The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
$15.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The\Penguin English Library
This is the "Penguin English Library Edition" of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle. "Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!" The terrible spectacle of the beast, the fog of the moor, the discovery of a body: this classic horror story pits detective against dog, rati ...Show more
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
$15.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin English Library
'It was characteristic of her that she always roused speculation, that her simplest acts seemed the result of far-reaching intentions'. A searing, shocking tale of women as consumer items in a man's world, "The House of Mirth" sees Lily Bart, beautiful and charming, living among the wealthy families of ...Show more
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
$28.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
"Spectacular...An absorbing and distinguished work...The House of the Spirits with its all-informing, generous, and humane sensibility, is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Latin America." --The New York Times Book Review The House of t ...Show more
The Iliad by Gareth Hinds
$27.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Homer
In a companion volume to his award-winning adaptation of The Odyssey, the incomparable graphic novelist Gareth Hinds masterfully adapts Homer's classic wartime epic. More than three thousand years ago, two armies faced each other in an epic battle that rewrote history and came to be known as the Trojan ...Show more
The Iliad: A New Translation by Homer
$40.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
A stunning new translation of the classic tale of Greeks, Trojans and the fall of Troy. Man seduces another's wife then kidnaps her. The husband and his brother get a gang together to steal her back and take revenge. The woman regrets being seduced and wants to escape whilst the man's entourage resent ...Show more
The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake
$65.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Titus is expected to rule this extraordinary kingdom and his eccentric and wayward subjects. But with the arrival of an ambitious kitchen boy, Steerpike, the established order is thrown into disarray. Over the course of these three novels--Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone-- Titus must contend w ...Show more
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
$15.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The\Penguin English Library
From the founding father of science fiction H.G. Wells, a masterpiece about a man trapped in the terror of his own creation. The Invisible Man inspired The Map of Chaos by New York Times bestselling author Felix J. Palma. As a gift to readers, this ebook edition includes an excerpt from The Map of Cha ...Show more
The Iron Woman by Ted Hughes
$15.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
Mankind has polluted the seas, lakes and rivers. The Iron Woman has come to take revenge. Lucy understands the Iron Woman's rage and she too wants to save the water creatures from their painful deaths. But she also wants to save her town from total destruction. She needs help. Who better to call on but ...Show more
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
$15.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Pocket Penguins
'That black figure, with its eyes of fire, struck down through all my adult thoughts and feelings, and for a moment the forgotten horrors of childhood came back to my mind'. Adrift in a dinghy, Edward Prendick, the single survivor from the good ship Lady Vain, is rescued by a vessel carrying a profoundl ...Show more
The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
$15.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
"He is so scandalously weak, and she is so radically vicious, that they cannot but be wrong together. The very fact that such a man should be a bishop among us is to me terribly strong evidence of evil days coming". When Reverend Josiah Crawley, the impoverished curate of Hogglestock, is accused of thef ...Show more
The Last Tycoon by Scott F. Fitzgerald
$19.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The\F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection
Monroe Stahr is a film producer at the height of his career, revered by the industry and in control of every aspect of his business empire. In his ruthless rise to the top, the young widower has had little time for sentiment, until he meets the beguiling Kathleen Moore, and the two embark on an intense ...Show more
The Legendary Adventures of Alexander the Great by Richard Stoneman
$10.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
He was destined to rule the world . . . A prince is born under a star of good fortune. It is prophesied that he will become the greatest king of all time. Alexander grows up to fulfill this destiny - powerful as a lion, skilled in the art of war and leader of a vast army. Soon his fame sweeps the wo ...Show more