The Selected Letters of Frank Sargeson by Sarah Shieff (ed.)
$49.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: Very Good
Frank Sargeson wrote novels, memoirs and plays and was New Zealand's most important writer of short fiction following the death of Katherine Mansfield. He also encouraged numerous other writers, playing an invaluable role in the rise of our national literature, which he championed both at home and abroa ...Show more
The Silver Moon: Reflections on life, death and writing by Bryce Courtenay
$30.00 NZD
Category: Literature
A collection of fascinating life-lessons from Australia's favorite storyteller, including insights from his final months. Each of us has a place to return to in our minds, a place of clarity and peace, a place to think, to create, to dream. For Bryce Courtenay this place was a waterhole in Africa where ...Show more
The Story of English: How an Obscure Dialect Became the World's Most-Spoken Language by Joseph Piercy
$19.99 NZD
Category: Literature
The Story of English illustrates the compelling history of how the relatively obscure dialects spoken by tribes from what are now Denmark, the Low Countries and northern Germany, became the most widely spoken language in the world, and of how that language evolved during the last two millennia. Chronolo ...Show more
The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal (University College of North Wales Bangor University University College of North Wales, Bangor University College of North Wales, Bangor University of Wales University College of North Wales, Bangor University of Wales University of Wales)
$27.99 NZD
Category: Literature
In this entertaining history world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on one hundred words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the word "roe" was written down on the bone ankle of a roe dee ...Show more
The Storyteller's Workbook: An Inspirational, Interactive Guide to the Craft of Novel Writing by Adrienne Young, Isabel Ibañez
$40.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Your companion to writing a novel from start to finish, with thoughtful prompts, calendars, and checklists to guide you along the way.Wherever you are on your journey as a writer, The Storyteller's Workbook is your one-stop shop for planning, writing, and pitching your novel. Find the space and freedom ...Show more
The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Padma Sambhava; Zla-ba-bsam-Grub
$32.99 NZD
Category: Literature
The Two Towers: The Lord of the Rings, Part 2 by J R R Tolkien
$24.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: The Lord of the Rings | Reading Level: very good
The second part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring an exclusive cover designed to complement the new 'History of Middle-earth' series. This edition, styled to complement the new 'History of Middle-earth' series, tells the story of Frodo and the Companions of the Ring, who ha ...Show more
The Urewera Notebook by Katherine Mansfield by Katherine Mansfield
$49.95 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: Near Fine
Katherine Mansfield filled the first half of her 'Urewera Notebook' during a 1907 camping tour of the central North Island, shortly before she left New Zealand forever. Her camping notes offer a rare insight into her attitude to her life at the time, and her country of birth, not in retrospective fictio ...Show more
The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth by Robert Graves
$31.99 NZD
$35.99 (11% off)
Category: Literature | Series: FSG Classics
The definitive edition of one of the more extraordinary and influential books of our time This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than sixty years ago, was the outcome of Robert Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion, a ...Show more
The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain by Mark Twain
$5.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
Renowned as a novelist, journalist, and humorist, Mark Twain is not only one of the most widely read and admired American writers, he is also among the most quoted. Wit and repartee permeate his work. This volume gathers together hundreds of Twain's most memorable quips and comments on life, love, histo ...Show more
The World's Great Speeches by COPELAND
$39.99 NZD
Category: Literature
This outstanding compendium of 292 great speeches contains addresses from nearly every historical era and nation, from formal orations of ancient Greece and the speeches of Julius Caesar, to modern-day addresses by Nelson Mandela, Ronald Reagan and Vaclav Havel. Among the memorable speeches included are ...Show more
The Writer's Diet by Helen Sword
$24.99 NZD
Category: Literature
This bestselling handbook will highlight your bad writing habits and sharpen your style - for clearer, crisper sentences and punchier prose. Is your writing flabby or fit? If your sentences are weighed down with passives and prepositions, be-verbs and waste words, The Writer's Diet is for you. This book ...Show more