 The Best New Zealand Fiction 5 edited by Owen Marshall $34.99 Vintage The fifth volume in this series surveys the local fiction of the past year, including new and established writers.Buy now 
He Pataka Kupu: Te Kai a te Rangatira edited by Te Taura Whiri I te Reo Maori $65.00 HB Raupo Publishing The result of seven years of research by the Maori Language Commission, this comprehensive language resource for capable Maori speakers includes definitions, contextual examples and etymology of Te Reo Maori.Buy now Native Wit by Hamish Keith $49.99 Random House The outspoken art critic and author of The Big Picture presents his autobiography, giving insight into both his personal life and his public persona as an agitator for intelligent cultural analysis. Buy now 
Melting Point: New Zealand & the Climate Change Crisis by Eric Dorfman $37.00 Penguin Eric Dorfman examines the ways in which New Zealand will need to change to accommodate the massive changes wrought by global warming. He explores the likely consequences for our environment, infrastructure, industry, public health and social wellbeing if climate change cannot be slowed.Buy now  Eagle's Complete Trees & Shrubs by Audrey Eagle $250.00 cased 2 volume set. Te Papa Press
Making a welcome return to the shelves later this month, the winner of the 2007 Montana Medal is a treasure for gardeners, botanists and anyone who has an interest in New Zealand's plant life.Buy now |  Owen Marshall's Selected Stories edited by Vincent O'Sullivan $39.99 Vintage In these sixty stories taken from the past thirty years, Owen Marshall displays his mastery of the short story form, his love for the South Island landscape and his unsentimental yet humane delineation of recognisable characters and situations.Buy now The Awa Book of New Zealand Science edited by Rebecca Priestley $48.00 HB Awa Press From Pacific navigation to the structure of DNA, the story of science in New Zealand is surprising and inspiring. Contributors include VUW's Rodney Grapes, Anna Jackson and George Gibbs. Buy now 
How to Look at a Painting by Justin Paton $35.00 HB Awa Press A deluxe version of Paton's engaging, approachable guide to enjoying art, which won the 2006 Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture category in the Montana Awards.Buy now Terror in Our Midst? Searching For Terrorists in Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Danny Keenan $45.00 Huia VUW's Danny Keenan marshalls this account of the reasoning and actions behind the events of 15th October 2007. Includes contributions by ex-police, lawyers, VUW academics Richard Hill and Alice Te Punga Somerville and some of those arrested in the Urewera terror raids.Buy now  Chinese Opera by Ian Wedde $30.00 Victoria University Press
A dark novel set in a near future New Zealand where body-part pirates and intense surveillance are par for the course. The only thing that breaks Little Frank's monotonous 120-year-long existence is his obsession with the female lead at the Chinese Opera.Buy now |
  Popular Penguins: Fifty of Penguin's most popular books, sporting a collectible retro design similar to the original paperback series initiated by Allen Lane in 1967.   They are great value too at just $12.95 each. For a full list, call in to either of our stores, or send us as email with "popular penguins" as the subject. |  Non-Fiction What Is America? by Ronald Wright $34.95 Text How did a breakaway frontier society become the de-facto ruler of the world which it is today? Is there any way to cool American hubris and save it from destroying both itself and the world it has remade in its own image? Buy now Are you a VUW author? If you'd like us to stock your books or are planning an event, please let us know. You can email us at: enquiries@vicbooks.co.nz |
 The Other Hand by Chris Cleave $38.99 Sceptre A fascinating story of grief, guilt, the consequences of ignorance and the will to live, by the author of the horribly prescient emotional thriller Incendiary.Buy now  Fine Just The Way It Is: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx $29.99 Fourth Estate
New stories from the author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain deal with the prejudice, brutal desperation and sadness that haunt her characters. Her folk are as persistent as their harsh landscape, but rarely as beautiful. Buy now |  The Consequences of Love by Suleiman Addonia $34.99 Chatto & Windus As a struggling immigrant, Naser's life seems bleak. His most ardent wish is to meet a woman, but under the strict Wahhibism of the Saudi state, this is almost impossible. But one day a veiled woman drops a note at his feet, and he feels compelled to respond. Buy now  The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson $37.00 Text
Whilst driving along a dark road, distracted by what he thinks is a flight of arrow, the narrator crashes his car. When he wakes in a burns unit, he believes his life is over. But that is before he meets Marianne, a sculptor who is convinced they have met before... in medieval Germany. Buy now |
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