Browse by category
Assume the Worst by Carl Hiaasen
$28.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
This is the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about it. "This commencement address will never be given, because graduation speakers are supposed to offer encouragement and inspiration. That's not what you need. ...Show more
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
$28.00 NZD
Category: Crime and thriller
When a severed arm is discovered by a couple on honeymoon in the Florida Keys, former police detective - now reluctant restaurant inspector - Andrew Yancy senses that something doesn't add up. Determined to get his badge back, he undertakes an unofficial investigation of his own. Andrew's search for the ...Show more
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
$40.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
When a severed arm is discovered by a couple on honeymoon in the Florida Keys, former police detective - now reluctant restaurant inspector - Andrew Yancy senses that something doesn't add up. Determined to get his badge back, he undertakes an unofficial investigation of his own. Andrew's search for the ...Show more
Fairway to Hell : A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport by Carl Hiaasen
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
'Every weekend, thousands of otherwise rational men and women are cursing, kicking at divots and smashing expensively milled putters against the trunks of immovable hardwood trees. These players go home in a toxic funk to inflict gloom upon their loved ones until the following Saturday, when they rush b ...Show more
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
$30.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Noah's dad, Paine, is a kind but slightly irresponsible fisherman, passionate about saving the local Florida aquatic life. When Paine discovers that a local businessman is running a scam from his casino boat, he takes the law into his own hands, sinks the boat and ends up in jail. The scam involves rele ...Show more
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Reading Level: good
You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup. Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor-which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swimming in a toilet. He can't prove it ...Show more
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
Unfortunately, Roy's first acquaintance in Florida is Dana Matherson, a well-known bully. Then again, if Dana hadn't been sinking his thumbs into Roy's temples and mashing his face against the school-bus window, Roy might never have spotted the running boy. And the running boy is intriguing: he was runn ...Show more
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
$27.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Honey Santana -self-proclaimed queen of lost causes - has a Plan.She's working on a scheme to help rid the world of irresponsibility, indifference and dinner-time telemarketers. She's also taking part-time telephonist Boyd Shreve and his less-than-enthusiastic mistress to Dismal Key - one of the Evergla ...Show more
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Honey Santana is a woman with a Plan.She may be a single mother living in a trailer park with her teenage son; she may have just been sacked from her day job for kneeing an over-friendly co-worker in the balls; she may be an obsessive compulsive with an anger management problem. But she has a Dream: to ...Show more
Razor Girl (C-format) by Carl Hiaasen
$38.00 NZD
Category: Crime and thriller
Key West is a small place, but there are criminal secrets buried everywhere ...When jumped-up reality TV star Buck Nance aggravates the crowd in a Key West bar, he incites a riot and vanishes in the melee. His hapless agent Lane Coolman should have been by Buck's side, but has been accidentally taken ho ...Show more
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Mrs. Starch – fearsome biology teacher – never returned from a field trip to Black Vine Swamp. The principal says she was called away on a "family emergency," but Nick and Marta don't buy it. They think Smoke, the class delinquent, has something to do with her disappearance. And he does! But not in the ...Show more
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
$35.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
When Mrs Starch, the most feared biology teacher in Florida, goes missing during a school trip to the Black Vine Swamp, her class is secretly relieved. The school principal tries to cover it up as a 'family emergency', but Nick and Marta just aren't convinced. They think it's much more likely to have so ...Show more