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A Russian Journal by John Steinbeck
41.00 NZD
Category: Classics
Just as the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Steinbeck and Capa began a remarkable journey through the Soviet Union. Their travels took them to Moscow and Stalingrad. What they saw and recorded was what Steinbeck called the "great other side", the ordinary lives of Russian men and women. Combining S ...Show more
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
26.00 NZD
Category: Classics
'Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.'Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists of Cannery Row in Monterey, California, during the Great Depression. They want to throw a party for their friend Doc, ...Show more
Cannery Row Popular Penguins by John Steinbeck
16.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the ...Show more
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
26.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
'To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.' Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide ...Show more
John Steinbeck - A Life in Letters by John Steinbeck; Robert Wallsten (Editor)
35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Nobel Prize-winner John Steinbeck was a prolific correspondent, and this collection of around 850 letters to friends, family, his editor and a diverse circle of well-known and influential public figures gives an insight into the raw creative processes of one of the most naturally-gifted and hard-working ...Show more
Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck
16.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool. On one side of the river the golden foothill slopes curve up to the stro ...Show more
Of Mice And Men (Barrington Stoke) by John Steinbeck
17.00 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Teen
A superb story of power and beauty, critically acclaimed across the world and now available in an accessible format for all readers. Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on t ...Show more
Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck
28.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
In Monterey, on the California Coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that's just naturally bad.
The Essential Steinbeck Boxed Set: Cannery Row; East of Eden; The Grapes of Wrath; Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
90.00 NZD
Category: Classics
One of the finest and most influential social novelists of the twentieth century, Steinbeck remains a best-selling author in the UK. Collected here in this covetable and must-have boxed-set are four of his major works: Cannery Row; East of Eden; The Grapes of Wrath; Of Mice and Men.
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
26.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.'Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide t ...Show more
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
31.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
John Steinbeck's powerful evocation of the suffering and hardship caused by the Great Depression, and a panoramic vision of the struggle for the American Dream, The Grapes of Wrath includes a critical introduction by Robert DeMott in Penguin Modern Classics. 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerv ...Show more
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
21.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction
The Pearl is a haunting and timeless tale of the dangers of unexpected wealth by Nobel prizewinner John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first. Kino is a desperately poor Mexican pearl diver. But when he finds 'The Pearl of the World' ...Show more