Literature in 30 Seconds or Less!: 100 Classics Cut Down for the Pace of the Modern World by Tim Rayborn
28.99 NZD
Category: Literature
Build your brain and blitz through the canon with Literature in 30 Seconds of Less!, a collection of illuminating synopses of the great works. Bursting with illuminating synopses of humanity's great works, you no longer have to lower your gaze when the conversation turns to the classics. Instead, you&am ...Show more
The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse by Kathleen Jamie (Editor); Don Paterson (Editor)
55.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
A timeless gift edition of the greatest poetic works from Scotland's literary past, present and future. Edited by award-winning poets Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson and Peter Mackay.
The Philosophers' Library: Books that Shaped the World by Adam Ferner, Chris Meyns
55.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Liber Historica Ser.
The Philosophers' Library features the most important philosophy manuscripts and books as stepping stones to take your through the history of philosophy. By cataloguing the history of philosophy via its key works, this book reflects the physical results of human thinking and endeavour; brilliant thought ...Show more
Burn After Writing by Sharon Jones
24.00 NZD
Category: Literature
***THE ORIGINAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER***Write. Burn. Repeat. Now featuring a brand new pink cover.'This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me.' -TikTok user camrynbanksInstagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but ...Show more
Voices of Aotearoa - 25 Years of Going West Oratory by Robyn Mason et al. (eds)
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
Since 1996 the Going West Writers Festival has attracted literary voices from around Aotearoa to West Auckland for a feast of ideas and words. Drawing on the festivals comprehensive sound archive, Voices of Aotearoa sets down the live recordings of a whos who of New Zealand literary luminaries from Fion ...Show more
Writers' Letters: Jane Austen to Chinua Achebe by Michael Bird, Orlando Bird
45.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Writers' Letters is a collection of fascinating letters written by great writers, from Dickens to De Beauvoir. Delve into the lives and work of some of the world's great writers with this intriguing collection of correspondence. There is much to discover in this illustrated compendium of letters written ...Show more
Granta 156: Interiors by Sigrid Rausing (editor)
27.99 NZD
Category: Literature
Granta 156: Interiors explores the spaces and systems that contain and control us. Featuring Chris Dennis on Ghislaine Maxwell, Debra Gwartney on the last days of Barry Lopez and Lynne Tillman on the photographs of Kaitlin Maxwell. Introducing Eva Freeman, Vanessa Onwuemezi, Sara Freeman and Okwiri ...Show more
The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guervara
24.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
An iconic bestseller- Che Guevara's account of his youthful adventures travelling around South America on his motorcycleAt the age of twenty-three, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado set out from their native Argentina to explore their continent, with only a single 1939 Norton motorcyc ...Show more
Writing in the Dark: Bloomsbury, the Blitz and Horizon Magazine by Will Loxley
37.99 NZD
Category: Literature
'Will Loxley has a deft touch, wit, and a panoramic eye which would have pleased Cyril Connolly himself.' John Sutherland, author of Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me'A marvelous tour d'Horizon, written with energy and an eye for the spot-on detail, and creating a rich picture of culture, art, work, fr ...Show more
Lit: Stories from Home by Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod
29.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: near fine
Home-grown literary heroes, established contemporary authors, and award-winning emerging writers have been brought together in this new short story collection. Sixteen stories have been selected specifically for New Zealand/Aotearoa secondary English classroom teaching, with stories exploring ideas abou ...Show more
Mental Floss: The Curious Reader: | Facts About Famous Authors and Novels | Book Lovers and Literary Interest | A Literary Miscellany of No by Erin Mccarthy
45.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Mental Floss Ser.
Readers rejoice Learn amazing facts about authors and their books, from Jane Austen to JRR Tolkien. Readers rejoice From Mental Floss, an online destination for more than a billion curious minds since its founding in 2001, comes the ultimate book for lovers of literature. From Americanah to War and ...Show more
Pale Fire: A Novel by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabakov
36.00 NZD
Category: Literature
In "Pale Fire" Nabokov offers a cornucopia of deceptive pleasures: a 999-line poem by the recluse genius John Shade: an adoring foreward and commentary by Shade's self-styled Boswell, Dr. Charles Kinbote: a darkly comic novel of suspense, literary idolatry and one-upmanship, and political intrigue.