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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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Different Kind of Power: A memoir
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Book of Guilt
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Everything But the Medicine: A doctor’s tale
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He Puawai: A Natural History of New Zealand Flowers
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Welcome of Strangers: A History of Southern Maori
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Atlas of the New Zealand Wars: Volume One 1834-1864, Early Engagements to the Second Taranaki War: 1
$89.99 Add to cart
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Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War
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Death of Trotsky
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Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie
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Surviving the 21st Century
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History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution
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Flow Hive’s Book of Bees and Beekeeping
$49.99 Add to cart
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Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War
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Death of an Ordinary Man
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Indignity: A Life Reimagined
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Mother Mary Comes To Me
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Genius of Trees: How trees mastered the elements and shaped the world
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black
$44.99 Add to cart
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One Hundred Nights of Hero
$38.00 Add to cart -
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Pretty Dirty: The Life of Flowers, From Creation to Compost
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Quiet Home: House Hushing for Calm and Intentional Living
$65.00 Add to cart -

How I Cook: A Chef’s Guide to Really Good Home Cooking
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Daily Artist’s Way: Creative Living Every Day
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How To Live An Artful Life: 366 Inspirations from Artists on how to Bring Creativity to Your Everyday
$40.00 Add to cart
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Pumpkin Spice Cafe (Deluxe)
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Country Christie: Twelve Devonshire Mysteries
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Shark Heart
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City and Its Uncertain Walls (Special Ed.)
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Rolling Stones: All the Songs – The Story Behind Every Track (Expanded Edition 2022)
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Iliad
$75.99 Add to cart
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Flashlight
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Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s
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Dust
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How to End a Story: Collected Diaries 1978-1998
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Attention: Writing on Life, Art and the World
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Schott’s Significa: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Language
$55.00 Add to cart
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The perfect gift for book lovers! Choose from physical vouchers to use in store, or a digital gift card to use in our online store.

Book Review: Stonewitch
Full of folklore, friendship dynamics and magical drama, these are excellent for 8-12 year old fans of Crookhaven and Enid Blyton.

Book Review: Homecooked
The only cookbook I’ve read cover to cover! Corry’s fun, conversational writing makes this cookbook a delight to read.

























