Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature

Whether in search of comfort, inspiration or escape, this treasury of celebrated verse brings together half a millennium of familiar and much-loved poetry to cherish. Including the classic poems of Tennyson, Marvell, Byron and Rossetti, alongside the more contemporary voices of Ayres, Larkin and ...

Annotation. There has never been a writer quite like Christopher Pearson. A BETTER CLASS OF SUNSET brings together Pearson's enduring columns and essays, chronicling the twists and turns of Australian cultural life over three intriguing decades. From climate change to homosexuality and the welfar...

"We asked some of the world's most acclaimed fiction authors, including Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Tea Obreht and DBC Pierre, to describe their greatest non-fictional journeys. The 32 stories collected in Lonely Planet's Better than Fiction touch...

Writing a letter can be an act of confession or celebration, while receiving one can bring joy, insight and vivid memories. Ambassadors for correspondence Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire have lured some of our best and brightest to the literary afternoons of Women of Letters to write and read ...

The most irreverent and enjoyable book on language since Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Mary Norris has spent more than three decades guarding the New Yorker's grand traditions of grammar and usage.

What does Australia's military history reveal about us? In Beyond the Broken Years, fifty years after Bill Gammage's acclaimed The Broken Years was published, provocative military historian Peter Stanley argues why it's vital for Australians to understand how our military past has been created, b...

An accessible, versatile and highly visual approach to screenwriting that dramatically expands the range of narratives open to writers, both novice and experienced. Fun and easy to use, tis book looks at much-loved films from around the world to teach you the ins and outs of writing for the scree...

Bibliophile is the ultimate book for book lovers. Jane Mount brings literary people, places, and things to life through her signature and vibrant illustrations. Content includes the world's most beautiful bookstores; curated lists of books on different themes and characters; descriptions of autho...

Big Snake Little Snake is a cascade of true stories by DBC Pierre, recorded while on his way to make a short film with a parrot in Trinidad, which not only examines the nature of gambling, the love affair between gambler and game and the mindset of obsessive practitioners, but aims to shed light ...

An anthology of 100 poems celebrating Wellington, capturing the vivacity and diversity of the capital, this poetic portrait is a celebration of Wellington and the creative life it inspires.