100 Novels That Changed the World by Colin Salter
$54.99 NZD
Category: Literary Interest
The inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture. Before the novel, the world of books was dominated by scientific tomes, religious tracts and histories of the victorious in war. There had been stories and epic poems from ancient times - Homer's Iliad ...Show more
A Parliament of Owls - A Book of Collective Nouns by Chloe Rhodes
$34.99 NZD
Category: Literary Interest
Why are geese in a gaggle? Are lions actually proud? And do crows deserve their murderous moniker? Collective nouns are one of the most bizarre and baffling aspects of the English language, and this absorbing book tells the stories of these evocative phrases, exploring and explaining the etymology beh ...Show more
Bibliophile Diverse Spines Reader's Journal
$34.99 NZD
Category: Literary Interest
This reader's journal celebrates diverse books and is the ultimate reader's journal for booklovers. This booklover's ultimate journal is filled with the best literary-inspired art celebrating the works of those often underrepresented in the literary world. Encased in a durable hardcover with rounded edg ...Show more
Book Nerd by Holly Maguire
$30.00 NZD
Category: Literary Interest
With over 7 million Instagram posts tagged #booknerd, and millions more tagged with the likes of #bookworm and #bibliophile, it's clear: Book nerds rule And what better gift than this joyous celebration of their singular passion. It's sweet, it's affectionate, it's understanding and clever, filled w ...Show more
Eats, Shoots And Leaves by Lynne Truss
$25.00 NZD
Category: Literary Interest
Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens. We all had the basic rules of punctuation drilled into us at school, but punctuation pedants have good re ...Show more
Folly Literary Journal Issue 001 by Wellington Writers' Studio
$30.00 NZD
Category: Literary Interest
Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language by Bill Bryson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Literary Interest
'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to . . . ' Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongre ...Show more
The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews by Adam Biles (Editor)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Literary Interest
An illuminating collection of interviews between the prestigious Shakespeare and Company and the best writers of our time Shakespeare and Company, Paris, is one of the world's most iconic and beautiful bookshops. Located on the banks of the Seine, opposite Notre-Dame, it's long been a meeting place for ...Show more
Why Is This a Question? - Everything about the Origins and Oddities of Language You Never Thought to Ask by Paul Anthony Jones
$28.99 NZD
Category: Literary Interest
'As entertaining as it is engrossing' John Banville 'Enlightening, delightful' Arthur der Weduwen, author of The LibraryWhy don't eleven and twelve end in -teen? The rest of our counting system sits in neatly arithmetical sets of ten, so why do these two rulebreakers seem so at odds with the numbers tha ...Show more
Write for Life: A Toolkit for Writers by Julia Cameron
$45.00 NZD
Category: Literary Interest
The essential guide to writing by the Queen of Creativity, Julia Cameron Legendary author of The Artist's Way Julia Cameron has pioneered the field of creative recovery, inspiring millions of people around the world to discover their true creative selves. Now in Write for Life, the 'Queen of Creativity' ...Show more
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