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Paint Your Wife by Lloyd Jones
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Long ago, when the men were away at the war, Alma began painting the women of the town. They sat for him in lieu of payment for his work catching rats. Alice, his favourite, returned his attentions, and when her husband, George, came home from the war, he set out to prove his love and reclaim his wife b ...Show more
Persians: The Age of The Great Kings by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
37.99 NZD
Category: World History
PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower. The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes of Asia, and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. At the heart of the Empire was the fabled palace-city of Persepoli ...Show more
Skip to the Loo!: A Potty Book (Board Book) by Sally Lloyd-Jones; Anita Jeram
14.99 NZD
Category: Educational
Now in a board book edition with a fun mirror on the final page. Lloyd-Jones's rollicking, rhythmic narration gets the party going in a book that simply rejoices in the call of nature.
The Book of Fame (Popular Penguin) by Lloyd Jones
13.95 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguin
In 1905 a motley group of young New Zealand rugby players sets out by steamer on a journey to the other side of the world. Their exploits on the field of play as they move through the British Isles are staggering. Then the following year they are back, accorded a hero's welcome, the likes of which has n ...Show more
The Cage by Lloyd Jones
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Two mysterious strangers appear at a hotel in a small country town. Where have they come from? Who are they? What catastrophe are they fleeing? The townspeople want answers, but the strangers are unable to speak of their trauma. And before long, wary hospitality shifts to suspicion and fear, and the car ...Show more
The Cleopatras by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
40.00 NZD
Category: World History
Cleopatra: lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen. A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music, art, and film. She captivated Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, the two greatest Romans of the day, and died in a blaze of glory, with an asp clasped to her breast - or so the leg ...Show more
The Fish by Lloyd Jones
36.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Another powerful, innovative and unique novel from the extraordinary author of the Man-Booker shortlisted Mr Pip. Then she lifts the Fish up from the basinet and holds him out to me. 'Go on, take him.' And to the Fish she says, 'This is your uncle.' It is a bit like catching a hastily thrown ball. She l ...Show more
The Jungle Book by Lloyd Jones
14.99 NZD
Category: General Picture Books
A warm and fun retelling of Rudyard Kipling's much-loved 'Jungle Book; from Mowgli's first arrival in the jungle and his acceptance into the wolf pack, to his defeat of the terrible tiger Shere Khan. This classic story is retold for younger children with beautiful artwork by Shahar Kober.