Another America Otra America by Barbara Kingsolver
28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry / Plays
Before becoming the bestselling author we know today, Barbara Kingsolver was a fresh college graduate who had just moved to Tucson, Arizona with hopes of open space and adventure. What she found was quite different, "another America" that she chronicled through her poetry, in which she came to share her ...Show more
Frost Fair by Carol Ann Duffy; David de las Heras (Illustrator)
20.00 NZD
Category: Poetry / Plays
The tenth and final Christmas book, set in the frost fairs on London's Thames in the 16th-century, from UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Beautifully illustrated and produced in a gorgeous small format, this is an irresistible festive gift and Christmas stocking must-have for poetry lovers.
The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse by Kathleen Jamie (Editor); Don Paterson (Editor)
55.00 NZD
Category: Poetry / Plays
A timeless gift edition of the greatest poetic works from Scotland's literary past, present and future. Edited by award-winning poets Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson and Peter Mackay.
The Yield by Sue Wootton
26.00 NZD
Category: Poetry / Plays | Reading Level: Very Good
Wootton addresses subjects as various as the fraught relationship between medical institutions and individual suffering, the disintegration of the polar icecaps, the energizing power of solitude and the rewarding demands of creativity and love. This is a collection about give and take, loss and gain; ab ...Show more
The Love Poems of Rumi by Rumi
28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry / Plays | Series: Timeless Rumi Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The Love Poems of Rumi is a beautiful and elegantly illustrated gift book of Rumis poems translated by Nader Khalili, geared for readers searching for inspirational themes and messages about love.
Home Body by Rupi Kaur
30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry / Plays | Reading Level: near fine
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of milk and honey and the sun and her flowers comes her greatly anticipated third collection of poetry. rupi kaur constantly embraces growth, and in home body, she walks readers through a reflective and intimate journey visiting the past, the present, and th ...Show more
The River in the Sky by Clive James
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry / Plays
'One of the most important and influential writers of our time' Sunday TimesClive James has been close to death for several years, and he has written about the experience in a series of deeply moving poems. In Sentenced to Life, he was clear-sighted as he faced the end, honest about his regrets. In Inju ...Show more
Forever Words - The Unknown Poems by Johnny Cash; Paul Muldoon (Editor, Introduction by); John Carter Cash (Foreword by)
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry / Plays | Series: Canons Ser.
A treasure-trove of never-before-published poems and lyrics from the legendary Johnny Cash.
The Last Hedgehog by Pam Ayres
18.00 NZD
Category: Poetry / Plays
'A national treasure' Daily ExpressTo mark and celebrate National Hedgehog Awareness Week, Pam Ayres has written a less-than-fond farewell from perspective of the 'last hedgehog left on earth' - a delightful, hilarious and thought-provoking elegy to that most beloved inhabitant of the British countrysid ...Show more
The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris
40.00 NZD
Category: Poetry / Plays | Reading Level: very good
The unmissable sequel to the bestselling, award-winning, multi-adaptation hit The Lost Words Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but new in form, The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure, a new collection of 'spells' - acrostic poetry and artwork - by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie ...Show more
The Poetry of Birds by Samuel Carr
35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry / Plays
A sublime collection of beautiful poems written about birds to read again and again as a source of comfort and joy. Poets and artists have always looked to birds for inspiration. In this collection Audubon's iconic birds illuminate, as well as illustrate, the poems. Since the poets and the painters here ...Show more
How to Fly: (in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons) by Barbara Kingsolver
28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry / Plays
The poems of How to Fly (in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons) find breath and lightness in the common business of living. Barbara Kingsolver's generous collection is divided into thematic sections that loop and interweave to form a carefully patterned whole: a series of 'How to' poems that smartly balance tong ...Show more