Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold - Classic Love Poems with a Modern Twist by William Shakespeare; James Anthony; Stephen Fry (Foreword by)
30.00 NZD
Category: Classics
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold by William Shakespeare and James Anthony, with a foreword by Stephen Fry. Read by Stephen Fry and Paapa Essiedu and the author. 'James Anthony has done something I would have confidently stated to be impossible. He has "transl ...Show more
The Waiter by Matias Faldbakken
35.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
"As if The Remains of the Day had been written by Kingsley Amis, The Waiter is...one of the most purely entertaining novels I've read in years. This book is a meal you won't want to finish." --J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest In the tradition of the mod ...Show more
Jeeves and the King of Clubs by Ben Schott
35.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The misadventures of P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster and his incomparable valet, Jeeves, have delighted audiences for nearly a century. Now, bestselling author Ben Schott brings this odd couple back to life in a madcap new adventure that is full of the hijinks, entanglements, imbroglios and Wodehousian ...Show more
Two Old Men Dying by Tom Keneally
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
Pre-read / Used. Very Good condition. Learned Man is the child of humankind as we know it; of those who are thought to have travelled from the Rift Valley in Africa and to ancient Australia. Shelby Apple is an acclaimed documentary-maker. After making films about Learned Man?s discovery, in Vietnam ...Show more
Dracul by Dacre Stoker; J. D. Barker
37.00 NZD
Category: Classics
It is 1868, and a 22-year-old Bram Stoker has locked himself inside an abbey's tower to face off against a vile and ungodly beast. He is armed with mirrors and crucifixes and holy water and a gun - and is kept company by a bottle of plum brandy. His fervent prayer is that he will survive this one night ...Show more
The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz
37.00 NZD
Category: Crime | Series: Detective Daniel Hawthorne
Death, deception, and a detective with quite a lot to hide stalk the pages of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant new murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne. 'You shouldn?t be here. It?s too late...? These, heard over the phone, were the last recorde ...Show more
Target: Alex Cross (Alex Cross #26) by James Patterson
37.00 NZD
Category: Crime | Series: Alex Cross Ser. | Reading Level: very good
From the writer of Sunday Timesno. 1 bestseller, The President is Missing.TARGET- HEAD OF STATEMen and women from across the nation line the streets of Washington D.C. to mourn the unexpected death of the President. Hit by painful memories of the loss of his first wife, Alex Cross is left reeling by thi ...Show more
Past Tense by Lee Child
38.00 NZD
Category: Crime | Series: Jack Reacher | Reading Level: very good
The most hotly anticipated thriller of 2018 follows our hero Jack Reacher on a quest into his father's past, and climaxes in the most stomach-clenching, hair-raising,blood-curling ticking-time- bomb of an adventure yet. Jack Reacher plans to follow the autumn sun on an epic road trip across America, fro ...Show more
To Kill a Mockingbird - Graphic Novel by Harper Lee; Fred Fordham
40.00 NZD
Category: Graphic Novels | Reading Level: very good
A beautifully crafted graphic novel adaptation of Harper Lee's beloved American classic, voted the #1 Great American Read 2018. 'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' A haunting portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy ...Show more
Tombland (Shardlake #7) by C. J. Sansom
34.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: The\Shardlake Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Summer, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos... the economy is in collapse, inflation rages and rebellion is stirring among the peasantry.Since the old King's death, Matthew Shardlake has been working as a lawyer in the service of Henry's younger daughter, the Lad ...Show more
True Stories: The Collected Short Non-Fiction by Helen Garner
37.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Helen Garner visits the morgue, and goes cruising on a Russian ship. She sees women giving birth, and gets the sack for teaching her students about sex. She attends a school dance and a gun show. She writes about dreaming, about turning fifty, and the storm caused by The First Stone. Her stories on the ...Show more
Stories: The Collected Short Fiction by Helen Garner
26.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
These stories-that delve into the complexities of love and longing, of the pain, darkness and joy of life-are all told with her characteristic sharpness of observation, honesty and humour. Each one a perfect piece, together they showcase Garner?s mastery of the form.