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Alone In Berlin by Hans Fallada
$35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Berlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. When unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel receive the news that their beloved son has been killed fighting in France, they are shocked out of their quiet existence and begin a silent campaign of defiance. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse develops between ...Show more
An Angel at My Table - The Complete Autobiography by Janet Frame; Jane Campion (Introduction by)
$34.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'Janet Frame's luminous words are the more precious because they were snatched from the jaws of the disaster of her early life. It is one of the classics of autobiography. She knew that a writer must search her soul in order to say anything that is essential' HILARY MANTEL'Janet Frame is the greatest Ne ...Show more
Ancient Greek Philosophers by EDITORS OF CANTERBURY CLASSICS
$45.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
"Philosophy begins in wonder."--Plato Have you ever wondered about the development of civilization? What topics were discussed in the days of Ancient Greece? This collection of thoughts from Plato, Aristotle, and other masters of philosophy will lead your mind on a journey of enlightened exploration ...Show more
Animal Farm by George Orwell
$12.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others' When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them, maste ...Show more
Animal Farm by George Orwell
$12.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others' The animals at Manor Farm have had enough of Farmer Jones - he's drunk, reckless and cares little for their welfare. When the boar, Old Major, shares h ...Show more
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
$17.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Tolstoy married Sophia Andreevna Behrs, who was 16 years his junior on September 23, 1862. Her family and friends called her Sonya which is the Russian diminutive of Sofia. Tolstoy and Sophia had thirteen children, five of whom did not survive childhood. On the eve of their marriage, Tolstoy gave her hi ...Show more
Anne of Green Gables (Chartwell Classics) by L. M. Montgomery
$22.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Chartwell Classics Ser.
Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children's novel since the mid-20th century. Set in the late 19th century, the novel recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-ol ...Show more
Anne of Green Gables (HarperCollins Children's Classics) by L. M. Montgomery
$16.99 NZD
Category: Children | Series: HarperCollins Children's Classics Ser.
This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Classics edition of L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables is the perfect addition to any bookshelf. Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert are looking to adopt a boy to help out on their farm - so when the orphanage delivers a red-haired eleven-year-old girl named Anne i ...Show more
Anne of Green Gables [Painted Edition] by L M Montgomery
$55.00 NZD
Category: Children | Series: Harper Muse Classics: Painted Editions Ser.
The beloved story of orphan Anne Shirley's adoption by an elderly brother and sister is now available in an exclusive collector's edition featuring: A beautiful, high-end hardcover with Laci Fowler's distinctive hand-painted art and embossing/debossing treatments to bring the art to life Story ...Show more
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
$40.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
On a seemingly normal day at the exclusive Reform Club, Phileas Fogg, a gentleman of great wealth and exacting tastes, makes an extraordinary £20,000 wager; he will perform an impossible feat and circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. Accompanied only by his new French valet, the steady Passepart ...Show more
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
$26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey of five thousand people conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club in 1991. In a scrap heap within an abandoned factory, the greatest invention in history lies d ...Show more
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account by Miklos Nyiszli
$26.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. A Hungarian Jew and a medical doctor, Dr. Miklos Nyiszli was spared from death for a grimmer fate: to perform "scientific research" on his fellow inmates under the supervision of the infamous "Angel of ...Show more