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1984 by George Orwell
$15.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
As he lay dying, George Orwell summoned his publisher Fred Warburg to his bedside. No longer capable of holding a pen, the writer dictated a message to the public about the world of his new novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. 'Don't let it happen,' he concluded. 'It depends on you.' In an age of inescapable su ...Show more
Around the World in Eighty Days: Popular Penguins by Jules Verne
$13.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
"To go around the world...in such a short time and with the means of transport currently available, was not only impossible, it was madness" One ill-fated evening at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions £20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days - and he ...Show more
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
$13.99 NZD
Category: Gift Books, Classics and Treasuries | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape. Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's; her poignancy, wit, and na vet continue to charm. This volume ...Show more
Lady Chatterley's Lover: Popular Penguins by D. H. Lawrence
$13.99 NZD
Category: NON Tracked Items | Series: Popular Penguins
Banned and vindicated, condemned and lauded, Lady Chatterley's Lover is D.H. Lawrence's seminal novel of illicit passion and forbidden desire. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with notes by Michael Squires and an introduction by Doris Lessing.Lady Constance Chatterley feels trapped in her sexless ...Show more
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
$13.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
My Family and Other Animalsis the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist G ...Show more
Sons For The Return Home: (Popular Penguins) by Albert Wendt
$15.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Originally published in 1973, this story of star-crossed lovers spotlights the complex nature of love, freedom, and racism in New Zealand. Samoan writer Albert Wendt's first novel, Sons for the Return Home, has long been out of print. Yet, readers continue to respond to the clarity of vision in this sim ...Show more
The Garden Party and Other Stories (Popular Penguins) by Katherine Mansfield
$15.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Innovative, startlingly perceptive and aglow with colour, these fifteen stories were written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's tragically short life. Many are set in the author's native New Zealand, others in England and the French Riviera. All are revelations of the unspoken, half-understood emo ...Show more
The Pearl: Popular Penguins by John Steinbeck
$16.99 NZD
Category: Gift Books, Classics and Treasuries | Series: Popular Penguins
When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world', he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and violence the pearl arouses in him and ...Show more
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