The Book That Made Me: A Collection of 32 Personal Stories by Various
22.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
The Book That Made Me is a celebration of the books that influenced some of the most acclaimed authors from Australia and the world. Inspirational. Affecting. A perfect collection of personal stories for book lovers! Personal stories by fantastic authors such as Markus Zusak, Jaclyn Moriarty, Shaun Tan, ...Show more
The New Torchlight List by Jim Flynn
36.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
"Writers' festivals, TV book shows, radio interviews, book clubs, TED Talks:today's novelists are a travelling roadshow. New books and their authors are thrown to the wolves, aka reviewers, to be savaged, praised to the skies, or sadly just ignored. In the midst of all this, how can the bewildered bookl ...Show more
The Books that Changed My Life by Bethanne (editor) Patrick
35.00 NZD
Category: Literature
"One hundred of today's most prominent literary and cultural icons talk about the books that hold a special place in their hearts-that made them who they are today. Leading authors, politicians, CEOs, actors, and other notables share the books that changed their life, why they love them, and their passi ...Show more
How to Write a Children's Picture Book and Get it Published by Andrea Shavick
29.99 NZD
Category: Literature
This book provides comprehensive advice on what to write about for children, how to write it, and how to present the work professionally for publication. It includes an easy-to-use picture book layout plan and tried and tested examples of title sheets and covering letters. It also includes everything a ...Show more
The Genius of Shakespeare by Jonathan Bate
24.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Picador Classic | Reading Level: near fine
With an introduction by Simon Callow Judgements about the quality of works of art begin in opinion. But for the last two hundred years only the wilfully perverse (and Tolstoy) have denied the validity of the opinion that Shakespeare was a genius. Who was Shakespeare? Why has his writing endured? And wha ...Show more
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books That Inspired Them by Antonia Fraser
22.99 NZD
Category: Literature
In this delightful collection forty acclaimed writers explain what first made them interested in literature, what inspired them to read and what makes them continue to do so. First published in 1992 in hardback only, original contributors include Margaret Atwood, J. G. Ballard, Melvyn Bragg, A. S. Byatt ...Show more
The Torchlight List - Around the World in 200 Books by Jim Flynn
33.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
This witty, clever, mind-expanding and original book is destined to become a classic. A professor for over 40 years, Jim Flynn found fewer and fewer of his students were in love with reading. However, they were willing to try if he gave them lists. This inspired him to create the definitive list: books ...Show more