history is for you and will contain no single lie may I burn in Hell if I speak false'. In "True History Of The Kelly Gang", ...Show more
Theft by Peter Carey
27.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
'I don't know if my story is grand enough to be a tragedy, although a lot of shitty stuff did happen. It is certainly a love story but that did not begin until midway through the shitty stuff, by which time I had not only lost my 8-year-old son, but also my house and studio in Sydney where I had once be ...Show more
Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey
49.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
: I don't know if my story is grand enough to be a tragedy, although a lot of shitty stuff did happen. It is certainly a love story but that did not begin until midway through the shitty stuff, by which time I had not only lost my 8-year-old son, but also my house and studio in Sydney where I had once b ...Show more
Thor: the Trial of Thor by Alan Davis (Text by); Mike Carey (Text by); Peter Milligan (Text by); Paul Jenkins (Text by); Mike Perkins (Illustrator); Cary Nord (Illustrator); Mico Suayan (Illustrator); Tom Grindberg (Illustrator)
72.00 NZD
Category: Graphic Novels
Legendary talents tell tantalizing tales of Asgard Thor and his allies visit ancient Egypt - and leave behind a startling legacy Hela, goddess of the underworld, unleashes her demon hordes on Earth After an epic battle with the Frost Giants, Thor stands trial for murder - and the verdict will fill him w ...Show more
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
24.95 NZD
29.95 (16% off)
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Ned Kelly - Australia's most potent legend-tells his own story of the very human man behind the mask. This internationally acclaimed novel is written in the idiom of Kelly's famous Jerilderie letter.It is both a lament and a tribute,a boy's defence of mother and a father's confiding letter to a daughter ...Show more
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
24.00 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction
As he flees the police, Ned Kelly scribbles his narrative in semiliterate but magically descriptive prose. To his pursuers he is a thief and a murderer. To his own people he's a hero for opposing the English. Ned, who saw his first prison cell at fifteen, has become the most wanted man in the wild colon ...Show more
Wrong About Japan by Peter Carey
27.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
For Peter Carey, a trip to Japan with his twelve-year-old son Charley would be a unique opportunity to share and learn something about his son's passion for Japanese comics and animated film, otherwise known as manga and anime. Convinced that there is 'a whole history and culture hidden between the fram ...Show more