Love is… strength. Love is… pride. Love is… all you need! This celebration of every kind of love is full of heart-melting quotes and romantic statements to make you realise love is love is love is love!

Bind: hardback

Pages: 160

Dimensions: 101 x 136 mm

Publication Date: 10-01-2018

Many New Zealand families were affected by the 1918 influenza pandemic. In the space of about six weeks, over 6400 Pakeha died and an estimated 2500 Maori. That equals nearly half the total of New Zealand soldiers killed in the First World War. Yet these were civilians, dying in the first month of peace. This was New Zealand's worst-ever public health disaster. The whole country seemed to shut down for several weeks in November 1918. Because the victims' bodies turned black when they died, many believed it was the plague. Could it happen again? The risk of another major influenza pandemic is even greater now, thanks to international jet travel. Global flu surveillance should give us better earning, and we now have anti-viral drugs and antibiotics to deal with the secondary pneumonia that was the real killer in 1918. But do we have the systems in place to deal with another massive health crisis? This book shows how we coped back in 1918 - the response of public health officials, how the sick were nursed, how thousands of convalescents were fed and the lessons learned that may still be useful today. It is an inspiring and fascinating story that all New Zealanders need to know about.

Pages: 96

Dimensions: 210 x 265 mm

Publication Date: 20-09-2017

Hey! You’re doing a great job but it’s OK to need some help. With strengthening statements, witty quotes and self-care tips, this lil’ book is here to help you love and care for yourself.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 160

Dimensions: 111 x 154 mm

Publication Date: 09-11-2017

‘Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; … hate less, love more; and all good things are yours.’      -Scandinavian proverb Hygge – the now familiar Danish word for warmth, cosiness, peace and harmony – is something we all aspire to. This charming little book, filled with comforting quotes and simple tips, will help you kindle this cosiness in your own home. Light a candle, snuggle up and celebrate the things that make life good.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 160

Dimensions: 101 x 136 mm

Publication Date: 12-10-2017

Do you wake up in the morning and think, ‘I wish there was a quicker way to put on my make-up?’ Do you find yourself getting so frustrated at nail varnish smudges that you’ve given up even trying? Do you hate spending your hard-earned money on hair and beauty products, but still enjoy expressing your style? These and dozens of other hair, skincare, nail and make-up dilemmas are solved with this compendium of ingenious beauty hacks. This fully illustrated manual covers everything from DIY face masks and time-saving make-up cheats to quick and easy styling tips – everything you need to look good, feel good, and still have time for the other fun things in life! Once you hack, you won’t look back!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 192

Dimensions: 125 x 175 mm

Publication Date: 13-07-2017

Wayside Medicine is packed with practical information on the use of over 50 native plants as sources of herbal medicine. The countryside abounds with cures which really work and cost a fraction of over-the-counter commercial brands. Have the satisfaction of picking and making your own simple herbal medicine, which has worked for centuries. The authors of Wayside Medicine remind us of a cornucopia of nature’s healing plants which have somehow been forgotten. Here are clear instructions from a renowned professional herbalist on how to make your own remedies: teas, oils, tinctures, poultices and creams. Stunning colour pictures accompany all the plants, as well as a comprehensive index matching health problems to the right herbal cure.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 189 x 246 mm

Publication Date: 01-05-2017

This beautifully illustrated guided journal by artist and arts educator Federica Matta is filled with creative opportunities for insight, mindfulness, and healing. “We carry within us a multitude of worlds,” writes artist Federica Matta. “In the confusion of these worlds, suddenly there is a door.”The door is to our own creativity, and in this book Matta helps readers find their way through it, guiding them on a journey of self-discovery. Filled with Matta’s whimsical and inspirational illustrations, this book also provides readers plenty of space to create their own art. Matta offers tips for designing a mandala, creating a spirit animal, and igniting an inner light to guide the way through one’s journey. Inspirational quotes from beloved writers and artists and pages for self-reflection help to awaken, refresh, or calm the mind. A guide and a canvas for anyone looking to discover, explore, and make peace with their soul, this unique book demonstrates the many benefits of self-expression.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 160

Dimensions: 170 x 220 mm

Publication Date: 20-04-2017

This colorful menagerie of yoga poses featuring animals will help kids take part in the age-old practice and enjoy yoga’s benefits in a fun and engaging way. Yoga reduces stress, increases the sense of wellbeing, and encourages mindfulness—and it can also be fun. This book features double-page spreads of 15 animal asanas—animals in yoga poses. Elsa Bahia’s charming illustrations demonstrate how to do each pose, while helpful texts explain the asanas’ health benefits and connections to their animal namesakes. Written with children in mind, the instructions to stretch like a dog, roar like a lion, move knees like butterfly wings, arch like a cat, jump like a frog, and more, give kids concrete images that will help them understand the yoga poses—and the freedom to be as silly and expressive as they want. This delightful introduction to yoga will get kids excited about the practice, and give their parents and teachers a reason to move right along with them.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 64

Dimensions: 190 x 260 mm

Publication Date: 01-04-2017

Following his highly successful book, “Animal Kingdom”, Jim Naughten brings to life historic specimens of the human body in this peculiarly enthralling collection of stereoscopic photographs. Historically, stereoscopic photography was widely used in medicine as a teaching aid, so it seems fitting that Jim Naughten’s stereoscopic pictures of human specimens on display at the Vrolik Museum in Amsterdam transform science into art. With over 5,000 immaculately preserved objects, the Vrolik has one of the largest collections of anatomical specimens in the world. Naughten has selected 50 of the most striking examples for this book, including pathological specimens such as skeletons afflicted by rickets and other diseases of the bone; congenital malformations; and dissected heads. Many are photographed in their original wood and glass specimen cases, which lends them a haunting tone. Reproduced with stunning clarity, these transfixing images take the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of the study of anatomy, with the stereoscopic viewer permitting an immersive experience that is not possible with conventional photography.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 144

Dimensions: 270 x 220 mm

Publication Date: 01-04-2017

When Dr Ron Jones joined the staff of National Women’s Hospital in Auckland in 1973 as a junior obstetrician and gynaecologist, Professor Herbert Green’s study into the natural history of carcinoma in-situ of the cervix (CIS) – later called ‘the unfortunate experiment’ – had been in progress for seven years. By the mid-1960s there was almost universal agreement among gynaecologists and pathologists worldwide that CIS was a precursor of cancer, requiring complete removal. Green, however, believed otherwise, and embarked on a study of women with CIS, without their consent, that involved merely observing, rather than definitively treating them. Many women subsequently developed cancer and some died. In 1984 Jones and senior colleagues Dr Bill McIndoe and Dr Jock McLean published a scientific paper that exposed the truth, and the disastrous outcome of Green’s experiment. In a public inquiry in 1987 Judge Sylvia Cartwright observed that an unethical experiment had been carried out in large numbers of women for over 20 years. Since that time there have been attempts to cast Green’s work in a more generous light. This rewriting of history has spurred Ron Jones to set the record straight by telling his personal story: a story of the unnecessary suffering of countless women, a story of professional arrogance and misplaced loyalties, and a story of doctors in denial of the truth.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 264

Dimensions: 150 x 230 mm

Publication Date: 20-02-2017