Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books by Cathy Rentzenbrink
$38.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love.'Reading has saved my life, again and again, and has held my hand through every difficult time' For as long as she can remember, Cathy Rentzenbrink has lost and found herself in stories. Growing up she was rarely seen without her nose in ...Show more
Reading Art : Art for Book Lovers
$60.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
A celebration of artworks featuring books and readers from throughout history, for the delight of art lovers and bibliophiles As every book tells a story, every book in art is part of an intriguing, engaging, and relatable image. Books are depicted as indicators of intellect in portraits, as symbols of ...Show more
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider
$30.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
A look at the culture and fanaticism of book lovers, from beloved New York Times illustrator Grant Snider It's no secret, but we are judged by our bookshelves. We learn to read at an early age, and as we grow older we shed our beloved books for new ones. But some of us surround ourselves with books. We ...Show more
Rebel Without A Clause by Sue Butler
$30.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
The English language is changing constantly. We invent new words and phrases, we mash up idioms, we mispronounce, misuse, misappropriate. Sue Butler has heard it all and is ready to defend and disagree with common usage. Veering from tolerance to outrage, she examines how the word sheila took a nose-div ...Show more
Bibliophile Ceramic Bookends by Jane Mount (Illustrator)
$100.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia | Series: Bibliophile Ser.
An essential addition to the bibliophile's library! These charming, colorful bookends feature hand-painted book covers, featuring the timeless novels Pride and Prejudice, Alice in Wonderland, Moby Dick, Frankenstein, A Tale of Two Cities, Jane Eyre, and Little Women. The artwork is printed on durable, w ...Show more
Shakespearean: On Life & Language in Times of Disruption by Robert McCrum
$40.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
Why do we return to Shakespeare time and again?When Robert McCrum began his recovery from a life-changing stroke, described in My Year Off, he discovered that the only words that made sense to him were snatches of Shakespeare. Unable to travel or move as he used to, McCrum found the First Folio became h ...Show more
The Book Collectors of Daraya: A Band of Syrian Rebels, Their Underground Library, and the Stories that Carried Them Through a War by Delphine Minoui
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
'There is no jail that can imprison the free word, nor is there a siege tight enough that can prevent the spread of information.' - Mazen Darwish, Syrian human rights activist, in a speech given on April 23, 2016, following his release from jail in 2015. In 2012 the rebel suburb of Daraya in Damascus w ...Show more
Bird by Bird: Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
$25.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia | Series: Canons Ser.
Bird by Bird is the bible of writing guides - a wry, honest, down-to-earth book that has never stopped selling since it was first published in the United States in the 1990s. Bestselling novelist and memoirist Anne Lamott distils what she's learned over years of trial and error. Beautifully written, wis ...Show more
The Gifts of Reading - Essays on the Joys of Reading, Giving and Receiving Books by Jennie Orchard (Curated by); Robert Macfarlane; Jackie Morris; William Boyd; Candice Carty-Williams; Chigozie Obioma; Philip Pullman; Imtiaz Dharker; Roddy Doyle; Pico Iyer; Andy Miller
$38.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
'This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book...' So begins the essay by Robert Macfarlane that inspired this collection. In this cornucopia of an anthology, you will find essays by some of the world's most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayist ...Show more
The Book Lover's Quiz Book by Gary Wigglesworth
$35.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
'Brilliantly inventive and entertaining questions from the bookworm's bookworm'Mark Mason, author of Walk the Lines, Question Time and many moreThis is a literary quiz book with a difference. Rather than basic sets of questions, The Book Lover's Quiz Book mirrors the format of Gary's live quizzes, at th ...Show more
The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking by Olivia Laing
$28.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia | Series: Canons
Why were so many authors of the greatest works of literature consumed by alcoholism? In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing takes a journey across America, examining the links between creativity and drink in the overlapping work and lives of six extraordinary men: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway ...Show more