| Monster May Sale! |
 Thursday 13th May - Thursday 27th May
Don't get stuck in a spell of bad weather with no books to read - stock up with lots of goodies from our range of quality discounted non-fiction and fiction. Most sale books are $30.00 or less and prices start at fifty cents. In addition, on Monday 17th May we will offer 25% off all fiction not already discounted, and on Monday 24th May, 25% off all non-fiction not already discounted.
Get in early for the best deals at our preview, Wednesday 12th May at the Kelburn shop: Enjoy drinks and snacks from 3pm while you browse.
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| New Zealand Books |
 South-West of Eden: A Memoir 1932 - 1956 by C. K. Stead $45.00 Auckland University Press
Stead has often proclaimed his reluctance to write about himself for fear that by acknowledging certain events as biographical he might constrain either his writing or his life. But the question of reality versus fiction becomes a side issue in this memoir. He blends unrealized ideas and symbols of the times and places (particularly Auckland) which he has inhabited, with his own recollections to create a semi-mythological vision of his experiences and imagination. Buy now
 Landfall 219: On Music edited by Bill Direen $29.95 Otago University Press
Writer and musician Bill Direen edits this music-themed edition of Landfall. Phrasing, timing and the performance aspect of poetry, along with the possibilities offered by literary techniques like alliteration and rhythm in prose all suggest fruitful connections between music and writing. Essays and reviews expand on these themes and also take into account the role of the listener and the market in the dissemination of music. Buy now
|  Cannibal Jack by Trevor Bentley $40.00 Penguin Books
The author of Pakeha Maori tells the incredible story of Jacky Marmon, also known as Cannibal Jack, a white man who jumped ship to live with Maori and became involved in many landmark events in New Zealand history. Among his (not always reliable) claims to fame are the five wives he acquired whilst living among Ngapuhi in the Bay of Islands; his role as Hongi Hika's war tohunga during campaigns against Tamaki and Kaipara; and involvement in Hone Heke's Flagstaff war of 1843. Buy now
 The Night Book by Charlotte Grimshaw $36.99 Random House
As the election looms, Roza Hallwright is reasonably sanguine about the probability that her husband David may become the next Prime Minister. But an encounter with party donor Simon Lampton disrupts her relative calm and sends them scrambling for the certainty they thought was theirs. From the author of the 2008 Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry winner, Opportunity. Buy now
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| New Non-Fiction |
 D-Day by Antony Beevor $40.00 Viking
The author of Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin draws on interviews conducted at the time, letters and diaries of participants and further research to describe the experiences of Allied and German soldiers throughout the Normandy invasion of 1944. He also provides a picture of the conditions endured by the occupied French before the liberation of Paris in August. Buy now |
| New Fiction |
 The Good Man Jesus & the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman $39.00 HB Text
Controversial before it was even finished, this novel explores a possible life of Jesus. Pullman's story encourages people to think about how a driven, charismatic and passionate man could have attracted followers during his life and afterwards, and what roles propaganda, belief, religion and circumstance may have had to play in the creation of the persona of Christ. Buy now
 The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano $28.99 Allen & Unwin
Before he meets Alice, whose father drove her to anorexia, Mattia had never told anyone about how his mentally-disabled twin sister disappeared after he abandoned her to go to a party. Revealing their own private tragedies to each other links the two as they grow towards adulthood. When someone who resembles Mattia's sister is spotted, long suppressed emotions come to the surface. The idea of prime numbers - divisible only by themselves or by one - reflects the isolation and fragile emotional state of two loners united by pain. Buy now  The Tulip Virus by Danielle Hermans $38.99 Allen & Unwin
A murder in Holland in 1636 during a time of sectarian religious fervour and conflict, and the ruinous Tulip craze carries echoes into 2007, when the mysterious death of a man seems linked to crimes of the past. Buy now
|  The Castle in the Pyrenees by Jostein Gaarder $34.95 HB Orion
Steinn and Solrunn had five intense years of happiness together in the ‘seventies, but their relationship ended for reasons beyond their understanding. When they meet in an old hotel years later, they decide to remain in contact. But what brought them together again - coincidence or some invisible force? And why, when they discuss their shared past, are their perceptions and memories of that time imbued with such different meanings? Buy now
 The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell $38.99 Headline
Lexie Sinclair runs away to become part of the 1950's Soho art scene with her friend Innes Kent. In the present day, painter Elina and her partner Ted struggle with the challenges of parenthood. O'Farrell's deftly written drama highlights the connections between different generations, memory and children's and adult's conflicting needs and experiences of events. Buy now
The Lessons by Naomi Alderman $39.00 Viking
Promiscuous, trust-funded eccentric Mark Winters owns a Georgian mansion located in the back streets of Oxford. He gathers a circle of students around him and they study, party and sleep together. But their pampered extended adolescence does not teach them how to deal with the tragedy which awaits them in the future. Buy now |
 Eclipse Film Edition by Stephenie Meyer $29.99 Atom
Bella Swan knows whatever choice she makes between her friend Jacob and her boyfriend Edward, she is likely to cause trouble for the unsteady truce between the Cullen vampire family and the local werewolf pack. The third film in the Twilight series is due to be released on June 30th. Buy now |  The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer rrp $26.99 vicbooks price $22.00 Atom
This companion book to Eclipse tells the story of Bree Tanner, and her experiences as she and the rest of the newborn vampire army stalk Bella and the Cullens. This book will be released on June 5th - reserve your copy now to avoid disappointment. Buy now |
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