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On Writing
by Stephen King
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is an autobiography and writing guide by Stephen King, published in 2000. It is a book about the prolific author's experiences as a writer. Although he discusses several of his books, one doesn't need to have read them or even be familiar with them to read On Writing. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly listed On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 21st on their list of The New Classics: Books - The 100 best reads from 1983 to 2008, making it King's only entry.
Dialogues Of Plato
by Plato
Writing in the fourth century B.C., in an Athens that had suffered a humiliating defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Plato formulated questions that have haunted the moral, religious, and political imagination of the West for more than 2,000 years: what is virtue? How should we love? What constitutes a good society? Is there a soul that outlasts the body and a truth that transcends appearance? What do we know and how do we know it? Plato's inquiries were all the more resonant because he couched them in the...
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The Grapes Of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
stands as a pivotal piece of American literature. The story follows
the Joad family (and thousands of others) as they are driven from the
Oklahoma farm where they are sharecroppers during the Great
Depression. The drought, economic hardship, and changes in financial
and agricultural industries send them searching for dignity and
honest work in the bountiful state of California.
The novel earned Steinbeck the Pulitzer
Prize for fiction in 1940, and inspired the... Read more about this item
stands as a pivotal piece of American literature. The story follows
the Joad family (and thousands of others) as they are driven from the
Oklahoma farm where they are sharecroppers during the Great
Depression. The drought, economic hardship, and changes in financial
and agricultural industries send them searching for dignity and
honest work in the bountiful state of California.
The novel earned Steinbeck the Pulitzer
Prize for fiction in 1940, and inspired the... Read more about this item
Comparative Literature Books & Ephemera
GOD, MAN & EPIC POETRY; A Study in Comparative Literature
by Routh, H. V
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1927. First Edition. Red cloth. Very good. 8vos, 2 vols, red cloth, 231 & 283 pages. Very Scarce and important study. Two-volume set: Vol. 1: Classical; Vol. 2: Medieval. Red cloth bound boards with slight rubbing. Pages clean. Vol. 1 has binding cracked on front gutter but rest of binding is tight. Vol. 2 in fine shape.
Item Price
NZ$161.71
The Landscape of the Mind
by Richard Cody
Oxford University Press. 1969. 191 pages. Publisher's cloth. Fine/Very Good. Sleeve has a few dents at top edge.
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NZ$38.45
