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Every Third Thought: On Life, Death and the End-Game by Robert McCrum
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'Thoughtful, subtle, elegantly clever and oddly joyous, Every Third Thought is beautiful' Kate Mosse In 1995, at the age of forty two, Robert McCrum suffered a dramatic and near-fatal stroke, the subject of his acclaimed memoir My Year Off. Ever since that life-changing event, McCrum has lived in the sh ...Show more
Globish : How the English Language Became the World's Language by Robert McCrum
$32.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction
Go anywhere in the world today and you'll see or hear English in some form. It may not necessarily be the Queen's English that you're hearing, but it is, nevertheless, a form of universally recognised English - it is Globish. In his wonderfully witty and informative new book, Robert McCrum explores the ...Show more
My Year off : Rediscovering Life After a Stroke by Robert McCrum
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Picador Classic
"My brain, which had just let me down so badly, was perhaps never so active. The paramedics' question was a fundamental one. Who are you? Yes indeed. Who am I?" Robert McCrum was forty-two when he suffered a massive stroke which left one side of his body totally paralysed, his speech drastically impaire ...Show more
Shakespearean: On Life & Language in Times of Disruption by Robert McCrum
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Why do we return to Shakespeare time and again?When Robert McCrum began his recovery from a life-changing stroke, described in My Year Off, he discovered that the only words that made sense to him were snatches of Shakespeare. Unable to travel or move as he used to, McCrum found the First Folio became h ...Show more
Shakespearean: On Life & Language in Times of Disruption by Robert McCrum
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
"A remarkable book that takes us to the heart of Shakespeare's art and influence."--James Shapiro When Robert McCrum began his recovery from a life-changing stroke, he discovered that the only words that made sense to him were snatches of Shakespeare. Unable to travel or move as he used to, the First F ...Show more
Wodehouse : A Life by Robert McCrum
$29.95 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The Authorised Biography of P.G. Wodehouse Robert McCrum's wonderfully enjoyable and painstakingly researched life of P.G. Wodehouse is the definitive exploration of the genius behind Jeeves and Wooster, Blandings and Psmith. From Wodehouse's formative years in Edwardian London to his adventures on ...Show more
Wodehouse: A Life by Robert McCrum
$69.95 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
One hundred years after his first novel was published P.G. Wodehouse still promises a release from everyday cares into a paradise of innocent comic mayhem. His many books are still in print, his characters Jeeves, Wooster and Lord Emsworth have passed into the language and his admirers range from Doroth ...Show more
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