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Shelley by Daniel Hahn
$10.00 NZD
Category: Literary biography | Series: Poetic Lives Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In this new biography, Daniel Hahn paints a brilliant portrait of the outlandish genius who published Gothic horror novelettes in his teens and eloped with the daughter of a coffee-shop owner, but who went on to create some of England's finest poetry and to inspire countless future poets. Included in th ...Show more
Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders #3) by Robin Hobb
$12.00 NZD
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Series: The Liveship Traders | Reading Level: very good
"A truly extraordinary saga . . . The characterizations are consistently superb, and [Hobb] animates everything with love for and knowledge of the sea."--Booklist As Bingtown slides toward disaster, clan matriarch Ronica Vestrit, branded a traitor, searches for a way to bring the city's inhabitants toge ...Show more
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders #1) by Robin Hobb
$12.00 NZD
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Series: The Liveship Traders | Reading Level: very good
"A truly extraordinary saga . . . The characterizations are consistently superb, and [Hobb] animates everything with love for and knowledge of the sea."--Booklist Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships--rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens ...Show more
Simone De Beauvoir by Deirdre Bair
$14.00 NZD
Category: Literary biography | Series: Vintage Lives | Reading Level: very good
During the last six years of her life, the philosopher, feminist, novelist and author of the landmark work, "The Second Sex", gave Deirdre Bair her unqualified co-operation and time. In interviews, she provided new insights and material that are central to understanding her life and work.
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
The Mad Ship (Liveship Traders #2) by Robin Hobb
$12.00 NZD
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Series: The Liveship Traders | Reading Level: very good
The second volume in this superb trilogy from the author of The Farseer trilogy continues the dramatic tale of piracy, serpents, love and magic.
The Selected Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; Robert Halsband (Editor)
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Lives and Letters Ser. | Reading Level: good
The War Letters of General Monash by MACDOUGALL TONY
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Brief Lives Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Thomas Jefferson - Author of America by Christopher Hitchens
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Eminent Lives | Reading Level: very good
Leading journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of America's founding father, situating Jefferson within the context of America's evolution and tracing his legacy over the past two hundred years. Whether in politics, literature, science o ...Show more
Thomas Jefferson - Author of America by Christopher Hitchens
$8.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Eminent Lives | Reading Level: very good
In this unique biography of Thomas Jefferson, leading journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our Founding Father--a man conflicted by power who wrote the Declaration of Independence and acted as ambassador to France yet yearned for a ...Show more
Turner by Peter Ackroyd
$10.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Series: Brief Lives | Reading Level: very good
James Mallord William Turner was a Londoner through and through. His father had a barber's shop in Covent Garden, his mother came from a line of London butchers. He was brought up in Maiden Lane (the family moving at some point from the south side of the street to the north side). He was short and pugna ...Show more
Warner Bros - The Making of an American Movie Studio by David Thomson
$16.00 NZD
Category: Film | Series: Jewish Lives | Reading Level: very good
Behind the scenes at the legendary Warner Brothers film studio, where four immigrant brothers transformed themselves into the moguls and masters of American fantasyWarner Bros charts the rise of an unpromising film studio from its shaky beginnings in the early twentieth century through its ascent to the ...Show more