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Penguin Book Of The British Short Story: Volume I: From Daniel Defoe to John Buchan by Philip Hensher (Editor)
$37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
The Boy-scouts mistook my signal, and have killed the postman. I've had very little practice in this sort of thing, you see' The British short story tradition is probably the richest, most varied and historically extensive in the world. This new anthology celebrates the full diversity and energy of its ...Show more
Penguin Book Of The British Short Story: Volume II: From P.G. Wodehouse to Zadie Smith by Philip Hensher
$37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
She would tear the house down - shatter the windows, slash the furniture, flood the baths, fire the curtains!' Hilarious, exuberant, surreal, subtle, tender, brutal, spectacular and above all unexpected- this extraordinary selection celebrates the British short story from the 1920s to the present day. F ...Show more
Tales of Persuasion by Philip Hensher
$24.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
Ten daring stories from 'a writer who seems capable of anything' (Guardian), the Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher Backdrops vary in this collection of stories from the author of The Northern Clemency - from turmoil in Sudan following the death of a politician in a plane crash, to southern India w ...Show more
The Emperor Waltz by Philip Hensher
$24.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
The most ambitious and daring novel novel yet from Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher. 'A novel that's almost fizzy to the touch ...A performance of extraordinary flair and majesty from a writer who seems capable of anything' Guardian 'The Emperor Waltz' is a single novel with three narrative stran ...Show more
The Friendly Ones by Philip Hensher
$35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
'It's the book you should give someone who thinks they don't like novels ... Here is surely a future prizewinner that is easy to read and impossible to forget' Melissa Katsoulis, The TimesThe things history will do at the bidding of loveOn a warm Sunday afternoon, Nazia and Sharif are preparing for a fa ...Show more
The Missing Ink: How Handwriting Made Us Who We are by Philip Hensher
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
When Philip Hensher realized that he didn't know what a close friend's handwriting looked like, he felt that something essential was missing from their friendship. But does it really matter that typing and texting have largely taken the place of passionate love letters, secret diary entries and postcard ...Show more
The Missing Ink: The Lost Art of Handwriting, and Why it Still Matters by Philip Hensher
$44.99 NZD
Category: Gift Books | Reading Level: good-very good
'The wisest and wittiest argument imaginable for the preservation of handwriting. I have learnt so much, and by it have been so happily entertained, that I am compelled to recommend it to everyone.' Diana Athill The simple pleasure of picking up a pen and writing is a skill that has existed for thousand ...Show more
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