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Vindolanda (#1) by Adrian Goldsworthy
23.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vindolanda 1 | Reading Level: near fine
Gripping, authentic novel set in Roman Britain from bestselling historian, Adrian Goldsworthy. AD 98: VINDOLANDA.A FORT ON THE EDGE OF THE ROMAN WORLD. The bustling army base at Vindolanda lies on the northern frontier of Britannia and the entire Roman world. In just over twenty years time, the Emperor ...Show more
Vision in White (Bride Quartet #1) by Nora Roberts
24.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Bride Quartet ; bk. 1
Childhood friends Mackensie, Parker, Laurel and Emmaline have formed a very successful wedding planning business together but, despite helping thousands of happy couples to organise the biggest day of their lives, all four women are unlucky in love. Photographer Mackensie Elliot has suffered a tough ch ...Show more
Waterloo : Little Black Classic by Victor Hugo
3.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics 125 | Reading Level: very good
'Brave Frenchmen, will you not surrender?' Cambronne answered, 'Merde!' A tense, dramatic account of the Battle of Waterloo - and how a rain shower changed history - from Victor Hugo's epic novel Les Misérables. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the firs ...Show more
We Will Not Cease by Archibald Baxter
30.00 NZD
Category: Customer Order | Series: 1st | Reading Level: very good
Against the backdrop of troops being mindlessly slaughtered at the whim of upper-echelon officers, WE WILL NOT CEASE is a story of extreme bravery and resolve. WE WILL NOT CEASE is the epic record of New Zealander Archibald Baxter's brutal treatment as a conscientious objector. In 1915, when he was 33, ...Show more
When the Lion Feeds (Courtney series #1) by Wilbur A. Smith
28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: : The Courtney Series 1 | Reading Level: near fine
'What is it?' Sean felt the first tingle of alarm. 'N'yoni', said Mbejane softly and Sean saw them. A dark pall, still so far off that they could not distinguish the individual birds: only a shadow, a thin dark shadow in the sky. Watching it Sean was suddenly cold in the hot noonday sun. He started to r ...Show more
Why I Am so Clever : Little Black Classic by Friedrich Nietzsche
3.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics 102 | Reading Level: very good
Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether? Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work iconoclastic German philosopher Nietzsche wrote before his descent into madness. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series ...Show more
Why Memory Matters: 'Remembered histories' and the Politics of the Past (BWB Texts) by Rowan Light
18.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction | Series: 1st
Why Memory Matters
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Wolf Hall 1 | Reading Level: very good
From one of our finest living writers, Wolf Hall is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel. ‘Every bit as good as they said it was’ Observer ‘Terrific’ Margaret Atwood ‘As soon as I opened this book I was gripped. I read it almost non-stop’ The Times In Wolf Hall, one of our very best writers ...Show more
World History 101: From ancient Mesopotamia and the Viking conquests to NATO and WikiLeaks, an essential primer on world history by Tom Head
29.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: Adams 101
Uncover the mysteries of the past with this exciting, comprehensive guide on world history.History books are often filled with long descriptions, complex facts, and stories that can bore even the most enthusiastic history buffs. In World History 101 you'll skip those tedious details and focus on engagin ...Show more
Wounds of Honour (#1 Empire) by Anthony Riches
27.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Empire ; v. 1
Marcus Valerius Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life - condemned to dishonorable death by power-crazed emperor Commodus. The plan is to take a new name, serve in an obscure regiment on Hadrian's Wall and lie low until he can hope for justice. Then a rebel army sweeps ...Show more
Zoo in the Attic by Hilary McKay
15.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Paradise House: 1
Danny is mad about animals and wants a sheepdog for his birthday. But instead he gets a goldfish called Oscar. This inspires him to set up his own zoo - in the attic above his flat - a plan that proves to have it's own problems!