I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation: The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde by Maria Leach
$28.00 NZD
Category: Literature
"I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation" is a celebration of the virtuoso of well-turned phrases and the master of the studied insult - Oscar Wilde. Indeed, perfect were Wilde's verbal thrusts that his victims were often flattered to have been the cause of them. His needle-sharp rejoinders were repea ...Show more
If by Rudyard Kipling
$16.99 NZD
Category: Literature
Rudyard Kipling's 'If ' is one of the most popular poems ever written in the English language. Written as a guide to life from a father to his son, it was published in 1910 and immediately struck a chord with the public. Inspiring and thought-provoking, the poem acts as a beacon of hope on a dark night, ...Show more
Independence: Vintage Minis by Charlotte Bronte
$9.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Vintage Minis Ser.
'I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.'We collect some of the most heartening statements of independence from Bronte's heroines Jane Eyre and Lucy Snowe as in the face of temptation, hardship and heartache they cling determi ...Show more
Inga Clendinnen: Selected Writings by Inga Clendinnen; James Boyce (ed.)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Inga Clendinnen was one of Australia's greatest writers and thinkers. This selection covers the full scope of her writing, from Tiger's Eye to Aztecs, from Boyer Lectures to essays on all manner of topics. The rich array is introduced by acclaimed historian James Boyce, who traces Clendinnen's life and ...Show more
Iris and Me by Philippa Werry
$25.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: near fine
One woman. One journey. One true friend. 'I reckon Iris would've approved' - Tina Shaw So begins the story of Iris Wilkinson, who wrote poetry, novels and journalism under the pen name Robin Hyde. In January 1938 she left New Zealand for England. On the way, intrigued by glimpses of China, she ventured ...Show more
It's a Wonderful Word: The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words by Albert Jack
$39.99 NZD
Category: Literature
Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr. Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap? While we're at it, what have spondulics to do with spines or lawyers with avocados? In "It's a Wonderful Word", best ...Show more
J. M. Coetzee and the Life of Writing: Face to Face with Time by David Attwell
$40.00 NZD
Category: Literature
J. M. Coetzee-winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, twice winner of the Man Booker Prize-is one of the world's most celebrated and intriguing authors. Yet the heart of his fiction remains elusive. In J. M. Coetzee and the Life of Writing, David Attwell explores the extraordinary creative processes b ...Show more
Jane Austen: A Celebration of Her Life and Work by Lauren Nixon
$39.99 NZD
Category: Literature
'Jane Austen: A celebration' brings together aspects of Austen's life, work and lasting legacy to give a fresh and detailed insight into one of the world's most beloved writers. Coinciding with the 200-year anniversary of the first publication of Sense and Sensibility, this title is a must for anyone ha ...Show more
Jane Austen Made Me Do it by Laurel Ann Nattress
$34.99 NZD
Category: Literature
"My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." If you just heaved a contented sigh at Mr. Darcy's heartfelt words, then you, dear reader, are in good company. Here is a delightful collection of never-before-published stories inspired by Jane Aus ...Show more
Journey to Oxford by John Mulgan
$30.00 NZD
Category: Literature
John Mulgan’s place in New Zealand literature rests on his acclaimed novel, Man Alone, and the war memoir, Report on Experience; but he wrote another work, part memoir, part reflective essay, which dealt with his departure from New Zealand (“a small country where loveliness goes often unregarded”) and h ...Show more
Jumping Ship and other essays by Glenn Colquhoun
$24.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: near fine
"A book of essays and poems on the relationship between Pākehā and Māori, and on the practice of medicine...Includes, among other things, a state of the nation speech from Waitangi 2007, organised by the Treaty Resource Centre: He Puna Mātauranga te Tiriti; a keynote address for the English teachers ...Show more
K. by Roberto Calasso
$26.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbols? Things that happen every day? But where and when? In this remarkable book, Roberto Calasso sets out not to dispel the mystery but to let it be illuminated by its own light. With his unique vision, imagination, and intellectual acumen ...Show more