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Angels and Ages: A short book about Darwin, Lincoln & modern life by Adam Gopnik
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
On February 12th, 1809, two men were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin; Charles Darwin on an English country estate. Each would see his life's work transform mankind's understanding of itself. This book shows how these two giants, who never met, changed the way we thi ...Show more
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
$32.00 NZD
Category: No Category
Paris. The name alone conjures images of chestnut-lined boulevards, sidewalk cafes, breathtaking facades around every corner--in short, an exquisite romanticism that has captured the American imagination for as long as there have been Americans. In 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left ...Show more
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
In 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York for the urbane glamour of Paris. Charmed by the beauties of the city, Gopnik set out to experience for himself the spirit and romance that has so captivated American writers throughout the twentieth c ...Show more
The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery by Adam Gopnik
$37.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
Bestselling author and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik embarks on a wildly creative inquiry into perhaps the oldest question: how do we learn a new skill? For decades, Adam Gopnik has been one of our most beloved writers, a brilliantly perceptive critic of art, food, France, and more. But recently, he b ...Show more
The Table Comes First by Adam Gopnik
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
The Table Comes First is at once a celebration of the rituals of eating - the scene of families, friends, lovers coming together, or breaking apart, the core of our memories - and an exploration of the extraordinary transformations that our notion of what makes food 'good' has undergone. Taking the rea ...Show more
The Table Comes First: France, Family, and the Meaning of Food by Adam Gopnik
$50.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general | Reading Level: very good
Our modern society is very particular about what constitutes good food: local, seasonal, organic produce that doesn't overly impact on the environment. But throughout history every generation has believed that it alone knows the true value of food, and looked with distaste on the culinary practices of i ...Show more
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