Books on Books
The Book by Design: The Remarkable Story of the World's Greatest Invention
Why does a book look and feel the way it does? What can it tell us about the circumstances of its cr..
Author: Marks, P. J. M.
$119.99 NZD
The Book Collector: Reading and Living with Literature
"The Book Collector" is a fascinating bibliomemoir of the writer's lifetime joy of reading, the book..
Author: Eyre, Tony
$44.99 NZD
The Book Lover's Almanac: A Year of Literary Events, Letters, Scandals and Plot Twists
Enjoy daily distraction with this engaging Almanac. Each date is assigned one or more literary conne..
Author: Johnson, Alex
$59.99 NZD
The CIA Book Club: The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War
The astonishing story of the ten million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the..
Author: English, Charlie
$39.99 NZD
The Enchanted Hour : The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
'As soon as I began to read, I was filled with that kind of engrossed blossoming that happens somewh..
Author: Gurdon, Meghan Cox
$29.99 NZD
The European Book Lover's Bucket List: A Grand Tour of Literature
Following the success of The Book Lover's Bucket List, Caroline Taggart sets off on a tour of Europe..
Author: Taggart, Caroline
$54.99 NZD
The Future of the Novel
We're used to the novel being declared dead, dying, or endangered. Seemingly every few years, a cr..
Author: Okotie, Simon
$27.99 NZD
The Gifts of Reading for the Next Generation: essays on nurturing a passion for reading
Inspired by Robert Macfarlane and curated by Jennie Orchard, an anthology of essays about the joys o..
Author: Orchard, Jennie
$39.99 NZD
The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race
'Powerful and illuminating' James Shapiro, author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare..
Author: Karim-Cooper, Farah
$24.99 NZD
The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading
'A MARVEL' PHILIP PULLMAN Do you remember the first time you fell in love with a book? ..
Author: Leith, Sam
$54.99 NZD
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators
Now revised and expanded for its first paperback publication, The Life of Crime was the winner of fo..
Author: Edwards, Martin
$27.99 NZD
The Madman's Library: The Greatest Curiosities of Literature
* BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK * 'Anybody who loves the printed word will be bowled over by this a..
Author: Brooke-Hitching, Edward
$54.99 NZD
The Ministry of Truth
1984 isn't just a novel; it's a key to understanding the modern world. George Orwell's final work is..
Author: Lynskey, Dorian
$37.99 NZD
The Philosophy of Virginia Woolf: Moments of Becoming
Towards the end of her life, Virginia Woolf defined her "philosophy"-the "constant idea" that "makes..
Author: Nail, Prof. Thomas (University of Denver, USA)
$49.99 NZD
The Secret Library: A Book Lover's Journey Through Curiosities of Literature
How much do you know about the Victorian novelist who outsold Dickens? Or the woman who became the f..
Author: Tearle, Oliver
$27.99 NZD