Flights of Fancy Anthology by Quentin Blake, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo
$20.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
Quentin Blake – Anne Fine – Michael Morpurgo – Jacqueline Wilson – Michael Rosen – Anthony Browne – Julia Donaldson – Malorie Blackman – Chris Riddell – Lauren ChildThe exceptional talents behind some of the nation's best-loved books – from The Gruffalo to The BFG, We're Going on a Bear Hunt to the Char ...Show more
A Book of Book Lists by Alex Johnson
$25.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
This is a book of book lists. Lists that make you smile, make you wonder, and see titles together in entirely new ways. From Bin Laden's bookshelf to the books most frequently left in hotels, from prisoners' favorite books to Member of Parliaments' most borrowed books, these lists are proof that a perso ...Show more
The Gifts of Reading by Robert Macfarlane
$9.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
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
Bowie's Books - The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Changed His Life (HB) by John O'Connell
$39.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
David Bowie once said that his idea of perfect happiness was reading. Three years before he died, he made a list of the one hundred books that had transformed his life - a list that formed something akin to an autobiography. From Lolita to Madame Bovary, the Beano to The Iliad, these were the books that ...Show more
Do You Read Me? - Bookstores Around the World by Marianne Julia Strauss
$120.00 NZD
Category: Bibliophilia
Lose yourself in the pages of this showcase of some of the most beautiful, innovative, and successful bookshops around the world. Bookshops are powerful places with the -freedom to deep-dive into their niche, from -cooking to cartoons, architecture to anarchy. - Do you read me? reconsiders the bookshop ...Show more
Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?" Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms. Unfortunately, Shaun also has to c ...Show more