New Releases (158)

Around the World in 50 Plants Puzzle

ISBN: 9781399609104

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

1000-PIECE JIGSAW FOR PLANT LOVERS. Piece together a living, breathing world of plants and fill the gaps in your knowledge with the comprehensive poster guide. ...


1000-PIECE JIGSAW FOR PLANT LOVERS. Piece together a living, breathing world of plants and fill the gaps in your knowledge with the comprehensive poster guide. BESTSELLING AUTHOR. Text by expert Jonathan Drori CBE, the author of the bestselling books Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World in 80 Plants. HOURS OF COSY FUN. Learn about 50 plants from around the world - all from the comfort of home! PERFECT FOR GIFTING. Illustration-led, highly finished jigsaw and illustrated poster for maximum gift appeal. STUNNINGLY DETAILED ARTWORK. Lucille Clerc's intricately drawn world is bursting with minute detail. Take a trip across the globe with this 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring 50 of the most stunning plants known to humans. Lucille Clerc's sumptuous illustrations provide the perfect puzzle challenge, while Jonathan Drori reveals how their worlds are intricately entwined with our own history, culture and folklore on the accompanying poster. From the seemingly familiar tomato and dandelion to the eerie mandrake and Spanish 'moss' of Louisiana, each of these stories is full of surprises. Some have a troubling past, while others have ignited human creativity or enabled whole civilizations to flourish. This is a botanical journey of beauty and brilliance. Finished puzzle 48.5 x 68 cm (19 x 27 in.)


Bind: stationery


Dimensions: 196 x 274 mm


Publication Date: 08-06-2023


$44.99
We Need To Talk About Norman :New Zealand's Lost Leader

ISBN: 9781991103055

Author: Denis Welch    Publisher: Quentin Wilson Publishing

Why do we need to talk about Norman? Because although Norman Kirk was prime minister for barely 21 months some 50 years ago, he still speaks to us. His belief i...


Why do we need to talk about Norman? Because although Norman Kirk was prime minister for barely 21 months some 50 years ago, he still speaks to us. His belief in the state as a force for good and his style of leadership could and should be powerful guides for politics in the 21st century. Kirk was not a supporter of the neoliberalist ideology that has given us widening inequality, rising poverty and the virtual obliteration from public debate and policy-making of the workers who create this country’s wealth. His idea of a healthy country was, famously, one whose citizens could realistically expect to find “someone to love, somewhere to live, somewhere to work and something to hope for”. But the social contract central to politics in his day has been broken, and state and society are now run almost exclusively on business lines. This book, by veteran journalist and political commentator Denis Welch, is aimed at recovering what Norman Kirk stood for – a sense of government with a clear moral purpose, in which there is daylight between public service and the commercial world.


Bind: paperback


Pages: 168


Dimensions: 152 x 229 mm


Publication Date: 14-06-2023


$39.99
Thriving Leaders Thriving Teams

ISBN: 9781991191007

Author: Lauren Parsons    Publisher: Live Well Publishing

In this highly valuable guide, Wellness Specialist and TEDx speaker Lauren Parsons provides the tools to promote personal wellbeing and cultivate a positive and...


In this highly valuable guide, Wellness Specialist and TEDx speaker Lauren Parsons provides the tools to promote personal wellbeing and cultivate a positive and energised workplace. Burnout, poor health, and mental distress are on the rise globally. People are suffering in the workplace. The talent shortage is making it increasingly important for workplaces to set themselves apart as desirable employers, to attract and retain great people. Not enough leaders understand the fundamental skills necessary to foster true wellbeing, and many organisations – often inadvertently – treat people as ‘assets’ or resources’ to be used rather than human beings to be nurtured, motivated and celebrated. Award-winning Wellbeing Specialist Lauren Parsons, believes regardless of a leadership title or not, anyone can make a difference and set an example for others to follow. “I’ve spent decades helping leaders and teams discover the incredible benefits that flow on from prioritising your health and happiness… We spend so much of our lives at work, it’s a critical part of the fabric of society.” “If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you.” – Indra Nooyi Split into three parts, Thriving Leaders, Thriving Teams starts with valuable Live Well Principles on how to thrive personally – both in and out of work. Part Two contains facts, stats and stories on why workplace wellbeing is worth the time and effort; and the book finishes with a six-part model on how to cultivate a thriving team culture, comprised of leadership tools and tactics to help create an optimal work environment. Parsons comments, “I feel incredibly privileged to have helped hundreds of leaders and workplaces take a human-centred approach. I’ve seen them adopt my snack on exercise philosophy; embrace brave boundaries; create inspiring, connected meetings; build psychological safety, trust and belonging; start working in-sync; embed a culture of appreciation; boost energy and effectiveness, and many more things – transforming their workplace culture.” Packed with the latest research, inspiring stories and practical tools, including a downloadable resource pack, Thriving Leaders, Thriving Teams is for anyone – from aspiring leaders through to CEOs, who want to make a positive change.


