100 Poems to See You Through by Daisy Goodwin
$29.99 NZD
Category: Literature
When times are tough - whether because of illness, bereavement or receiving bad news - it can be hard to find the right words. Help comes in the form of this beautifully packaged gift book, comprising 100 life-affirming poems handpicked by an expert on poetry. Grouping the poems by theme - from 'Hearing ...Show more
500 Words You Should Know by Caroline Taggart
$22.99 NZD
Category: Literature
Ever wanted to ameliorate your atavistic lexicon, engage in a little intellectual badinage or been discombobulated by tricky diction? 500 Words You Should Know has you covered. This book will inspire the reader to use uncommon words in their correct context, to utilize the English language to its full p ...Show more
A Book of Book Lists by Alex Johnson
$24.99 NZD
Category: Literature
This is a book of book lists. Lists that make you smile, make you wonder, and see titles together in entirely new ways. From Bin Laden's bookshelf to the books most frequently left in hotels, from prisoners' favorite books to Member of Parliaments' most borrowed books, these lists are proof that a perso ...Show more
A Doll's House And Other Plays by Henrik Ibsen
$32.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Four of Ibsen's most important plays in superb modern translations, part of the new Penguin Ibsen series. With her assertion that she is 'first and foremost a human being', Nora Helmer sent shockwaves throughout Europe when she appeared in Ibsen's greatest and most famous play, A Doll's House. Depicting ...Show more
A Farewell to Arms: The Special Edition by Ernest Hemingway
$26.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: good
Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old and lauded as the best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the ba ...Show more
A Game of Two Halves - The Best of Sport 2005 2019 by Fergus Barrowman
$35.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
Sport was conceived in the back of Damien Wilkins’ yellow Ford Escort – he tells the story in the introduction to Great Sporting Moments – and born in spring 1988. A Game of Two Halves: The Best of Sport 2005–2019 chronicles the second half of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most exciting literary magazine’s lif ...Show more
A Good Mail: Letters of John Mulgan by Peter Whiteford
$50.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: Very Good
The enigmatic figure of John Mulgan remains a striking presence in New Zealand culture, his sole novel, Man Alone (1939), one of the classic landmarks of a mature and independent New Zealand literature. His second book, Report on Experience, published posthumously in 1947, is one of the most clear-sight ...Show more
A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha by Witi Ihimaera (Editor); Michelle Elvy (Editor)
$39.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: 1st
Sixty-eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave-like dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a table, the tepu korero, from which the rangatira speak; they converse with honoured guests, and their rangatira-korero embody the tahuhu, the over-arching horizontal ridge pole ...Show more
A Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon by Laurie R. King & Leslie S Klinger (ed)
$34.99 NZD
Category: Literature
Neil Gaiman. Laura Lippman. Lee Child. These are just three of eighteen superstar authors who provide fascinating, thrilling, and utterly original perspectives on Sherlock Holmes in this one-of-a-kind book. These modern masters place the sleuth in suspenseful new situations, create characters who solve ...Show more
A-Z of C S Lewis: An Encyclopaedia of His Life, Thought and Writings by Colin Duriez
$29.99 NZD
Category: Literature
This fascinating volume brings together all the aspects of C S Lewis's life and thought. It will delight anyone who is interested in C S Lewis and wants to learn more about him. Arranged in alphabetical order The A-Z of C S Lewis begins with The Abolition of Man - a book written in 1943 and described by ...Show more
Always Take Notes: Advice from the world's greatest writers by Simon Akam
$45.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Bestselling and award-winning authors share the secrets to their success, and the hard lessons they have learnt along the way. Where do the best ideas come from? How do you stay motivated? What does it take to become a published author? And how do you actually make money from your writing? For over five ...Show more
Amazing and Extraodrinary facts J.R.R. Tolkien by Colin Duriez
$24.99 NZD
Category: Literature