The Surgeon of Crowthorne: Popular Penguins by Simon Winchester
15.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Simon Winchester'sThe Surgeon of Crowthorne was an international bestseller and tells an extraordinary true story of murder, madness and an extraordinary friendship in the nineteenth century. It is the tale of James Murray, the compiler of the first Oxford English Dictionary, and his most valued helper- ...Show more
Great Gatsby by Scott F. Fitzgerald
17.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens
Invited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the neighbouring cottage, is intrigued by the mysterious host, Jay Gatsby, a flamboyant but reserved self-made man with murky business interests and a shadowy past. As the two men s ...Show more
Just William by Richmal Crompton
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
A tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, lovable ball of mischief, William Brown has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his hundreds of thousands of admirers since 1922. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edge ...Show more
1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (Alma Classics) by George Orwell
17.00 NZD
Category: Classics
Ravaged by years of war and civil conflict, Britain has changed its name to Airstrip One and become part of Oceania one of the three totalitarian blocks dominating the world which is ruled by a secretive leader called Big Brother, who keeps the population in thrall through strict surveillance and brutal ...Show more
Anna Karenina (Alma Classics) by Leo Tolstoy
17.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens
Leo Tolstoy's most personal novel, Anna Karenina scrutinizes fundamental ethical and theological questions through the tragic story of its eponymous heroine. Anna is desperately pursuing a good, "moral" life, standing for honesty and sincerity. Passion drives her to adultery, and this flies in the face ...Show more
Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
17.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens
Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits, and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech, Dorian makes a wish he will live to regret: that all the marks of age will now be reflected in t ...Show more
Transit by Anna Seghers; Margot Bettauer Dembo (Translator)
28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
INTRODUCED BY STUART EVERS: 'A genuine, fully fledged masterpiece of the twentieth century; one that remains just as terrifyingly relevant and truthful in the twenty-first'An existential, political, literary thriller first published in 1944, that explores the plight of the refugee with extraordinary com ...Show more
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
21.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin English Library | Reading Level: near fine
'Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show'. Dickens' epic, exuberant novel is one of the greatest coming-of-age stories in literature. It chronicles David Copperfield's extraordinary journey through life, as he ...Show more
The Little Prince: Popular Penguins by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
16.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behaviour through a series of ext ...Show more
Mansfield Park (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by Jane Austen; Judith John (Contribution by)
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.
The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the mo ...Show more
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by Arthur Conan Doyle; Judith John (Contribution by)
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.
Missing, assumed dead, for a long time, Sherlock Holmes returns triumphantly to his dear partner Dr. Watson. Furthermore, not before time London has never been in more need of his unprecedented administrations: a deadly individual with a compressed air firearm stalks the city.Among 13 additional splend ...Show more
A Study in Scarlet (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by Judith John (Contribution by); Arthur Doyle
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.
A gorgeous edition of Sherlock Holmes first adventure, the perfect gift for readers and collectors. Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury ...Show more