Mayhem Literary Journal by University of Waikato English Programme
30.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
Take the ladder to Mayhem – to work that’s autonomic, undefended, tender, frontline, insubordinate, bruised. To work that breathes, risks, cuts, shines, calls out, costs.- Tracey Slaughter, Mayhem 2019 | Issue 7 Our first print-exclusive issue, this soft-bound A5 copy of Mayhem Literary Journal 2019 ...Show more
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter by John McWhorter
37.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
The New York Times bestseller now in paperback. One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power--and why we love them so much. Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant ...Show more
No Judgement On Being Critical by Lauren Oyler
40.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
A brilliant and addictive collection of brand-new essays on modern culture - from 'the pre-eminent and most widely read critic of her generation' The Times I heard this crazy story, and I want you to know.It is the age of internet gossip; of social networks, repackaged ideas and rating everything out o ...Show more
Humble Pie and Cold Turkey: English Expressions and Their Origins by Caroline Taggart
20.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay | Series: I Used to Know That ... Ser.
'Caroline Taggart has carved out a niche for herself in user-friendly, wittily written factual books.' - Yorkshire Post______________________The huge variety of colourful phrases contained in the English language are notoriously varied and, often, notably odd. From blue-blooded (an invention of aristocr ...Show more
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
13.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
A personal and powerful essay on loss from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. 'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about l ...Show more
The Beautiful Afternoon by Airini Beautrais
38.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
In The Beautiful Afternoon, award-winning poet and short-story writer Airini Beautrais plumbs history, literature, Star Wars, sea hags, beauty products, tarot, swimwear, environmentalism and pole dancing to deliver a virtuoso inquiry into how we become, and change, who we are. Beautrais surveys the man ...Show more
The Best American Magazine Writing 2023 by Sid Holt (Editor)
38.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
The Best American Magazine Writing 2023 offers a selection of outstanding journalism on timely topics, including inequalities and injustices pressuring families, especially mothers. Rozina Ali tells the story of a U.S. marine who unlawfully adopted an Afghan girl and her family's efforts to bring her ho ...Show more
Granta 165: Deutschland by Thomas Meeney (editor)
37.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
Granta is a literary magazine founded in 1889. Read the best new fiction, poetry, photography, and essays by famous authors, Nobel winners and new voices.
Stories of Books and Libraries by Jane Holloway
38.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
Here are libraries modest, mobile, mystical (Borges of course) and magical (Helen Oyeyemi's enchanting 'Books and Roses'); public and private, provincial and prestigious. Little that happened in Elizabeth McCracken's eccentric library did not happen in real life - even down to the murder; and it is rumo ...Show more
Always Take Notes: Advice from the world's greatest writers by Simon Akam
45.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
Bestselling and award-winning authors share the secrets to their success, and the hard lessons they have learnt along the way. Where do the best ideas come from? How do you stay motivated? What does it take to become a published author? And how do you actually make money from your writing? For over five ...Show more
Do Let's Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit And Double Measures Of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother by Gareth Russell
28.00 NZD
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A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022 This is a biography of the Queen Mother with all the dull bits stripped out. When told that Lady Mountbatten was being buried at sea, the Queen Mother replied cheerfully. ‘Dear old Edwina, she always did like to make a splash!’ During her lifetime, ...Show more
Landfall 246 by Edited by Lynley Edmeades
30.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
Landfall is New Zealand's foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. Published twice a year, each volume showcases two full-colour art portfolios and brims with vital new fiction, poetry, cultural commentary, reviews, and biographical and critical essays. Bringing together a range of voices ...Show more