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Lewisville by Alexandra Tidswell
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction
Martha Grimm has a sorrowful secret, and her daughter Mary Ann is the only other person in New Zealand who knows it. Growing up dirt-poor in Willoughby, Warwickshire, in 1814, Martha dared to imagine a different life. Now she is a wealthy and respectable Wellington settler half a world away. But the cos ...Show more
Bella: My Life in Food by Annabel Langbein
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Bursting with tender and funny anecdotes and gorgeous recipes, Bella is Annabel Langbein's must-read memoir. For the first time, Annabel Langbein, New Zealand's most popular cookbook author, writes about her remarkable life and how food has shaped it, highlighting some of the recipes that have resonated ...Show more
Wild at Heart - The Dangers and Delights of a Nomadic Life by Miriam Lancewood
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
Gripping sequel to the international bestseller Woman in the Wilderness, Miriam Lancewood's story of the quest for a simple life, unfettered by society's norms. Miriam Lancewood's first book Woman in the Wilderness told her story of living for seven years in the wilderness of New Zealand with her husba ...Show more
Homegrown Kitchen by Nicola Galloway
$50.00 NZD
Category: Cooking
Homegrown Kitchen is a complete guide to eating well for those who love to cook fresh food. Beginning with a comprehensive section on the kitchen essentials, including sourdough bread, home preserving and fermentation, the book is then divided into breakfast, lunch and main meal chapters, followed by a ...Show more
No Friend But The Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani; Omid Tofighian (Translator)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
'Our government jailed his body, but his soul remained that of a free man.' Richard Flanagan Where have I come from? From the land of rivers, the land of waterfalls, the land of ancient chants, the land of mountains... Since 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani has been held in the Manus Island off ...Show more
Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
$38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
An avid member of the Hitler Youth in 1940s Vienna, Johannes Betzler discovers his parents are hiding a Jewish girl named Elsa behind a false wall in their home. His initial horror turns to interest--then love and obsession. After his parents disappear, Johannes is the only one aware of Elsa's existence ...Show more
Crosstrees (Children of the Furnace #2) by Brin Murray
$26.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult | Series: Children of the Furnace
`What we won was a small battle,' says Jace flat. `They'll be coming, fore we can turn this into a war.' Wil and Leah saved Jace from the Revout's Fires - but find out now, that was just the beginning. The Revelayshun's soldiers are riding to hunt down the Midwife. Only she can lead them to Wil's siste ...Show more
Children of the Furnace (#1) by Brin Murray
$26.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult | Series: Children of the Furnace
Truth died in the fires. Only through courage can it be born again. Dark, powerful and heartbreaking, Children Of The Furnace compels with a uniquely stunning world and one of the greatest characters you’ll ever be afraid for. Under the iron rule of the Revelayshun, one boy discovers the truth.. ‘Ty p ...Show more
Heartsblood (Children of the Furnace #3) by Brin Murray
$26.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult | Series: Children of the Furnace
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2020 Three heroes will rise Wil, Jace and Leah were shattered by the horrors of the New Atrocity but must rise to find strength again before it is too late. If they are to stand any chance of stopping High Patriarch Sachs’ vision of a world engulfed by fanaticism, fire and blood, th ...Show more
All Who Live On Islands by Rose Lu
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
All Who Live on Islands introduces a bold new voice in New Zealand literature. In these intimate and entertaining essays, Rose Lu takes us through personal history a shopping trip with her Shanghai-born grandparents, her career in the Wellington tech industry, an epic hike through the Himalayas to explo ...Show more
Ash Arising (Ash #2) by Mandy Hager
$20.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult | Series: Ash | Reading Level: very good
The gripping sequel to the prize-winning thriller The Nature of Ash. Ash McCarthy thought he had done enough by broadcasting his story to the world, exposing the corruption and lies of Prime Minister Chandler and his cronies. With his small band of friends and family on a remote campsite in the backcoun ...Show more
Taelstone by Robyn Prokop
$28.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult
Ash isn’t the Chosen One – it’s not his quest – he wasn’t even supposed to learn the Song. But he’s made an oath, and he can’t abandon his friend Kep to her awful fate. The teenage slaves must flee Mildaresh, pursued by the most ruthless tracker in the city, and his orders to kill. Haunted by strange me ...Show more