The Mirror and the Road: Conversations with William Boyd by William Boyd, Alistair Owen
$30.00 NZD
Category: Essays, Letters, Diaries
'One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary novelists' Sunday TimesIn this probing series of exclusive interviews, Alistair Owen talks to William Boyd about his works and the life which has inspired them.The conversations which emerge are a deep-dive into film, art, theatre, literature and the life o ...Show more
Too Much of Life - Complete Chronicles by Clarice Lispector; Margaret Jull Costa (Translator); Robin Patterson (Translator)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Essays, Letters, Diaries
A TLS Book of the Year This exhilarating collection of non-fiction sees one of the greatest twentieth-century writers meditating on the moments that make up a life 'How did I so unwittingly transform the joy of living into the great luxury of being alive?' Between 1967 and 1977, the internationally reno ...Show more
The World According To Joan Didion by Evelyn McDonnell
$37.00 NZD
Category: Essays, Letters, Diaries
An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention, rigourous interrogation and beautiful style. Joan Didion was a writer's writer; not only a groundbre ...Show more
Letters for the Ages Winston Churchill: The Private and Personal Letters by All Sir Winston S.; Packwood Churchill
$43.00 NZD
Category: Essays, Letters, Diaries | Series: Letters for the Ages Ser.
Here are some of the best of Churchill's letters, many of a more personal and intimate nature, presented in chronological order, with a preface to each letter explaining the context. The recipients include a vast range of people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and former President ...Show more
The War Against Cliche by Martin Amis
$45.00 NZD
Category: Essays, Letters, Diaries
"War Against Cliche" is a collection of essays.
Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman Diaries by Alan Rickman
$40.00 NZD
Category: Essays, Letters, Diaries
"Alan Rickman remains one of the most beloved actors of all time across almost every genre, from his breakout role as Die Hard's villainous Hans Gruber to his heart-wrenching run as Professor Severus Snape, and beyond. His air of dignity, his sonorous voice and the knowing wit he brought to each role co ...Show more
Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020 by Salman Rushdie
$35.00 NZD
Category: Essays, Letters, Diaries
A collection of the finest essays by the 'Best of the Booker' winner, following on from his much-acclaimed STEP ACROSS THIS LINE From 'Best of the Booker' winner Salman Rushdie, an incisive and inspiring collection of non-fiction essays, criticism and speeches that takes readers on a thrilling journey ...Show more
Remainders of the Day - More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown by Shaun Bythell
$33.00 NZD
Category: Essays, Letters, Diaries | Reading Level: very good
The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the bookshop cat. You'd think after twenty years, owner Shaun Bythell would be used to the customers by now. Don't get him wrong - there are some good ones among the ant ...Show more
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman
$55.00 NZD
Category: Essays, Letters, Diaries
ALAN RICKMAN was one of the world-class actors of his generation, as well as a tireless political activist, an avid traveller and a devoted confidant and friend. Through his never-before-seen diaries - a twenty-five-year passion project - Rickman invites readers backstage and into his life. Introduced b ...Show more
A Guest at the Feast by Colm Toibin
$38.00 NZD
Category: Essays, Letters, Diaries
A Guest at the Feast uncovers the places where politics and poetics meet, where life and fiction overlap, where one can be inside writing and also outside of it. From the melancholy and amusement within the work of the writer John McGahern to an extraordinary essay on his own cancer diagnosis, Tóibín de ...Show more
Allegorizings by Jan Morris
$25.00 NZD
Category: Essays, Letters, Diaries
'Peerless.' Daily Telegraph'Sprinkled with magic.' Observer'Full of mischief, romance, fun and kindness.' The TimesSoldier, journalist, historian, author of forty books, Jan Morris led an extraordinary life, witnessing such seminal moments as the first ascent of Everest, the Suez Canal Crisis, the Eichm ...Show more
The Last Days of Roger Federer: And Other Endings (HB) by Geoff Dyer
$45.00 NZD
Category: Essays, Letters, Diaries
'Quite possibly the best living writer in Britain' Daily Telegraph. Much attention has been paid to so-called late style - but what about last style? When does last begin? How early is late? When does the end set in? In this endlessly stimulating investigation, Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter wit ...Show more