Bind: paperback


Dimensions: 152 x 228 mm


Publication Date: 20-05-2023


$37.00
Eat and Get Gas

ISBN: 9781647424817

Author: Jodi Wright    Publisher: Toad Ltd

Thirteen-year-old Evan Hanson is always the last in her family to know what's going on; at least, that's how it feels. When her brother gets drafted to Vietnam,...


Thirteen-year-old Evan Hanson is always the last in her family to know what's going on; at least, that's how it feels. When her brother gets drafted to Vietnam, her anti-war mother takes him to Canada, leaving Evan and her younger, special needs brother with their army-officer father—who, unwilling to shoulder the burden of caring for his kids, takes them to their grandmother's roadside cafe and home. At Eat and Get Gas, Evan encounters a cast of characters she both likes and fears and eventually learns a big family secret that changes how she feels about everyone and everything.


Bind: paperback


Pages: 254


Dimensions: 140 x 216 mm


Publication Date: 06-06-2023


$29.99
Trust Yourself First

ISBN: 9798885040785

Author: Doris Sew Hoy    Publisher: New Degree Press

A New Zealand-born Chinese accredited career, leadership, and executive coach shares her invaluable tools to help you unlock your personal and professional pote...


A New Zealand-born Chinese accredited career, leadership, and executive coach shares her invaluable tools to help you unlock your personal and professional potential. “Trusting yourself is about learning to lead yourself... about caring for yourself... then you can quietly exude the kind of leadership, confidence and persona that others want to follow.” In Trust Yourself First: Cultivating Self-Awareness, Confidence & Resilience, seasoned executive coach Doris Sew Hoy shares her expertise, research, and original tools of the trade curated to help you unlock your personal and professional potential. This guidebook poses thought-provoking and incisive questions to ask yourself, interspersed with Doris’ own candid musings. The answers will not only build self-confidence and resilience, but will motivate you to: • Explore your roots • Embrace your vulnerabilities • Enhance your emotional vocabulary • Discover the magic of Clean Language • Develop healthy habits, and more Trust Yourself First implores you to reflect on who you are, where you’ve been, and where you want to go so that you will realize that a well-balanced, meaningful life is well within reach.


Bind: paperback


Pages: 200


Dimensions: 139 x 215 mm


Publication Date: 20-06-2023


$34.99
The Burned Letter

ISBN: 9780473662417

Author: Helene Ritchie    Publisher: HR Press

A New Zealander’s Holocaust Mystery. “Every day, I am in Auschwitz,” she would say. Even though she never had been. During the Holocaust, Lidi, as a teena...


A New Zealander’s Holocaust Mystery. “Every day, I am in Auschwitz,” she would say. Even though she never had been. During the Holocaust, Lidi, as a teenager, flees from Hitler and the Nazis. Forced to leave behind everyone whom she loves, she eventually arrives in New Zealand as a Jewish refugee, with her mother. Alive in their new country, but labelled again, they immediately are called ‘enemy aliens’, monitored by the police, their letters censored, their lives and movements restricted. Five years later in 1945, a few months after the liberation of Auschwitz, Lidi burns the letter written to her that tells her what happened to those she loved most dearly. She hopes that in turning the letter to ashes, her survivor guilt and trauma would disappear too. But her efforts are in vain. “They - all those relations - just perished,” Lidi says over and over again. Nearly 70 years later, just before she dies at the age of 92, Lidi said she regrets burning the letter. Too late. “They” remain a mystery to Helene, Lidi’s daughter. As does their fate. For 50 years, she travels the world, searching for her grandparents and her “just perished” family. It was as if “they” all just disappeared in a puff of smoke. But she does find traces in the killing centres, ghettos and death marches across Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany, discovering murder, suicides, theft, and tragic love affairs.


Bind: paperback


Pages: 562


Dimensions: 153 x 234 mm


Publication Date: 01-06-2023


$45.00
Landfall 245

ISBN: 9781990048555

Author: Lynley Edmeades    Publisher: Otago University Press

Landfall is New Zealand’s foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. Published twice a year, each volume showcases two full-colour art portfolios...


Landfall is New Zealand’s foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. Published twice a year, each volume showcases two full-colour art portfolios and brims with vital new fiction, poetry, cultural commentary, reviews, and biographical and critical essays. Bringing together a range of voices and perspectives, from established practitioners to emerging voices, Landfall is an exciting anthology that has its finger on the pulse of innovation and creativity in Aotearoa today. Landfall 245, Autumn 2023 edition, announces the winner of the 2023 Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition, a yearly competition that encourages young, up-and-coming writers to explore the world around them through words. The winning essay will be published in Landfall 245, alongside the judge’s report from Landfall editor, Lynley Edmeades. Also featured in Landfall 245 is exciting new literature and art from across Aotearoa, bringing together our country’s blend of unique voices to create a vibrant new issue that celebrates our wonderful writers, artists and reviewers.


