Calypso by David Sedaris
20.00 NZD
34.99 (42% off)
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
'Unquestionably the king of comic writing . . . Calypso is both funnier and more heartbreaking than pretty much anything out there' Hadley Freeman, Guardian If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. ...Show more
Last Stories by William Trevor
35.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
With a career that spanned more than half a century, William Trevor is regarded as one of the best writers of short stories in the English language. Now, in Last Stories, the master storyteller delivers ten exquisitely rendered tales-nine of which have never been published in book form-that illuminate t ...Show more
Tell Tale by Jeffrey Archer
19.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Nearly a decade after his last volume of short stories was published, Jeffrey Archer returns with his eagerly-awaited, brand-new collection TELL TALE, giving us a fascinating, exciting and sometimes poignant insight into the people he has met, the stories he has come across and the countries he has visi ...Show more
No Middle Name (The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Stories) by Lee Child
24.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Jack Reacher Short Stories Ser.
Jack 'No Middle Name' Reacher, lone wolf, knight errant, ex military cop, lover of women, scourge of the wicked and righter of wrongs, is the most iconic hero for our age. This is the first time all Lee Child's shorter fiction featuring Jack Reacher has been collected into one volume.Read together, thes ...Show more
The Christmas Stocking and Other Stories by Katie Fforde
37.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Your cosiest Christmas yet - this collection will contain six delightfully festive Katie Fforde short stories, including-Christmas in DisguiseWhen Jo's friend Andi asks if she'll stand in to cook Christmas lunch for her employer. Jo reluctantly agrees, wanting to help out her friend. If the girls get aw ...Show more
Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes
26.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You and After You, a sensational collection featuring the title novella and eight other stories. Quintessential Jojo Moyes, Paris for One and Other Stories is an irresistibly romantic collection filled with humor and heart. Nell is twenty-six ...Show more
Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides
39.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR AN EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR The first-ever collection of short stories from Jeffrey Eugenides, the bestselling author of Middlesex, The Virgin Suicides and The Marriage Plot, explores characters in the midst of personal and national emergencies. Kendall has failed a ...Show more
The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories by Penelope Lively
26.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Penelope Lively has long captivated readers with her singular blend of wisdom, elegance, and humor. Now, in her first story collection in many years, Lively continues to delight, taking up themes of history, family, and relationships in beautifully rendered settings-from Quintus Pompeius's villa, where ...Show more
Memory Wall by Anthony Doerr
24.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
From the author of ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, a collection of stories about memory: the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. In the luminous title story, a young boy in South Africa comes to possess an old woman's secret, a piece ...Show more
That Stubborn Seed of Hope by Brian Falkner
24.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A boy helps his sister disguise her birthmark on her first day of school. A seventeen-year-old awakens to find himself trapped in an elderly body. A teenage girl discovers her boyfriend has a life-threatening virus the day after they share their first kiss. A high school student tries to communicate to ...Show more
The Mathematics of Jane Austen and Other Stories by Elizabeth Smither
24.95 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
This is a collection of short stories which portray a selection of women who will not be defined by the music they listen to, the men they love (and leave), or the money they have (or don't have). Elizabeth Smither is the author of a volume of journals called "The Journal Box".
Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami; Philip Gabriel (Translator); Ted Goossen (Translator)
45.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
Coming this October: Killing Commendatore, the much-anticipated new novel from Haruki Murakami Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are lovesick doctors, students, ex-boyfriends, actors, barte ...Show more