The Trial: Popular Penguins by Franz Kafka
$15.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
The Trial (Der Process in German) is a novel written by Franz Kafka from 1914 to 1915 and published in 1925. One of his best-known works, it tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime revealed neither to him nor to the reader. Heavi ...Show more
The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories by Henry James
$48.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
In 'The Turn of the Screw', one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. But are the children really in danger - and if so, from whom? The novella is accompanied here by several more of the ve ...Show more
The Unbearable Bassington by Saki
$25.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
Secondhand. The novella The Unbearable Bassington follows the travails of Comus Bassington, a playboy and ne'er-do-well who is ultimately sent away to the British Colonies by his long-suffering family.
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
$40.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. From the planet of war they came to conquer the Earth . ...Show more
The White Nile by Alan Moorehead; Jeremy Bernstein (Preface by)
$18.50 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The\Adventure Library
It's been called the greatest geographical secret since the discovery of America: the source of the Nile. For centuries, adventurers and explorers have searched in vain for this mysterious place. Now, Alan Moorehead journeys back in time to follow these people in their quest for the origin of the mighty ...Show more
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
$35.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Folio Society
Reprint of 1908 edition with illustrations by James Lynch and introduction by Alan Bennett. Near fine condition with slipcase.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Popular Penguins by L. Frank Baum
$15.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum. The story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their Kansas home by a cyclone. The novel is one of the best-kn ...Show more
Three Men in a Boat: Popular Penguins by Jerome K. Jerome
$15.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
What could be more relaxing than a refreshing holiday on the river with your two best friends and faithful canine companion, Montmorency? However, as J. discovers, there is more to life on the waves than meets the eye - including navigational challenges, culinary disasters, and heroic battles with swans ...Show more
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Crime & Espionage Classics) by John le Carré
$26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
George Smiley faces his greatest challenge yet, unmasking a Soviet double agent at the heart of the British establishmentGeorge Smiley, who is a troubled man of infinite compassion, is also a single-mindedly ruthless adversary as a spy.The scene which he enters is a Cold War landscape of moles and lampl ...Show more