"The causes of complex post-traumatic stress disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grow up in houses that are not homes--in families that are as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous. If you felt unwanted, unliked,...
"What does the word 'gravitas' mean today? In the world of ancient Rome, it was the manner of trust and respect cultivated by capable, strong leadership. In Gravitas: Timeless Skills to Communicate with Confidence and Build Trust, communications expert Louise...
"'I am from a family of strong women.' Amani Haydar suffered the unimaginable when she lost her mother in a brutal act of domestic violence perpetrated by her father. Five months pregnant at the time, her own perception of how she wanted to mother (and how she...
"Textile artist Ali Ferguson's exquisite work focuses on the world of the home, taking inspiration from domestic life and the objects that surround and comfort us. But it is far from mundane: vintage fabric and hand-embroidered text are beautifully paired to...
"It is her third book with 3dtotal Publishing, a natural progression from the bestselling The Art of Loish (2016) and The Sketch Book of Loish (2018) which to date have sold over 85,000 copies combined. The Style of Loish now sees the artist explore her own...
"In this enchanting instalment of the Sketching from the Imagination series, we dive into the magical worlds of 50 artists with a passion for all things fantastical. Fantasy, folklore, myth, and magic have been at the heart of human creativity since the dawn...
"For the first time, talented French illustrator and character designer Sibylline Meynet not only shares her beautiful artwork in this beautifully crafted book, but also presents specially commissioned tutorials, step-by-step techniques, and the story of her...
"Prepare to enter the world of artist Dibujante Nocturno, where his intricate linework results in a darkly epic fantasy art. Turn the pages of this lavishly-produced book to discover a collection of monsters, creatures, and characters created by self-taught...
"Pernille Orum. Pernille is well known and respected in the animation industry, having worked for clients such as Disney Publishing, Nickelodeon Jr., Mattel, DreamWorks, and she was the Lead Character Designer on Warner Brothers' DC Superhero Girls. In this...
"NFTs, non-fungible tokens, as collectible, digital, blockchain-secured files became an international sensation in 2020, with the trend in trading them peaking in the fall of 2021. Many sold for millions, and one even sold for"--Publisher's description.
"Get ready for cool weather, fast! You'll be ready to cozy up in no time with these 6 crochet designs made with bulky yarn and big hooks. Designs include pullovers, cardigans, ponchos, and wraps in easy-to-wear, popular oversized fit"--Publisher's description.
"A visually stunning book devoted to the radical Rossetti generation. The Rossettis approach to art, love and lifestyles are considered revolutionary. This is explored by a range of short thematic essays containing fresh, and surprising research, accompanied...
"The chalet is a building type that enjoys lasting popularity all over the world. Dating back to the herdsman's hut in the Alpine region, it became a longed-for destination and the most preferred holiday domicile in the 19th century with the emerging...
"Join artist Bobby Clark for a guided art class. No experience necessary. Discover 25 drawing and painting exercises from doodling, blind drawing and continuous line portraits to shape studies, abstract floral still lifes and blot painting. This is an...
"For Nora Murphy, a country house isn't so much a place as it is a state of mind. A country house is warm, welcoming-at once down to earth, yet elegant. A country house has genuine character, tells a story, and is truly, wonderfully lived in. Here Murphy...
"RUNAWAY is a fascinating account of the life and music of 60s rock star Del Shannon. From humble beginnings in the rural Midwest, this bar band guitarist rocketed to overnight superstar status when his first big hit clinched the #1 spot on the American...
"The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east. For centuries, fame and fortune was to be...
"This book looks at the agricultural year as a starting point for a deepening of Earth-centered spirituality. It gives a set of back stories to ease the reader into a time between the pre-Industrial Era and the uncertainly of the modern one, into a place where...
"Coffee has its own kind of magic: it helps you get up and moving, reconnect with old friends or spark a new romance. Now, Coffee Magic for the Modern Witch spills the coffee beans on the magical properties of coffee and all its forms, from the protective...
"A complete beginner's guide to drawing portraits. The human face has timeless and universal attraction. In this book, master artist and bestselling author Carole Massey leads you through the different elements of the face, allowing you to gradually build your...
"Best-selling author and artist Catherine Holmes goes beyond the backyard with Drawing Nature, a quick and easy guide to drawing animals, plants, and landscapes from across the globe. Step-by-step tutorials break down how to illustrate perennial favorites like...
"A digital collage technique layers together virtual images into a new piece of art, ready for mixed-media and collage makers to use as an eye-opening element. Artist and teacher Wen Redmond shows how by sharing 42 of her main techniques (and many variations)...
"Get ready to learn two creative approaches to fabric stamping: foam stamping and block printing! Join artist, author, and professional stylist Lori Wenger as she expertly guides you through everything from pattern transfer to paint application to best...
