The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words by Tom Mole

$12.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: near fine

We love books. We take them to bed with us. They weigh down our suitcases on holiday. We display them on our bookshelves, give them as gifts, write our names in them. We take them for granted. And all the time, our books are leading a double life.   The Secret Life of Books is about everything that isn 't just the words. It's about how books transform us as individuals, the stories they tell us about  ourselves. It's about how books - and readers - have evolved over time. And it's about why, even with the arrival of other media, books still have the power to change our lives.   In this stylish and thought-provoking meditation, Tom Mole looks at everything from binding innovations to binding errors, to books defaced by lovers, to those imprisoning professors in their offices, to books in art, to burned books, to the books that create nations, to those we'll leave behind. A striking text in a stunning package, it will change how you think about books.  ...Show more

An Index of Civilisation - Studies of Printing and Publishing History in Honour of Keith Maslen by D. R. Harvey; Wallace Kirsop; Brian J. McMullin; K. I. D. Maslen; Monash University, Centre for Bibliographical and Textual Studies Staff (Contribution by)

$40.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

The Thames & Hudson Manual Of Bookbinding by Arthur W. Johnson

$16.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Series: Thames & Hudson Manuals | Reading Level: very good

Recounts the battle between Custer's cavalry and the united forces of the Sioux nation and describes what impact the battle had on the future of the Indians.

The Elements of His Dark Materials - The Guide to Philip Pullman's Trilogy by Laurie Frost

$20.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

In the postcolonial era, Arab societies have been ruled by a variety of authoritarian regimes. Focusing on his native Morocco, Abdellah Hammoudi explores the ideological and cultural foundations of this persistent authoritarianism. Building on the work of Foucault, Hammoudi argues that at the heart of Moroccan culture lies a paradigm of authority that juxtaposes absolute authority against absolute submission. Rooted in Islamic mysticism, this paradigm can be observed in the drama of mystic initiation, with its fundamental dialectic between Master and Disciple; in conflict with other cultural forms, and reelaborated in colonial and postcolonial circumstances, it informs all major aspects of Moroccan personal, political, and gender relations. Its influence is so pervasive and so firmly embedded that it ultimately legitimizes the authoritarian structure of power. Hammoudi contends that as long as the Master-Disciple dialectic remains the dominant paradigm of power relations, male authoritarianism will prevail as the dominant political form. "Connecting political domination to gift exchange, ritual initiation, social loyalty, and gender reversals, Master and Disciple is nothing less than a thoroughgoing revision of our understanding of authoritarian rule in Morocco and in the Arab world in general."—Clifford Geertz, Institute for Advanced Study ...Show more

Penguin's Penguins by Dennis Traut

$6.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

Pop-Ups from Prague - A Centennial Celebration of the Graphic Artistry of Vojtech Kubasta (1914-1992) from the Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin by Ellen G. K. Rubin

$85.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: near fine

Set in Goudy types. printed on Velvet Coated paper by Four Colour Print Group, with design & typography by Jerry Kelly

A Treasury of American Book Illustration by Henry C Pitz

$20.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: good-very good

New Worlds: Maps from the Age of Discovery by Ashley and Miles Baynton-Williams

$30.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

The Dictionary of Imaginary Places by Manguel Alberto

$20.00 NZD

Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good

Make Your Own Books and Boxes: Portfolios, Photograph Albums and Decorative Papers by Peter Baumgartner

$10.00 NZD

Category: Practical Art | Reading Level: very good

You can easily make some beautiful and really useful objects out of paper and card: decorative boxes, portfolios, photograph albums and books. This books gives you all the basic techniques you will need, such as cutting, stitching, binding and making covers, shown in clear step-by-step photographs guidance on how to make decorative papers, such as marbled paper a special section on how to repair books 36 decorative labels for you to photocopy and use Whether you are a beginner or a devotee of this craft, there is bound to be something in this book for you. ...Show more

Great Books and Book Collectors by Alan G Thomas

$30.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

The Science Fiction Book - An Illustrated History by Franz Rottensteiner

$14.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good