Rare Books Uncovered: True Stories of Fantastic Finds in Unlikely Places by Rebecca Rego Barry; Nicholas A. Basbanes (Foreword by)
27.99 NZD
Category: Literature
Few collectors are as passionate about their quarry as collectors of rare books. Rebecca Rego Barry's Rare Books Uncovered relates 56 tales from the antiquarian paper trail. An expert on rare books, Barry recounts stories from a world of remarkable discoveries. Read about a stash of vintage comic books, ...Show more
Every Day a Word Surprises Me & Other Quotes by Writers by Phaidon Editors
35.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Advice, strong opinions, and personal revelations by the world's greatest writers - exclusively researched for this new book Featuring the most inspirational and insightful collection of quotes by writers through the ages and across the globe, Every Day a Word Surprises Me is the ideal keepsake for rea ...Show more
Britain by the Book by Oliver Tearle
34.99 NZD
Category: Literature
What caused Dickens to leap out of bed one night and walk 30 miles from London to Kent?How did a small town on the Welsh borders become the second-hand bookshop capital of the world?Why did a jellyfish persuade Evelyn Waugh to abandon his suicide attempt in North Wales? A multitude of curious questions ...Show more
False River: Stories/Essays/Secret Histories by Paula Morris
35.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
Riffing on truth, lies and secrets, this collection uses fiction to explore fact, and fact to explore fiction. Fictional characters muse upon the truth behind real people, non-fiction pieces contain short interludes of fiction, fiction is written to read like an essay, made-up elements slip into true ac ...Show more
The Book of Forgotten Authors by Christopher Fowler
39.99 NZD
Category: Literature
A 2017 GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR'Joyous . . . Readers will love this fascinating book' Cathy Rentzenbrink'A godsend with the present season approaching' Irish Independent'The perfect gift for a book-obsessed friend' Stylist, 50 Unmissable Books for Autumn 2017 Absence doesn't make the heart gro ...Show more
To Read Aloud by Francesco Dimitri
29.99 NZD
Category: Literature
Reading a story to another person creates a bond between two people. It is often assumed that reading aloud is only for children, but the practice was once a common pleasure for adults too. The time has come to rediscover it. This simple yet powerful action connects us with our friends, helps us centre ...Show more
Jane Austen, the Secret Radical by Helena Kelly
24.99 NZD
Category: Literature
‘A sublime piece of literary detective work that shows us once and for all how to be precisely the sort of reader that Austen deserves.’ Caroline Criado-Perez, Guardian Almost everything we think we know about Jane Austen is wrong. Her novels don’t confine themselves to grand houses and they were not wr ...Show more
Scribbles in the Margins: 50 Eternal Delights of Books by Daniel Gray
23.99 NZD
Category: Literature
We lead increasingly time-poor lifestyles, bombarded 24/7 by petrifying news bulletins, internet trolls and endless noises. Where has the joy and relaxation gone from our daily lives? Scribbles in the Margins offers a glorious antidote to that relentless modern-day information churn. It is here to remin ...Show more
Rooms of One's Own : 50 Places That Made Literary History by Adrian Mourby
27.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: General Adult
Writers’ relationships with their surroundings are seldom straightforward. While some, like Jane Austen and Thomas Mann, wrote novels set where they were staying (Lyme Regis and Venice respectively), Victor Hugo penned Les Mis�rablesin an attic in Guernsey and No�l Coward wrote that most English of play ...Show more
Bibliophilia: 100 Literary Postcards by Evan Robertson
40.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: General Adult
Nothing speaks to us like great literature. It presents us with truth, challenges, humor, and delight. This collection of 100 postcards showcases bold graphic interpretations of 50 of the greatest literary quotes of all time. From Virginia Wolf to Oscar Wilde, from Bronte to Poe to Asuten, each piece wi ...Show more
How Fiction Works by James Wood
28.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: fair
In the tradition of E. M. Forster's "Aspects of the Novel" and Milan Kundera's "The Art of the Novel", "How Fiction Works" is a scintillating and searching study of the main elements of fiction, such as narrative, detail, characterization, dialogue, realism, and style. In his first full-length book of c ...Show more
Jane Austen, the Secret Radical by Helena Kelly
45.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Almost everything we think we know about Jane Austen is wrong. Her novels don't confine themselves to grand houses and they were not written just for readers' enjoyment. She writes about serious subjects and her books are deeply subversive. We just don't read her properly - we haven't been reading her p ...Show more