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A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie
$19.98 NZD
$25.00 (20% off)
Category: Fiction
By the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018Shortlisted for the Baileys Women 's Prize for FictionSummer, 1914. Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is in an ancient land, about to discover the Temple of Zeus, the call of adventure, and love. Thousands of miles away a twenty-year-old Pathan, Qa ...Show more
A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie
$19.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
July 1914. Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is running up a mountainside in an ancient land, surrounded by figs and cypresses. Soon she will discover the Temple of Zeus, the call of adventure, and the ecstasy of love. Thousands of miles away a twenty-year old Pathan, Qayyum Gul, is learning about ...Show more
Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie
$25.00 NZD
Category: No Category
'A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces' MADELINE MILLERCHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, BBC, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, IRISH TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMESMaryam and Zahra.In 1988 Karachi, two fourteen-year-old girls are a decade into their friendship, sharing in-jokes, secrets and ...Show more
Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie
$32.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Fourteen-year-old Maryam and Zahra have always been the best of friends, despite their different backgrounds. Maryam takes for granted that she will stay in Karachi and inherit the family business; while Zahra keeps her desires secret, and dreams of escaping abroad. This year, 1988, anything seems possi ...Show more
Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie
$28.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
Fourteen years ago Aasmaani's mother Samina, a blazing beauty and fearless activist, walked out of her house and was never seen again. Aasmaani refuses to believe she is dead and still dreams of her glorious return. Now grown up and living in Karachi, Aasmaani receives what could be the longed-for proof ...Show more
Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie
$19.98 NZD
Category: Fiction
Fourteen years ago, famous Pakistani activist Samina Akram disappeared. Two years earlier, her lover, Pakistan's greatest poet, was beaten to death by government thugs. In present-day Karachi, her daughter Aasmaani has just discovered a letter in the couple's private code--a letter that could only have ...Show more
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
$19.98 NZD
$25.00 (20% off)
Category: Fiction
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE 2009In a prison cell in the US, a man stands trembling, naked, fearfully waiting to be shipped to Guantánamo Bay.How did it come to this?he wonders...August 9th, 1945, Nagasaki. Hiroko Tanaka steps out onto her veranda, taking in the view of the terraced slopes leading u ...Show more
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
$37.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
In a prison cell in the US, a man stands trembling, naked, fearfully waiting to be shipped to Guantanamo Bay. How did it come to this, he wonders? August 9th, 1945, Nagasaki. Hiroko Tanaka steps out onto her veranda, taking in the view of the terraced slopes leading up to the sky. Wrapped in a kimono ...Show more
Duckling: A Fairytale Revolution by Kamila Shamsie
$35.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: A Fairy Tale Revolution
Kamila Shamsie retells 'The Ugly Duckling'. A Fairy Tale Revolution is here to remix and revive our favourite stories. 'A duck unlike other ducks. A raincloud-duck, with the heart of a lion, who struck out into the world on her own...' On the farm, some eggs are hatching. A flock of sweet ducklings are ...Show more
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
$29.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 AN EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR ...Show more
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
$22.00 NZD
$25.00 (12% off)
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The suspenseful and heartbreaking story of an immigrant family driven to pit love against loyalty, with devastating consequences Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she's accepted an invitation from a mentor in America that allows her ...Show more
Home Fire: SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017 by Kamila Shamsie
$32.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 AN EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEA ...Show more