Homing Instincts - Early Motherhood on a Midwestern Farm by Sarah Menkedick
$50.00 NZD
Category: Art of the Essay
At thirty-one, Sarah Menkedick undergoes the biggest and most transformative adventure that she never anticipated: she moves into the tiny cabin on her family's form and begins the journey into motherhood. In vivid and bold prose, Menkedick explores the luminous, disorienting time just before and after ...Show more
Housman Country: Into the Heart of England by Peter Parker
$19.29 NZD
Category: Biography
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice and Nominated for the 2017 PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for BiographyA captivating exploration of A. E. Housman and the influence of his particular brand of EnglishnessA. E. Housman’s A Shropshire Lad made little impression when it was first published in 1896 but ha ...Show more
How Emotions Are Made - The New Science of the Mind and Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett
$20.72 NZD
Category: Literary Science Writing
"Fascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science." -- Wall Street Journal "A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented." -- Scientific American "A brilliant and original book on the science of emotion, by the ...Show more
Iron Ambition - My Life with Cus D'Amato by Mike Tyson; Larry Sloman
$20.01 NZD
Category: Literary Sports Writing
From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times-bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D'Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson's surrogate father. " Iron Ambition] spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch." - Wa ...Show more
Katalin Street by Magda Szabo; Len Rix (Translator)
$38.00 NZD
Category: Translation
FINALIST FOR THE 2017 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE From the author of The Door, selected as one of the New York Times "10 Best Books of 2015," this is a heartwrenching tale about a group of friends and lovers torn apart by the German occupation of Budapest during World War II. In prewar Budapest three famili ...Show more
Lenin - The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror by Victor Sebestyen
$25.01 NZD
Category: Biography
Victor Sebestyen's riveting biography of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin--the first major biography in English in nearly two decades--is not only a political examination of one of the most important historical figures of the twentieth century but also a fascinating portrait of Lenin the man. Brought up in comfort ...Show more
Lessons on Expulsion - Poems by Erika L. Sánchez
$11.43 NZD
Category: Open Book Award
An award-winning and hard-hitting new voice in contemporary American poetryThe first time I ever came the light was weak and carnivorous.I covered my eyes and the night cleared its dumb throat.I heard my mother wringing her hands the next morning.Of course I put my underwear on backwards, of course the ...Show more
Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet by Lyndal Roper
$80.00 NZD
Category: Biography
In "a magnificent study of one of history's most compelling and divisive figures" (The Wall Street Journal), Lyndal Roper investigates the leader of the Reformation-the movement that split Christendom and upended Europe for centuries-who was, at his core, a deeply flawed man full of contradictions. A di ...Show more
Most American - Notes from a Wounded Place by Rilla Askew; Susan Kates (Foreword by)
$34.29 NZD
Category: Art of the Essay
2018 PEN America Literary Award Finalist In her first nonfiction collection, award-winning novelist Rilla Askew casts an unflinching eye on American history, both past and present. As she traverses a line between memoir and social commentary, Askew places herself--and indeed all Americans--in the role ...Show more
My Soul Looks Back - A Memoir by Jessica B. Harris
$37.78 NZD
Category: Open Book Award
In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls her youth "surrounded by some of the most famous creative minds of the seventies and eighties...James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Nina Simone" (New York magazine)--in a vibrant, lost era of New York City. In the Tec ...Show more
No One Cares about Crazy People - The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America by Ron Powers
$59.99 NZD
Category: Literary Science Writing
* Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award * Washington Post Notable Book of the Year * People Magazine Best Book of the Year * Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year * "Extraordinary and courageous . . . No doubt if everyone were to read this book, the world would change."---New ...Show more
No Time to Spare: Thinking about What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin; Karen Joy Fowler (Introduction by)
$41.57 NZD
Category: Art of the Essay
Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: "If I'm ninety and believe I'm forty-five, I'm headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub."On cultural perceptions of fantasy: "The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is 'escapism' an accusation of?"On breakfast: "Eatin ...Show more