Creeks and Kitchens: A Childhood Memoir by Maurice Gee
- Illuminates some of the creative forces that have driven his award-winning writing.
Thorndon: Wellington and Home, My Katherine Mansfield Project by Kirsty Gunn - Highlights the effect of place on the creative process.
Luminous Moments by Paul Callaghan
- Callaghan had a rare gift for promoting science to a wide audience.
The Inequality Debate: An Introduction by Max Rashbrooke
- His urgent essays from Inequality.
The first four titles from this excellent new series from Bridget Williams Books. $14.99 each
The Enchanted by Rene Denfield $29.99
It's finally here!
"A hard-hitting and beautiful tale of damaged lives, prison and the ability of words to build worlds which overcome despair. Mesmerising." - Stella
"Sweet and sad and uplifting" - Lucy
The Bike Deconstructed: A Grand Tour of the Road Bicycle by Richard Hallett $60.00
A very close look at every part and the qualities that make it excellent.
Art in Oceania: A new history by Peter Brunt, Deirdre Brown, Nicholas Thomas et al $155.00
Winner of the prestigious 2014 Art Book Prize. Significant New Zealand content.
"A brilliant and highly original achievement. Nuanced, multi-disciplinary and fully collaborative in authorship and spirit … this book will undoubtedly stand as the definitive introduction and reference work on the rich and diverse arts of Pacific peoples for many years to come." – Ruth B. Phillips
How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti $29.99
"Delightfully indulgent and searingly cynical. This is a strange, brave and hilarious novel." - Stella
The Almost Nearly Perfect People: The Truth about the Nordic Miracle by Michael Booth $39.99
A nuanced examination of the paradoxes of Scandinavian society.
Lives in Writing by David Lodge $49.99
Twelve writers and a dead princess, treated in typically incisive fashion by the revered novelist and critic. A fascinating study of the interface between life and literature.
The Blazing World by Siri Hustved $38.00
A fine new novel from the author of What I Loved.
"Blazing indeed... with agonizing compassion for all of wounded humanity." - Kirkus Review
Falling Out of Time by David Grossman $45.00
A genre-defying drama - part play, part prose, pure poetry - telling the story of bereaved parents setting out to reach their lost children. Can death be overcome by an intensity of speech or memory? Powerful, personal and wonderfully written.
Shattered by Teri Terry $19.99
Kyla's memory was erased, her personality wiped blank, her memories lost for ever. Or so she thought. This is the gripping third instalment of the 'Slated' series.
The Black Eyed Blonde by Benjamin Black $38.00
The new Philip Marlowe mystery from the Booker Prize winning John Banville writing as Benjamin Black channelling Raymond Chandler.
Nelson: The Sword of Albion by John Sugden $49.99
An amazingly detailed biography of the crucial years from 1797 to his death.
"Sweeping, thrilling and psychologically acute... a monumental achievement." - Dominic Sandbrook (Sunday Times)
The Dead in their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley $38.00
The final book in the much-loved Flavia de Luce crime series.
"Pitch-perfect" - Val McDermid
The Kinfolk Table: Recipes for small gatherings by Nathan Williams $69.99
A lovely book. Both the content and the aesthetic reflect a desire to go back to simpler times; to take a hiatus from the madness of modern life; to build a community around a shared sensibility; and to foster the endless and energising magic that results from sharing a meal with good friends.
Prayers for the Stolen by Jennifer Clement $35.00
Urgent, incisive fiction set amongst the drug cartels of Mexico.
"Every sentence in Prayers for the Stolen is direct, potent, unexpected; twisting on the page like a knife in the gut." - Kirsty Gunn (Guardian)
Shipwreck: A history of disasters at sea by Sam Willis $25.00
"The stories of these wrecks are fascinating and well told - even poetic. But it is what each tells us of the maritime world, naval history and the nature of warfare at sea that gives this selection its great interest." - Oliver Walton (UK National Maritime Museum)
Mrs Hemingway by Naomi Wood $38.00
The insatiable writer as seen by each of his four wives.
"Wood has made Hemingway's famous tragedy seem moving all over again – and that's no mean feat." - Sam Jordison The Guardian
The Ravens by Thomas Bannerhed $29.99
Set in rural Sweden in the 1970s, this is a razor-sharp depiction of a boy's struggle to confront the world of adulthood.
"Startling in its depiction of nature, madness and faith, The Ravens is a vivid book about the terrors and passions of childhood." - Katie Kitamura
Fun Home: A family tragicomic by Alison Bechdel $45.00
Bechdel's graphic biography of her father is "honest, heart-breaking and often hilarious" (Guardian). Bechdel was a star at the recent Writers Week in Wellington. We now have stock.
The Undiscovered Country: Journeys among the dead by Carl Watkins 29.99
In this vivid history of the macabre, Carl Watkins goes in search of the ancient customs, local characters and compelling tales that illuminate how people over the years have come to terms with our ultimate fate.
"This is a wonderful book: curious and insightful." - Ian Mortimer
The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin $28.00
A man disrupts the lonely harmony of his life when he opens his heart and lets the world in.
"A psychologically complex novel of considerable emotional power." - Independent
Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut $37.00
An evocation of the life and work of E.M. Forster, his travels to India, and the freedom and inspiration he found there, from an author twice shortlisted for the Booker.
Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the Twentieth Century by Eric Hobsbawm $29.99
Hobsbawm examines the conditions that created the great cultural flowering of the belle epoque and held the seeds of its disintegration, from paternalistic capitalism to globalisation and the arrival of a mass consumer society.
