The Lives of Literature - Reading, Teaching, Knowing by Arnold Weinstein
$34.99 AUD
Category: Reading & writing
A passionate, wry, and personal book about how the greatest works of literature illuminate our lives Why do we read literature? For Arnold Weinstein, the answer is clear: literature allows us to become someone else. Literature changes us by giving us intimate access to an astonishing variety of other li ...Show more
The Gifts of Reading by Jennie Orchard (Selected by)
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Category: Reading & writing | Series: Curated by Jennie Orchard
With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Sai ...Show more
The Secret Lives of Booksellers & Librarians by James Patterson
$36.99 AUD
Category: Reading & writing
Featuring original interviews with booksellers and librarians, James Patterson presents a new non-fiction title that highlights the magic of books. To be a bookseller or librarian . . . You have to play detective. Be a treasure hunter. A matchmaker. A brilliant listener. A person who creates a kind of m ...Show more
Puss in Books: Our Best-Loved Writers on their Best-Loved Cats (HB) by Paul Magrs
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Category: Reading & writing
A charming collection of quotes about cats from our favourite authors, accompanied by artwork in the trademark style of Paul Magrs (author of The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy).'I love them, they are so nice and selfish' - L.M. MontgomeryThis collection of quotes from the literary greats explore ...Show more
The Art of Libromancy: On Selling Books and Reading Books in the Twenty-first Century by Josh Cook
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reading & writing
The essays in The Art of Libromancy explore the politics, philosophies, technologies, emotional experience, and craft of selling books in the twenty-first century. In a society filled with misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, and propaganda, true storytelling and story-reading are more ...Show more
Slang from Shakespeare: Together with Literary Expressions by ANDERSON M. BATEN
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Category: Reading & writing
It was Greek to me. William Shakespeare, the most quoted writer in the English language, is credited with inventing or introducing over 1,700 words. This handy reference showcases the bard's genius, compiling over 1,500 of his most famous epigrams, invectives, literary expressions, and philosophical poe ...Show more
A Therapeutic Library: 100 Essential Books That Teach Fulfilment, Calm and Wellbeing by The School of Life
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Category: Reading & writing
Recommended reading from The School of Life, featuring 100 books that offer therapeutic insight and enlightenment. Books, however familiar, are amongst the strangest objects on the planet: little portals that open directly into the ideas, feelings, loves and sorrows of writers from all times and places. ...Show more
Macquarie Compact Dictionary by Macquarie Dictionary
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Category: Reading & writing
The Macquarie Compact Dictionary is based on the complete Macquarie Dictionary Ninth Edition. It is an up-to-date record of the core of Australian English, in a convenient format. The Macquarie Compact Dictionary features: - more than 50,000 words and phrases - up-to-date entries such as coercive con ...Show more
Sunday Best - 80 Great Books from a Lifetime of Reviews by John Carey
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Category: Reading & writing
A collection of John Carey's greatest, wisest, and wittiest reviews--amassed over a lifetime of writing In 1977, newly installed as a professor of English at Oxford, John Carey took the position of chief reviewer for the Sunday Times. In a career spanning over 40 years and upwards of 1,000 reviews, Care ...Show more
Burn After Writing by Sharon Jones
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Category: Reading & writing
***THE ORIGINAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER***Write. Burn. Repeat. Now featuring a brand new pink cover.'This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me.' -TikTok user camrynbanksInstagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but ...Show more
Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World by Irene Vallejo
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Category: Reading & writing
Best Books of 2022 - Financial Times ... 'A literary phenomenon.' - Times Literary Supplement ... 'Imaginative, lively and contemporary...masterly.' - Economist ... 'Vallejo enlivens history with imagination and personal anecdote' - Observer ... 'A mindboggling history of the earliest books... the stor ...Show more
How to Protect Bookstores and Why: The Present and Future of Bookselling by Danny Caine
$27.99 AUD
Category: Reading & writing
Why bookstores matter and how we can helpCan bookstores save the world? As bastions of culture, anchors of local retail districts, community gathering places, and the source of new ideas, inspiration, and delight, maybe they can. But only if we protect them and the critical roles they fill in our commun ...Show more