Bind: paperback


Dimensions: 150 x 230 mm


Publication Date: 30-05-2023


$30.00
From Behind Closed Doors

ISBN: 9780473669836

Author: Olive Webb   

"A year or so before I had been asked by a senior space scientist why 'someone as clever as me would want to be concerned with the lowest one percent of humanit...


"A year or so before I had been asked by a senior space scientist why 'someone as clever as me would want to be concerned with the lowest one percent of humanity”’… The answer to this question sums up Olive’s life’s work. From an early age she saw the plight of ‘them’,the people whose disabilities set them apart. They were bullied, victimized, patronised or just neglected. Many facilities for ‘them’ were buried in the far reaches of an institution. ‘The further from the front door you were, the less attention and care you received.’ So, she became determined to do something about it. Olive Webb started work at the old Sunnyside Hospital at the end of 1969. Conditions there were terrible. From that time until now she has worked with people who have intellectual disabilities and their support people in all the places where they have lived – with their families, in the large institutions and in community homes. But Olive is clear, ‘the journey is far from over’.Miserly funding and discriminatory provision of basic services and supports continue to dog the sector and ensures that people who are disabled by intellectual disability, and any additional conditions, are still only variously successful in what they do. From Behind Closed Doors chronicles Olive’s career with both anecdotal and evidence-based data. It traverses an important time in the history of disability in New Zealand and demonstrates that until governments and the health sector truly recognize the rights of all people, there will always be a ‘them’ class.


Bind: paperback


Pages: 170


Dimensions: 153 x 234 mm


Publication Date: 16-06-2023


$38.00
The Mindfulness Activity Book

ISBN: 9781800076792

Author: Anna Barnes    Publisher: Summersdale Publishers

Take a moment to unwind with this activity book, packed with calming puzzles, breathing exercises and colouring pages The wonderful thing about mindfulness is t...


Take a moment to unwind with this activity book, packed with calming puzzles, breathing exercises and colouring pages The wonderful thing about mindfulness is there are so many ways to practise it, and it's no surprise that colouring and puzzle-solving have become favourite relaxation techniques for many. Filled with suitably soothing activities designed to focus your attention and free your mind of worry, this book contains 177 therapeutic puzzles, as well as breathing exercises, colouring pages and positive mantras to help you find your zen. Discover crosswords, mazes, word searches, dot-to-dots and much more, each providing the perfect break from your day-to-day hassles. And it's not just stress relief - solving puzzles is also believed to improve your memory, increase productivity and boost your mood. If you've had a long day, The Mindfulness Activity Book may be just what you need to wind down, allowing you to become fully absorbed in the present moment.


Bind: paperback


Pages: 160


Dimensions: 148 x 210 mm


Publication Date: 03-05-2023


$24.99
Create

ISBN: 9781784728557

Author: Ali Heath    Publisher: Hachette

'Ali Heath has done it again. In CREATE, she expertly unpacks how to mix old and new, to design a cohesive and irresistible home that radiates personality and c...


'Ali Heath has done it again. In CREATE, she expertly unpacks how to mix old and new, to design a cohesive and irresistible home that radiates personality and charm, while guiding readers to trust their instinct and to create freely and from the heart.' Holly Becker @decor8 'The ethos Ali promotes of reuse, the handmade and sustainability is something that particularly chimes with me. This is a book of the moment to encourage everyone to turn their house into a unique home, no matter your budget, building, or previous interior design skills.' Sarah Moore, @sarahmoorehome Some of the most exciting interiors around are those that combine vintage and antique finds with select contemporary pieces. In Create, interior stylist and writer Ali Heath encourages you to think imaginatively about how to bring together old and new - giving you the confidence to let go of perfection, and to express your own style, while decorating more sustainably. Following on from the success of Ali's first book Curate, Create is a visual feast divided into three engaging and informative chapters. Establishing Your Style encourages you to trust your own creativity and gives advice on how to get started. Developing Your Eye explores topics that include defining your palette; mixing antique, vintage and modern; building and displaying collections; celebrating the handcrafted; layering pattern, fabrics and texture and styling the details. Whilst Inspiring Your Journey features the homes of tastemakers whose creative paths have inspired their own unique mix of old and new at home.


Bind: hardback


Pages: 224


Dimensions: 219 x 286 mm


Publication Date: 01-06-2023


$65.00
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