Dickens at Christmas by Charles Dickens
$39.99 NZD
Category: Literature
It is said that Charles Dickens invented Christmas, and within these pages you'll certainly find all the elements of a quintessential traditional Christmas brought to vivid life: snowy rooftops, gleaming shop windows, steaming bowls of punch, plum puddings like speckled cannon balls, sage and onion stuf ...Show more
Disappearing Dictionary: A Treasury of Lost English Dialect Words by David Crystal
$34.99 NZD
Category: Literature
Wherever you go in the English-speaking world, there are linguistic riches from times past awaiting rediscovery. All you have to do is choose a location, find some old documents, and dig a little. In The Disappearing Dictionary, linguistics expert Professor David Crystal collects together delightful dia ...Show more
Don't Hate Grammar
$35.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Don't Hate Grammar helps students and professionals write clearly and correctly. It covers the most important aspects of grammar, construction, style and referencing, using simple definitions and clear examples. It explains New Zealand English with local words and grammatical rules in a simple and frien ...Show more
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style: The UK Edition by Benjamin Dreyer
$24.00 NZD
Category: Literature
''An utterly delightful book to read, Dreyer's English will stand among the classics on how to use the English language properly.'' ELIZABETH STROUT ''A complete joy. For those who care about words - and for those who don't - Dreyer's English is the book we have all been waiting for. Wise, funny, no-no ...Show more
Dumbledore: The Life and Lies of Hogwarts's Renowned Headmaster: An Unofficial Exploration by Irvin Khaytman
$39.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Unofficial Harry Potter Reference Library
A brilliant investigation into the motivations and methods behind the actions of Hogwarts's renowned Headmaster!Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, is one of the most recognizable and mysterious figures in the Harry Potter series. As an unscrupulous beetle-like journalist on ...Show more
E. M. Forster : The Final Decades by Tim Leggatt
$29.99 NZD
Category: Literature
A moving and insightful biography of the later years of classic British author E.M. Forster's life. Tim Leggatt knew E.M. Forster for the last half of his life, decades after the last of his acclaimed novels was published, and in this memoir he draws on the unpublished correspondence he held with For ...Show more
Essential New Zealand Short Stories by Owen Marshall (ed)
$39.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
The short story has been the forte of distinguished New Zealand writers from Katherine Mansfield and Frank Sargeson through to fresh young talents such as Eleanor Catton and Craig Cliff. There could be no better guide to a sampler of their best work than Owen Marshall, who has been called New Zealand's ...Show more
Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" by Corey Olsen
$47.99 NZD
Category: Literature
"An admirable and thought-provoking consideration of the underlying themes of "The Hobbit," following the there-and-back-again progress from its famous first line on through to Bilbo's return home at the story's end." --Douglas A. Anderson, author of "The Annotated Hobbit" "The Hobbit" is one of the mos ...Show more
Faber & Faber - The Untold Story by Toby Faber
$45.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
To celebrate its 90th anniversary, here is the untold story behind one of one of the world's most iconic publishing houses. Faber and Faber is one of the world's greatest independent publishers. Literary superstars like T.S.Eliot, William Golding, Ted Hughes, and Sylvia Plath are synonymous with the nam ...Show more
Faulks on Fiction - Great British Characters and the Secret Life of the Novel by Sebastian Faulks
$24.99 NZD
$39.99 (37% off)
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
he British invented the novel, with the publication of @lt;b@gt;Robinson Crusoe@lt;/b@gt; in 1719 marking the arrival of a revolutionary and distinctly modern form of art. But it's also true, as Sebastian Faulks argues in this remarkable book, that the novel helped invent the British: for the first time ...Show more
Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books by Clare Pollard
$37.00 NZD
Category: Literature
What is The Tiger Who Came to Tea really about? What has Meg and Mog got to do with Polish embroidery? Why is death in picture books so often represented by being eaten? We've read Green Eggs and Ham, laughed at Mr Tickle and whetted our appetites with The Very Hungry Caterpillar. But what lies behind t ...Show more
Fifty-four Conceits : A Collection of Epigrams and Epitaphs Serious and Comic by Eric (ILT) Martin; Ravilious Armstrong
$29.99 NZD
Category: Literature