Looking for a new book? After something a little different?
The dedicated staff of TheNile.co.nz are just as passionate about books as our customers. From the mainstream to the really left-of-field, our tastes are as diverse as our backgrounds.
Below, you'll find a list of books which have inspired us, educated us, or simply captured our imagination.
If you wish to read more about why we selected these particular titles, simply click through to the product listing. Aside from our unabridged reviews, you'll also discover a host of helpful information - as well as details on how to order the books in question.
Pick of the Month:
The Three Musketeers - by Alexandre Dumas
A rollicking great read, fantastic entertainment from start to finish. There's a reason it's been a must-read classic for so many years. With unforgettable characters, a fast and sexy plot, you'll find yourself hooked from the first page. I certainly did! 4 stars
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The Three Musketeersby Alexandre Dumas Price: $14.49 Paperback, 2008 Ships in 5-7 business days.  |
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Of Mice and Menby John Steinbeck Price: $16.99 Paperback, 2006 Ships in 5-7 business days. |
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Rules of Preyby John Sandford Price: $29.49 Paperback, 2005 Ships in 12-15 business days. |
Pick of the Month
Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
The book that sparked the TV series Dexter and my love of the charming serial killer, Dexter Morgan. A mild mannered blood splatter analyst by day, by night Dexter hunts down the sinister murderers his Miami police colleagues have failed to catch… read more
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Darkly Dreaming Dexterby Jeff Lindsay Price: $23.99 Paperback, 2007 Ships in 6-10 business days. |
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Shanghai Tangoby Jin Xing Price: $23.99 Paperback, 2008 Ships in 5-7 business days. |
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Firminby Sam Savage Price: $23.99 Paperback, 2009 Ships in 6-10 business days. |
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Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zooby Lawrence Anthony Price: $29.99 Paperback, 2008 Ships in 5-7 business days. |
Pick of the Month
Gateway - Fredrick Pohl
One day, I’ll stop reading Popular Penguins and Science Fiction Masterworks and actually try and discover some good books on my own. But why try the rest when you can read the best? Frederick Pohl’s stellar exploration of stellar exploration rates as one of the best books I have read in a long time. Five stars.
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And the Ass Saw the Angelby Nick Cave Price: $11.49 Paperback, 2009 Ships in 5-7 business days. |
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I am Legendby Richard Matheson Price: $23.99 Paperback, 1999 Ships in 6-10 business days. |
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Vernon God Littleby DBC Pierre Price: $26.49 Paperback, 2004 Ships in 12-18 business days. |
Pick of the Month:
The God of the Machine - by Isabel Paterson
Fans of Ayn Rand (among others) will find this non-fiction tour de force to be a riveting and compulsive read. First published in 1943, it covers virtually the entire history of mankind's political organisation, from hunter gatherer societies... read more
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The God of the Machineby Isabel Paterson Price: $60.49 Paperback, 1993 Ships in 12-15 business days. |
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The Fountainheadby Ayn Rand Price: $22.49 Paperback, 2007 Ships in 5-7 business days. |
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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle Eastby David Fromkin, Kaya Oakes Price: $42.99 Paperback, 2009 Ships in 12-15 business days. |
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Demonsby Fyodor M. Dostoevsky Price: $31.99 Paperback, 1995 Ships in 12-15 business days. |
