Random House New Zealand: 495 books

Set in 1950s to 1970s New Zealand, this novel vividly brings the Jewish immigrant experience to life. Nazi persecution and oppression behind the Iron Curtain haunt the adults in this powerful novel as they struggle to adjust in a strange land. Their children, however, expand into the bright, open...

**Who is trying to scare Rose? This gripping novel is a vivid portrayal of New Zealand in the 1980s.**Rose Kendall is alone. She is isolated from her children, her friends, and her political ideals, and there is someone trying to scare her - she doesn't know why and she doesn't know who.True Stars...

**Popular blogger Emily Writes gives words of encouragement to sleep-deprived parents everywhere.**With two small boys, both non-sleepers, Emily finds herself awake in the wee small hours night after night. Her writing is often done then, and she offers her own often hilarious and always heart-warming...

**A memoir - with recipes - from a well-loved writer with a unique and quirky take on life.**Looking back over her varied life in a range of roles, including daughter, wife, mother, journalist and novelist, Shonagh Koea has collected a store of vivid memories that often centre on food. In these moving...

**A stunning collection of stories from one of New Zealand's favourite authors.**What's new?* A young woman utters her favourite mantras to take on the world. * An old woman lives like a diva, re-enacting Casablanca.* In a rewrite of a play, a singer becomes a rock chick in London.* Moby Dick is reincarnated...

A terrific historical novel full of compelling events, vivid communities and the irresistible character of Conrad Rasmussen. In this companion novel to the bestselling Denniston novels, the free spirit is pitted against the forces of tradition.On the run from an unfortunate 'indiscretion', young Conrad...

Three terrific books in one from one of New Zealand's leading natural-history and adventure writers. A quirky character called The Lark is threaded through three of Neville Peat's most highly acclaimed books: The Falcon and the Lark; Coasting: The Sea- Lion and the Lark, and High Country Lark. Whether...

A fascinating memoir from one of New Zealand's leading fashion designers. This is Denise's L'Estrange Corbet's honest and frank account of her turbulent life - from her difficult childhood through to her successful business life today. She covers the emotional landscape of her childhood, her malevolent...

The engaging, witty, fascinating memoir of one of New Zealand's most eminent neurologists and winemakers. It all began when Ivan Donaldson's girlfriend, Chris, gave him Hugo Johnson's book Wine in 1966. A light bulb went off in the mind of the talented, ambitious young doctor. A fascination with wine...

**A fascinating historical novel for young adults set in pioneer New Zealand.**The year is 1833 and Lizzie Kemp's father, James, is a missionary to Maori at Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands. Lizzie is twelve years old: sparky, determined, and recently crippled by an illness. When hers baby brother dies...

**A poignant and contentious novel by a rising star of New Zealand literature.**Box Saxton just wants to bury his teenage stepson's body in the churchyard near the farm where Box grew up. What happens, though, when the boy's biological father, a Maori leader, unexpectedly turns up in the days before...

**An epic novel of love and religion that sweeps across New Zealand and America at the turn of the nineteenth century.**In 1899 William McQuiggan leaves his young Australian wife and new-born twins in New Zealand and travels to America in search of God. Belief is the story of his journey and of his...

A gripping novel for young adults that captures both the daring and the everyday realities of serving in the Air Force during the Second World War. Pete and Paul yelled together. 'Bandit! Nine o'clock! Bandit!' Jack spun to stare. There was the Messerschmitt on their left, streaking straight at them....

This highly illustrated book tells the story of the godwits and their migrations - why and how they do it.� It follows the birds on their intrepid journeys, examining the places they visit, be it an estuary in northern New Zealand, a mudflat on the Chinese-North Korean border, or a tundra nesting...