"Inside features a collection of 100 whimsical appliqué patterns from Piece O' Cake Designs that can be used in a wide variety of ways; mix and match to make quilts and smaller projects. Quilters can make these appliqué blocks in wool, cotton, or a mix of both...
"Following the success of House & Garden Great Australian Homes, the team from the much-loved magazine is delighted to present its second volume. This stunning selection of houses has been designed by Australia's leading creative luminaries, from architects...
"Ready to go away? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. We're bringing you the very best of France, including Paris, Provence, Normandy, the Riviera, Brittany, and more. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure that you have all the essential...
""Before her death, the artist and writer Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) had already garnered a cult following, with numerous creative people making the pilgrimage to meet her at her home in Mexico City. Since then, her fame has only increased. Thinking across...
"This Netherlands guidebook is perfect for independent travellers planning a longer trip. It features all of the must-see sights and a wide range of off-the-beaten-track places. It also provides detailed practical information on preparing for a trip and what...
"In a little-known episode of the Vietnam War, the CIA hired Norwegian skippers to command fast patrol boats to land South Vietnamese commandos and combat swimmers on the coasts of North Vietnam. This book will explain who the "Vikings" were, describe their...
"Take an armchair tour through the planet's most beautiful-and biodiverse-places! Did you know that Kakadu National Park in Australia boasts some of the oldest exposed rock on the planet and is known to have been inhabited continuously for over 40,000 years?...
"Have you ever wanted to build your own mobile apps? App Inventor, a free and revolutionary online program from MIT, lets you do just that. With the help of this companion guide chock-full of colorful graphics and easy-to-follow instructions, readers can learn...
"Naughty Medieval Embroidery comes with an adult warning. This practical book explains a range of techniques used in medieval embroidery from simple stem stitch to more complicated silk and goldwork. However, rather than the usual examples of flowers and...
"Dorothea Katharina Schmidt teaches you the techniques for recycling and upcycling waste paper into practical, sustainable--and beautiful--household items. Learn to use rolls of newspaper, advertising flyers, brochures, and junk mail to create: large and small...
"This is the definitive guide to Formula 1 in 2024. A complete examination of all the teams racing this season (from Red Bull and Mercedes to Ferrari and McLaren), every driver (including Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc) and all the tracks...
"There's more to building a website than just picking a theme and dropping in text and images. Creating a site that attracts visitors and turns those visitors into customers requires some professional insight and a few tips and tricks. Building DIY Websites...
"Designer, collector, and proprietor of the contemporary curiosity shop Kabinett & Kammer, Sean Scherer shares his secrets for composing vignettes of favorite objects, showing creative ways to incorporate both cherished possessions and flea-market finds How do...
"The exorbitant costs of urban housing and the widening gap in income inequality are fueling a combative new movement in cities around the world. A growing number of influential activists aren't waiting for new public housing to be built. Instead, they're...
"Amidst our epidemics of loneliness, anxiety and depression, and the impacts of entrenched poverty and ubiquitous technology, The Way We Are examines the major trends that are shaking the foundations of the Australian way of life. Drawing on thousands of...
"In the nineteenth century, collectors and museum curators in Europe were fascinated by the antipodean colony of Tasmania. They cultivated contacts in the colony who could supply them with exotic specimens, including skeletons of the thylacine and the...
"In 1968 Cole traveled to Chicago, Cleveland, Memphis, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, as well as rural areas of the South, capturing the mood of different Black communities in the months leading up to and just after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. This...
"Today's workers have more opportunities and mobility than any generation before. They also face unprecedented challenges, including inflation, labor and housing shortages, and climate volatility. Even the notion of "retirement" is undergoing a profound...
"Artist Ann Shelton’s latest book, worm, root, wort… & bane delves into the rich history of plant-centric belief systems and their suppression. Part artist scrapbook, part photo book, part quotography, and part exhibition catalogue, this publication explores...
"Year-round growing plan to yield six portions of veg per person per day plus batching and preserving recipes. Eat homegrown food all year round and save money on your weekly shop by following a simple plan for self-sufficiency. Huw Richards and Sam Cooper...
"Mien Ruys, who worked mostly in the Netherlands for almost 60 years, was one of the most influential landscape architects of the 20th Century. A leading proponent of modernist design, she introduced clean lines, geometric shapes and innovative materials. One...
"This is the true story about a respected businessman, Henry Wainwright, who had everything he needed in 1871. A wife and 5 children and a delightful London townhouse home. But in 1872, Henry fell in love with attractive Harriet Lane. He then embarked on a...
