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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
$25.00 NZD
Category: Modern Classics | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.The poignant - and at times very funny - novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth.Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party i ...Show more
Beowulf: A Verse Translation by Michael Alexander (Translator, Introduction by); Penguin Group (UK) Staff
$13.95 NZD
Category: Penguin Classics | Series: Classics Ser.
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Epic poetry, English (Old); Monsters/ Poetry; Dragons/ Poetry; Dragons; Monsters; Scandinavia; Poetry / Anci ...Show more
Beyond Good And Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
$18.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy & Ideas | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
Beyond Good and Evil (German: Jenseits von Gut und Böse; subtitled "Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future" (German: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft)) is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, first published in 1886. It takes up and expands on the ideas of his previous work, Thus Spoke Za ...Show more
Blake: Collected Poems by William Blake; W. B. Yeats (Editor); Tom Paulin (Introduction by)
$36.00 NZD
Category: Poetry, Essays & Short Stories | Series: Routledge Classics Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
William Blake is a poet without parallel, who remains a source of wisdom and inspiration to countless individuals throughout the world. This selection was commissioned in 1905 by the firm of George Routledge from W.B. Yeats, who had previously been one of the pioneer editors of Blake's prophetic books. ...Show more
Bliss by Katherine Mansfield
$26.00 NZD
Category: Modern Classics | Series: Little Clothbound Classics Ser.
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, f ...Show more
Blitzkrieg by Len Deighton
$24.00 NZD
Category: Modern Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
A compelling history of Blitzkrieg: the 'lightning war' by which Hitler and his generals overwhelmed the Allied armies in Western Europe. 'Blitzkrieg' begins with a chilling portrait of Hitler's rise to power in pre-war Germany, setting the stage for the outbreak of the Second World War and his conquest ...Show more
Blood, Tears and Folly - An Objective Look at World War Two by Len Deighton
$35.00 NZD
Category: Modern Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
A magisterial history of the Second World War by best-selling novelist and former RAF pilot Len Deighton Drawing on the author's deep understanding of military life and the strengths and frailties of politicians and generals, this is a myth-puncturing analysis of the advent of the Second World War.Blood ...Show more
Bomber by Deighton Len
$26.00 NZD
Category: Penguin Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'Probably the best thing ever written about the wartime air campaign against Germany' Max Hastings 'Magnificent ... rich with historical detail' The Times 31 June, 1943. An RAF crew prepare for their next bombing raid on Germany. It is a night that many will never forget. Len Deighton's devastating nove ...Show more
Buck Danny Classics Vol. 1: Sabres Over Korea by édéric Zumbiehl; Jean-Michel Arroyo (Artist)
$21.99 NZD
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Buck Danny Classics Ser.
War has engulfed Korea, where the great powers are fighting to ensure the domination of their ideology. With the introduction of the superb MiG-15, the North Koreans and Chinese are on the verge of gaining air supremacy. Even American jets can only compete because of the superior training of their pilot ...Show more
Buck Danny Classics Vol. 2: Duel In Mig Alley by édéric Zumbiehl; Jean-Michel Arroyo (Artist)
$21.99 NZD
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Buck Danny Classics Ser.
Soviet spies are running amok. On top of a series of acts of sabotage, they've also managed to provide their side with the plans for Buck's major operation. But for the commander of the newly arrived veteran Soviet squadron, Colonel Korsakov, ambushing outclassed American jets isn't enough, no matter ho ...Show more
C.S. Lewis Signature Classic: Mere Christianity by C S Lewis
$19.99 NZD
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: C.S. Lewis Signature Classics Ser.
Mere Christianity is C. S. Lewis' forceful and accessible doctrine on Christian belief. First heard as informal radio broadcasts and then published as three separate books-The Case for Christianity, Christian Behavior, and Beyond Personality-Mere Christianity brings together what Lewis sees as the funda ...Show more
Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
$30.00 NZD
$34.95 (14% off)
Category: Penguin Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
One of the great allegorical masterpieces of world literature, Cancer Ward is both a deeply compassionate study of people facing terminal illness and a brilliant dissection of the 'cancerous' Soviet police state. Withdrawn from publication in Russia in 1964, it became, along with ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF ...Show more