Humble Pie and Cold Turkey - English Expressions and Their Origins by Caroline Taggart
30.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
'Caroline Taggart has carved out a niche for herself in user-friendly, wittily written factual books.' - Yorkshire Post ______________________ In this highly entertaining book, language enthusiast and Sunday Times best-selling author Caroline Taggart browses through thousands of years of history to sh ...Show more
A Therapeutic Library: 100 Essential Books That Teach Fulfilment, Calm and Wellbeing by The School of Life
60.00 NZD
Category: Psychology/Self-Help
Recommended reading from The School of Life, featuring 100 books that offer therapeutic insight and enlightenment. Books, however familiar, are amongst the strangest objects on the planet: little portals that open directly into the ideas, feelings, loves and sorrows of writers from all times and places. ...Show more
On Women: A New Collection of Feminist Essays from the Influential Writer, Activist and Critic, Susan Sontag by Susan Sontag
40.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
For the first time, On Women brings together Susan Sontag's most incisive and direct writing on womanhood. A brilliant new collection of essays on the oppression of women and the tools necessary for liberation from highly-acclaimed author Susan Sontag. Often regarded as one of the most influential write ...Show more
Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism and Minding Other People's Business by Roxane Gay
38.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
Since the publication of her groundbreaking books Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle big issues embroiling society - state-sponsored violence and mass shootings, women's rights post-Dobbs, online disinformation, and the limits of empathy - alongside more individually personal ma ...Show more
The Joy of Small Things by Hannah Jane Parkinson
25.00 NZD
Category: Psychology/Self Help/Philosophy
Drawn from the popular Guardian column these everyday exultations and inspirations will get you through dismal days.Hannah Jane Parkinson is a specialist in savouring the small pleasures of life. She revels in her fluffy dressing gown ('like bathing in marshmallow'), finds calm in solo cinema trips, is ...Show more
Maus Now: Selected Writing by Hillary Chute (editor)
55.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Art Spiegelman is one of our most influential contemporary artists, and it is hard to overstate his effect on postwar American culture and the world of comics. Maus has shaped the fields of literature, history, and art, and enlivened our collective sense of what these pract ...Show more
Creative Writer's Sourcebook: 50 Great Authors & 175 Writing Exercises by John Gillard
40.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
Discover 50 of the world’s greatest writers in this inspirational guide to exceptional writing. From Lynley Dodd to Peter Carey, profiles explore acclaimed writers’ style and work, then 175 writing exercises help you learn from them as you play with perspective, perfect characterisation, and craft openi ...Show more
Tranquillity and Ruin by Danyl McLauchlan
30.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism | Reading Level: near fine
Danyl McLauchlan wanted to get closer to the hidden truth of things. But it was starting to look like the hidden truth of things was that nothing was real, everything was suffering, and he didn’t really exist. In these essays Danyl explores ideas and paths that he hopes will make him freer and happier – ...Show more