 The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox $54.00 HB
Victoria University Press When this novel about the love triangle between Sobran Jodeau, a Burgundian winemaker, his employer the Countess de Valday and the extremely unconventional angel Xas was first published ten years ago, it attracted international attention, and many readers have warmed to the story since. Beautifully designed by Sarah Maxey, this signed, numbered edition is limited to one thousand copies. A film version by Niki Caro and starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, is due for release next year. Buy now The Love School: Personal Essays by Elizabeth Knox $32.00 Victoria University Press Collecting twenty years of Knox's non-fiction, this book contains her thoughts on childhood games and imagination; biographical pieces about the need to balance earning money with writing; and later reflections on her present career as an internationally successful author.Buy now  Getting There by Barbara Anderson $45.00 Victoria University Press
The autobiography of Barbara Anderson, which will be released towards the end of November, describes her childhood and early years and her triumphs later in life as a writer.  Buy now Toi Ora
edited by Huhana Smith & Arapata Hakiwai $49.99
Te Papa Press Integrating contemporary and archival images of taonga tuku iho (ancestral Maori treasures), associated maps and diagrams from Te Papa's collections, and stories from the creators and users of these objects and their living descendents, this book illuminates a rich artistic tradition.Buy now Ladies, A Plate: Tradition Home Baking by Alexa Johnston $45.00 Penguin (due back in stock in early December).Buy now |  Sonata For Miriam by Linda Olsson $37.00 Penguin Books Several years after the death of his daughter, Adam realizes if he is ever to reconnect with the world, he must examine the deeper implications of his loss. He travels to Poland and Sweden seeking answers about his past, little knowing that the resolution of his grief may provoke more painful questions. Buy now The Magician of Hoad by Margaret Mahy $39.99 HB HarperCollins Outside the city of Diamond, stronghold of the Hoadara, who conquered Heriot's people generations earlier; five people meet. The struggles and uneasy alliances between the prince, magician, hero, farm boy and noble's daughter progress from childish games to deadly rivalry, in which violence and magic may not be enough to ensure survival. A fantasy for older readers, this is a major novel from an outstanding New Zealand author. Buy now Collected Poems: 1951 - 2006 by
C K Stead $59.99 HB Auckland University Press Featuring selections from fourteen volumes of poetry, from his first, Whether the Will is Free, to last year's The Black River, along with twenty-two previously uncollected early works. Buy now As Christmas gets closer more and more cookbooks start to appear on the shelves - this year seems to be the year of New Zealand food history, with many books on the topic emerging over the past few months, including: Cooking Times by Kate Fraser $44.99 HarperCollinsBuy now Pavlova Story by Helen Leach $40.00 Otago University PressBuy now First Catch Your Weka by David Veart $49.99 Auckland Universtiy PressBuy now The Edmond's Cookbook 100th anniversary edition $29.99 Edmonds/Bluebird FoodsBuy now A Distant Feast by Tony Simpson $49.99 Godwit Buy now |
 All Our Worldly Goods
by Irene Nemirovsky $36.99 Chatto & Windus A love marriage in defiance of the family patriarch provokes a feud which lasts for generations - through the devastation of two World Wars and the desperation of the brief, bleak peace of the intervening years.Buy now 
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld $36.99 Doubleday When serious, thoughtful Alice first met boisterous, charismatic Charlie, he barely registered on her radar. But she fell for him, and so did the nation - she became his wife, he became the President. An ambitious novel based on the life of Laura Bush, it asks questions about class, race, wealth and belief while refusing to simplify either the people or the issues involved.Buy now |  The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas $37.99 Allen & Unwin At a barbecue, a man slaps somebody else's child, an incident which sets off a series of events and repercussions in the lives of the eight people present. The characters' subsequent re-examination of their lives, beliefs and expectations is both insightful and intense.Buy now Penguin Celebration Box Set $80.00 Penguin
An instant library of ten contemporary classics, this could take care of all your summer reading needs in one go. Alternatively, it would make an excellent graduation or Christmas gift. The set consists of: Regeneration by Pat Barker; Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer; Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller; How to Be Good by Nick Hornby; The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru; A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka; How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff; The Accidental by Ali Smith; White Teeth by Zadie Smith and Adrian Mole & the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend.Buy now |
 The American Future: A History by Simon Schama $37.99 Jonathan Cape Written by a man who has spent half his life in the US, this history takes the long view of how the country has come to be so suspected and vilified around the world.Buy now |    Penguin Great Ideas $11.99 each Penguin Books Penguin's third series of twenty short, thought provoking books includes books by Orwell, Freud, Fanon, Emerson and Plutarch, amongst others. *If you would like free gift-wrapping of your order, or delivery to another address, please let us know* |
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