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Curiosity by Alberto Manguel
26.95 AUD
Category: Culture & Ideas | Reading Level: General Adult
An eclectic history of human curiosity, a great feast of ideas, and a memoir of a reading life from an internationally celebrated reader and thinkerCuriosity has been seen through the ages as the impulse that drives our knowledge forward and the temptation that leads us toward dangerous and forbidden wa ...Show more
Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Sup.. by Alberto Manguel
37.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Ideas
Charmingly written in his signature engaging erudite style, Alberto Manguel examines how literary characters can have changing identities, and can suddenly shift from behind their conventional stories to teach us about the complexities of love, loss, and life.In this personal reckoning with his favorite ...Show more
Fabulous Monsters - Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends by Alberto Manguel
26.95 AUD
Category: Culture & Ideas
"In art and words, a book lover honors the characters he can't forget."--New York Times Book Review An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming and erudite, examines ...Show more
Packing My Library - An Elegy and Ten Digressions by Alberto Manguel
24.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
A best-selling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries. In June 2015 Alberto Manguel prepared to leave his centuries-old village home in France's Loire Valley and reestablish himself in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhatta ...Show more
Packing My Library: An Elegy and Ten Digressions by Alberto Manguel
34.95 AUD
Category: Culture & Ideas
A bestselling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries.
The City of Words by Alberto Manguel
24.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Ideas
What is the role of the storyteller in 21st Century society? Do stories possess the power to change the world we live in? In this most original and stimulating study Alberto Manguel, award winning author of "A History of Reading", sets out to investigate the ways in which stories can lend an identity to ...Show more
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