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The Rainbow by D H Lawrence
$10.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This title is presented with an introduction by Rachel Cusk. Set between the 1840s and the early years of the twentieth century, "The Rainbow" tells the story of three generations of the Brangwen family, ancient occupiers of Marsh Farm, Nottinghamshire. Through courting, pregnancy, marriage and defiance ...Show more
The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope
$8.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A hideous crime is committed at a fashionable London society gathering. The victim is the beautiful, innocent Belinda, her attacker is the dastardly Baron, and his weapon of choice is a pair of scissors...Pope's mock-epic is the sharp and witty tale of the most famous bad hair day in the history of lite ...Show more
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
$8.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage.
The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
$12.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
'In 1973 (Matthiessen) joined with George Schaller, a field biologist, to Crystal Mountain in the Himalayas, to study the wild blue sheep of the region called bharal. They also hoped to see the rare snow leopard, an almost mythical creature which Schaller once glimpsed on a previous visit. Matthiessen i ...Show more
The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
$8.00 NZD
Category: Classic fiction | Series: Vintage Classics | Reading Level: very good
In these early Hemingway stories, which are partly autobiographical, men and women of passion live, fight, love and die in scenes of dramatic intensity. They range from haunting tragedy on the snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro, to brutal America with its deceptive calm, and war-ravaged Europe.
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
$12.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
For its twenty-fifth anniversary, a new edition of Bruce Chatwin's classic work with a new introduction by Rory Stewart Part adventure, part novel of ideas, part spiritual autobiography, The Songlines is one of Bruce Chatwin's most famous books. This singular book, which was a New York Times bestseller ...Show more
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
$8.00 NZD
Category: Vintage Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics | Reading Level: very good
Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors, and the law, when an unexpected acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe and a chance to start over. Ripley wants money, success and the good life and he's willing to kill for it. When his new-found happiness is threatened, his respo ...Show more
Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham
$8.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics | Reading Level: good-very good
Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. Off stage, however, she is bored with her husband. She is at first amused by the attentions of a shy but ambitious young fan, then thrilled by his persistence - and at last wildly but dangerously in love.
This Quiet Dust by William Styron
$8.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Vintage classics | Reading Level: good
Part of the non-fiction titles which addresses great moral issues.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
$8.00 NZD
Category: Classic fiction | Series: Vintage classics | Reading Level: good-very good
The Pulitzer Prize-winning story of the violent, intolerant, eccentric, humorous and prejudiced Deep South, seen through the eyes of children in the 1930s. Scout and Jem Finch lose their innocence when their lawyer father defends a Negro charged with the rape of a white girl.
To Kill a Mockingbird (Vintage Classics) by Harper Lee
$8.00 NZD
Category: Classic fiction | Series: Vintage Classics | Reading Level: good-very good
'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' Meet Scout, the narrator of this book. Her story is one of Deep South summers, fights at school and playing in the street. The spooky house of her mysterious neighbour, Boo Radley, sags dark and forbidd ...Show more
Treasure Island (Vintage Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
$6.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This book contains an Introduction by Jake Arnott. When young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map in a pirate's chest in his parents' inn, he is drawn into a world of danger and adventure. He joins the crew setting sail to the Caribbean to seek out the booty and over the course of the voyage confront ...Show more