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A Scandinavian Christmas: Festive Tales for a Nordic Noël by Various
$37.00 NZD
Category: Christmas books
Ranging from Hans Christian Anderson to Karl Ove Knausgaard, have yourself a nordic noel with the very best Scandinavian Christmas talesHave yourself a very hygge Christmas with some of the best Christmas stories from across Scandinavia - old and new This collection brings together the best Scandinavian ...Show more
Fairy Snap by Various
$15.00 NZD
Category: Games | Series: Usborne Snap Cards | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
Snap is every child's much-loved first card game and these large, colourful and high quality cards will delight very young children. Match as many fairy characters as you can to win the game. Age: 4+ Players: 2-5
Happy Hour: Poems to Raise a Glass to (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Various
$20.00 NZD
Category: Gift Books | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Happy Hour is a gorgeous gift book of classic poetry which fizzes with poetry about all kinds of drink, drinkers and drinking place. All this and more is introduced by celebrated wine critic Jancis Robinson.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbo ...Show more
Liberty Faber Poetry Diary 2023 (FS) by Various Poets
$33.00 NZD
Category: Calendars & Diaries
The Faber poetry list, originally founded in the 1920s, was shaped by the taste of T.S. Eliot, who was its guiding light for nearly forty years. Each passing decade has seen the list grow with the addition of poets who are arguably the finest of their generation. The Faber Poetry Diary is a celebration ...Show more
Liberty Faber Poetry Diary 2024 by Various Poets
$37.00 NZD
Category: Calendars & Diaries
A handsome A5 hardback diary covered in Liberty fabric and printed in colour throughout with a ribbon bookmark and an elastic closure. A week to a view diary containing a new selection every year of more than forty poems along with illustrations from the Faber Archive.
Murder in Midwinter: Ten Classic Crime Stories for Christmas by Various
$23.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction (Ages 8-12)
Murder served ice-cold...
New Daughters of Africa by Various
$48.00 NZD
Category: Anthologies
A landmark contemporary collection celebrating the work of 200 women writers of African descentNearly three decades after her pioneering anthology, Daughters of Africa, Margaret Busby curates an extraordinary collection of contemporary writing by 200 women writers of African descent.A glorious portrayal ...Show more
Poems for Stillness by Various
$20.00 NZD
Category: Gift Books | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Poems for Stillness is a beautiful collection of classic poetry, all carefully chosen to calm, console and uplift. Here you'll find soothing poems about meditation, friendship, gratitude and about finding tranquillity. Enjoy peaceful and inspiring poetry from Emily Dickinson, W. B. Yeats, George Herbert ...Show more
Poems to Fall in Love With by Chris Riddell, Various
$28.00 NZD
Category: Children's/YA
In Poems to Fall in Love With Chris Riddell has selected and illustrated his very favourite classic and modern poems about love.This gorgeously illustrated collection celebrates love in all its guises, from silent admiration through passion to tearful resignation. These poems speak of the universal expe ...Show more
Purakau: Maori Myths Retold by Maori Writers by Various Authors
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Arts & Culture
A lively, stimulating and engaging retelling of pūrākau - Māori myths and legends - by contemporary Māori writers. Ka mua, ka muri . . .Ancient Māori creation myths, portrayals of larger-than-life heroes and tales of engrossing magical beings have endured through the ages. Some hail back to Hawaiki, som ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter by Various
$37.00 NZD
Category: Christmas books | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
The ultimate festive anthology of the best Christmas stories of all time, selected from around the world Truman Capote makes whisky-soaked fruitcake in Alabama; Laurie Lee slides across a frozen pond in Gloucestershire; and Shirley Jackson is outwitted by a wily Santa Claus at the bank. Ghosts haunt the ...Show more
The Usborne Advent Calendar Book Collection 2 by Various
$45.00 NZD
Category: Christmas books
A brilliant value pre-Christmas gift with 24 books that will keep young readers enchanted. This luxury advent calendar contains a beautifully illustrated storybook behind each window. Count down the days to Christmas with magical tales of princes and princesses, dragons and dinosaurs. As the big day a ...Show more