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50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know by John Sutherland
24.99 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Sutherland introduces and explains the important forms, concepts, themes and movements in literature, drawing on insights and examples from both classic and popular works. From postmodernism to postcolonialism, William Shakespeare to Jane Austen, 50 Literature ...Show more
50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know by John Sutherland
29.99 NZD
Category: Language | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Literature suffers from appearing both deceptively easy and dauntingly difficult. We all like to think we can read a novel and understand what 'genre', 'style' and 'narrative' mean, but do we really understand them fully and how they can enrich our reading experience? How should we approach the works of ...Show more
Curiosities of Literature by John Sutherland
39.99 NZD
Category: Language
One of our best-known and best-loved literary critics turns his attention to the more bizarre areas of literature in this miscellany of fact and trivia. Which author had the heaviest brain? Whose manuscript was inadvertently used to light a fire? What was the original title of 1984? This is the ideal an ...Show more
Curiosities of Literature: A Feast for Book Lovers by Professor of Literature John Sutherland (London University College University College, London University College, London University College, London University College, London University College London Arizona Heart Institute, Arizona, USA University College, London University College London, UK)
24.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books
Which author had the heaviest brain? What was the original title of "1984"? When did cigarettes first appear in English literature? And, while we re at it, who wrote the first Western, and is there any link between asthma and literary genius? Sutherland s irreverent literary exploration illuminates ever ...Show more
How To Be Well Read by John Sutherland
54.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
As the annual flood of published novels grows ever greater, it's a hard a job to keep up, let alone sort the wheat from the chaff. Fortunately, literary sleuth and academic John Sutherland is on hand to do precisely that. In the course of over 500 wittily informative pieces he gives us his own very pers ...Show more
How to Read a Novel by John Sutherland
35.00 NZD
36.99 (5% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
People of all ages, classes and nationalities read novels for much the same variety of reasons - to escape pain or danger, to discover the past or experience the future, to look into the intimate details of other people's lives. Since classical times readers have been sharing their experiences of litera ...Show more
How to Read a Novel : A User's Guide by John Sutherland
27.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
We assume reading is like riding a bicycle - you can do it or you can't. But reading well is almost as difficult as writing well. This book is a guide to how to do it. It shows how novels work, what they're about, what makes them good or bad, and how to talk about them with kindred spirits.John Sutherla ...Show more
Literary Landscapes: Charting the Topography of Classic Literature by JOHN SUTHERLAND (ed)
55.00 NZD
Category: History
Some stories couldn't happen just anywhere or any time - often the scenery , landscape or era is as central to the tale as any character- and just as easily recognised. Wh at adventures would Heidi have had without her mountain neighbours? W ould Jim Hawkins have experienced such an adventure had he not ...Show more
Love, Sex, Death and Words: Surprising Tales from a Year in Literature by John Sutherland
55.00 NZD
Category: Language
Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval - the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. In this absorbing companion to literature's rich past, arranged by days of the year, acclaimed critics and friends Steph ...Show more
Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me - Her Life and Long Loves by John Sutherland
37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
'A brilliant biography - John Sutherland has brought Monica Jones to life as she deserves.' Claire Tomalin'I couldn't put it down. Vivid and penetrating, it's a brilliant portrait of a confounding, complex woman.' Cressida ConnollyMonica Jones was Philip Larkin's partner for more than four decades, and ...Show more
Stephen Spender : The Authorized Biography by John Sutherland
29.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
biography of a remarkable writer - a hero of the 1930s - and a panoramic portrait of a troubled century. Eight years after Spender's death, John Sutherland offers the first authorized life of this brilliant, but famously enigmatic, man. As well as knowing him personally Sutherland has had unhindere ...Show more
The Concise Guide to Self-Sufficiency by John Seymour & Will Sutherland
39.99 NZD
45.00 (11% off)
Category: Environment
Start living the 'Good Life'. Pick up this handy compact favourite from 'the grand master of self-sufficiency' ("Kitchen Garden") and discover how to enjoy a sustainable lifestyle. Easy-to-follow, this guide not only tells you what to do, but shows you how to do it. Follow practical know-how: from creat ...Show more