{"title":"Clive James","description":"\u003cp\u003eClive James offers a captivating blend of wit and insight across his works, weaving together memoir, cultural critique, and reflections on the natural world. Readers can expect prose that is at once erudite and approachable, illuminating the nuances of human experience with charm and precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom vivid personal anecdotes to thoughtful explorations of arts and science, his writing invites contemplation and delight. Whether engaging with biography or the rhythms of nature, James crafts narratives that resonate with depth and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"play-all-by-clive-james-9780300229707","title":"Play All","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA world-renowned media and cultural critic offers an insightful analysis of serial TV drama and the modern art of the small screen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTelevision and TV viewing are not what they once were—and that’s a good thing, according to award-winning author and critic Clive James. Since serving as a television columnist for the \u003ci\u003eLondon Observer\u003c\/i\u003e from 1972 to 1982, James has witnessed a radical change in content, format, and programming, and in the very manner in which TV is watched.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePlay All\u003c\/i\u003e, he examines this unique cultural revolution, providing a brilliant, eminently entertaining analysis of many of the medium’s most notable twenty-first-century accomplishments and their not always subtle impact on modern society—including such acclaimed serial dramas as \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe West Wing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the comedy \u003ci\u003e30 Rock\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith intelligence and wit, James explores a television landscape expanded by cable and broadband and profoundly altered by the advent of Netflix, Amazon, and other “cord-cutting” platforms that have helped to usher in a golden age of unabashed binge-watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854762987756,"sku":"9780300229707","price":23.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/83e9d4b780f6702f202ec288762d0aa9.jpg?v=1759265351"},{"product_id":"latest-readings-by-clive-james-9780300223552","title":"Latest Readings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn esteemed literary critic shares his final musings on books, his children, and his own impending death\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukaemia. Deciding that “if you don’t know the exact moment when the lights will go out, you might as well read until they do,” James moved his library to his house in Cambridge, where he would “live, read, and perhaps even write.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJames is the award-winning author of dozens of works of literary criticism, poetry, and history, and this volume contains his reflections on what may well be his last reading list. A look at some of James’s old favourites as well as some of his recent discoveries, this book also offers a revealing look at the author himself, sharing his evocative musings on literature and family, and on living and dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs thoughtful and erudite as the works of Alberto Manguel, and as moving and inspiring as Randy Pausch’s \u003cem\u003eThe Last Lecture\u003c\/em\u003e and Will Schwalbe’s \u003cem\u003eThe End of Your Life Book Club\u003c\/em\u003e, this valediction to James’s lifelong engagement with the written word is a captivating valentine from one of the great literary minds of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855799767276,"sku":"9780300223552","price":25.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24233263482294.jpg?v=1759278161"},{"product_id":"the-fire-of-joy-by-clive-james-9781529042108","title":"The Fire of Joy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClive James read, learned and recited poetry aloud for most of his life. In this book, completed just before his death, he offers a selection of his favourite poems and a personal commentary on each.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the last months of his life, his vision impaired by surgery and unable to read, Clive James explored the treasure-house of his mind: the poems he knew best, so good that he didn't just remember them, he found them impossible to forget. \u003cem\u003eThe Fire of Joy\u003c\/em\u003e is the record of this final journey of recollection and celebration. Enthralled by poetry all his life, James knew hundreds of poems by heart. In offering this selection of his favourites, a succession of poems from the sixteenth century to the present, his aim is to inspire you to discover and to learn, and perhaps even to speak poetry aloud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his highly personal anthology, James offers a commentary on each of the eighty or so poems: sometimes a historical or critical note on the poem or its author, sometimes a technical point about the poem's construction from someone who was himself a poet, sometimes a personal anecdote about the role the poem played in his own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're familiar with a poem or not—whether you're familiar with poetry in general or not—these chatty, unpretentious, often tender mini-essays convey the joy of James's enthusiasm and the benefit of his knowledge. His urgent wish was to share with a new generation what he himself had loved. This is a book to be read cover to cover or dipped into: either way, it generously opens up a world for our delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Distribution and Logistics Company (TDLC)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599429026028,"sku":"9781529042108","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529042108-the-fire-of-joy.jpg?v=1777978215"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/clive-james.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}