A Literary Tour of Italy by Tim Parks
24.99 NZD
Category: Literature
An acclaimed author of novels and short stories, Tim Parks - who was described in a recent review as "one of the best living writers of English" - has delighted audiences around the world with his finely observed writings on all aspects of Italian life and customs. This volume contains a selection of hi ...Show more
Penguin Book of Mermaids by Cristina Bacchilega; Marie Alohalani Brown (Editor)
30.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Dive into centuries of mermaid lore with these captivating tales from around the world. A Penguin Classic Among the oldest and most popular mythical beings, mermaids and other merfolk have captured the imagination since long before Ariel sold her voice to a sea witch in the beloved Disney film adaptatio ...Show more
Why Comics? - From Underground to Everywhere by Hillary Chute
39.99 NZD
Category: Literature
A New York Times Notable BookFilled with beautiful full-color art, dynamic storytelling, and insightful analysis, Hillary Chute reveals what makes one of the most critically acclaimed and popular art forms so unique and appealing, and how it got that way."In her wonderful book, Hillary Chute suggests th ...Show more
The Creative Writing Coursebook - 40 Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry by Julia Bell; Paul Magrs; Motion Motion (Foreword by)
47.99 NZD
Category: Literature
The success and popularity of creative writing courses at universities across the country belies the myth that writing can't be taught. The Creative Writing Coursebook, edited by Julia Bell and Paul Magrs, takes aspiring writers through three stages of essential practice: 'Gathering' - getting started, ...Show more
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger; Melanie R. Anderson
37.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Frankenstein was just the beginning- horror stories and other weird fiction wouldn't exist without the women who created it. From Gothic ghost stories to psychological horror to science fiction, women have been primary architects of speculative literature of all sorts. And their own life stories are as ...Show more
Lost Transmissions - The Untold History of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Desirina Boskovich; Jeff VanderMeer (Introduction by)
50.00 NZD
Category: Literature
A fascinating illustrated history of lost, overlooked and uncompleted works of science fiction and fantasy. Science fiction and fantasy reign over popular culture now. Lost Transmissions is a rich trove of forgotten and unknown, imagined-but-never-finished, and under-appreciated-but-influential works fr ...Show more
Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books by Clare Pollard
37.00 NZD
Category: Literature
What is The Tiger Who Came to Tea really about? What has Meg and Mog got to do with Polish embroidery? Why is death in picture books so often represented by being eaten? We've read Green Eggs and Ham, laughed at Mr Tickle and whetted our appetites with The Very Hungry Caterpillar. But what lies behind t ...Show more
Self-Publishing in New Zealand: An Independent Author's Guide by H L Kennedy
29.99 NZD
Category: Literature
This book demystifies the self-publishing process and provides some much-needed clarity on the topic, with information and resources specific to New Zealand. Self-Publishing in New Zealand will take you through the whole operation, from decisions about print and design, to effective sales and marketing, ...Show more
How the Classics Made Shakespeare by Jonathan Bate
49.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: E. H. Gombrich Lecture Ser.
From one of our most eminent and accessible literary critics, a groundbreaking account of how the Greek and Roman classics forged Shakespeare's imagination Ben Jonson famously accused Shakespeare of having "small Latin and less Greek." But he was exaggerating. Shakespeare was steeped in the classics. S ...Show more
Around the World in 80 Words: A Journey Through the English Language (HB) by Paul Anthony Jones
32.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
'Brilliant for anyone interested in the effervescent oddness of English' --Stig Abell on Word Drops What makes a place so memorable that it survives for ever in a word? In this captivating round-the-world jaunt, Paul Anthony Jones reveals the intriguing tales behind how 80 different places came to be im ...Show more
Tyrant: Shakespeare on Power by Stephen Greenblatt
28.00 NZD
Category: Literature
'Brilliant' - Sunday Times How does a truly disastrous leader - a sociopath, a demagogue, a tyrant - come to power?How, and why, does a tyrant hold on to power?And what goes on in the hidden recesses of the tyrant's soul? For help in understanding our most urgent contemporary dilemmas, William Shakesp ...Show more
This Is Shakespeare by Emma Smith
50.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Pelican Bks.
'I admire the freshness and attack of her writing, the passion and curiosity that light up the page. The book does something very important - it makes you impatient to see or re-read the plays at once' Hilary Mantel A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no other ...Show more