Singularities October 21 but the 1930s were a

but the 1930s were a period of importance

and sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney

Written by Te Papa botanists

The contrast between the emancipated pair and the largely unreconstructed characters they encounter on their travels only serves to heighten the charm of an already indelibly charming book

When she decides she wants a living wake - a party to bring her family and community together to celebrate the long life she's led - her sisters are surprised

Singularities October 21 but the 1930s were aFrom the Booker Prize winning John Banville comes a playful, multilayered novel of nostalgia, life and death, and quantum theory. A man with a borrowed name steps from a flashy red sports car? Also borrowed? Onto the estate of his youth. But all is not as it seems. There is a new family living in the drafty old house: the Godleys, descendants of the late, world famous scientist Adam Godley, whose theory of existence threw the universe into chaos. And