The Book Club Journal: All the Books You've Read, Loved, and Discussed by Adams Media
35.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Keep track of your book club selections and record your latest literary adventures with this reading journal to stay organized for your next meeting Book clubs are a great way to read new books and discover different genres and new topics that you may not be too familiar with. You can share your th ...Show more
Read the Classics: The Books That Nurtured Human Thought by Cider Mill Cider Mill Press
19.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Curios Ser.
Take a stroll through some of the most influential pieces of literature of all time with Read the Classics. Take a stroll through some of the most influential pieces of literature of all time with Read the Classics. From Aristotle and Plato to Kerouac and Tolstoy, don't just read the classics, learn why ...Show more
Death By Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts by Kathryn Harkup
32.99 NZD
Category: Literature
An in-depth look at the science behind the creative methods Shakespeare used to kill off his characters. In Death By Shakespeare, Kathryn Harkup, best-selling author of A is for Arsenic and expert on the more gruesome side of science, turns her expertise to William Shakespeare and the creative methods ...Show more
The Bookseller's Tale by Martin Latham
40.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: near fine
The right book has a neverendingness, and so does the right bookshop. This is the story of our love affair with books, whether we arrange them on our shelves, inhale their smell, scrawl in their margins or just curl up with them in bed. Taking us on a journey through comfort reads, street book stalls, m ...Show more
Shakespearean: On Life & Language in Times of Disruption by Robert McCrum
39.99 NZD
Category: Literature
Why do we return to Shakespeare time and again?When Robert McCrum began his recovery from a life-changing stroke, described in My Year Off, he discovered that the only words that made sense to him were snatches of Shakespeare. Unable to travel or move as he used to, McCrum found the First Folio became h ...Show more
A Shakespeare Motley - An Illustrated Compendium by The Shakespeare The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
29.99 NZD
Category: Literature
A Shakespeare Motley is a delightful cabinet of Shakespearean curiosities, arranged in alphabetical order, that will inform, enthuse, intrigue, and amuse anyone who wants to know more about the life and work of the world's best-known author. Drawing unusual connections, this ingenious guide will show yo ...Show more
Book of Milliganimals by Spike Milligan
32.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Puffin Bks.
A collection of zany nonsense poems and clever word plays about animals.
Shining Land: Looking for Robin Hyde (Korero Series) by Paula Morris & Haru Sameshima
45.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Korero Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
A UNIQUE STORY BOOK FOR GROWN-UPS. Shining Land brings together award-winning novelist Paula Morris and distinguished photographer Haru Sameshima. It is the second in the kōrero series of picture books edited by Lloyd Jones, written and made for grown-ups, and designed to showcase leading New Zealand wr ...Show more
Cold Warriors - Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War by Duncan White
29.99 NZD
Category: Literature
In this brilliant account of the literary war within the Cold War, novelists and poets become embroiled in a dangerous game of betrayal, espionage, and conspiracy at the heart of the vicious conflict fought between the Soviet Union and the West During the Cold War, literature was both sword and noose. ...Show more
The Lamplighter by Jackie Kay
24.99 NZD
Category: Literature
The Lamplighter takes us on a journey through the dark heart of slavery. Produced both as a radio and stage play, it also reads as a stirring and a multi-layered poem. Four women and one man tell the story of their lives through slavery, from the the fort, to the slave ship, through the middle passage, ...Show more
The Wolf Hall Companion by Lauren MacKay
35.00 NZD
Category: Literature
An accessible but hugely authoritative companion to the bestselling Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mantel. What is the true story behind the blockbuster Wolf Hall trilogy--and of Thomas Cromwell, its principal protagonist? This companion guide concisely illuminates both Cromwell's life and Tudor history, c ...Show more
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell
18.99 NZD
Category: Literature
A wickedly witty field guide to bookstore customers from the Person Who Doesn't Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover) to the harried Parents Secretly After Free Childcare. It does take all kinds. If you visit bookshops more often than the grocery store, you'll recognize the types. ...Show more