The Writer's Library - The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives by Nancy Pearl; Jeff Schwager
$30.43 NZD
Category: Books About Books and Writing
NEW & NOTEWORTHY THE NEW YORK TIMES With a Foreword by Susan Orlean, twenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami, and Michael Chabon, reveal the books that made them think, brought them joy, and changed their lives in th ...Show more
WORD HORD Daily Life in Old English by Hana Videen
$32.99 NZD
Category: Books About Books and Writing
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful and downright baffling words from the origins of English. Old English is the language we think we know until we actually see it. Used in England over a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven't changed (word), others that are u ...Show more
Literary Landscapes Paris by Sandrine Voillet
$50.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books and Writing
From Voltaire to Verlaine and from Hugo to Hemingway, these are the Paris locations that have influenced modern literature.The book is an elegant photographic stroll around the bookshops, famous literary restaurants and storied streets of Europe's favourite tourist destination.Literary Landscapes: Paris ...Show more
The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Places that Inspired Middle-earth by John Garth
$40.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books and Writing
An exploration of Tolkien's influences by renowned expert John Garth. 'Every page brings forth the elegiac tone of JRR Tolkien's work... It is a beautiful book, including many wonderful pictures by Tolkien himself... Garth's book made me realise the impact that Tolkien has had on my life.' - The Times A ...Show more
The Gifts of Reading by Robert Macfarlane
$10.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books and Writing
From the acclaimed author of The Old Ways and Landmarks -- an essay on the beauty and joy of reading, for anyone who has ever loved a book Every book is a kind of gift to its reader, and the act of giving books is charged with a special emotional resonance. It is a meeting of three minds (the giver, the ...Show more
The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History by New York Times Times
$90.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books and Writing
From the longest-running, most influential book review in America, here is its best, funniest, strangest, and most memorable coverage over the past 125 years.Since its first issue on October 10, 1896, The New York Times Book Review has brought the world of ideas to the reading public. It is the publicat ...Show more
The Book Collector - Reading and Living with Literature by Tony Eyre
$45.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books and Writing | Reading Level: very good
The Book Collector is a fascinating bibliomemoir of the writer’s lifetime joy of reading, the books and authors that have touched him, and how they have shaped his passion for book collecting. Step into his library, where the book is ‘a tangible object of sentiment and delight’ and experience his fondne ...Show more
Books That Saved My Life - Reading for Wisdom, Solace and Pleasure by Michael McGirr
$40.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books and Writing
Here are forty texts to read at some stage in your life: forty texts that can enrich you in all manner of ways. Some are recent, like Harry Potter; some ancient, like Homer and Lao Tzu. There are memoirs (Nelson Mandela), poetry (Les Murray) and many of the world's great novels, from George Eliot's Midd ...Show more
Rebel Writers: the Accidental Feminists by Celia Brayfield
$28.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books and Writing
The first book about a generation of women writers who challenged the world. Make this your next inspirational read. Trust us, it's Oprah's Book Club worthy.--Vice In London in 1958, a play by a 19-year-old redefined women's writing in Britain. It also began a movement that would change women's lives ...Show more
Books Make A Home: Elegant Ideas for Storing and Displaying Books by Damian Thompson
$69.99 NZD
Category: Books About Books and Writing
Books Make a Home explores the important role books play as decorative as well as functional items. Bibliophile Damian Thompson tours the rooms of the home in turn - Living Rooms, Home Libraries & Studies, Kitchens, Bedrooms & Bathrooms, Corridors & Staircases and Children's Rooms - discover ...Show more
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig
$39.99 NZD
Category: Books About Books and Writing
A truly original book in every sense of the word, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows poetically defines emotions that we all feel but don't have the words to express, until now--from the creator of the popular online project of the same name.Have you ever wondered about the lives of each person you pass ...Show more
The Complete Tolkien Companion by J E A Tyler
$58.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books and Writing
For all those who journey to Middle Earth, here is the definitive guide to its lands, legends, histories, languages and people. The Complete Tolkien Companion explains, translates, and links every single reference - names, dates, places, facts, famous weapons, even food and drink - to be found in J. R. ...Show more