Did I Ever Tell You This?: A Memoir by Sam Neill
$55.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world's most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Ca ...Show more
If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio
$30.00 NZD
Category: Crime and Thrillers
Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten ye ...Show more
The Hidden Life of Trees - What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
$38.00 NZD
Category: Science & Environment | Reading Level: good
Are trees social beings? In this international bestseller, forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their chi ...Show more
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
$28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction A-Z | Reading Level: near fine
Stylish and open-hearted, this is a very different kind of love story, elevated and energised by being set in the world of creativity and video gaming THE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON ... 'I loved this book' Jojo Moyes This is the story of Sam and Sadie. It's not a romance, but it is about love. When Sam catc ...Show more
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
$25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction A-Z
The INSTANT Sunday Times Bestseller: 'Emezi is a dream of a writer. My heart soared and shook and panted.' Bolu Babalola Have you fallen for this INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING novelist's sizzling hot entrance into the world of romance? It's the opportunity of a lifetime: Feyi is about to be given the chanc ...Show more
The Axeman's Jazz: City Blues Quartet Book 1 by Ray Celestin
$25.00 NZD
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: City Blues Quartet Ser.
Winner of the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger for Best Debut Crime Novel of the Year.Shortlisted for the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year Award.As recommended on the Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman. Inspired by a true story, set against the heady backdrop of jazz-filled, mob-ruled New Orle ...Show more
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
$26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction A-Z | Reading Level: very good
Greece in the age of Heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia. Here he is nobody, just another unwanted boy living in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. Achilles, “best of all the Greeks,” is everything Patroclus is not -- strong, beautifu ...Show more
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
$30.00 NZD
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Reading Level: near fine
A breakneck race against time...and an implacable enemy. An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. A father publicly beheaded in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square. A notorious Syrian biotech expert found eyeless in a Dama ...Show more
Empire of the Vampire (#1) by Jay Kristoff
$30.00 NZD
Category: Fantasy & SciFi | Series: Empire of the Vampire Ser.
From the Sunday Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Nevernight Chronicle, comes this masterful new series. Featuring the darkly beautiful illustrations of Bon Orthwick (@monolimeart). 'This book is bloody brilliant' — V.E Schwab, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ...Show more
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
$24.00 NZD
Category: Penguin Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Tolstoy married Sophia Andreevna Behrs, who was 16 years his junior on September 23, 1862. Her family and friends called her Sonya which is the Russian diminutive of Sofia. Tolstoy and Sophia had thirteen children, five of whom did not survive childhood. On the eve of their marriage, Tolstoy gave her hi ...Show more
American Dirt: The heartstopping read that will live with you for ever by Jeanine Cummins
$25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction A-Z
'Breathtaking... I haven't been so entirely consumed by a book for years' - Telegraph. 'I couldn't put it down. I'll never stop thinking about it' - Ann Patchett FEAR KEEPS THEM RUNNING. HOPE KEEPS THEM ALIVE. Vivid, visceral, utterly compelling, AMERICAN DIRT is the unforgettable story of a mother and ...Show more
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
$28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction A-Z | Reading Level: good
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has surv ...Show more