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Furies: Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed - feminist tales from 15 bestselling, award-winning authors by Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, Emma Donoghue, Kirsty Logan, Chibundu Onuzo, Caroline O'Donoghue, Linda Grant, Susie Boyt, Stella Duffy, Kamila Shamsie
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
DRAGON. TIGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. For centuries past, and all across the world HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. there are words that have defined and decried us. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. Words that raise our hackles VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. fire up our blood; FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO. words that tell a story I ...Show more
Portable Magic - A History of Books and their Readers by Emma Smith
$45.00 AUD
Category: Reference Literature
'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I exclaimed with delight when I read a nugget of information I hadn't encountered before' Val McDermid, The Times Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic glow ...Show more
Portable Magic: Our Long Love Affair with Books by Emma Smith
$24.99 AUD
Category: Reference Literature
An excitingly revisionist history of bibliophilia, from the celebrated author of This is Shakespeare 'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I exclaimed with delight when I read a nugget of information I hadn't encountered before' Val McDermid, The ...Show more
The Making of Shakespeare's First Folio by Emma Smith
$59.99 AUD
Category: Reference
This book, generously illustrated with key pages from the publication and comparative works, tells the human, artistic, economic and technical stories of the birth of the First Folio – and the birth of Shakespeare’s towering reputation. In late November 1623, Edward Blount finally took delivery at his b ...Show more
This Is Shakespeare by Emma Smith
$45.00 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Pelican Bks.
'I admire the freshness and attack of her writing, the passion and curiosity that light up the page. The book does something very important - it makes you impatient to see or re-read the plays at once' Hilary Mantel A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no other ...Show more
This is Shakespeare by Emma Smith
$22.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Pelican Bks.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An outstanding book ... lively, curious and passionate' Literary Review Why should you read a book about Shakespeare and his plays?Because he is a timeless genius whose work encapsulates the human condition?Or is it something more unexpected?
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