Past Imperfect by Julian Fellowes
39.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
Damian Baxter is hugely wealthy and dying. He lives alone in a big house in Surrey, looked after by a chauffeur, butler, cook and housemaid. He has but one concern - his fortune in excess of 100 million and who should inherit it on his death. PAST IMPERFECT is the story of a quest. Damian Baxter wishes ...Show more
Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
37.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
A cold October night, 1854. In a dark passageway, an innocent man is stabbed to death. So begins the extraordinary story of Edward Glyver, book lover, scholar and murderer. As a young boy, Glyver always believed he was destined for greatness. This seems the stuff of dreams, until a chance discovery conv ...Show more
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