Last Survivor by Tony Park

$34.99 NZD

Category: Classic Books

Greed. Joanne Flack is on the run - suspected of stealing a rare African plant thought to be extinct and worth millions of dollars. Danger. Sonja Kurtz is hired by the CIA to hunt down Joanne and find the link between the missing plant and a terrorist group hiding out in South Africa. Treachery. Joanne is a member of the Pretoria Cycad and Firearms Appreciation Society who take it upon themselves to track down the plant ... and the traitor in their midst who is willing to kill for it.   ...Show more

The Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

$9.99 NZD

Category: Classic Books

In this riveting tale, German professor Otto Lidenbrock decides to act on his belief that there are volcanic passages leading to the very center of the Earth itself, by leading an expedition through them to the depths of the planet. Teaming up with his nephew Axel, the professor and his guide Hans make the daring descent into an Icelandic volcano by the name of Snæfellsjökull. En route, they discover all kinds of unusual and wondrous things; everything from fearsome prehistoric animals to natural hazards present as challenges. Eventually, the pair ascend to the surface again and emerge from the Stromboli volcano in Italy. This early work by Verne establishes his skilled combination of the adventurous with the intriguing - although its ideas have since been debunked scientifically, the novelty and originality of the story confers freshness. ...Show more

Tales from the Arabian Nights by Val Biro

$24.99 NZD

Category: Classic Books

A lavishly illustrated collection of best-loved tales and adventures. Retold and illustrated by the inimitable Val Biro. • Sindbad the Sailor • The Enchanted Horse • Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp • The Adventures of Caliph Haroun Alraschid • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves &bull ; The Pot of Gold AGES: 4+ ILLUSTRATOR: Val Biro was born in 1921 in Budapest, Hungary, and studied art in London. Through a long career, his illustrations have appeared in some 400 books worldwide, and on the covers of many more. He is a renowned and much-loved author and illustrator of children’s books. ...Show more

Mythos by Stephen Fry

$26.00 NZD

Category: Classic Books | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths | Reading Level: very good

No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. We shiver when Pandora opens her jar of evil torments and watch with joy as the legendary love affair between Eros and Psyche unfolds. Mythos captures these extraodinary myths for our modern age - in all their dazzling and deeply human relevance.   ...Show more

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Mark Twain; Peter Harness (Introduction by)

$14.99 NZD

Category: Classic Books | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library

Huck is a young, naive white boy fleeing from his drunken, dangerous Pa and Jim is a runaway slave longing to be reunited with his family. Flung together by circumstance, they journey down the Mississippi together on a log raft, each in search of his own definition of freedom. Their daring adventures al ong the way provide both entertainment and a satirical look at the moral values of the Deep South of the 1800s. ...Show more

The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole

$19.99 NZD

Category: Classic Books | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands is a wonderfully entertaining autobiography by Mary Seacole - nurse, entrepreneur and intrepid traveller. Soon to be a major motion picture starring GuGu Mbatha-Raw.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.Mary Seacole left her native Jamaica to travel through the Caribbean, The Bahamas, Central America and to England. Keen to offer her services to English troops in the Crimea War, she was at first refused official support. Undaunted she went anyway and set up her famous hotel catering for British soldiers. She supplied food, drink and welcome respite from the front line. She also tended to wounded soldiers and dispensed medicine in the teeth of battle. Despite her invaluable contribution, she returned to England penniless and in ill health. Thankfully her astonishing achievements were acknowledged and she became the toast of London society. ...Show more

Passing by Nella Larsen

$19.99 NZD

Category: Classic Books | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library

Restless Classics presents the ninetieth anniversary edition of an undersung gem of the Harlem Renaissance: Nella Larsen's Passing, a captivating and prescient exploration of identity, sexuality, self-invention, class, and race set amidst the pealing boisterousness of the Jazz Age. When childhood frien ds Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry cross paths at a whites-only restaurant, it's been decades since they last met. Married to a bigoted white man who has no idea that she is African American, Clare has fully embraced her ability to "pass" as a white woman. Irene, also light-skinned and living in Harlem, is shocked by Clare's rejection of her heritage, though she too passes when it suits her needs. This encounter sparks an intense relationship between the two women who, as acclaimed critic and novelist Darryl Pinckney writes in his insightful introduction, reflect Larsen's own experience of being "between black and white, and culturally at home nowhere." In a culture intent on setting boundaries, Clare and Irene refuse to adhere to expectations of gender, race, or class, culminating in a tragic clash of identities, as their relationship swings between emotional hostility and intense attraction. ...Show more

Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson

$19.99 NZD

Category: Classic Books | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library

"Flora Thompson's great memoir of her Oxfordshire girlhood. The richness of the language, the lingering over detail and incident creates a haunting classic."--The New York Times The quintessential distillation of English country life at the turn of the twentieth century, this is the story of three clos ely-related Oxfordshire communities - a hamlet, a village, and a town - and the memorable cast of characters who people them. Based on her own experiences as a child and young woman, it is a story keenly observed and beautifully told across the three books of Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy: Lark Rise (1939), Over to Candleford (1941), and Candleford Green (1943). These three books are published together in this one elegant volume, complete with charming wood engravings. ...Show more

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome Jerome

$19.99 NZD

Category: Classic Books | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library

Three Men in a Boat remains one of the best-loved and most entertaining comic novels ever penned. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features illustrations by A. Frederics and an afterword by David Stuart Davies.Join our young heroes J., George and Harris (not forgetting Montmorency, the mischievous, irascible fox terrier) as they take a boating holiday along the Thames. Their aim is to escape the weary workaday world and improve their health, but they are ill prepared for the various escapades, difficulties and vicissitudes that they encounter along the watery way. The adventures of these incompetent innocents abroad are magnified to epic proportions by the storyteller, J. His narration gives the book not only a wonderful endearing freshness but also a series of hilarious moments of timeless comedy. ...Show more

Little Women Complete Collection by Louisa May Alcott

$32.00 NZD

Category: Classic Books

Mythology (DK Eyewitness)

$9.99 NZD

Category: Classic Books

Find out what the lotus flower represents in different mythologies around the world. Discover how gods and goddesses were believed to influence the weather. See incredible masks used to drive away demons. What will you Eyewitness next? Visually stunning and packed full of facts, DK Eyewitness books are perfect for school projects and home learning. ...Show more

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

$9.99 NZD

Category: Classic Books

In 1922 Nick, a would-be writer, moves to a waterfront home on Long Island and ends up next door to a mysterious millionaire named Jay Gatsby, who hosts wild parties that are the talk of New York--yet very few of his guests know who he is or where he came from. Directly across the bay from Gatsby lives Nick's beautiful, wealthy cousin Daisy and her husband, Tom, a brash bully used to getting his own way. As the languid Long Island summer stretches on, Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the wealthy--the rumours, illusions, and deceits of his new friends--and pens a tale of impossible love, ambition, and tragedy. ...Show more