The Bright Book of Life: Novels to Read and Reread by HAROLD BLOOM
$37.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
America's most original and controversial literary critic writes trenchantly about forty-eight masterworks spanning the Western tradition--from Don Quixote to Wuthering Heights to Invisible Man--in his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction.In this valedictory volume, Yale professor Harold ...Show more
The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth Shaw
$39.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny bookshops in the remote village of Manapouri in Fiordland, in the deep south of New Zealand. Ruth Shaw weaves together stories of the characters who visit her bookshops, musings about her favourite books, and ...Show more
The Penguin Classics Book by Henry Eliot
$75.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
Penguin Classics is the largest and best-known classics imprint in the world. From The Epic of Gilgameshto the poetry of the First World War, and covering all the greatest works of fiction, poetry, drama, history and philosophy in between, this reader's companion encompasses 500 authors, 1,200 books and ...Show more
Bookshop by the Sea by Denise Hunter
$30.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
Sophie Lawson should be enjoying her sister's wedding day. But nothing could have prepared her to see the best man again. After her mother became bedridden and her father bailed on the family, Sophie found herself serving as a second mother to her twin brother, Seth, and younger sister, Jenna. Sophie s ...Show more
Index, A History of the by Dennis Duncan
$50.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
A story of ambition, obsession and alphabetical orderMost of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butcher ...Show more
Nine Lives - New Zealand Writers on Notable New Zealanders
$40.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
A selected group of NZ writers have chosen a favourite New Zealander to write an essay on. These pieces are personal, illuminating and often moving. Around 5,000 words per essay, the writers had full choice on who to write about and what approach to take, so there is great variety in the styles. Writers ...Show more
The Antiquarian Sticker Book: Bibliophilia by Odd Dot
$58.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia | Series: Antiquarian Sticker Book Ser.
Luxuriate in the pages of THE ANTIQUARIAN STICKER BOOK: BIBLIOPHILIA, a compendium of thousands of gorgeous stickers for lovers of beauty and books.Here, quotes from classic pieces of literature are illuminated in sticker form. Adorn your collage or junk journal with a quote or sticker to add another di ...Show more
Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books by Cathy Rentzenbrink
$25.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love, Dear Reader is the ultimate love letter to reading and to finding the comfort and joy in stories.'Exquisite' - Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups'A warm, unpretentious manifesto for why books matter' - Sunday ExpressGrowing up, Cathy Rentz ...Show more
The Library: A Fragile History by Arthur der Weduwen, Andrew Pettegree
$55.00 NZD
Category: History
Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google. 'A sweeping, absorbing history, deeply researched, of that extraordinary and enduring phenomenon: the library' - Richard Ovenden, author of Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge ...Show more
A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader by Edited by Maria Popova and Claudia Bedrick
$55.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
In these pages, some of today's most wonderful culture-makers--writers, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and philosophers--reflect on the joys of reading, how books broaden and deepen human experience, and the ways in which the written word has formed their own character. On the page facing each lett ...Show more
The Literary Almanac: A year of seasonal reading by Francesca Beauman
$40.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
Discover over 300 seasonal book recommendations in the ultimate reading list for book lovers everywhere. ----- 'I will be giving this book to everyone I know' - Elizabeth Day ----- Spanning the dreary, cold days of January to the first flushes of spring and then the blazing August heat, bibliophile ...Show more