The Surgeon of Crowthorne: Popular Penguins by Simon Winchester
15.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Simon Winchester'sThe Surgeon of Crowthorne was an international bestseller and tells an extraordinary true story of murder, madness and an extraordinary friendship in the nineteenth century. It is the tale of James Murray, the compiler of the first Oxford English Dictionary, and his most valued helper- ...Show more
Just William by Richmal Crompton
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
A tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, lovable ball of mischief, William Brown has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his hundreds of thousands of admirers since 1922. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edge ...Show more
1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (Alma Classics) by George Orwell
17.00 NZD
Category: Classics
Ravaged by years of war and civil conflict, Britain has changed its name to Airstrip One and become part of Oceania one of the three totalitarian blocks dominating the world which is ruled by a secretive leader called Big Brother, who keeps the population in thrall through strict surveillance and brutal ...Show more
Metamorphosis: Popular Penguins by Franz Kafka
16.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
'One of the few great and perfect works of poetic imagination written during this century' Elias Canetti One morning, Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. His family is understandably perturbed and he finds himself an outsider in his own home. In 'Metamorphosis' and the ...Show more
Nineteen Eighty-Four (Macmillan Collector's Library) by George Orwell
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Winston Smith lives in a nightmare world where the Thought Police spy on everyone and children are taught to betray their parents. Even the smallest sign of disagreement with the Party results in torture, imprisonment, or death. Big Brother oversees everything - but who is he? Winston tries hard to keep ...Show more
Mansfield Park (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by Jane Austen; Judith John (Contribution by)
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.
The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the mo ...Show more
Heaven's My Destination by Thornton Wilder
24.99 NZD
Category: Classics
One morning in the late summer of 1930 the proprietor and several guests at the Union Hotel at Crestcrego, Texas, were annoyed to discover Biblical texts freshly written across the blotter on the public writing-desk. George Marvin Brush is a travelling textbook salesman and fervent religious convert, d ...Show more
A Study in Scarlet (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by Judith John (Contribution by); Arthur Doyle
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.
A gorgeous edition of Sherlock Holmes first adventure, the perfect gift for readers and collectors. Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by Oscar Wilde; Judith John (Contribution by)
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to lo ...Show more
Pygmalion & Other Plays by George Bernard Shaw
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
George Bernard Shaw is one of the most famous and celebrated English playwrights and this new collection brings together the very best of his witty and entertaining comedies in one volume; Pygmalion, Major Barbara and Androcles and the Lion.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning ...Show more
Crime and Punishment (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Fyodor Dostoevsky; Oliver Francis (Introduction by)
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Crime and punishment is probably Dostoevsky's most read and known novel and one of the most famous literary works of all time. Published in installments in 1866 in the journal «Russkij vestnik» («The Russian Messenger»), it is the story of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, which the author describes in a l ...Show more
Shakespeare's The Tempest (Classics in Graphics) by Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore
30.00 NZD
Category: Comics & Graphic Novels | Series: Classics in Graphics
Shakespeare's The Tempest like you've never seen it - or read it - before! Classics in Graphics: The Tempest has been adapted by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow, and brought to life through the visual talents of illustrator Edu Coll. The fantastical revenge story is a swirling delight on ...Show more