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First Frost by James Henry
$39.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
It's the early 1980s - Britain is in recession, the IRA is becoming increasingly active, and a case of rabies has just been reported in a neighbouring county. Detective Sergeant Jack Frost, now in his early forties, is working under his mentor and inspiration Detective Inspector Bert Williams. But when ...Show more
Italian Hours by Henry James
$5.99 NZD
$9.99 (40% off)
Category: Discounted Non-Fiction (selected titles) at 40% off RRP | Series: Stanfords Travel Classics | Reading Level: very good
Hailing from both sides of the Atlantic, the authors included are as diverse as Edith Wharton, Henry James, Ernest Shackleton and Alfred Russel Wallace. Every title has been reset in a contemporary typeface, and has been printed to a high-quality production specification, to create a series that every l ...Show more
Italian Hours by Henry James
$34.99 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Stanfords Travel Classics
Henry James was a renowned observer of European culture, both in his fiction and in his life. In particular, he loved Italy, visiting it 14 times and setting several of his novels in the country. Between 1873 and 1909 he also wrote numerous essays and travelogues that were ultimately collected into one ...Show more
Morning Frost by James Henry
$37.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
November 1982. It's been one of the worst days of Detective Sergeant Jack Frost's life. He has buried his wife Mary, and must now endure the wake, attended by all of Denton's finest. All, that is, except from DC Sue Clarke, who has been summoned to the discovery of a human foot in a farmer's field. And ...Show more
On Provence by Henry James
$9.99 NZD
$21.99 (54% off)
Category: Overstocks | Series: On Ser.
In 1882, a year after the publication of his wildly successful The Portrait of a Lady, which dealt with the difficulties faced by American expatriate Daisy Miller in Europe, Henry James set out a six-week tour of south-eastern France, taking in Tours, Bourges, Nantes, Toulouse and Arles. Although a some ...Show more
The Beast in the Jungle by Henry James
$7.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
'Something or other lay in wait for him, amid the twists and turns of the months and the years, like a crouching beast in the jungle.' Henry James' devastating and profoundly moving novella is the story of John Marcher, a man who, for as long as he can remember, has been obsessed by the feeling that som ...Show more
The Golden Bowl by Henry James
$23.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
"James described The Golden Bowl as 'the most done of my productions--the most composed and constructed and completed.' In the novel an American woman, Maggie Verver, marries an Italian prince, while her wealthy father marries Maggie's girlhood friend, Charlotte Stant--neither Verver being aware that th ...Show more
The Portrait Of A Lady by Henry James
$12.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond. Cha ...Show more
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
$9.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.' Isabel Archer is a beautiful, intelligent and independent young woman. Brought from America to England by her wealthy Aunt who seeks to further her educati ...Show more
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
$45.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
Henry James's great masterpiece, now in a stunning Penguin clothbound edition designed by the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith.When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her ...Show more
The Portrait of a Lady (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Henry James
$19.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
The Portrait of a LadyBy Henry JamesThe Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who, in "confronting her destiny",[1] finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expat ...Show more
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
$9.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The place, with its grey sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and scattered dead leaves, was like a theatre after the performance-all strewn with crumpled playbills.' Revered as one of the greatest ghost stories ...Show more