Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
21.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Reading Level: very good
Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a place of their own and live the American dream. But dreams come at a price. Gentle g ...Show more
A Spy in the House of Love by Anais Nin
19.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books
Beautiful, bored and bourgeoise, Sabina leads a double life inspired by her relentless desire for brief encounters with near-strangers. Fired into faithlessness by a desperate longing for sexual fulfilment, she weaves a sensual web of deceit across New York. But when the secrecy of her affairs becomes t ...Show more
Metamorphosis with The Judgement by Franz Kafka
19.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books
Waking after a night of troubled dreams, Gregor is surprised to find himself trapped in the body of a hideous man-sized bug. As he lies on his shell and gazes into space, his mother and father begin calling to him from outside his bedroom door. He must get out of bed, they tell him. He has to go to work ...Show more
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
19.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Pocket Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged as well. Ignatius ignores them as he heaves his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots in a noble crusade against vice, modernity and ignorance. But his momma has a nasty surprise in store for him. Ignatius must get a job. Undaunted, he uses ...Show more
Pocket Penguin : The Secret Annexe by Anne Frank
4.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Pocket Penguins S.
Teenager Anne Frank's heartbreaking diary, kept from 12 June 1942 until 1 August 1944, is one of the key eyewitness accounts of the Second World War. Penguin published the definitive edition of the diary in 1997 and it is read widely today by both children and by adults.The Secret Annexe begins on Tuesd ...Show more
Pocket Penguins : The Cave of the Cyclops by Homer
4.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Pocket Penguins 70's S.
Homer's Odyssey is a founding tale of Western civilization: an epic story of one man's struggle to return home from the Trojan war. It became the first Penguin Classic when E.V. Rieu's translation was published in 1946. In this extract, Odysseus describes some of the horros and wonders of his journey, i ...Show more
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
12.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Shakespeare
An embittered Roman General returns from war, having captured the Queen of the Goths and her three sons. Sacrificing the eldest, in memory of his own sons killed in battle, he provokes the queen's unending hatred. And when she is made empress by the new emperor of Rome, she quickly begins to plot a murd ...Show more
Vanity Fair (Film-tie ) by William Makepeace Thackeray
19.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books
English society during the Napoleonic wars. Becky is charming and amoral and well equipped to fight for worldly success. Amelia is sweet and sentimental and longs for her worthless soldier lover, while the good but dull Dobbin stands patiently by. With a cast of characters grotesque, corrupt and downrig ...Show more
Why I Am So Wise by Friedrich Nietzsche
11.99 NZD
17.99 (33% off)
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: near fine
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the w ...Show more
Why I Write by George Orwell
11.99 NZD
15.99 (25% off)
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: near fine
Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell's timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today's era of spin.
Civilization and Its Discontents 19 by Sigmund Freud
11.99 NZD
17.99 (33% off)
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: near fine
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the w ...Show more
On the Suffering of the World by Arthur Schopenhauer
11.99 NZD
12.99 (7% off)
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: near fine
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the w ...Show more