The Book of Fame by Lloyd Jones
$8.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
A glorious novel from the award-winning author of Mister Pip, now available as a trade paperback original from Vintage Canada. The Book of Fame is a lyrical semi-fictional account of the 1905 All Black rugby tour of Europe - a tour that shaped New Zealand's identity, from which the players returned to f ...Show more
The Uncle's Story by Witi Ihimaera
$10.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
Michael Mahana's personal disclosure to his parents leads to the uncovering of another family secret-about his uncle, Sam, who had fought in the Vietnam War. Now, armed with his uncle's diary, Michael goes searching for the truth about his uncle, about the secret the Mahana family has kept hidden for o ...Show more
Lucky Bastard: A Novel in Three Acts by Peter Wells
$12.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: Good
'Lucky Bastard' is the story of Eric Keeling, a survivor of the Japanese prison camps who went on to become a war crimes investigator at the Toyko War Crimes Trials in the late 1940s. 'Old Bastard' is the story of his children, and how they cope with a father traumatised by his past. 'Maiden Daughters S ...Show more
Crushed by Neil Bromfield
$10.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
William Ferguson had willingly followed the footsteps of his father into the family business, accepting the challenge to continue to enhance the reputation and fortunes of the highly respected Ferguson Trading Company.
Moonlight Sonata by Eileen Merriman
$16.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: near fine
A bitter-sweet novel of forbidden love and family secrets. 'Some secrets should never be told.' It's the annual New Year family get-together. Molly is dreading having to spend time with her mother, but she is pleased her son will see his cousins and is looking forward to catching up with her brothers . ...Show more
Necessary Secrets by Greg McGee
$16.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: near fine
Spanning the four seasons of a year, Necessary Secrets tells the story of Dennis (Den) Sparks and his three adult children. Starting with Den contemplating his mortality on the day of his 70th birthday, the year ahead is told from four different points of view. A searing picture of New Zealand society t ...Show more
The Jacaranda House by Deborah Challinor
$14.00 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: The Restless Years | Reading Level: very good
Bestselling author Deborah Challinor returns with a spellbinding novel about a woman living in Sydney's notorious King's Cross in 1964. Polly Manaia is living in Sydney's notorious Kings Cross, working as an exotic dancer. She's desperate to bring her young daughter to live with her, but beneath her bra ...Show more
From the Ashes by Deborah Challinor
$12.00 NZD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: very good
Allie Manaia must navigate society's disapproval of her mixed-race marriage to Sonny, while at the same time attempting to cope with the death of their baby, and undiagnosed PTSD - a result of being caught in the Dunbar & Jones department store fire two years earlier. Allie's grief, and her distress ...Show more
A Stitch in Time by Lynley Dear
$10.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
Here is vivid storytelling strong enough to carry its Depression-era burden with delicacy and lightness of spirit.Michael Fallow, Fairfax Media The year is 1930 and a failed dressmaker, a ‘man about town’, two ‘Stars of Stage and Screen’ and a jilted fiancée have washed up on the shores of Sydney Harbo ...Show more
Girl of Shadows by Deborah Challinor
$14.00 NZD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: very good
Four women transported to a new world were forced to rely only on their wits to survive ...and each other. Can they make their way in Sydney Town? What had they done? What had she and Sarah and Friday done? 1830: Convict girls Friday Woolfe, Harriet Clarke and Sarah Morgan have been transported to Sydne ...Show more
Rocco by Sherryl Jordan
$15.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
Rocco Makepeace is about to make a very unexpected trip. He will meet people that seem as primitive as any he as read about in history books; people who live in caves, who hunt with bows and arrows, who believe in magic and superstition. Some of those people will become very, very special to him. And be ...Show more
I am Not Esther by Fleur Beale
$8.00 NZD
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: The Pilgrim Family | Reading Level: good
A classic bestseller that's been in print for over 20 years, this gripping YA thriller follows a teenage girl caught in a religious cult. Imagine that your mother tells you she's going away. She is going to leave you with relatives you've never heard of - and they are members of a strict religious cult. ...Show more