"A toast to the internationally successful rose wine and its home in the French region of Provence. Born in the oldest French wine region of Provence, rose is known worldwide for its gorgeous spectrum of pale pink colors, its aromatic and fruity flavor, and...
"How much can change in less than two and a half years? In the case of Britain in the Sixties, the answer is: almost everything. From the seismic coming of the Beatles to a sex scandal that rocked the Tory government to the arrival at No 10 of Harold Wilson, a...
"Embrace empathy as your superpower for transformative personal healing, deeper relationships, and more potent work in the world. Empathy is no weakness―it holds transformative power to heal ourselves, strengthen our relationships, and amplify our purpose. Dr....
"A defining feature of being human is our ability to think. We refer to ourselves, after all, as Homo sapiens. But in a world where experiencing and achieving as much as possible is the number one preoccupation, there is little room for reflection. Technology...
"Horror movies can reveal much more than we realize about psychological disorders--and clinical psychology has a lot to teach us about horror. Our fears--mortality, failure, loneliness--can be just as motivating as our wishes or desires. Horror movie...
"Holly Painter's third collection charts a course through the tender friendships and lonely queer crushes of childhood and adolescence in Midwestern America and on to the dizzying freedoms of California and the disorientation of love and heartache in New...
"All the things you need to know to take your novel to the next level. Learn the craft of storytelling, from dialogue and characters to structure and conflict. Includes advice on publishing and submissions. Written in a straightforward manner, complete with...
"Drawing on her own family experience and insights from her PhD inquiry, Celine Kearney travelled around Aotearoa to interview New Zealanders with Scottish and Irish backgrounds. 'Southern Celts' uses autoethnography and narrative to explore how these New...
"An essential collection of much-loved recipes that every home cook should own. At My Table is the one that started it all. Chelsea Winter’s first book is a stunning selection of some of her most popular recipes - it’s a must-have. You’ll find her ‘world...
"In the late 1970s, as the women's movement was fracturing, trade union women put forward a new agenda to bring feminists and women workers together. The one-page, 16-clause Working Women's Charter covered the right to work, equal pay, an end to discrimination...
"Colour photographs illustrating more than 150 species"-- Back cover.
"100 ways into New Zealand history - everyday objects tell the powerful, captivating stories of our shared past. The sewing kete of an unknown 18th-century Maori woman; the Endeavour cannons that fired on waka in 1769; the bagpipes of an Irish publican Paddy...
"Today, many people are eager to move towards a plant-based diet for a host of health, ethical and environmental reasons, but is this a viable lifestyle choice for an active person? Brooke Francis (nee Donoghue) and Luuka Jones have discovered that through...
"Want to feel more powerful in your world? Well, Shelly Davies has a message for you: you f*cking can.Become powerful. Reclaim your voice. Give fewer f*cks. Have it all. Scratch that. Have what you want--why waste time trying to be everyone's cup of tea when...
Sheep Truck is a collection of 29 new poems by veteran Dunedin poet Peter Olds. Subjects include flying, dental treatment, encountering Charles Bukowski in the Dunedin Public Library, and not wanting to get out of bed. He writes his 'last poem', which proves...
"This book is about activists, their organising and their causes, and the interconnections between social struggles separated by the vast expanse of Te Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa. It includes chapters on the Doctrine of Discovery, on Ihumātao, on anti-militarist...
"When beginning her career in Palliative Medicine, the author first met Dr Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. This meeting introduced her to the importance of being aware of one's own emotional issues when working with people who are suffering. As Elisabeth said, You need...
"This book celebrates the centennial of Bliss's publication by offering new readings of some of Mansfield's most well-known stories, revealing not only the depth and innovation of her work but also the extent to which she was instrumental in revisioning the...
"Surrender is Michaela Keeble's remarkable first full-length collection of poems. It responds to the call of indigenous and other radical poets - as well as to the deafening silence in white poetry - to face our colonial past and our increasingly appropriative...
"The New Zealand falcon, our only remaining endemic raptor. A guide to how they behave and have adapted, collated from experience gained, information given by respondents to a survey, and knowledge provided by others."--
"You pick one up at the Tip Shop: oblivion's final sieve meets your lucky day. James Brown shakes out oblivion's final sieve in The Tip Shop. Found poems jostle with autobiographical poems, essayistic with epigrammatic, formally expert with some of his very...
"Traditional artists require a posed model, a seat in the landscape to capture the view, or a staged still life, with manipulated lighting. They're trained to look, and copy, what they see in front of them, following time honoured methods and rules. This book...
Local author based in West Auckland.
"Dr James Barry was many things. He was a pistol-toting dueller, an irascible grudge-holder, a vegetarian, an obsessive cleaner - and a brilliant, humane military surgeon who served throughout the British empire, travelled the world with a small menagerie of...
