Julia by Sandra Newman
$36.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
Julia is a bold feminist retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four that goes beyond Winston Smith's story to finally reveal what life in Oceania was like for women London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceania. It's 1984 and Julia Worthing works as a mechanic fixing the novel ...Show more
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
$36.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from international bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe and All Our Shimmering Skies. 'Mirror, mirror, on the grass, what's my future? What's my past?' A girl and her mother are on the lam. They've been runn ...Show more
Mister Pip (Popular Penguin) by Lloyd Jones
$15.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
In a novel that is at once intense, beautiful, and fablelike, Lloyd Jones weaves a transcendent story that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the power of narrative to transform our lives. On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone e ...Show more
Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory
$39.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
One of our foremost historical novelists, Philippa Gregory, makes history. We have fallen into the belief that women were absent from great events, and ineffectual in normal times. Through a radical reframing of the conventional eras of our history, Normal Women tells the story of our nation - not w ...Show more
Pounamu Pounamu by Witi Ihimaera
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
Pounamu Pounamu is classic Ihimaera and also classic New Zealand literature. First published in 1972, it was Witi's first book, which as he says in the new introduction 'fulfilled a childhood vow- to write about Maori using his own self and home place'. The vivid stories in this collection not only expl ...Show more
Ross Taylor: Black & White by Paul Thomas
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
When an athlete with an exceptional record of achievement and longevity comes to the end of their career, the numbers can speak for themselves.Ross Taylor has scored the most runs, made the most centuries and taken the most catches by a New Zealander in international cricket. He's the first New Zealand ...Show more
Ruby Tui - Straight Up by Ruby Tui
$36.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable childhood yearning for a better option in life to Olympic Champion and the world's best rugby sevens player. Ruby learned to rely on herself and her own strengths as a child, growing up without role models, in ...Show more
Shifting Grounds - Deep Histories of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland by Lucy Mackintosh
$59.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
In a city that has forgotten and erased much of its history, there are still places where traces of the past can be found. Deep histories, both natural and human, have been woven together over hundreds of years in places across Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, forming potent sites of national significance. T ...Show more
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
$22.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
An exquisite new short story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Things Like These and Foster. 'A genuine once-in-a-generation writer.' - The Times 'Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving.' - Hilary Mantel 'Claire Keegan makes her ...Show more
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
$26.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Spiky, sharp, intriguingly dark and tender, full of pathos, fury and wit, Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason is a dazzling, distinctive novel from a boldly talented writer - now an instant Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Women''s Prize. ''Sorrow and Bliss is a brilliantly faceted and extre ...Show more
Te Koroua Me Te Moana - The Old Man and the Sea in te reo Maori - Kotahi Rau Pukapuka #7 by Ernest Hemingway; Greg Koia (Translator)
$29.99 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
Hemingway's classic story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish - now translated into te reo Maori. Kei nga hihi pukaka o te ra, kei tetahi kainga pakupaku i te takutai o Hawana tetahi koroua hi ika e noho ana, ko Hanatiako tona ingoa. Kua waru tekau ma wha ra te roa kaore i mau i a ia he ika. E ...Show more
The Book Bus by Brian Wray & Melanie Moore
$39.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Based on the true story of the Book Bus in Cincinnati, this picture book follows a vintage VW pickup truck that embarks on a new adventure to share the joy of reading. Tilly the truck loves two things-helping out on the farm and listening to the stories read to her by the little girl who lives in the fa ...Show more