The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews by Adam Biles (Editor)
45.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
An illuminating collection of interviews between the prestigious Shakespeare and Company and the best writers of our time Shakespeare and Company, Paris, is one of the world's most iconic and beautiful bookshops. Located on the banks of the Seine, opposite Notre-Dame, it's long been a meeting place for ...Show more
Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004-2021 by Margaret Atwood
35.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
An exhilarating collection of non-fiction from the bestselling, double Booker Prize-winning phenomenon that is Margaret Atwood From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays -- funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient -- which seek answers to Burning Questions su ...Show more
Ngā Kupu Wero by Witi Ihimaera
37.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
A powerful new collection of non-fiction by contemporary Māori writers. From over 60 Māori writers, Nga Kupu Wero brings together a bounty of essays, articles, commentary and creative nonfiction on the political, cultural and social issues that challenge us today. From colonisation to identity, from cr ...Show more
Bedside Companion for Food Lovers: An Anthology of Mouthwatering Literary Morsels for Every Night of the Year by Jane McMorland Hunter
45.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
A mouthwatering anthology of food in literature, encompassing fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry, and even a smattering of recipes, with one piquant extract for every night of the year. This absorbing book is a literary feast for every food lover - and who isn't? You'll discover a wealth of foodi ...Show more
Strong Words 3: The Best of the Landfall Essay Competition by Lynley Edmeades; Emma Neale (eds.)
35.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay | Series: Strong Words: the Best of the Landfall E Ser.
Strong Words 3 showcases the best of the best of Aotearoa New Zealand’s contemporary essays from 2021 and 2022. Selected from entries into the Landfall Essay Competition, these essays are explorative, illuminating, provocative, beautifully written and – most of all – inspiring. Strong Words 3 is packed ...Show more
Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe
28.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelve enthralling stories of misbehavior and skullduggery by one of the most decorated journalists of our time."I read everything he writes. Every time he writes a book, I read it. Every time he writes an artic ...Show more
But Have You Read the Book? by Kristen Lopez
38.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay | Series: Turner Classic Movies Ser.
Within these pages, Turner Classic Movies offers an endlessly fascinating look at 52 beloved screen adaptations and the great reads that inspired them. Some films, like Clueless -Amy Heckerling's interpretation of Jane Austen's Emma- diverge wildly from the original source material, while others, like O ...Show more
Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A-Z of Literary Persuasion by Louise Willder
33.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
'The bookiest book about books you'll ever read - I loved it' Lucy Mangan'Truly delightful...I couldn't have had more fun' Benjamin Dreyer'Very funny, erudite and profound. A delight!' Nina Stibbe This is the outside story of books. From blurbs to titles, quotes to (checks jacket) cute animal designs ...Show more
Oddly Informative: Matters of fact that amaze and delight by Tom Standage
28.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
The latest edition in the Economist Explainer series, edited and introduced by Deputy Editor Tom Standage.
On Your Marks: Selected writings about all kinds of sports by Martin Polley, Various
20.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
A sparkling anthology celebrating sport in all its variety; from elite rugby and football to rural games on the village green, from an exclusive golf club to the sheer pleasure of a bicycle ride. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. ...Show more
From Gay to Z: A Queer Compendium by Justin Sayre
50.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
From Gay to Z: A Queer Compendium is a celebration of the rich legacy of LGBTQIA+ culture, told through the letters of the alphabet, based on the five-part show The gAybcs.From ABBA to addiction, hair and makeup to HIV, Fannie Flagg to fierce, author Justin Sayre offers his own perspective on the things ...Show more
How to be a Bad Muslim and Other Essays by Mohamed Hassan
35.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
Funny, elegiac and chilling, these essays from award-winning New Zealand writer Mohamed Hassan blend storytelling, memoir and non-fiction to map the experience of being Muslim in the C21st. This is the breakout non-fiction book from award-winning New Zealand writer Mohamed Hassan. From Cairo to Takapuna ...Show more