The Castle (PB) by Franz Kafka
24.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'K. kept feeling that he had lost himself, or was further away in a strange land than anyone had ever been before' A remote village covered almost permanently in snow and dominated by a castle and its staff of dictatorial, sexually predatory bureaucrats - this is the setting for Kafka's story about a ma ...Show more
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Alexandre Dumas
23.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Ch teau d'If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of ...Show more
From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
25.99 NZD
Category: Classics
James Bond is back with a bang in Penguin Classics, in the new Crime & Espionage series 'It is not just a question of blowing up a building or shooting a prime minister. Such bourgeois horseplay is not contemplated. Our operation must be delicate, refined and aimed at the heart of the Intelligence ...Show more
The Chinese Gold Murders by Robert Van Gulik
25.99 NZD
Category: Classics
An intricate, puzzle-like murder mystery set in Imperial China, featuring the indefatigable Judge Dee Judge Dee is about to step into the shoes of a dead man... Most people would refuse the job of Magistrate at the lonely port town of Peng-lai - especially as the last occupant of the post has been fou ...Show more
Peter Pan (Chartwell Classics) by J.M. Barrie
27.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Chartwell Classics Ser.
What is Pride and Prejudice about : Pride and Prejudice follows the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner. They must overcome the titular sins of pride and prejudice in order to fall in love and marry. ...Show more
Shot with Crimson by Nicola Upson
36.99 NZD
Category: Classics
A murderer stalks the set of Hitchcock's film of Rebecca, bent on revenge, in this smart, cosy mystery. September, 1939, and the worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on the set of Hitchcock's Rebecca.Then a shocking act of violence reawakens the sh ...Show more
The Glass Pearls by Emeric Pressburger
27.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Faber Editions Ser.
For fans of The Passenger, this thrilling tale of an ex-Nazi surgeon hiding in plain sight in 1960s London by the celebrated filmmaker is a lost noir gem, introduced by Anthony Quinn.'A wonderfully compelling noir thriller and audacious and challenging act of imagination.' William Boyd'This extraordinar ...Show more
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
25.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Earth Ser.
"I can allow myself to write the truth; all the people for whom I have lied throughout my life are dead..." writes the heroine of Marlen Haushofer'sThe Wall, a quite ordinary, unnamed middle-aged woman who awakens to find she is the last living human being. Surmising her solitude is the result of a too ...Show more
Aesop's Fables Illustrated by Aesop
59.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
This illustrated collection includes hundreds of fables that have influenced our world for centuries.The stories attributed to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in Greece around 620-564 BCE, were originally passed on through oral tradition before first being transcribed several centuries after hi ...Show more
Wuthering Heights: Artisan Edition by Emily Bronte
34.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Harper Muse: Artisan Edition Ser.
One of English literature's classic masterpieces--a gripping novel of love, propriety, and tragedy. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Emily Brontë's only novel endures as a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence. The Penguin Classics edition is t ...Show more
Little Women: Artisan Edition by Louisa May Alcott
34.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Harper Muse: Artisan Edition Ser.
"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug."It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress."I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing atall," added little Amy, with an injured sniff."We ...Show more
Murder Is Easy by Agatha Christie
24.99 NZD
Category: Classics
Coming this Christmas on BBC, a new two part thriller: Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, Murder is Easy. Starring David Jonssons Fitzwilliam, alongside Morfydd Clark as Bridget; Penelope Wilton as Miss Pinkerton, Tom Riley as Lord Whitfield, Douglas Henshall as Major Horton, Mathew Baynton as ...Show more