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Buddha by Karen Armstrong
$10.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Series: Penguin Lives | Reading Level: very good
With such bestsellers as A History of God and Islam, Karen Armstrong has consistently delivered penetrating, readable, and prescient (The New York Times) works that have lucidly engaged a wide range of religions and religious issues. In Buddha she turns to a figure whose thought is still reverberating t ...Show more
Marcel Proust by Edmund White
$12.00 NZD
Category: Literary biography | Series: Penguin Lives Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The Elements of Eloquence - How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth
$10.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: Penguin Lives | Reading Level: very good
In an age unhealthily obsessed with substance, this is a book on the importance of pure style. From classic poetry to pop lyrics and from the King James Bible to advertising slogans, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase - such as 'Tiger, Tiger, burning bright', or 'To be or not to be' - ...Show more
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