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The Idea of Perfection: Text Classics by Kate Grenville
$16.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: Text Classics Ser.
Kate Grenville's Orange-Prize winning novel The Idea of Perfectionis the story of the small town of Karakarook, and of Douglas Cheeseman and Harley Savage--two people who seem the least likely in the world to fall in love. Unlike Felicity Porcelline, a woman dangerously haunted by the idea of perfection ...Show more
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
$37.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Reading Level: very good
Lt Daniel Rooke, a young astronomer, sails on the First Fleet to a land waiting for scientific discovery. But his attention soon shifts from the stars to Tagaran, an Aboriginal child who begins to teach him her language. As words unfold, a friendship grows. When he is called to duty, Daniel faces a dile ...Show more
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
$30.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Historical Trilogy Ser.
In 1787 Lieutenant Daniel Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts, destined for New South Wales. As a young officer and a man of science, the shy and quiet Rooke is full of anticipation about the natural wonders he might discover in this strange land on the other s ...Show more
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
$55.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
In 1787 Lieutenant Daniel Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts, destined for New South Wales. As a young officer and a man of science, the shy and quiet Rooke is full of anticipation about the natural wonders he might discover in this strange land on the other s ...Show more
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
$30.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
London, 1806 - William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mistake for which he and his family are made to pay dearly. His sentence: to be transported to New South Wales for the term ...Show more
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
$50.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thomhill is sentenced in 1806 to be transported to New South Wales for the terms of his natural life. With his wife Sal and children to tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a death sentence. But his first gl ...Show more
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Kate Grenville's The Secret River was first published in 2005, but, now in soft cover, it remains a firm favourite - and can anyone else write such compelling and vividly mmemorable historical fiction and illustrate so clearly the issues around colonisation?
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
$30.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Historical Trilogy Ser.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2006 COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC DUBLIN PRIZELondon, 1806. William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mist ...Show more
The Secret River TV Tie-in by Kate Grenville
$30.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Historical Trilogy Ser.
In 1806 William Thornhill, a man of quick temper and deep feelings, is transported from the slums of London to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife Sal and their children he arrives in a harsh land he cannot understand. But the colony can turn a convict into a free man. Eight ...Show more