The Oxford Book of English Verse by Helen Gardner (ed.)

$25.00 NZD

Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good

A Few Quick Ones by P. G. Wodehouse

$15.00 NZD

Category: Hardback fiction | Reading Level: very good

Tales from The Thousand and One Nights by N. J. Dawood

$15.00 NZD

Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good

Independence Day by Richard Ford

$20.00 NZD

Category: Hardback fiction | Reading Level: very good

Frank Bascombe is no longer a sportswriter, yet he's still living in Haddam, New Jersey, where he now sells real estate. He's still divorced, though his ex-wife, to his dismay, has remarried and moved along with their children to Connecticut. But Frank is happy enough in his work and pursuing various ci vic and entrepreneurial sidelines. He has high hopes for this 4th of July weekend: a search for a house for deeply hapless clients relocating to Vermont; a rendezvous on the Jersey shore with his girlfriend; then up to Connecticut to pick up his larcenous and emotionally troubled teenage son and visit as many sports halls of fame as they can fit into two days. Frank's Independence Day, however, turns out not as he'd planned, and this decent, appealingly bewildered, profoundly observant man is wrenched, gradually and inevitably, out of his private refuge. Independence Day captures the mystery of life — in all its conflicted glory — with grand humour, intense compassion and transfixing power. From the Trade Paperback edition. ...Show more

Poems by Charlotte, Emily Jane & Anne Bronte by Chrlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte & Anne Bronte

$60.00 NZD

Category: Poetry

Set in Bell Type and printed letterpress by Napier, Jones Ltd on Zerkall Rough Antique Laid, acid-free, mould-made paper; bound by Hunter & Foulis, Edinburgh, with sides of Swedish hand-marbled paper and buckram spine and label.

The Tower by W. B. Yeats

$60.00 NZD

Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good

Set in Joanna Type and printed letterpress by Napier, Jones Ltd on Zerkall Rough Antique Laid, acid-free, mould-made paper; bound by Hunter & Foulis, Edinburgh, with sides of Rackenmarmor Swedish hand-marbled paper and buckram spine and label.

Two Plays by James Purdy

$55.00 NZD

Category: Drama | Reading Level: very good

Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson

$12.00 NZD

Category: Hardback fiction | Reading Level: very good

Everybody loves a Christmas Story. The tradition of the Twelve Days of Christmas is a tradition of celebration, sharing and giving. And what better way to do that than with a story? Read these stories by the fire, in the snow, travelling home for the holidays. Give them to friends, wrap them up for some one you love, read them aloud, read them alone, read them together. Enjoy the season of peace and goodwill, mystery, and a little bit of magic. There are ghosts here and jovial spirits. Chances at love and tricks with time. There is frost and icicles, mistletoe and sledges. There is a Christmas Tree with mysterious powers. There's a donkey with a golden nose and a tinsel baby that talks. There's a cat and a dog and a solid silver frog. There's a Christmas cracker with a surprising gift inside. There's a haunted house and a disappearing train. There are Yule-tides and holly wreaths. Three Kings. And a merry little Christmas time. ...Show more

W. Somerset Maugham: Sixty-Five Short Stories

$20.00 NZD

Category: Hardback fiction | Reading Level: very good

The High Road by Edna O'Brien

$16.00 NZD

Category: Hardback fiction | Reading Level: very good

Set in a Spanish seaside enclave this is a passionate account of lost love and the return to loving, where currents of regret and loneliness clash with a fiery instinct for survival. The author also wrote The Country Girl's Trilogy, August is a Wicked Month and Johnny I Hardly Knew You.

H. G. Wells: The Time Machine;The Island of Dr Moreau; The Invisible Man; The First Men in the Moon; The Food of the Gods; In the Days of the Comet; The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

$20.00 NZD

Category: Hardback fiction | Reading Level: very good

Every Force Evolves a Form - Twenty Essays by Guy Davenport

$14.00 NZD

Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good

Guy Davenport demonstrates his unparalleled critical vision as he interprets art, literature, and culture In this collection of 20 essays, Guy Davenport applies his insightful gaze and critical wisdom to topics including modern art and the effects of the automobile on contemporary society. His work rang es from "What Are Those Monkeys Doing?" in which he links the paintings of Rousseau to the writings of Rimbaud and Flaubert, to "Imaginary Americas," a survey of the different roles America has filled in the imagination of Europeans. Davenport, 1 of the foremost American critics and intellectuals of the 20th century, brings his piercing intellect, encyclopedic references, and careful eye for detail to each piece in Every Force Evolves a Form. Whether writing on the philosophy behind modernism or a study of table manners, the paintings of Henri Rousseau or the design of Shaker handicrafts, Davenport always devotes his full attention and multi-angled analysis to the subject at hand. To read this thought-provoking collection is to see the inner-workings of Davenport's brilliant mind, with its varied fascinations and unparalleled insights. ...Show more