The last book from one of the greatest modern-day thinkers.
The Executioner's Daughter by Jane Hardstaff $19.99
A thrilling adventure set around the Tower of London in Tudor times. Moss hates having to catch the heads her father cuts off. She finds a tunnel and starts a journey during which she will re-evaluate her life.
The Artistic Ape: Three million years of art by Desmond Morris $39.99
The cultural life of The Naked Ape.
Mrs Sinclair's Suitcase by Louise Walters $38.00
When Roberta's father gives her some of her grandmother's belongings, she finds a baffling letter from the grandfather she never knew, dated after he supposedly died in the war. There's a mystery which leads back to WWII, which Roberta must solve. A novel about family secrets, soul-mates and missed opportunities.
"Totally absorbing ... Beautifully done and heartbreaking too." - Esther Freud
- Illuminates some of the creative forces that have driven his award-winning writing.
Thorndon: Wellington and Home, My Katherine Mansfield Project by Kirsty Gunn - Highlights the effect of place on the creative process.
Luminous Moments by Paul Callaghan
- Callaghan had a rare gift for promoting science to a wide audience.
The Inequality Debate: An Introduction by Max Rashbrooke
- His urgent essays from Inequality.
The first four titles from this excellent new series from Bridget Williams Books. $14.99 each
It's finally here!
"A hard-hitting and beautiful tale of damaged lives, prison and the ability of words to build worlds which overcome despair. Mesmerising." - Stella
"Sweet and sad and uplifting" - Lucy
A very close look at every part and the qualities that make it excellent.
Winner of the prestigious 2014 Art Book Prize. Significant New Zealand content.
"A brilliant and highly original achievement. Nuanced, multi-disciplinary and fully collaborative in authorship and spirit … this book will undoubtedly stand as the definitive introduction and reference work on the rich and diverse arts of Pacific peoples for many years to come." – Ruth B. Phillips
"Delightfully indulgent and searingly cynical. This is a strange, brave and hilarious novel." - Stella
A nuanced examination of the paradoxes of Scandinavian society.
Twelve writers and a dead princess, treated in typically incisive fashion by the revered novelist and critic. A fascinating study of the interface between life and literature.
A fine new novel from the author of What I Loved.
"Blazing indeed... with agonizing compassion for all of wounded humanity." - Kirkus Review
A genre-defying drama - part play, part prose, pure poetry - telling the story of bereaved parents setting out to reach their lost children. Can death be overcome by an intensity of speech or memory? Powerful, personal and wonderfully written.
Kyla's memory was erased, her personality wiped blank, her memories lost for ever. Or so she thought. This is the gripping third instalment of the 'Slated' series.
The new Philip Marlowe mystery from the Booker Prize winning John Banville writing as Benjamin Black channelling Raymond Chandler.
An amazingly detailed biography of the crucial years from 1797 to his death.
"Sweeping, thrilling and psychologically acute... a monumental achievement." - Dominic Sandbrook (Sunday Times)
The final book in the much-loved Flavia de Luce crime series.
"Pitch-perfect" - Val McDermid
A lovely book. Both the content and the aesthetic reflect a desire to go back to simpler times; to take a hiatus from the madness of modern life; to build a community around a shared sensibility; and to foster the endless and energising magic that results from sharing a meal with good friends.
Urgent, incisive fiction set amongst the drug cartels of Mexico.
"Every sentence in Prayers for the Stolen is direct, potent, unexpected; twisting on the page like a knife in the gut." - Kirsty Gunn (Guardian)
"The stories of these wrecks are fascinating and well told - even poetic. But it is what each tells us of the maritime world, naval history and the nature of warfare at sea that gives this selection its great interest." - Oliver Walton (UK National Maritime Museum)
The insatiable writer as seen by each of his four wives.
"Wood has made Hemingway's famous tragedy seem moving all over again – and that's no mean feat." - Sam Jordison The Guardian
Set in rural Sweden in the 1970s, this is a razor-sharp depiction of a boy's struggle to confront the world of adulthood.
"Startling in its depiction of nature, madness and faith, The Ravens is a vivid book about the terrors and passions of childhood." - Katie Kitamura
Bechdel's graphic biography of her father is "honest, heart-breaking and often hilarious" (Guardian). Bechdel was a star at the recent Writers Week in Wellington. We now have stock.
In this vivid history of the macabre, Carl Watkins goes in search of the ancient customs, local characters and compelling tales that illuminate how people over the years have come to terms with our ultimate fate.
"This is a wonderful book: curious and insightful." - Ian Mortimer
A man disrupts the lonely harmony of his life when he opens his heart and lets the world in.
"A psychologically complex novel of considerable emotional power." - Independent
An evocation of the life and work of E.M. Forster, his travels to India, and the freedom and inspiration he found there, from an author twice shortlisted for the Booker.
Hobsbawm examines the conditions that created the great cultural flowering of the belle epoque and held the seeds of its disintegration, from paternalistic capitalism to globalisation and the arrival of a mass consumer society.
The last book from one of the greatest modern-day thinkers.
A thrilling adventure set around the Tower of London in Tudor times. Moss hates having to catch the heads her father cuts off. She finds a tunnel and starts a journey during which she will re-evaluate her life.
The cultural life of The Naked Ape.
When Roberta's father gives her some of her grandmother's belongings, she finds a baffling letter from the grandfather she never knew, dated after he supposedly died in the war. There's a mystery which leads back to WWII, which Roberta must solve. A novel about family secrets, soul-mates and missed opportunities.
"Totally absorbing ... Beautifully done and heartbreaking too." - Esther Freud
