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A Reading Diary by Alberto Manguel
$35.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
While travelling in Calgary, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading (Goethe's Elective Affinities) seemed to reflect the social chaos of the world he was living in. An article in the daily paper would be suddenly illuminated by a passage in the novel; a long reflection would be promp ...Show more
A Reading Diary : A Year of Favourite Books by Alberto Manguel
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
While travelling in Calgary, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading seemed to reflect the world he was living in. An article in the daily paper would be suddenly illuminated by a passage in the novel; a long reflection would be prompted by a single word. He decided to keep a record o ...Show more
Homer's The Illiad and The Odyssey: A biography (Books That Shook The World series) by Alberto Manguel
$30.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Books that Shook the World Ser.
The stories of the Trojan war, of Helen of Troy - the face that launched a thousand ships, Achilles' heel, Jason and the Argonauts and Odysseus' quest are embedded stories in our culture, yet we often fail to recognise that they all spring from two sources: The Iliadand The Odyssey, and one blind poet: ...Show more
Secret Supper by Javier Sierra (tr Alberto Manguel)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
Mystery, intrigue and death combine in a dazzling thriller that reveals unknown secrets behind Leonardo Da Vinci's great masterpiece, The Last Supper.Milan 1497: Father Agostino Leyre, Dominican Inquisitor and expert on the interpretation of secret messages, is sent by Pope Alexander VI to investigate a ...Show more
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