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117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention Law by Ruth First
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'In prison you see only the moves of the enemy. Prison is the hardest place to fight a battle.' 117 Days is Ruth First's personal account of her detention under the iniquitous '90-day' law of 1963. There was no warrant, no charge and no trial - only suspicion. This sparsely written and unique record tel ...Show more
50 Philosophy Classics by Tom Butler-Bowdon
24.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: 50 Classics Ser.
For over 2000 years, philosophy has been our best guide to the experience of being human, and the true nature of reality. From Aristotle, Plato, Epicurus, Confucius, Cicero and Heraclitus in ancient times to 17th century rationalists Descartes, Leibniz and Spinoza, from 20th-century greats Jean-Paul Sar ...Show more
50 Prosperity Classics by Tom Butler-Bowdon
24.99 NZD
Category: Business | Series: 50 Classics S.
Looking to discover the secrets to wealth and plenty? Find them now with 50 Prosperity Classics! Tom Butler-Bowdon's 50 Prosperity Classics: Attract It, Create It, Manage It, Share It- Wisdom from the Most Valuable Books on Wealth Creation and Abundance is the first book to highlight landmark titles in ...Show more
84 Charing Cross Road by Hélène Hanff; Juliet Stevenson (Introduction by)
27.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
84, Charing Cross Road with introduction by Anne Bancroft. 'A charmer. Will beguile an hour of your time and put you in tune with [humankind].'
A Burnt-out Case by Graham Greene
26.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art of pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation. ...Show more
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
10.00 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Scholastic Classics | Reading Level: From 9 To 11
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly and mean-spirited old man. He treats family, coworkers, and strangers alike with distaste. But on Christmas Eve he receives a visit from the ghost of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley warns Scrooge that unless he learns to be less greedy and self-serving that ...Show more
A Christmas Carol: A Robert Ingpen Illustrated Classic by Charles Dickens
39.99 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Robert Ingpen Illustrated Classics Ser.
The classic seasonal tale of self-discovery, with 80 original illustrations by Robert Ingpen. This classic seasonal tale of self-discovery has become one of Charles Dickens's most famous and best-loved works. On Christmas Eve, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by the ghost of his former business p ...Show more
A Christmas Carol and Other Stories (HB Clothbound) by Charles Dickens
26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Puffin Clothbound Classics Ser.
'Bah,'said Scrooge, 'Humbug.'But that was before he was presented with visions of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come, which gave him a whole new lease of life:'I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A ...Show more
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - for fun. Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and the State undertakes to reform him - but how and at what cost?
A Clockwork Orange: Restored Edition by Anthony Burgess
26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'What's it going to be then, eh?' This special edition of A Clockwork Orangerestores the text of Anthony Burgess' novel as he originally wrote it, and includes a glossary of his teen slang 'Nadsat', pages from the original typescript, explanatory notes, interviews, articles and reviews, shedding light o ...Show more
A Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic (English-Arabic) by B.E. Clarity
89.00 NZD
Category: Dictionaries | Series: Georgetown Classics in Arabic Languages and Linguistics Series
Originally offered in two separate volumes, "A Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic", a staple of Georgetown University Press' world-renowned Arabic language program, now handily provides both the English to Arabic and Arabic to English texts in one volume. Designed for an English speaker learning Arabic, this is ...Show more
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
26.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the 'war to end all wars'. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experiences came A FAREWELL TO ARMS. Hemingway's description of war is unforgettable. He recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his ...Show more