The People's Act of Love by James Meek
28.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
In the outer reaches of a country recently torn apart by civil war lives a small Christian sect and its enigmatic leader, Balashov. Staitioned nearby is a regiment of Czech soldiers. Into this community trudges Samarin, an escapee from Russia's northernmost gulag. Soon, as events unfold, suspicion and t ...Show more
Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar by D. J. Connell
27.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
A rollicking, laugh-out-loud funny-novel set to sizzle in summer 2011. Julian Corkle's got small-screenability. His mother tells him he'll be a star one day. 'Twinkle, twinkle,' she says, giving his hair a ruffle. Not everyone shares Julian's dreams of stardom. Television is too much like hairdressing ...Show more
13 Rue Therese by Elena Mauli Shapiro
37.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
An American in Paris falls in love with two women, one of whom he can only only imagine, in this wonderful debut. As he settles into his new office in Paris, American academic Trevor Stratton discovers a box full of century-old artifacts. The pictures, letters and objects in the box relate to the life o ...Show more
Sea of Poppies: Ibis Trilogy Book 1 by Amitav Ghosh
28.00 NZD
Category: General fiction | Series: Ibis Trilogy Ser.
The stunningly vibrant final novel in the bestselling Ibis Trilogy It is 1839 and China has embargoed the trade of opium, yet too much is at stake in the lucrative business and the British Foreign Secretary has ordered the colonial government in India to assemble an expeditionary force for an attack to ...Show more
The Ballroom on Magnolia Street by Sharon Owens
28.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
Shirley Winters is a daydreamer who loves vintage clothes and Declan Greenwood. Her older sister Kate enjoys collecting handbags and lovers with equal relish, but hates her job in the dole office. When Shirley eventually gets together with Declan, they fall for each other in a big way. Declan prompt ...Show more
The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell
28.00 NZD
32.00 (12% off)
Category: General fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. For the British there, life is orderly and genteel. Then the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the British community retreats with shock i ...Show more