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The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen
$38.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
The long-awaited new novel from one of America's most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris as a refugee. There he and his blood brother Bon try to escape their pasts and prepare for their futures by turning their hands to capitalism in one o ...Show more
Edge of the Grave (#1) by Robbie Morrison
$35.00 NZD
Category: General Crime/Mystery | Series: Jimmy Dreghorn Ser.
Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison is a dark historical crime novel set in Glasgow, 1932. A city still recovering from the Great War; split by religious division and swarming with razor gangs. For fans of William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw, Denise Mina and Philip Kerr. When Charles Geddes, son-in-law of one ...Show more
Aran: Recipes and Stories from a Bakery in the Heart of Scotland by Flora Shedden
$50.00 NZD
Category: Baking, Bread, Desserts
aran (Scottish Gaelic) From the Old Irish arán Noun bread, loaf (masculine noun, nominative case) Aran is a beautiful cookbook from an artisan bakery in the heart of Scotland with the same name. In it, Great British Bake Off star Flora Shedden shares her simple, modern recipes and a window onto a ...Show more
The Tiger Who Came To Tea - Pop Up (50th Anniversary Edition) by Judith Kerr
$35.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction
Share in fifty years of magic... The classic story of Sophie and her extraordinary teatime guest has been loved by millions of children since it was first published fifty years ago, and is now available in this spectacular slipcased hardback edition with exclusive anniversary art print, to celebrate thi ...Show more
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
$35.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and Daily Express Book of the Year'Hugely, highly and happily recommended' Stephen Fry'You should read Humankind. You'll learn a lot (I did) and you'll have good reason to feel better about the human race' Tim Harford'Made me see hum ...Show more
Black Coffee by Agatha Christie
$23.00 NZD
Category: Agatha Christie | Series: Poirot
A full-length Hercule Poirot novel, adapted from Agatha Christie's stage play by Charles Osborne Sir Claud Amory's revolutionary new formula for a powerful explosive is stolen. Locking his house-guests in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula, no questi ...Show more
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
$35.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her loveless marriage to join an ashram, endured a brief stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents), and spent years chasing after a dishevelled, homeless 'artist' - all with her young child in tow. Now she is forgetting things, mixing up her maid ...Show more
Skunk and Badger (#1) by Amy Timberlake
$25.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Skunk and Badger
When friendly, free-spirited Skunk moves in with solitary rock-scientist Badger, both are forever changed in this whimsical, emotionally rich story from Newbery Honor author Amy Timberlake, illustrated in full-colour and black-and-white pictures by Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen (This Is Not My Hat, Pax ...Show more
Rudie Nudie (P/B) by Emma Quay
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture and Board Books | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
One, two Rudie Nudie, Rudie Nudie in the bath...' Emma Quay captures all the joy and energy of childhood in this irresistible rhyming tale. With its charming illustrations and lively text, 'Rudie Nudie' is destined to become an instant family favourite! Ages 2+
Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan Slaght
$48.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
When wildlife researcher Jonathan Slaght was a young Peace Corps volunteer in the Russian Far East, he caught a brief glimpse of a Blakiston's fish owl. It was the furthest south the species had been documented in over a hundred years, and a chance encounter that would change his life. In Owls of the E ...Show more
Table Manners: the Cookbook by Jessie Ware; Lennie Ware
$48.00 NZD
Category: General Cooking
'Mum. Guess what?' 'What Jessie?' 'We've written a cookbook'. 'I know darling? Do you think anyone will want to buy it?' 'Well, it's the recipes we've made our guests - the really good ones. Like the Sausage and Bean Casserole we made Ed Sheeran, the Drunken Crouton and Kale Salad we made Yotam Ottolen ...Show more
