In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing by Elena Ferrante
27.99 NZD
Category: Essays
Reflections on reading and writing from the author of My Brilliant Friend. 'Elena Ferrante has established herself as the foremost writer in Italy - and the world.' - The Sunday Times A delightful collection of essays exploring reading and writing from the internationally acclaimed author of My Brilli ...Show more
Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004-2021 by Margaret Atwood
48.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: near fine
From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays - funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient - which seek answers to Burning Questions such as; Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating? How c ...Show more
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life) by George Saunders
24.99 NZD
Category: Essays
From the New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves - and our world today. For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a cl ...Show more
The Stories Female Journalists Tell by Reta Lee
37.00 NZD
Category: Essays
30 female journalists in Southeast Asia share their personal experiences in essays spanning politics, culture, travel, human interest and lifestyle.In these insightful and compelling essays, the former and current journalists take us through the journey as a woman covering news in male-dominant newsroom ...Show more
Mothers, Fathers, and Others: New Essays by Siri Hustvedt
37.99 NZD
Category: Essays
'It is Hustvedt's gift to write with exemplary clarity of what is by necessity unclear.' Hilary Mantel, Guardian Feminist philosophy meets family memoir in a fresh essay collection by the award-winning essayist and novelist Siri Hustvedt, author of the bestselling What I Loved and Booker Prize-longliste ...Show more
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies And Other Writing From The London Review Of Books by Hilary Mantel
27.99 NZD
Category: Essays
A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel, author of The Wolf Hall trilogy. In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be mo ...Show more
Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher
65.00 NZD
Category: Essays
Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters updated with fourteen riveting new miss ...Show more
On Animals by Susan Orlean
32.99 NZD
Category: Essays
A delightful and entertaining collection of a lifetime of musings, meditations and in-depth profiles about animals, by the bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book.
The Lobster's Tale (Korero Series) by Chris Price; Bruce Foster
45.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Series: Korero 3 | Reading Level: very good
‘What’s the lobster’s tune when he is boiled?’ Exploring the lobster’s biology and its history in language, literature and gastronomy, The Lobster’s Tale navigates the perils of a life driven by overreaching ambition and the appetite for knowledge, conquest and commerce. In conversation with the text, ...Show more
Misfits: A Personal Manifesto by Michaela Coel
26.00 NZD
Category: Essays
The ground-breaking much-awaited debut by leading British star Michaela Coel. A personal and powerful book about the life-changing power of transparency. A powerful manifesto on how speaking your truth and owning your differences can transform your life. In this sensational agenda-setting debut, Michae ...Show more
The Turning Point: Moments that Changed Lives by St John Thomas
39.99 NZD
Category: Essays
We've all heard the phrase 'the moment when my life changed forever'. Some of us can even pinpoint it in our own lives; the birth of a child, the acceptance letter to a degree programme, the decision to make a momentous change. The Turning Point is an anthology of personal accounts, showcasing the extra ...Show more
Things Are Against Us by Lucy Ellmann
26.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good
A scorching collection of essays from the Booker-shortlisted author of Ducks, NewburyportThe worst thing about men taking over the cooking of fancy food in restaurants is that every dish now arrives covered in ejaculant, all those drizzles and foam and schmeers...Things Are Against Us is the first colle ...Show more