The Oxford Book of Humorous Prose: From William Caxton to P.G. Wodehouse : A Conducted Tour by Frank Muir
$18.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & Prose | Reading Level: very good
If puritanism is, as H.L. Mencken once said, the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy, then this glorious, monumental collection by one of England's most popular humorists is a puritan's nightmare. Focusing primarily on the 19th and 20th century, but with material dating back to Columbus, ...Show more
Tolkien's Gown & Other Stories of Great Authors and Rare Books by Rick Gekoski
$15.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & Prose | Reading Level: very good
The London based dealer in rare books has collated his experiences in a new book called Tolkein
Shelf Life: Writers on books and reading by Alex Johnson
$15.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & Prose
Books: reading, collecting, and the physical housing of them has brought the book-lover joy and stress for centuries. Fascinated writers have tried to capture the particular relationships we form with our library, and the desperate troubles we will undergo to preserve it. With Alex Johnson as your guide ...Show more
Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses: Recipes, Stories and Other Aphrodisiacs by Isabel Allende
$12.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & Prose
Readers will find here recipes from Allende's mother, poems, stories from ancient and foreign literatures, paintings, personal anecdotes, the sensual art of food and its effects on amorous performance, tips on how to attract your mate and the effect of smell on the libido.
How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo
$15.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & Prose
A stunningly important piece of criticism that asks us not to look away when our shared culture proves so appallingly limited but instead to look harder. To think smarter. To read better.An exploration and manifesto investigating the power of reading - and our potential to become radically better reader ...Show more
Geoff Cochrane - Selected Poems by Geoff Cochrane
$20.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & Prose | Reading Level: near fine
This Selected Poems presents the best of Geoff Cochrane's many published collections, from Aztec Noon (1992) to Chosen (2020). 'Geoff Cochrane's is a whole world, rendered in lines at once compressed and open, mysterious and approachable.' -Damien Wilkins 'Over the years, Cochrane's work has been a jo ...Show more
Big Fat Brown Bitch by Tusiata Avia
$15.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & Prose | Reading Level: near fine
Admire my big fat brown body, bitches! Admire it! The Big Fat Brown Bitch runs, sleeps, cries, laughs, splits open. She is sitting in a garage in South Auckland with her two brothers and discussing the majestic architecture of atoms. She is playing an audio book of The Power of Positive Thinking at hers ...Show more
The Poetry of Leadership by Silvia Damiano
$10.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & Prose
In this book, Silvia Damiano and Matt Jackson share their views and perceptions on leadership through the use of poetry. Almost forgotten in modern life as a way to communicate our inner thoughts and emotions, poetry can assist us in becoming more intuitive, creative and expressive. Writing and read ...Show more
Sentenced to Life - Poems 2011-2014 by Clive James
$14.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & Prose | Reading Level: very good
In the course of his new collection of poems - several of which have already become famous before their book publication - Clive James looks back over an extraordinarily rich life with a clear-eyed and unflinching honesty. There are regrets, but no trace of self-pity in these verses, which - for all the ...Show more
The Fire of Joy - Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud (HB) by Clive James
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & Prose
Essentially, this is Clive James' desert island poems: a selection of his favourite verse and a personal commentary on each. The Fire of Joy was the final book Clive James completed before his death in 2019. It takes its title from the French expression Feu de Joie, which refers to a military celebrati ...Show more
Dog Lovers' Poems: A Collection of Prose and Verse by Jeff G. Kennett
$12.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & Prose
A collection of poems dedicated to man's supposed best friend the dog. Composed over a number of years this book by the former premier of Victoria will appeal to all dog-lovers.