"In The Sea Walks into a Wall, the natural world around us hits back. The sea crashes its glass onto the bar. You watch from afar. You'd take it all back if you could. Everything. You'd go down there and you'd. And talks back too. If I'm fucked, you're coming...
"The rules have changed! With economic uncertainty after COVID 19, as well as redundancies and unemployment on the rise, it has never been more important in New Zealand to secure strong and long-lasting employment. You may already have (or maybe think you...
"Suck It Up, Princess is for women the world over who want to get over your excuses and get on with living a rich, fulfilling and rewarding life, on your own damn terms. Refreshingly direct and inspiring, this book will show how to finally develop the right...
'Each and every day, at some point on our walk, he stops and lets me know that this is today's person, the party he wants to be introduced to.' The nineteenth collection of poems by cult Wellington poet and pedestrian Geoff Cochrane. Geoff Cochrane is the...
"This book is the first to represent the full extent of the work of James Brown. With personal lyrics, narrative desire, short takes, anti-poetry, stolen lines, and hill-climbing, Selected Poems is a showcase of one of New Zealand's essential poetic...
"Examines the phenomenon of the mass Tintin pastiches and parodies since 1983 when Hergé died and the adventures ceased with the incomplete Tintin and Alph-Art"--Back cover.
"Beyond the Boundaries of Time weaves together events that influenced my life. Truths that span the ages are shared here, and knowledge the Elders asked me to hold in the silence until the time was right. Letting the book go into the world, placing it with...
'The first time I read Freya's work I thought . . . uh oh. And then I thought, you have got to be kidding me. And then I thought, God fucking dammit. And then I walked around the house shaking my head thinking . . . OK – alright. And then – finally – I...
"The urgency and depth of encounter is a recurring them in the poems of Jo Patti. Questions about loss, love and destiny are spiraled into a mosaic she creates consisting of passages from around the planet, some crystal clear and others enigmatic. Using...
Judith Bennett is a Salvation Army officer who gives an insight into the faith that has sustained her over decades. It is full of Salvation Army history, biblical reflections and personal stories. Woven through the pages is Judith's very personal journey of...
"George Washington Wilson was one of the leading landscape photographers of the 19th century. From early beginnings in Aberdeen in 1853, he created a thriving enterprise based on the growing public enthusiasm for stereoscopy. His beautifully crafted studies of...
An account of Athol White's time in the RNZAF in the Pacific during World War II, from enlistment to discharge. The author has drawn on personal reminiscences, the subject's memoirs and personal papers, official RNZAF history, books and memoirs of other...
"The Braided River explores contemporary migration to New Zealand through an examination of 200 personal essays written by 37 migrants from 20 different countries, spanning all ages and life stages. The first book to examine migration through the lens of the...
"The striking appearance of Luftwaffe's Mistel Composite attack aircraft might seem ridiculous to modern eyes, but employed correctly, these original 'fire and forget' weapons were devastatingly effective, as Allied sources testify. This book draws on a wealth...
A social studies resource book for students, on the topic of how lifestyle changes over time have influenced the prevalence of non-communicable diseases on the Cook Islands.
"After years of extensive research and review, infiltration into America's Fraternal Lodge systems and 7 years of active membership in the Blue Lodge of Freemasonry, and 9 different esoteric orders including exclusive invitational groups like the Masonic...
"Unexpected ways that individuals adapt technology to reclaim what matters to them, from working through conflict with smart lights to celebrating gender transition with selfies. We have been warned about the psychological perils of technology: distraction,...
"Thirty years ago, “greed is good” and “maximizing shareholder value” became the new mantras woven into the fabric of our business culture, economy, and politics. Although, around the world, free market capitalism has lifted more than a billion people from...
"An Anthropology of Money: A Critical Introduction shows how our present monetary system was imposed by elites and how they benefit from it. The book poses the question: how, by looking at different forms of money, can we appreciate that they have different...
"Your Inner Pharmacy deconstructs the assumption that health and well-being are the responsibility of the government, the medical system, or an insurance company. Teaching facets of health and health care that most people never learned in school or from their...
"A trusted economic commentator provides a penetrating account of the threats to China's continued economic rise under President Xi Jinping, China has become a large and confident power both at home and abroad, but the country also faces serious challenges. In...
A penetrating look into the unrecognized and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centers of power and wealth throughout the West Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,...
"Includes updated info on the 2017-2018 rise in value, new competing alternatives, and the future of blockchain technology"--Publisher's description.
"An exploration of the history, science, architecture, and mythology of the subterranean landscape and our relationship with the worlds beneath our feet--for fans of quirky, obsessive narrative histories, such as Confederates in the Attic and How Things Work....
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