The Picador Book of Love Poems by John Stammers
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: 16
A dazzling anthology of classic and contemporary love poems selected by an award-winning poet. With The Picador Book of Love Poems, award-winning poet John Stammers has created a unique collection: by pairing some of the finest love poems from centuries past with modern counterparts, he presents a bo ...Show more
Waiting for the Past by Les Murray
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Australian
Les Murray's new volume of poems - his first in five years - continues his use of molten language. From 'The Black Beaches' to 'Radiant Pleats, Mulgoa', from 'High Speed Trap Space' to 'The Electric, 1960', this is verse that renews and transforms our sense of the world. 'No poet has ever travelled lik ...Show more
The White Clock: Poems by Owen Marshall by Owen Marshall
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Delving both into 'the worlds of the mind' and 'where he happens to be', Owen Marshall brings us poetry that is steeped in the Classics, history and literature, and yet is alive with the vivid particulars of damp duffle-coats and hot-air balloons, beer and bicycles, willows and skylarks, kauri gum and l ...Show more
Throw the Damn Ball: Classic Poetry by Dogs by R D Rosen
$26.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
A hilarious collection of poetry by dogs- perfect for lovers of literature and pups alike "Dogs seldom make passes At dogs passing gasses." Are these the words of Dorothy Parker? Ogden Nash? Nope, the author is Sparky from Milton, Pennsylvania. Sparky, Snowy, Tucker, Louie, these canine laureates hav ...Show more
Classic Penguin - Cover to Cover by Paul Buckley (Editor, Introduction by); Audrey Niffenegger (Foreword by); Elda Rotor (Preface by)
$50.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
From Drop Caps to Deluxes, Penguin Creative Director Paul Buckley presents a visual overview of the innovative covers that have put Penguin Classics at the forefront of the book design world Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books - 50 Covers competition Since the launch of Penguin Cl ...Show more
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
$29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
"The Prophet" is known and loved by readers all over the world. It is a wise and warm testimony to life, whose wisdom speaks to us all. This beautiful edition of Kahlil Gibran's timeless classic is illustrated with the author's own mystical drawings.
Good Dog!: New Zealand Writers on Dogs by Stephanie Johnson (ed.)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Funny, insightful, lyrical and touching, this is the perfect book for every dog lover. that night a wet nose in the dark sniffed me awake From good dogs to bad, adored pets to hard-working sheep dogs, canine companions have not only settled into New Zealand hearts but also into their books. Author Steph ...Show more
Gate of Lilacs: A Verse Commentary on Proust by Clive James
$34.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Over a period of fifteen years Clive James learned French by almost no other method than reading #65533; la recherche du temps perdu. Then he spent half a century trying to get up to speed with Proust's great novel in two different languages. Gate of Lilacs is the unique product of James's love and enga ...Show more
Essential New Zealand Poems: Facing the Empty Page by Selected by Siobhan Harvey, James Norcliffe & Harry Ricketts
$45.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
A must-have poetry companion for all lovers of New Zealand poetry New Zealanders adore poetry, and this expertly selected and handsomely packaged collection of over 150 poems published since the 1950s shows exactly why: New Zealand poetry is, by turns, distinctive, affecting, joyous, revealing, moving, ...Show more
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot; Edward Gorey (Illustrator)
$22.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 3-4, Age 8-9
Eliot's famous collection of nonsense verse about cats - the inspiration for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats.
A Songbird Dreams of Singing by Kate Hosford
$21.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Do you know how animals sleep?Beautiful poems about sleeping animals are interspersed with fascinating facts and beautiful illustrations - in this perfect book for bedtime!Otters fall asleep while holding hands; zebra finches practise their songs while dreaming; dolphins keep one half of their brain awa ...Show more
Cat vs Human: Poems About Cats by Yasmine Surovec
$19.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
From Shakespeare to Blake to Rosetti to Wordsworth to classic nursery rhymes, cats have been celebrated in poetry for as long as they have been warming laps. Cats are mysterious, adorable, finicky, and cherished; and they have been beloved muses for some of our most renowned poets, writers, and artists. ...Show more