Book of the day: Feeling chirpy? Revisit this view from 2005 of what the present might hold if oil production peaks along with all the other things sent to try us. $18
Advice
Buy a second-hand bookstore, they said. Live a life of glamour, they said.
Just my type
Show your support for Sans Serif. Part of our small but beautiful typography collection. $38
Not all telescopes
Book of the day: A biography of the relationship between Galileo and his oldest daughter (sent to a nunnery at the age of 13!) based on 120 of her letters. Nominated for a Pulitzer prize. But yours for just $12
Desert complex
Book of the day: A delight of modern Middle Eastern travel and history. Hardback, dust-jacket, in great condition. $35
An extra wrinkle: James Morris is now Jan Morris, having made the switch in 1972.
Thriller
Book of the day: In case you can't find someone to drink with. Nice MJ reference too. $20
Show time
Want to show something off? Free display bookshelf. Pick up from our porch. First up, best dressed.
On film
Kirk Douglas, philosopher. Hardback. Great condition. $18
Gladiator
Go on, you know you want to. $12
Get out of it
Escape to the southern Africa of memory in the eyes of a small boy. $7
Rarified
Here's a rare bird. A hardback 1964 Biggles first edition in great condition with an intact dust jacket. Adventure, excitement and novelty for a very grounded $75.
Contradictions in terms
Ken Follett's 1996 techno-thriller about, amongst other things, genetic experimentation, nature vs nuture and the perils of poor quality nursing home care. IKR! Hardback. $14
A philosophy of risking your life
Joe Simpson, author of Touching the Void, tries to explain why anyone would want to put their one and only life in jeopardy climbing mountains. $12
The best kind of travel book
Mystery, anthropology, memoir, things you would never do in foreign climes. In as new hardback. Yours for $20.
Not bad for an 81 year old
What better for a cold and windy Labour weekend than some amazing literary fiction? A bargain for $7.
Chirpy
Dostoevsky's last novel. Regularly proclaimed one of the great achievements of world literature, and actually readable! $20 in beautiful red hardback.
Better in the sunshine
When things go wrong on mountains, Alaska edition. Hardback. As new. $18
A bold view of mind body dualism
I think therefore I maybe not. Some tricks to get you through either way. $12
The tool that works on itself
Book of the day: How on earth are you thinking. $11
Not the explorer
The story of Maui in pictures, the pipeline not the demi-god. $15
