Proof that you don't need a title that slips off the tongue to be a modern classic. $9
Medical whodunnit meets literary biography
A doctor puzzles out what ailed Robert Louis Stephenson. In beautiful hardback. $25
Another Kolbert report
Book of the day: A 2006 look at the impacts of global warming in daily life. $12
Never sleep again
A sequel to The Shining. Chirpy. $10
Against the current
Explorer Thor Heyerdahl, of Kon-tiki fame, sails between modern day Iraq and India in a boat made from reeds. Hardback. First edition. Signed by Thor himself! $26
Earth, air, fire, water
Book of the day: Michael Pollen explores how to cook things. $12
Look after our people
One great explorer writes about another. $12
In case you have a mismatch between your desires and your storage capacity
Slow moving this morning?
Book of the day: a French literary and philosophical superstar explores what it is to be old. Hard to find. $16
Universally acknowledged
Surely one of the best known opening sentences in English literature. In delightful Penguin orange too. $8
Tell me now
Advice for your life from a famous columnist. Plus rants. $14.
Do what I say
Beauty and history
An amazing collection of works from famed New Zealand artist Rei Hamon. Collectible and beautiful. $80.
Drifting by
Said Gordon Campbell in Metro:
"every home in the country should own a copy of this impeccably researched, spectacularly illustrated history"
Get yours in as new condition for $50
Where oh where
A delightful illustrated hardback adventure story from 1897. Graces any shelf. $40
Shades of Pharrell Williams
An award-winning novelist on modern middle-class India. A first edition for $15.
The one kind of shoplifting we endorse
Marcus Zusak's famous 2005 novel set in pre World War II Germany. $12
Spaseeba
Snag yourself a Russian classic. $12
Post haste
James Clavell's epic classic of 19th century Hong Kong. $8
What remains
Advice on what matters from a man facing the end. $10