The Burial of the Rats - And Other Tales of the Macabre by Stoker Bram; Xavier Aldana Reyes (Editor)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: British Library Hardback Classics Ser.
I knew the site of the hut and the hill behind it up which I had rushed, and in the flickering glow the eyes of the rats still shone with a sort of phosphorescence. Beyond the genre-defining influence of Dracula, Bram Stoker was also a master of the short story form. This new collection of the author' ...Show more
The Call of the Wild: Popular Penguins by Jack London
$15.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley, where he spends his days eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. But one day a treacherous act of betrayal leads to his kidnap, and he is forced into a life of toil and danger. Dragged away to be a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing cold Yukon, Buck mus ...Show more
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
$50.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.In The Canterbury TalesChaucer created one of the great to ...Show more
The Chrysalids (Popular Penguins) by John Wyndham
$15.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The Chyrsalids is set in the future after a devastating global nuclear war. David, the young hero of the novel, lives in a tight-knit community of religious and genetic fundamentalists, always on the alert for any deviation from the norm of God's creation. Abnormal plants are publicly burned, with much ...Show more
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield by Katherine Mansfield
$32.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: good-very good
Katherine Mansfield's short stories revolutionised the genre, and this collection represents the whole range of her writing. They range from short, sharp studies to longer, richer tales, and 15 unfinished stories published after her death.
The Communist Manifesto: Pocket Hardbacks by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
$30.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics
A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith World-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith's distinctive, award-winning covers. Whet ...Show more
The Complete Entertainments by Graham Greene
$180.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
Set contains 'Stamboul Train', 'A Gun for Sale', 'The Confidential Agent', 'The Ministry of Fear', 'The Third Man', and 'Our Man in Havana'.
The Complete Novels of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte by The Bronte Sisters
$240.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll by Lewis Caroll
$65.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. First edition. “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass” with many of Tenniel’s original illustrations. Complete works including verses and short stories, with introduction by Alexander Woollcott.
The Complete Works of Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
$30.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
The plays and poems are prefaced by a short biographical essay
The Consolations of Philosophy: Popular Penguins by Alain de Botton
$15.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: good-very good
Alain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: he has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world's most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom to guide us through our most common problems. Fro ...Show more