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Brilliance by Anthony McCarten
$40.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
Short of money, the inventor Thomas Edison is captivated by the charismatic figure of J.P. Morgan, the "world's banker". Accepting Morgan's glittering offer of almost unlimited cash in return for helping the man change the way the world does business, Edison sees himself descend from being the godlike i ...Show more
Darkest Hour - How Churchill Brought us Back from the Brink by Anthony McCarten
$28.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything, this is a cinematic, behind-the-scenes account of a crucial moment which takes us inside the mind of one of the world's greatest leaders - and provides a revisionist, more rounded portrait of his leadership. May, 1940. Britain is at war, E ...Show more
Death of a Super Hero by Anthony McCarten
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Donald Delpe is dying. But this 14-year-old virgin has an urgent desire . . . to have sex, at least once, before he goes. Who will help him? Escaping into his own comic-book realm of immortal superheroes, ruthless villains and sex-crazed vamps, he endlessly dashes his parents' hopes by refusing to fight ...Show more
Going Zero by Anthony McCarten
$38.00 NZD
Category: Crime and thriller | Reading Level: very good
TWO HOURS TO VANISH Ten people have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. Pioneered by tech-wunderkind Cy Baxter, FUSION can track anyone wherever they are on earth. But does it work? ONE CHANCE TO ESCAPE Each participant is given two hours to 'Go Zero' – to go off-gri ...Show more
In the Absence of Heroes by Anthony McCarten
$29.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
A clever, moving novel about the impact of the internet on our relationships.Jim and Renata Delpe's life is in a very modern crisis. With their son, Jeff, sending text messages to his dead brother while slipping quickly into internet addiction, and with Renata engaged in a secret internet relationship w ...Show more
Show of Hands by Anthony McCarten
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
A huge crowd gathers around a car yard for the 'Win a new Landrover Discovery' competition -- all you need do is keep your hand on the car the longest. Attracted to this gruelling Darwinian contest are people from every walk of life, who for one reason or another -- avarice, poverty, anger, revenge, des ...Show more
The Two Popes by Anthony McCarten
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
On 28 February 2013, a 600-year-old tradition was shattered- Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement. He would resign.This story begins with the death of John Paul, through Benedict's election and reign - taking in the controversies that blighted the world's largest church - to his subsequent an ...Show more
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