From the Centre - A Writer's Life by Patricia Grace
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Reading Level: very good
'We live by the sea, which hems and stitches the scalloped edges of the land.' Renowned writer Patricia Grace begins her remarkable memoirs beside her beloved Hongoeka Bay. It is the place she has returned to throughout her life, and fought for, one of many battles she has faced- 'It was when I first we ...Show more
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
$27.00 NZD
Category: General
Spiky, sharp, intriguingly dark and tender, full of pathos, fury and wit, Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason is a dazzling, distinctive novel from a boldly talented writer - now an instant Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Women''s Prize. ''Sorrow and Bliss is a brilliantly faceted and extre ...Show more
Go as a River by Shelley Read
$37.00 NZD
Category: General
For fans of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, GREAT CIRCLE and THE PAPER PALACE- lush, immersive, soaring tale of a young woman's journey to becoming, of love and loss, home and resilience, and finding those where least expected, and a breathtaking exploration of our connection to nature. On a cool autumn mornin ...Show more
Foul Lady Fortune (#1 Foul Lady Fortune) by Chloe Gong
$25.00 NZD
Category: Bonny's Picks | Series: Foul Lady Fortune
Assassin. Immortal. Spy. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights comes the first book in a captivating new duology following an ill-matched pair of spies posing as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders in 1930s Shanghai.It's 1931 in Shanghai, and the ...Show more
Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts by Josie Shapiro
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved Lessons in Chemistry and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, you will adore Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts. 'Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts plunges the reader into the gru ...Show more
Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler
$37.00 NZD
Category: General
Power. History. Love. Hate. Vengeance.She will be Queen. Whatever it takes... Daughter of an ousted king, descendant of ancient druids, as a child it is prophesied that one day Gruoch will be queen of Alba. When she is betrothed to Duncan, heir elect, this appears to confirm the prophecy. She leaves be ...Show more
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
$25.00 NZD
Category: General | Series: Picador Collection
<b>Adapted by the Coen Brothers into an Academy Award winning film, <i>No Country For Old Men</i> is a dark and suspenseful novel from Cormac McCarthy, author of <i>The Road</i>.</b> Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles upon a transaction gone ...Show more
The Girl Who Drank The Moon by Kelly Barnhill
$19.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction (Ages 8-12)
A New York Times BestsellerWinner of the 2017 Newbery Medal2017 Booklist Youth Editors' ChoiceOn seven Best Book ListsEvery year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby for the witch in the forest to keep her from terrorizing their town. But Xan is kind. She nourishes the babies with starlight and ...Show more
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
$25.00 NZD
Category: General | Reading Level: good
'The best Australian novel I have read in more than a decade' Sydney Morning Herald 'Astonishing, captivating ... a wild, beautiful, heart-exploding ride' Elizabeth Gilbert The bestselling novel that has taken Australia, and the world, by storm. Winner of Book of the Year at the 2019 Indie Book Awards, ...Show more
Wintering: The power of rest and retreat in difficult times by Katherine May
$40.00 NZD
Category: Health & Wellbeing
A beautiful gift edition of this poignant memoir on surviving the difficult times in life.THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSigned Gift Edition with an exclusive foreword'Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself' Elizabeth Gilbert'A gentle exploration of the dark season of life and the light of ...Show more
Honeybee by Craig Silvey
$25.00 NZD
Category: General
The bestselling and award-winning novel from the author of Jasper Jones. 'Find out who you are, and live that life.' Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail and looks down at the road far below. At the other end of the same bridge, an old man, Vi ...Show more
Tree Sense - Ways of Thinking about Trees by Susette Goldsmith (Editor)
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Essays | Reading Level: near fine
At a moment when the planet is so clearly in peril, the trees stand as both guardians and messengers. They have words for us - if only we would listen. As climate change imposes significant challenges on the natural world we are being encouraged to plant trees. At the same time, urban intensification an ...Show more