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
Um what
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