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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
23.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. It was The Old Man and the Sea that won for Hemingway the Noble Prize for Literature. Here, is a perfectly crafted story is a unique and timeless vision of the beauty ...Show more
The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
26.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of his spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brilliant characters - his fiance Isabel whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliott Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate Am ...Show more
The Sandcastle: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series by Iris Murdoch
26.00 NZD
Category: Classic | Series: Vintage Classics Murdoch Ser.
VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BIDISHA 'It's all ...Show more
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
17.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage.
The Sea, The Sea: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series by Iris Murdoch; John Burnside (Introduction by)
26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Vintage Classics Murdoch Ser.
VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAISY JOHNSON 'I s ...Show more
The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
28.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
'In 1973 (Matthiessen) joined with George Schaller, a field biologist, to Crystal Mountain in the Himalayas, to study the wild blue sheep of the region called bharal. They also hoped to see the rare snow leopard, an almost mythical creature which Schaller once glimpsed on a previous visit. Matthiessen i ...Show more
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
29.99 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
For its twenty-fifth anniversary, a new edition of Bruce Chatwin's classic work with a new introduction by Rory Stewart Part adventure, part novel of ideas, part spiritual autobiography, The Songlines is one of Bruce Chatwin's most famous books. This singular book, which was a New York Times bestseller ...Show more
The Story of a Nutcracker by Sarah Ardizzone (Translator); Alexandre Dumas
21.00 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Vintage Children's Classics Ser.
Discover the real story behind the famous Nutcracker Christmas ballet, as told by Alexandre Dumas 'How could you imagine, silly child, that this toy, which is made of cloth and wood, could possibly be alive?' The nutcracker doll that mysterious Godfather Drosselmeyer gives to little Marie for Christma ...Show more
The Thirty Nine Steps by John Buchan
24.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
This title is presented with an introduction by Stella Rimington. It's May, 1914. Britain is on the eve of war with Germany. Richard Hannay is living a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising adventure - a desperate hunt across the co ...Show more
The Trial by Franz Kafka
28.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
The terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information. A nightmare vision of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the mad agendas of twentieth-century totalitarian regime ...Show more
The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
'I lost my own father at 12 yr. 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, the l ...Show more
The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin
26.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
In 1812, Francisco Manoel da Silva, escaping a life of poverty in Brazil, sailed to the African kingdom of Dahomey, determined to make his fortune in the slave trade. Armed with nothing but an iron will, he became a man of substance in Ouidah and the founder of a remarkable dynasty. His one remaining am ...Show more