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Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture - Abacus 40th edition by Douglas Coupland
20.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary
Andy, Dag and Claire have been handed a society priced beyond their means. Twentysomethings, brought up with divorce, Watergate and Three Mile Island, and scarred by the 80s fallout of yuppies, recession, crack and Ronald Reagan, they represent the new generation - Generation X. Fiercely suspicious of b ...Show more
Glass Room, The - Abacus 40th edition by Simon Mawer
20.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary Ser.
A New York Times Best-Seller Honeymooners Viktor and Liesel Landauer are filled with the optimism and cultural vibrancy of central Europe of the 1920s when they meet modernist architect Rainer von Abt. He builds for them a home to embody their exuberant faith in the future, and the Landauer House become ...Show more
Long Walk to Freedom (Abacus 40th Edition) by Nelson Mandela
30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary
The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, A Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emotive, compelling and uplifting, A Long Walk to Freedom is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a st ...Show more
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
20.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary | Reading Level: very good
Welcome to the wonderful world of America's foremost humorist David Sedaris, where learning French, like life, is littered with idiosyncratic delight ...'The Italian was attempting to answer the teacher's latest question when the Moroccan student interrupted, shouting, "Excuse me, but what's an Easter?" ...Show more
Old Filth - Abacus 40th edition by Jane Gardam
20.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary
Long ago, Old Filth was a Raj orphan - one of the many young children sent 'Home' from the East to be fostered and educated in England. Jane Gardam's novel tells his story, from his birth in what was then Malaya to the extremities of his old age. In so doing, she not only encapsulates a whole period fro ...Show more
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic - Abacus 40th edition by Tom Holland
20.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary
The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness - the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe ...Show more
Sex and the City - Abacus 40th edition by Candace Bushnell
20.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary
'"Relationships in New York are about detachment, so how do you get attached when you decide you want to?" "Honey, you leave town."' Meet Carrie, Miranda, Sam and their stylish friends. Successful, attractive, thirty-something career women living the high life in New York; blazing a glorious cocktail tr ...Show more
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Abacus 40th edition by Malcolm Gladwell
20.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary
In this brilliant and original book, Malcolm Gladwell explains and analyses the 'tipping point', that magic moment when ideas, trends and social behaviour cross a threshold, tip and spread like wildfire. Taking a look behind the surface of many familiar occurrences in our everyday world, Gladwell explai ...Show more
The Undercover Economist - Abacus 40th edition by Tim Harford
20.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary
Ever wondered why the gap between rich and poor nations is so great, or why it's so difficult to get a foot on the property ladder, or where the banks went wrong? This book offers the hidden story behind these and other forces that shape our day-to-day lives, often without our knowing it. 'Lively and wi ...Show more
Wasp Factory - Abacus 40th edition by Iain Banks
20.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary
'Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever a ...Show more
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