Book Review: Life Hacks for a Little Alien
This book contains joy and sadness and complex, indecipherable feelings. Reading it felt a lot like being seen.
Welcome to Scorpio Books
A treasure trove for booklovers
Scorpio Books is an independent bookstore with the best range of carefully curated books in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Our staff are friendly, knowledgeable, eclectic readers ready with recommendations. Shop our online store, or come in and browse the shelves where you can settle into a comfy chair, discover our staff favourites, the best new releases in fiction and non-fiction, and all manner of bookish delights.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, let us know and if it’s still in print we will order it in for you especially.
Welcome to Scorpio Books - a treasure trove for booklovers
Scorpio Books is an independent bookstore with the best range of carefully curated books in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
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Slender Volumes
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Kahurangi: The nature of Kahurangi National Park and Northwest Nelson
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Force Of Nature Te Aumangea O Te Turoa: A conservation history of Forest & Bird 1923-2023
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Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit
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Royal Free
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Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Maori Art
$99.99Add to cart
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Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction
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Chameleon: A Memoir of Art, Travel, Ideas and Love
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Every Valley: The Story of Handel’s Messiah
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Gut Mood Solution: A Groundbreaking Strategy for Managing Bipolar Disorders
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Smart Money: How Digital Currencies Will Win the New Cold War – and Why the West Needs to Act Now
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
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Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Central Otago Collection
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Patisserie Made Simple: The Art of Petits Gateaux
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Books of Mana: 180 Maori-Authored Books of Significance
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Innerland: A journey through the everyday landscape of New Zealand
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Natural Gardener: Advice and inspiration for wildening your garden
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Joseph Banks’ Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook’s First Voyage
Original price was: $135.00.$90.00Current price is: $90.00.Add to cart
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City and Its Uncertain Walls (Special Ed.)
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When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines
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Lost Saint
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Secrets at Red Rocks
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Paris Express
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Gifted and Talented
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Death at the Sign of the Rook
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Temples of Books: Magnificent Libraries Around the World
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Rolling Stones: All the Songs – The Story Behind Every Track (Expanded Edition 2022)
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Song of Achilles
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Hunger Games (Illustrated Edition)
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Leaving the Comfort Zone: The Adventure of a Lifetime
$135.00Add to cart
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Book Review: Sleep Alone
This little book is so atmospheric and vivid you can practically taste the sweat and smoke of all the blood-soaked dive bars.