Aesop's Fables by Aesop
23.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Signature Classics Ser.
The calamities that befall the hapless creatures of Aesop's Fables! The fox can't reach his grapes, then gets attacked by biting flies and loses his tail in a trap. And things don't go much better for the hare, who is chased relentlessly by a hound, barely escaping with his life-only to be beaten in a r ...Show more
The Odyssey (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Homer
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
The Odyssey is a classic poem written by Homer that consists of 12.110 verses. It is unique already in that it has reached our days in its original form. This poem is a genuine revelation of the poetic thought of ancient Hellas....After the Trojan War, most of the survived Greek leaders returned by sea ...Show more
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
15.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Evergreens Ser.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but t ...Show more
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
In an examination of his laudanum addiction and the dreams and visions the drug engendered, Thomas De Quincey lays bare the celestial pleasures and infernal lows of an existence dependent on "subtle and mighty opium". At once moving and rhapsodic, and suffused with a poetic and lyrical beauty, Confessi ...Show more
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
What does a great detective do when he's stuck in bed? Inspector Grant is used to prowling the streets, solving crimes and unraveling mysteries, so when he finds himself bedridden in the hospital, he needs something to occupy his mind.He turns his attention to the figure of Richard III--generally consid ...Show more
Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Thief by Maurice Leblanc
25.00 NZD
Category: Classics
THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE HIT NETFLIX SERIES, LUPIN.The year is 1905. Meet Arsène Lupin: a gentleman and a thief.When Arsène Lupin is arrested, the police think it's all over. But the most dangerous place for Lupin is to be behind bars...An enemy to the rich and powerful; a friend to the poor - Arsène ...Show more
A Room of One's Own (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Virginia Woolf
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Based on two lectures given at Cambridge colleges and first published by the Hogarth Press in 1929, A Room of One's Own is an extended essay about the predicament of female writers and a stirring call for autonomy and recognition. As well as settling scores with reactionary critics and laying the founda ...Show more
Jane Eyre (Alma Classics) by Charlotte Brontë
17.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens
Orphaned at an early age, Jane Eyre, leads a lonely life until she finds a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall. There she meets the mysterious Mr. Rochester and sees a ghostly woman who roams the halls at night. What is the sinister secret that threatens Jane and her new found happiness? Step int ...Show more
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
29.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Asher Lev is a gifted loner, the artist who painted the sensational "Brooklyn Crucifixion". Into it he poured all the anguish and torment a Jew can feel when torn between the faith of his fathers and the calling of his art. Here Asher Lev plunges back into his childhood and recounts the story of love an ...Show more
Prelude & Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Radical, witty and inventive, Katherine Mansfield is one of the twentieth century's most accomplished short-story writers and this selection of stories showcases her dazzling skill. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled ed ...Show more
The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue by Fyodor Dostoevsky
45.00 NZD
Category: Classics
This new, revised edition of the award-winning translation of Dostoevsky's classic novel celebrates the author's two hundredth birthday Winner of the Pen/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize <i>The Brothers Karamazov</i> is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of eroti ...Show more
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
21.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Mark Twain's witty, satirical tale of childhood rebellion against hypocritical adult authority, the "Penguin Classics" edition of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is edited with a critical introduction by Peter Coveney. Mark Twain's story of a boy's journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed th ...Show more