Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Ingrid Coleman writes letters to her husband, Gil, about the truth of their marriage, but instead of giving them to him, she hides them in the thousands of books he has collected over the years. When Ingrid has written her final letter she disappears from a Dorset beach, leaving behind her beautiful but ...Show more
Swimming in the Dark by Paddy Richardson
$35.00 NZD
Category: Crime and thriller | Reading Level: Very Good
Serena Freeman is a 15-year-old girl with her life ahead of her. From a dysfunctional family on the wrong side of the law, she is determined to break the mould, escape the prejudices of her community and attend university. That's until the law comes looking for her. Overcome by a force she can't fight a ...Show more
Swimsuit by James Patterson
$39.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
Sun kissed beaches, palm trees, the warm breeze on a clear sea. Maui is a paradise island and the perfect location for a glamorous, glossy magazine photo shoot. But all is not as it seems and the tranquillity is shattered when a series of beautiful swimwear models start to go missing. When their b ...Show more
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
$26.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
How do we become who we are?Can we ever truly escape our origins?Must we dance to the music of our time?Set in London, New York and West Africa, Swing Timeis about two brown girls from Willesden who dream of being dancers. Only one - Tracey - has the talent. But the other has ideas which take her furthe ...Show more
Swings and Roundabouts: Poems on Parenthood by Emma Neale Ed.)
$37.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: near fine
Eighty of the finest poems on parenthood brought together in an endearing, intelligent and accessible anthology by editor Emma Neale. Attractively packaged to be of gift-book quality, this anthology is beautifully illustrated with outstanding photographs of babies and young children. Editor Emma Neale's ...Show more
Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
The fourth in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell.
Sword of Kings (The Last Kingdom #12) by Bernard Cornwell
$35.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Series: The\Last Kingdom Ser. | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
The twelfth installment of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling Saxon Tales series chronicling the epic story of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer, London)--the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom.His blood is Saxon His heart is Viking His battleground is Engl ...Show more
Swords and Crowns and Rings: Text Classics by Ruth Park
$16.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Text Classics Ser.
Jackie Hanna, born with dwarfism, and Cushie Moy, the girl next door, share an innocent love--a love that will be censured, but will persevere. This is the story of the triumph of a special kind of courage.Ruth Park's Miles Franklin-winning novel brilliantly evokes Australia in the Great Depression.
Sycamore by Bryn Chancellor
$35.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: General Adult
"In this masterful performance, Bryn Chancellor explores the loss around which an entire community has calcified with humanity and wisdom. Chancellor digs deep in these pages, unearthing broken hearts, secrets, betrayals, passion and--most impressively--grace. What a joy to find a book that is both prop ...Show more
Sycamore Row by John Grisham
$27.99 NZD
Category: Crime and thriller
Jake Brigance has never met Seth Hubbard, or even heard of him, until the old man's suicide note names him attorney for his estate. The will is dynamite. Seth has left ninety per cent of his vast, secret fortune to his housemaid. The vultures are circling even before the body is cold: the only subject m ...Show more
Sydney Bridge Upside Down by David Ballantyne
$16.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
"There was an old man who lived on the edge of the world and he had a horse called Sydney Bridge Upside Down. He was a scar-faced old man and his horse was a slow-moving bag of bones, and I start with this man and his horse because they were there for all the terrible happenings up the coast that summer ...Show more