Where There Was Fire by John Manuel Arias
48.00 NZD
Category: Modern Fiction
Where there was fire, ashes remain . . .Costa Rica, 1968.A deadly fire rips through the American Fruit Company's most lucrative banana plantation, destroying all evidence of a massive cover-up.That same night, Teresa Cepeda Valverde's mother is murdered, and her husband vanishes into the darkness.Decade ...Show more
The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
70.00 NZD
Category: Modern Fiction
The novel is set in the Roman city of Pompeii, which was famously destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The book combines historical detail with a dramatic and romantic narrative, offering a vivid portrayal of the city and its final days.
Transcendent Kingdom: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 by Yaa Gyasi
35.00 NZD
Category: Modern Fiction
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYaa Gyasi's stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national bestseller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama.Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying ...Show more
Parable of the Sower: the New York Times bestseller by Octavia E. Butler
35.00 NZD
Category: Modern Fiction | Series: Earthseed 1 | Reading Level: very good
This first Earthseed novel by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler feel like a prophetic nod to our current world. If you were glued to The Handmaid's Tale, you'll love this beautiful new edition of a seminal American classic. 'If there is one thing scarier than a dystopian novel about the future, i ...Show more
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
35.00 NZD
Category: Modern Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Sometimes I whisper it over to myself- Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor. In 1843, a 16-year-old Canadian housemaid named Grace Marks was tried for the murder of her employer and his mistress. The sensationalistic trial made headlines throughout the world, and the ju ...Show more
Character Parts by John Mortimer
10.00 NZD
Category: Modern Fiction
From Christine Keeler and Lauren Bacall to Neil Kinnock, Andre Previn and Lord Scarman, John Mortimer's interviews make compulsive reading, giving us humorous and illuminating insights into some of the most outstanding figures of our times.
Song of the Sun God by Shankari Chandran
35.00 NZD
Category: Modern Fiction
Nala and Rajan, a young couple, begin their married life in 1946, on the eve of Ceylon's independence from Britain. Arranged in marriage, they learn to love each other and protect their growing family, against the backdrop of increasing ethnic tension. As the country descends into a bloody civil war, Na ...Show more
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Meet The Dog who will show the world how to be human by Garth Stein
25.00 NZD
Category: Modern Fiction | Series: Film Tie-In | Reading Level: very good
The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein-a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of a dog's efforts to hold together his family in the face of a divisive custody battle. Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obse ...Show more
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