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A Long Island Story by Rick Gekoski
36.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
It is 1953, a heat wave is sweeping across America and the Grossmans - Ben, Addie and their two children -are moving their lives from the political heart of Washington DC to suburban Long Island. Benny was a successful lawyer in the Department of Justice, but all that has come tumbling down. With the Mc ...Show more
Darke Matter by Rick Gekoski
27.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
'Clever, witty and perceptive . . . Gekoski writes movingly about love, loss and grief, while handling the difficult issue of assisted dying with considerable balance and finesse. Beautifully written, engrossing and heartbreakingly funny' Mail on Sunday 'Stylish, funny and daring . . . the clarity and e ...Show more
Guarded by Dragons: Encounters with Rare Books and Rare People by Rick Gekoski
29.99 NZD
Category: History
The Times Best Literary Non-fiction Books 2021 - 'a super yarn''Rick Gekoski's encyclopaedic knowledge of rare books is matched only by the enthusiasm and brio with which he writes about them' Ian RankinRick Gekoski has been traversing the rocky terrain of the rare book trade for over fifty years. The t ...Show more
Guarded by Dragons - Encounters with Rare Books and Rare People by Rick Gekoski
37.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Rick Gekoski has been traversing the rocky terrain of the rare book trade for over fifty years. The treasure he seeks is scarce, carefully buried and often jealously guarded, knowledge of its hiding place shared through word of mouth like the myths of old.In Guarded by Dragons, Gekoski invites readers i ...Show more
Lost, Stolen or Shredded: Stories of Missing Works of Art and Literature by Rick Gekoski
28.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art
Like Sherlock Holmes' dog in the night time, sometimes the true significance of things lies in their absence. Rick Gekoski tells the very human stories that lie behind some of the greatest losses to artistic culture - and addresses the questions such disappearances raise. Some of the items are stolen (t ...Show more
Lost, Stolen or Shredded - Stories of Missing Works of Art and Literature by Rick Gekoski
36.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Reading Level: very good
This book tells the stories behind the disappearances of some of our most famous works of art - and some that never existed at all. Like Sherlock Holmes' dog in the night time, sometimes the true significance of things lies in their absence. Rick Gekoski tells the very human stories that lie behind some ...Show more
Outside of a Dog - A Bibliomemoir by Rick Gekoski
34.99 NZD
40.00 (12% off)
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
This is the fascinating and whimsical account of the twenty-five books that have influenced the life of bibliophile Rick Gekoski. Drawing from the fields of literature, psychology and philosophy and including books by Descartes, Dahl, and Dr. Seuss, Rick Gekoski trains the same ironic and analytic eye o ...Show more
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