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Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
27.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
This edition is out of print. See 9780747599258 Released to critical acclaim,
Fugitive Pieces: Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction by Anne Michaels
28.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
Jakob Beer is seven years old when he is rescued from the muddy ruins of a buried village in Nazi-occupied Poland. Of his family, he is the only one who has survived. Under the guidance of the Greek geologist Athos, Jakob must steel himself to excavate the horrors of his own history. A novel of astoundi ...Show more
Fugitive Pieces - out of print by Anne Michaels
27.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
Following the Nazi occupation of Poland, from the mud of a buried city, Jakob Beer, an orphaned Jewish boy, finds himself rescued by an unlikely saviour, the geologist and humanist Athos Roussos. Athos takes Jakob to his Greek-island home, where Jakob becomes his student. But the trauma of Jakob's early ...Show more
Held by Anne Michaels
33.00 NZD
Category: Literary fiction
'Through luminous moments of chance, change, and even grace, Michaels shows us our humanity - its depths and shadows' MARGARET ATWOOD The triumphant new novel from the author of the Orange Prize-winning Fugitive Pieces- a soaring and luminous story of chance and change 1917. On a battlefield near the ...Show more
The Adventures of Miss Petitfour (HB) by Anne Michaels
23.00 NZD
Category: Children
Meet the utterly irresistible Miss Petitfour (a name of unknown origin but possibly descended from bakers of tiny delicious cakes). She loves baking and making and dancing with her cats, but most of all she loves to fly. All she has to do is pick up a favourite tablecloth (preferably the one with the pa ...Show more
The Further Adventures of Miss Petitfour by Anne Michaels; Emma Block (Illustrator)
23.00 NZD
Category: Fiction Age 5-8 | Series: The\Adventures of Miss Petitfour Ser.
Miss Petitfour enjoys having adventures that are 'just the right size' for a 'single, magical day.' With her sixteen cats and the aid of a tablecloth as a makeshift balloon, Miss Petitfour soars - which is to say, she rises high in the air and flies - over her charmingly eccentric village, encountering ...Show more
The Further Adventures of Miss Petitfour (#2) by Anne Michaels
37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction Age 5-8 | Series: The Adventures of Miss Petitfour
For fans of Mary Poppins, heroine Miss Petitfour and her feline friends return for more flights of fancy in this cozy, charming collection of illustrated stories. Miss Petitfour enjoys having adventures that are just the right size for a single, magical day. With her sixteen cats and the aid of a tabl ...Show more
The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels
37.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
Egypt, 1964. The great temple at Abu Simbel must be rescued from the rising waters of the Aswan Dam. Block by block it is to be dismantled and resurrected sixty metres higher. This most delicate and daunting of tasks is overseen by Avery, a young engineer who at the same time is carefully, and joyfully, ...Show more
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