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Harold And The Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
17.00 NZD
Category: Children | Series: Essential Picture Book Classics Ser.
One of the launch titles in the amazing new Essential Picture Book Classics list from HarperCollins, this book is full of funny twists and surprises as young Harold draws himself some wonderful adventures. A collectable classic picture book that every child should read and own. Maurice Sendak says "Haro ...Show more
Key Moments in Art by Lee Cheshire
22.00 NZD
Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
Art lovers can list history's most important art objects, but what many don't know are the dramatic, funny, and sometimes bizarre stories behind these most famous works. Spanning the last 500 years of art history, this book revisits fifty momentous events that changed the course of art--days when now wo ...Show more
Looking at Pictures by Susan Woodford
22.00 NZD
Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
Beautifully illustrated with some of the world's greatest pictures, from cave paintings and Roman mosaics to Picasso and Damien Hirst, this affordable guide explains the art of looking at and understanding pictures, equipping the reader with the vision and tools to approach any museum picture with confi ...Show more
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
25.00 NZD
Category: General fiction | Series: Penguin Essentials Ser.
'I'm writing a history of the world,' she says . . . And in the process, my own.' Claudia Hampton is dying. A professional historian in her seventies, she casts her mind back through her own life to identify the currents and winds upon which she has been cast adrift. We see how this strong, independent ...Show more
On the High Wire by Philippe Petit; Paul Auster (Introduction by, Translator)
25.00 NZD
Category: Sport | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
'A book of instructions to those who will dare one day the impossible. I bow my head in reverence' Werner Herzog'Petit is an artist whose theatre is the sky' Robin Williams'Fascinating. You will learn about the man, his work, his passion, his tenacity and lucidity' Marcel Marceau'Petit outlines a whole ...Show more
Simple Essentials: Fruit by Donna Hay
30.00 NZD
Category: Food & Drink | Series: Simple Essentials
Beautifully presented in Donna's award winning style, it shows some greath summer recipe ideas with these core ingredients.
Simple Essentials: Pasta Rice Noodle by Donna Hay
30.00 NZD
Category: Food & Drink | Series: Simple Essentials Ser.
Following on the success of chicken, chocolate, fruit, and salads + vegetables, Australia's best
Simple Essentials: Salads and Vegetables - Simple Essentials by Donna Hay
30.00 NZD
Category: Food & Drink | Series: Simple Essentials
Beautifully presented in Donna's award winning style simple essentials: fruit and simple essentials: salads and vegetables give great summer recipe ideas with these two core ingredients. All recipes are tested in the Donna Hay test kitchen so cooks of every ability know that they can use them with confi ...Show more
Strange Bliss: Essential Stories by Katherine Mansfield
28.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Essential Stories Ser.
A beguiling new selection of Katherine Mansfield's finest stories, focused on her mysterious, complex portrayals of relationships between women. Katherine Mansfield was one of the true pioneers of the short story. Her style shifts subtly between the comic and the tragic, as calm surfaces are punctured ...Show more
Street Art - Art Essentials by Simon Armstrong; Anon; Makoto Azuma
22.00 NZD
Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
A comprehensive history and interpretation of the street art movement, featuring all of the key practitioners in a colorful combination of sharp images and insightful commentary. Street art is a phenomenon and subculture movement that reaches from the darkest urban backstreets to the most glamorous inte ...Show more
The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Essentials Ser.
From the backlist of Elif Shafak, author of The Architect's Apprentice, The Bastard of Istanbul is a tale of an extraordinary family curse and was longlisted for the 2008 Orange Fiction Prize.One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I need to have an abortion', she announ ...Show more
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
26.00 NZD
Category: General fiction | Series: Penguin Essentials
'There was music from my neighbour's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars'. Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby's mansion in West Egg, east o ...Show more