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A Reader on Reading by Alberto Manguel
$26.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
In this major collection of his essays, Alberto Manguel, whom George Steiner has called 'the Casanova of reading', argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. 'We come into the world intent on finding narrative in everything', writes Manguel, 'landscape, the skies, t ...Show more
A Reading Diary by Alberto Manguel
$35.00 NZD
Category: Humour
While travelling in Calgary, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading (Goethe's Elective Affinities) seemed to reflect the social chaos of the world he was living in. An article in the daily paper would be suddenly illuminated by a passage in the novel; a long reflection would be promp ...Show more
A Reading Diary : A Year of Favourite Books by Alberto Manguel
$28.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
While travelling in Calgary, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading seemed to reflect the world he was living in. An article in the daily paper would be suddenly illuminated by a passage in the novel; a long reflection would be prompted by a single word. He decided to keep a record o ...Show more
A Room Full of Toys by Alberto Manguel
$123.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table
"Toys" is a journey through the world of toys and the children's rooms that were their home, from the late 19th century to the present day. Presented in settings built specially for the project, more than 500 toys from the renowned collection at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, become actors in sketches t ...Show more
Curiosity by Alberto Manguel
$44.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Reading Level: General Adult
An eclectic history of human curiosity, a great feast of ideas, and a memoir of a reading life from an internationally celebrated reader and thinkerCuriosity has been seen through the ages as the impulse that drives our knowledge forward and the temptation that leads us toward dangerous and forbidden wa ...Show more
Curiosity by Alberto Manguel
$58.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
Curiosity has been seen through the ages as the impulse that drives our knowledge forward and the temptation that leads us toward dangerous and forbidden waters. The question "Why?" has appeared under a multiplicity of guises and in vastly different contexts throughout the chapters of human history. Why ...Show more
Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Sup.. by Alberto Manguel
$44.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
Charmingly written in his signature engaging erudite style, Alberto Manguel examines how literary characters can have changing identities, and can suddenly shift from behind their conventional stories to teach us about the complexities of love, loss, and life.In this personal reckoning with his favorite ...Show more
Homer's The Illiad and The Odyssey: A biography (Books That Shook The World series) by Alberto Manguel
$33.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Books that Shook the World Ser.
The stories of the Trojan war, of Helen of Troy - the face that launched a thousand ships, Achilles' heel, Jason and the Argonauts and Odysseus' quest are embedded stories in our culture, yet we often fail to recognise that they all spring from two sources: The Iliadand The Odyssey, and one blind poet: ...Show more
Packing My Library - An Elegy and Ten Digressions by Alberto Manguel
$27.99 NZD
Category: Languages & Reference | Reading Level: very good
A best-selling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries. In June 2015 Alberto Manguel prepared to leave his centuries-old village home in France's Loire Valley and reestablish himself in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhatta ...Show more
Packing My Library: An Elegy and Ten Digressions by Alberto Manguel
$37.99 NZD
Category: No Category
A bestselling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries.
Secret Supper by Javier Sierra (tr Alberto Manguel)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Mystery, intrigue and death combine in a dazzling thriller that reveals unknown secrets behind Leonardo Da Vinci's great masterpiece, The Last Supper.Milan 1497: Father Agostino Leyre, Dominican Inquisitor and expert on the interpretation of secret messages, is sent by Pope Alexander VI to investigate a ...Show more
The City of Words by Alberto Manguel
$35.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
What is the role of the storyteller in 21st Century society? Do stories possess the power to change the world we live in? In this most original and stimulating study Alberto Manguel, award winning author of "A History of Reading", sets out to investigate the ways in which stories can lend an identity to ...Show more