Wild Women: A collection of first-hand accounts from female explorers by Mariella Frostrup
$45.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A collection of the greatest women's travel writing selected by journalist and presenter Mariella Frostrup. From Constantinople to Crimea; from Antarctica to the Andes. Throughout history adventurous women have made epic, record-breaking journeys under perilous circumstances. Whether escaping constricte ...Show more
Old Babes in the Wood: Collected Stories by Margaret Atwood
$50.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A highly personal new collection of stories by the bestselling, twice Booker-winning cultural icon Margaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world. This new collection showcases her many talents -- and the return of her beloved characters Nell & Tig They explore th ...Show more
Modern Times by Cathy Sweeney
$28.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
'Jaw-droppingly good' Sinead Gleeson 'Funny, poetic, heart-chilling' Graham Norton 'Terrific' Jenny Offill 'Marvellous' Kevin Barry 'Takes your breath away' Observer 'Unlike any other fiction' Independent There once was ... a woman who loved her husband's cock so much that she began taking it to work ...Show more
Furies: Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed - feminist tales from 15 bestselling, award-winning authors by Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, Emma Donoghue, Kirsty Logan, Chibundu Onuzo, Caroline O'Donoghue, Linda Grant, Susie Boyt, Stella Duffy, Kamila Shamsie
$38.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
DRAGON. TIGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. For centuries past, and all across the world HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. there are words that have defined and decried us. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. Words that raise our hackles VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. fire up our blood; FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO. words that tell a story I ...Show more
Of Gods and Men: 100 Stories from Ancient Greece and Rome by Daisy Dunn
$45.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A rigorously and imaginatively researched anthology of classical literature, bringing together one hundred stories from the rich diversity of the literary canon of ancient Greece and Rome. Striking a balance between the 'classic classic' (such as Dryden's translation of the Aeneid) and the less familia ...Show more
Hearts and Bones - Love Songs for Late Youth by Niamh Mulvey
$38.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
The debut of an exciting new voice in Irish fiction, this collection of songlike stories is about love in all its forms, and about what it is to look back on the lost loves of our past. Hearts and Bones is a book about relationships. It explores what love does to us, and how we survive it. A young woman ...Show more
Return to Harikoa Bay by Owen Marshall
$37.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
New work from the master of the short story and author of the story 'Coming Home in the Dark' made into a major feature film. 'Whenever I think of coming to punish my father, it's always in a strong wind, and that's blowing now as I drive up the long, unsealed track to the house and sheds.' So begins on ...Show more
Liberation Day by George Saunders
$33.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
The first short story collection in ten years from the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, MacArthur genius and Booker Prize-winner. George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world The 'best sh ...Show more
Unreal! The Ultimate Collection: 30 Stories in 30 Years by Paul Jennings
$30.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
The Paul Jennings phenomenon began with the publication of Unreal!in 1985. Thirty years and nine million books later, young readers all around the world continue to devour his stories. In this special volume, Paul has personally selected 30 tales from his entire collection to mark the occasion of the 30 ...Show more
First Person Singular: Stories by Haruki Murakami
$24.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A brilliant new collection of short stories from the unique mind of the internationallly bestselling author of Men Without Women and Killing Commendatore. In these eight stories, Haruki Murakami explores the world from his unique perspective. From the imaginative to the intimate, he moves from an altern ...Show more
The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story by John Freeman, John Freeman
$35.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A selection of the best and most representative contemporary American short fiction from 1970 to 2020, including such authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Toni Cade Bambara, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandra Cisneros, and Ted Chiang, hand-selected by celebrated editor and anthologist John FreemanIn the past fifty years, th ...Show more
Extraordinary Old Dogs: Uplifting True Tales of Remarkable Seniors by Laura Greaves
$40.00 NZD
Category: Dogs
Puppies are wonderful, but there is something truly special about an old dog. It's the grey muzzle and salt-and-pepper eyebrows; the face that says 'been there, sniffed that.' It's the plodding gait; the long naps in the sunshine; the undiminished wonderment at the beauty of the world. And more than any ...Show more