New Zealand Books 
| Working with David: Inside the Lange Cabinet by Michael Bassett vicbooks price $55.00 HB A senior minister in the Labour government from 1984 - 1990, Bassett brings an insider's perspective to bear on the dramatic politics of the Lange era, filling in some of the details left out of Lange's own account. | New Zealand Books  | Mates & Lovers: A History of Gay New Zealand by Chris Brickell $49.99 Brickell documents the evolving history of New Zealand gay men, from 1830 to 1980. Individual stories and broader discussions are accompanied by over 300 images, many from previously unpublished private collections. |
| Novel About My Wife by Emily Perkins $35.00 With a new house and a baby on the way Tom and Ann's lives seem settled. At first energised by their new prospects, Ann stays up all night talking and spends days organizing their new home. But Tom begins to fear her frenetic activity may mask something more ominous. | New Zealand Fiction 
| The Year of the Shanghai Shark by Mo Zhi Hong $28.00 When Hai Long and his mates are not at their English-languages classes, they mooch around Dalian, drinking Coke and eating American fast food. But his carefree lifestyle is about to change: "Uncle" recruits and begins to train him as a pick-pocket, taking him on special trips to target the bedazzled foreign tourists in Beijing. | New Zealand Fiction 
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 | The World's Fastest Flower by Charlotte Simmonds $25.00 Debut collection of poetry from the Wellington writer, director and actor, published by Victoria University Press. |  | Gool by Maurice Gee $19.95 In this sequel to Salt (winner of the Young Adult category in the 2008 NZ Post Book Awards), Pearl and Hari's children must confront a parasitic creature, the Gool, which is spreading its destructive offspring through the world. |
| Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922 by Giles Milton $39.99 When the victorious Turkish army rode into Smyrna in 1922, it was the beginning of a disastrous period for the almost two million people occupying one of the richest of the Ottoman Empire's cities. | New Non-Fiction 
| Russia: A Journey into the Heart of a Land and its People by Jonathan Dimbleby $39.99 Informed by the author's travels and encounters amongst ordinary people, this is an in-depth and personal account of modern Russia. | New Non-Fiction 
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New Non-Fiction | Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore $34.99 How Stalin became Stalin: from his obscure birth, through his years as both poet and trained priest, to his calling as fanatical revolutionary. Montefiore reveals how Stalin's familiarity with criminal tactics, combined with his inventive intelligence, won him favour with Lenin and eventually enabled him to create the USSR. | New Fiction | Sashenka by Simon Sebag Montefiore $36.99 As her mother whiles away the hours with Rasputin and his friends, 18-year-old Sashenka slips into her Comrade Snowfox persona, playing a dangerous role in the lead-up to the 1916 Revolution. Twenty years later, her secret still undiscovered, she contemplates an affair which threatens to destroy not only the family she has made with a communist leader, but her entire world. |
Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks $37.00 James Bond returns! Set in the late sixties, expect a fast-paced mix of sex, drugs and intrigue in exotic locales in this authorized addition to the original series, published to celebrate the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth. | New Fiction | Astrotruckers by Mikael Niemi $24.99 A collection of "tales from outer space" illuminating the eternal questions such as Who is in charge of the universe? Is there a scientific basis to Murphy's Law? And what happens when you activate your android's "humour" setting? | New Fiction |
New Fiction The Other by David Guterson$37.99 | When John narrowly beats Neil in a race, the two teenagers meet for the first time. Despite their differences - John comes from a privileged background, whereas Neil's family is distinctly working class - they form a bond based on a mutual love of the outdoors. As they grow older and Neil drifts towards conventionality, John begins to withdraw from the world he feels increasingly disenchanted with. But in order to disappear completely, he needs the help of his old friend. |  
| Divisidero by Michael Ondaatje $27.99 A multi-layered novel about the struggle to reconcile the conflicting demands of passion and loyalty, and the possibility of making a new life out of the shadow of an unforgiving past. Now in paperback. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini $27.99 Two decades after her marriage at age 15, Mariam is surprised by the strength of the friendship that grows between her and Laila, a local teenager. When the Taliban rise to power, their bond will be sorely tested. Now in paperback. |
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan $39.99 HB A beautiful and fascinating book from the author-illustrator of The Arrival, this collection of quirky tales ranges from a grandpa's shaggy-dog engagement story to a tongue-in-cheek fable of government-issued backyard nuclear missiles transformed by their practical, peaceful guardians into unlikely but benign ornaments. | Children's Books 
| Around the World With Mouk: A Trail of Adventure by Marc Boutavant $29.99 HB Follow the crazy antics of Mouk, a small brown bear, who travels to different countries around the world, making new friends and sending postcards back home. Filled with amazing facts and an incredible amount of detail, this book will reward repeated readings. | Children's Books 
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