Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century by John Crace
$29.99 NZD
Category: Literature
John Crace, creator of the Guardian's 'Digested Read' column, hilariously summarises the great - and not so great - classics of modern literature. John Crace's 'Digested Read' column in The Guardian has rightly acquired a cult following. Each week fans avidly devour his latest razor-sharp literary assa ...Show more
Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan by Ted Scheinman
$22.99 NZD
Category: Literature
The son of a devoted Jane Austen scholar, Ted Scheinman spent his childhood summers eating Yorkshire pudding, singing in an Anglican choir, and watching Laurence Olivier as Mr. Darcy. Determined to leave his mother's world behind, he nonetheless found himself in grad school organizing the first ever UNC ...Show more
Charles Dickens by Michael Slater
$39.99 NZD
Category: Literature
This long-awaited biography, twenty years after the last major account, uncovers Dickens the man through the profession in which he excelled. Drawing on a lifetime's study of this prodigiously brilliant figure, Michael Slater explores the personal and emotional life, the high-profile public activities, ...Show more
Charles Dickens: A Celebration of His Life and Work by Charles Mosley
$39.99 NZD
Category: Literature
This celebration of the Life and Works of Charles Dickens' explores his major works, from the cheery fun of Pickwick Papers and A Christmas Carol, through the social indignation of Oliver Twist and Nicolas Nickleby to deeper novels like Great Expectations and Little Dorrit. Includes a timeline of Dicken ...Show more
Christmas with Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens
$19.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Signature Select Classics Ser.
This beautifully designed paperback featuring three Christmas-themed stories by a world-renowned classic writer will make the perfect stocking-stuffer purchase. This paperback will feature 3 Christmas-themed stories by the author, led by "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton," a tale acknowledged ...Show more
Christmas with L. M. Montgomery by L. M. Montgomery
$19.99 NZD
Category: Literature
This beautifully designed paperback featuring three Christmas-themed stories by a world-renowned classic writer will make the perfect stocking-stuffer purchase. This paperback will feature three Christmas-themed stories by the author: "Christmas at Red Butte," "A Christmas Inspiration," and "A Christmas ...Show more
Christmas with Louisa May Alcott by Louisa May Alcott
$19.99 NZD
Category: Literature
This beautifully designed paperback featuring two Christmas-themed stories by a world-renowned classic writer will make the perfect stocking-stuffer purchase. This paperback will feature two Christmas-themed stories by the author: "A Christmas Dream, and How It Came to Be True," a tale inspired by Charl ...Show more
Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
$24.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?" Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms. Unfortunately, Shaun also has to c ...Show more
Consciousness and the Novel by David Lodge
$28.00 NZD
Category: Literature
'The professor, the critic and the novelist work in harmony to provide a valuable tutorial on modern fiction' Observer How does the novel represent human consciousness on the page? In eleven sparkling essays on some of the great novelists of the last 200 years - from Charles Dickens to Martin Amis, Hen ...Show more
Curious English Words and Phrases - The Truth Behind the Expressions We Use by Max Cryer
$19.99 NZD
Category: Literature
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
Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books by Cathy Rentzenbrink
$37.99 NZD
Category: Literature
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love.'Reading has saved my life, again and again, and has held my hand through every difficult time' For as long as she can remember, Cathy Rentzenbrink has lost and found herself in stories. Growing up she was rarely seen without her nose in ...Show more