Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling by Philip Pullman
$27.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
Inspired meditations on storytelling from one of the worlds finest, most accomplished and adored writers. Pullman is a master of fiction and shares his thoughts on the origin of his own stories, the craft of writing and the storytellers who have meant the most to him. The art of storytelling is everywhe ...Show more
Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One's Books (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Georges Perec
$13.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'A problem of space first of all, then a problem of order' One of the most singular and extravagant imaginations of the twentieth century, the novelist and essayist Georges Perec was a true original who delighted in wordplay, puzzles, taxonomies and seeing the extraordinary in the everyday. In these vi ...Show more
Around the World in 80 Books by David Damrosch
$48.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia | Series: Pelican Books
A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and with the world around them Inspired by Jules Verne's hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard's Department of Comparative Literature and founder of ...Show more
Guarded by Dragons - Encounters with Rare Books and Rare People by Rick Gekoski
$40.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
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
Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being by Ted Hughes
$70.00 NZD
Category: Languages
Ted Hughes seeks to unlock the secret of Shakespeare in his critical magnum opus - reissued with a foreword by Robert McCrum. This enthralling tour de force of literary criticism, unprecedented in Shakespeare studies for its scope and daring, is nothing less than an attempt to show the Complete Works - ...Show more
Book Club Journal by Read it Forward
$30.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
Ever wish you had a place to capture your conversations about books? Join the club! Whether your meetings are organized affairs or excuses to gather with friends, this brightly designed journal gives you plenty of space for writing, a reading list of crowd pleasers, and fun icebreakers so you can show u ...Show more
Ex Libris - 100+ Books to Read and Reread by Michiko Kakutani
$19.99 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares 100 personal, thought-provoking essays about books that have mattered to her and that help illuminate the world we live in today--with beautiful illustrations throughout. "A book tailormade for bibliophiles."--Oprah Winfrey (One of 6 Books O ...Show more
Great Diaries: The world's most remarkable diaries, journals, notebooks, and letters by DK
$50.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
Travel back in time and witness both everyday life and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages. Great Diariestraces the history of the diary in all its forms, from ancient times to the present day. It brings together historical and literary diaries, artists' ...Show more
Reading the Seasons: Books Holding Life and Friendship Together by Germaine Leece, Sonya Tsakalakis
$38.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
It's an old cliché that books 'transport you'; but as any avid reader will tell you, there's far more to them than that. Alongside comfort and retreat, books offer insight into ourselves and others; they tell us how the world is, was or might be; they are windows into other worlds, whose meanings resona ...Show more
Curious English Words and Phrases - The Truth Behind the Expressions We Use by Max Cryer
$20.00 NZD
Category: Languages
Have you ever wondered where terms like 'end of your tether', 'gets my goat' or 'letting ones hair down' come from? Or why we call some people 'geezers', 'sugar daddies' or 'lounge lizards'? Or where the words 'eavesdropping', 'nickname' and 'D-Day' come from? They are just a few of the many words and p ...Show more
Faber and Faber - The Untold Story of a Great Publishing House by Toby Faber
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
How does a book make its way into the world? Why do some get rejected while others become classics? This intimate history of Faber & Faber weaves together the most entertaining, moving and surprising letters, diaries and memos from the archive to reveal the untold stories behind some of the greatest ...Show more
The Writer's Library - The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives by Nancy Pearl; Jeff Schwager
$60.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
With a Foreword by Susan Orlean, twenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami, and Michael Chabon, reveal the books that made them think, brought them joy, and changed their lives in this intimate, moving, and insightful colle ...Show more