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Scorpio Books is an independent bookstore with the best range of carefully curated books in Ĺtautahi 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 canât find what youâre looking for, let us know and if it’s still in print we will order it in for you especially.
Scorpio Books is an independent bookstore with the best range of carefully curated books in Ĺtautahi Christchurch.
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Tony Fomison: Life of the Artist
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Polkinghorne: Inside the Trial of the Century
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Terrier, Worrier
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Mr Ward’s Map: Victorian Wellington street by street
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Hardship and Hope: Stories of Resistance in the Fight Against Poverty in Aotearoa
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Covid Response: A Scientist’s Account of New Zealand’s Pandemic and What Comes Next
$39.99 Add to cart
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Polar War: Submarines, Spies and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic
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Chokepoints: How Economic Warfare is Changing the World
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Going On and On: Why Our Longevity Threatens the Future
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Let it be Tough: Train your mind to perform under pressure
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Valley: Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City
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Land Rover Named Lucy
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Genius of Trees: How trees mastered the elements and shaped the world
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
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Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century
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Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War
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Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan
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Death of an Ordinary Man
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My Heart is This: Tracey Emin on Painting
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Contrapposto
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Eames Houses: Charles and Ray Eames Residential Architecture
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Stakes
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Polar War: Submarines, Spies and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic
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Green City Wars
$38.00 Add to cart
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Clown Town: Slough House v9
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Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
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Origins of an Experimental Society: New Zealand, 1769-1860
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Schott’s Significa: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Language
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Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind
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Genius Myth: The Dangerous Allure of Rebels, Monsters and Rule-Breakers
$40.00 Add to cart
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Book Review: Angels’ Blood
Delightfully fun and campy! Throw in some chases and supernatural hunting agencies and you have 2000âs urban fantasy at its finest!

Book Review: Childhood, Youth, Dependency (The Copenhagen Trilogy)
This collection is the life’s work of a true twentieth-century great. I hope this book leaves on you the indelible mark it left on me.

































