Penguin Spotlight

The Great Bloke's BBQ Cookbook
Kim Terakes
This book is a must for anyone who has ever prodded a sausage over a flame and dreamed of something more.
The Tui NZ Kids Garden
Diana Noonan
This practical, highly illustrated guide contains all the essential information a young gardener needs.
Inspirational Gardens of New Zealand
Kristin Lammerting
Kristin Lammerting travelled the length of New Zealand to explore 22 of the country's most inspirational gardens and talk to the garden owners.
Shares
Martin Hawes
Anyone can make money from the sharemarket and Martin shows us how by starting with first principles and then explaining the 7 secrets to becoming a successful investor.
Battlefields of the New Zealand Wars
David Green
The New Zealand Wars still cast a long shadow over the twenty-first century. Three decades of fighting ensured Pakeha rule, but also enabled Maori survival.
Villa Pacifica
Kapka Kassabova
An ever-present air of sensuality and danger haunts Kapka Kassabova's new novel. Villa Pacifica is an exotic romp through a place where the primal, spiritual and cerebral collide.
Zero History
William Gibson
Set among London's dark and tangled streets after the money-crash, Zero History is a brilliant thriller about the hidden webs and patterns that underlie the new century.
The Friendship Test
Elizabeth Noble
They say the friends you make at college are with you for life. But twenty years later when tragedy strikes, the friendship between four women is put to the ultimate test.
Reporting America
Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke was the greatest of all twentieth century reporters of life in America to the rest of the world. This book presents the cream of his writings on the events that shaped modern American history.


 New: Fiction


 

Lost Empire
Clive Cussler & Grant Blackwood
An ancient relic belonging to a long-lost Confederate ship named the Shenandoah finds itself in the hands of treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo. But there is something strange about this artefact, and so the Fargos set off on a race to uncover the mysterious wreck, and with it, the truth.
Crossfire
Dick Francis & Felix Francis
Captain Thomas Forsyth's tour of Afghanistan is cut brutally short when he's badly wounded by an Improvised Explosive Device. Tom's world is torn apart by the injury: the Army is his life. Six months of recuperation leave is a daunting prospect – but not as bleak as the probability of never rejoining his regiment.
Dark Water
Caro Ramsay
With the discovery of another young woman who has been brutally attacked, detectives Anderson and Costello realise a terrifying psychopath has started working once more. They must use every trick in the book to stop him. For Mr Click has developed a taste for his bloodthirsty trade.
Cockroach
Rawi Hage
Our unnamed narrator has left his Middle-Eastern home and settled in a chilly, western city. He lives as an exile, untrusted, unwanted, foreign. A stranger trying to make sense of a strange land. But he has brought his secrets with him . . .
The Secrets of a Fire King
Kim Edwards
Though cultures and distances separate Joyce, Eshlaini & Jade their experiences reflect our universal fears and desires and our quests for love, happiness and acceptance.
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
The book that has taken the US and UK by storm. Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver . . .


 New: Non-Fiction

 

What They Teach You at Harvard Business School
Philip Delves Broughton
Philip Delves Broughton's enlightening and hilarious memoir of his two years at Harvard takes us from first class to graduation, encompassing the case studies, the guest lectures, The Apprentice-style tasks, the booze-luge, the burn-outs and the high flyers.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Facebook
J. Kraynak & M. Belicvoe
Facebook is not as user-friendly as the service would like people to think. As a result, it leaves many users scratching their heads over even the most fundamental features. This book gets readers registered and touring Facebook in the very first chapter . . .
Big Shots
Adam Shand
Journalist Adam Shand naively set out to unravel Melbourne's bloody gangland wars. He soon discovered the human drama behind the brutal slayings that were splashed across the front pages, and in the process came to question his own objectivity.
The Big Book of Softies
These cute and cuddly creations will melt the heart and bring a smile to the face of everyone they meet. Homemade softies are a worldwide craze, and this bumper collection includes all the toys you could ever wish to make.
Salades
Damien Pignolet
Learn how to perfect classic salads, such as niçoise, and how to marry a range of tastes and textures to create a chicken salad with asparagus, peaches and a pistachio nut vinaigrette, and a sweet salad of strawberry, orange and red wine.
The Belly Fat Cure
Jorge Cruise
Drop 1.5 to 4 kgs a week without dieting! For years, experts have told you that you're overweight because you eat too much and don't exercise enough. They were WRONG. The truth is that you are eating foods packed with hidden sweeteners that deliver a belly-fattening Sugar/Carb Value.


 New: Children & Young Adult

Hill & Hole
Kyle Mewburn
Hill and Hole are best friends. Hill loves being a hill, but sometimes he wishes he could be a hole and feel the earth breathing beneath him. Hole loves being a hole but just once would love to see the sun rising. So they ask mole if he can help . . .
Staying Home
Jesse O
Imagine you wake up one morning and discover that a pandemic is sweeping the country and you can't leave your house. You have to stay home for more than a few days – possibly weeks and maybe even months. Pretty soon you'll run out of food, there'll be no electricity, no telephone . . .
Ria the Reckless Wrybill
Jane Buxton
According to Ria's parents, the most important thing a young wrybill must learn is how to stay still and silent whenever a predator is near. But Ria is a reckless wrybill, and she doesn't want to stay hidden in the river stones.
The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney
Ever wondered how they make a movie out of a book? Author Jeff Kinney didn't know either, but discovering how Greg Heffley got turned into a live-action movie by 20th Century Fox, was an adventure he definitely wanted to share with you; so here it is!
Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney
Whatever you do, don't ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer holidays, because he definitely doesn't want to talk about it. As Greg enters the new school year, he's eager to put the past three months behind him... and one event in particular.
Dog Days
Jeff Kinney
Greg, a self-confessed 'indoor person,' is living out his ultimate summer fantasy: no responsibilities and no rules and plenty of video games. But Greg's mom has a different vision for an ideal summer . . .
I Am Number Four
Pittacus Lore
Nine teenagers and their guardians are hiding on Earth protected by a charm that means they can only be killed in numeric order. Three are already dead. John Smith is Number Four. And his mortal enemies are hunting him down . . .
Tenth Grade Bleeds
Heather Brewer
It's another awful year at Bathory High for Vladimir Tod. The evil vampire D'Ablo is hunting for a ritual that could steal Vlad's powers. His best friend, Henry, doesn't want to be his drudge anymore and it's getting harder for Vlad to resist feeding on the people around him.
Eleventh Grade Burns
Heather Brewer
Things are looking dark this year for Vladimir Tod. With Uncle Otis awaiting trial for crimes against vampirekind, Vlad seeks the help of a mysterious and powerful vampire, Dorian.

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