The Scarlet Letter (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Jonty Claypole (Introduction by)
14.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library | Reading Level: General Adult
"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true." --- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathan ...Show more
Sweet Danger (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Margery Allingham
19.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library | Reading Level: General Adult
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to lo ...Show more
The Greengage Summer (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Rumer Godden
19.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
When their mother is suddenly taken ill on holiday, five siblings are left to fend for themselves at the elegant, faded hotel, Les Oeillets. Under the increasingly jealous gaze of the glamorous patronne, Mademoiselle Zizi, the children gravitate towards her mysterious and charming lover, Eliot, for comf ...Show more
Tiger in the Smoke (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Margery Allingham; Sara Paretsky (Introduction by)
19.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library | Reading Level: General Adult
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to lo ...Show more
Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World by Nell Stevens
37.99 NZD
Category: Classics
'Perfect' Lena Dunham 'This year's literary sensation' Evening StandardHow far would you travel to become a writer?8000 miles from home1085 calories a day3 months to write the novel that would make her nameAt least that was the plan. But when Nell Stevens travelled to Bleaker Island in the Falklands (of ...Show more
The Sonnets (Collector's Library) by William Shakespeare
19.99 NZD
Category: Classics
The "Sonnets of William Shakespeare", a cycle of 154 linked poems, were first published in 1609. This edition, beautifully illustrated with contemporary portraits and modern artwork by the illustrator Ian Penney, contains all of the poems and they deal with many of Shakespeare's most common themes: jeal ...Show more
Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
14.99 NZD
Category: Classics
Lady Audley's Secret is, perhaps, the most famous of the Victorian 'sensation' novels. When beautiful young Lucy Graham accepts the hand of Sir Michael Audley, her fortune and her future look secure. But Lady Audley's past is shrouded in mystery, and to Sir Michael's nephew Robert, she is not all that s ...Show more
Period Piece by Gwen Raverat
14.99 NZD
Category: Classics
A drawing of the world when I was young.' So Gwen Raverat, the grand-daughter of Charles Darwin, described Period Piece, her classic memoir of a Cambridge childhood, which since its initial publication in 1952 has never been out of print. Vividly evoking a bygone era, it is a shrewd, touching and comic ...Show more
The Maltese Falcon (Collector's Library) by Dashiell Hammett
14.99 NZD
Category: Classics
Hammett's 1930 detective novel is widely regarded as the first and finest novel of the hard-boiled private detective. Sam Spade has a cold detachment, keen eye for detail and an unflinching determination to achieve his own justice. Regarded by many as the greatest crime novel of the 20th century, it has ...Show more
Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage (Collector's Library) by Noel Streatfeild
14.99 NZD
Category: Classics
Pauline, Petrova and Posy are found as orphaned babies in different parts of the world by eccentric fossil collector and explorer Great-Uncle Matthew - 'Gum'. He adopts them, takes them to his London home and leaves them in the care of his niece Sylvia and the family Nurse. Then off he goes. At first th ...Show more
The Day of the Jackal (Collector's Library) by Frederick Forsyth
14.99 NZD
Category: Classics
One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal created a new thriller genre. It is the electrifying story of an anonymous Englishman who in, the spring of 1963, was hired by Colonel Marc Rodin, Operations Chief of the OAS, to assassinate General de Gaulle.
Vintage Detective Stories (Collector's Library) by David Stuart Davies
14.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Collector's Library
The Collector's Library volumes of short stories - "Best Ghost Stories", "Best Fairy Stories", "Celtic Fairy Tales" and "Tales of the Macabre" have proved popular throughout the world. This new collection of detective stories of the golden age includes intriguing tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Wallace, ...Show more