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The Pull of the Stars (TPB) by Emma Donoghue
$35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
From the international bestselling author of Room. In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre, where expectant mothers who have come down with an unfamiliar Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two o ...Show more
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
$40.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Miss Emily 'Fido' Faithfull is a 'woman of business' and a spinster pioneer in the British women's movement, independent of mind but naively trusting of heart. Distracted from her cause by the sudden return of her once-dear friend, the unhappily wed Helen Codrington, Fido is swept up in the intimate det ...Show more
The Secret Fairy Club by Emma Roberts
$39.99 NZD
Category: Picture books
Do you believe in fairies? Would you like to join a secret club of fairy experts, who search for and look after fairies and other magical creatures in the wild? Now is the time to earn your place in the Secret Fairy Club. Earn ten badges on your journey towards becoming an official Secret Fairy Club mem ...Show more
The Success Myth: Our Obsession with Achievement Is a Trap. This Is How to Break Free. by Emma Gannon
$40.00 NZD
Category: Self-help
OUR OBSESSION WITH ACHIEVEMENT IS A TRAP. THIS IS HOW TO BREAK FREE. Emma Gannon had everything she'd longed for- a string of successful books to her name, a thriving portfolio career, speaking engagements around the world... She was also burned out and confused at why she felt unhappy, yet still strivi ...Show more
The Tale of Truthwater Lake by Emma Carroll
$19.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
The future has a lot to learn from the past in this time-travelling adventure that explores the before and after of global warming. On one side of the underwater street is the remains of a house... It's beautiful here, and eerie, a lost kingdom, a ghost village... It's the near-future and Britain is hav ...Show more
The Unicorn Who Came to Breakfast by Emma Adams
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children general
What would you do if a unicorn appeared on your doorstep? Well, you’d let them in, of course! But be careful, because unicorns are very lively creatures. They like to paint (spat!), and play games (crash!) and read books (watch out!). And maybe, just maybe, they might also be a little hungry (Uh-Oh!)... ...Show more
The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq by Emma Sky
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general | Reading Level: very good
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015 Emma Sky was working for the British Council during the invasion of Iraq, when the ad went around calling for volunteers. Appalled at what she saw as a wrongful war, she signed up, expecting to be gone for months. Instea ...Show more
The Wonder: Netflix Tie-In by Emma Donoghue
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
A major film from the makers of Normal People and Room, starring Florence Pugh and streaming on Netflix.'An old-school page turner with crackling intensity' Stephen King'Powerful, compulsively readable' Irish TimesEleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell stops eating, but remains miraculously alive and well. A nu ...Show more
The World of Adventure Sports by Emma Carlson Berne
$34.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
An adrenaline-fuelled guide to extreme sports for kids, including snowboarding, skydiving, BMXing, rock climbing and much more. As well as a general introduction to each sport, discover star athletes such as Shaun White, Chloe Kim and Danny Way, a list of essential slang, a timeline of the sport's devel ...Show more
The Year of Living Awkwardly (Chloe Snow's Diary #2) by Emma Chastain
$21.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: Chloe Snow's Diary
Another toe-curlingly awkward and laugh-out-loud diary from Chloe Snow, hapless high schooler and all-round disaster magnet. It's Chloe Snow's sophomore year of high school, and life has only grown more complicated. Last year, Chloe was the star of the musical. This year, she's just a lowly member of ...Show more
There's a Cure for This - A Memoir by Emma Wehipeihana [Emma Espiner]
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: near fine
The striking debut memoir from award-winning doctor and writer, Emma Wehipeihana [Emma Espiner]. "I graduated as a doctor in 2020 and arrived into the Covid-19 pandemic with my ta moko on my arm, my hospital lanyard, my stethoscope and a purpose. I don't know why medicine felt like coming home. I had no ...Show more
This Is Shakespeare by Emma Smith
$50.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Series: Pelican Bks.
'I admire the freshness and attack of her writing, the passion and curiosity that light up the page. The book does something very important - it makes you impatient to see or re-read the plays at once' Hilary Mantel A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no other ...Show more