ISBN: 9781988587684
Title: 100% Pure Future: NZ Tourism Renewed
Author: BENNETT SARAH ED

Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on New Zealand tourism, but the industry was already troubled by unchecked growth and questionable governance that has put pressure on the environment, infrastructure and communities. In this urgent collection of essays, nine authors outline their vision for sustainable tourism, the barriers to achieving it and how they can be overcome.
This BWB Text is a rallying call for a genuine tourism ‘reset’ that puts the environment first and creates more meaningful exchanges between visitors and their hosts.

Format: Paperback
Price: $15.00

ISBN: 9780349424903
Title: 4 Day Week: How Flexible Work Revolution Increases Productivity, Profitability & Wellbeing, & Create a Sustainable Future
Author: BARNES ANDREW

In The 4 Day Week, entrepreneur and business innovator Andrew Barnes makes the case for the four-day week as the answer to many of the ills of the 21st-century global economy.

Barnes conducted an experiment in his own business, the New Zealand trust company Perpetual Guardian, and asked his staff to design a four-day week that would permit them to meet their existing productivity requirements on the same salary but with a 20% cut in work hours. The outcomes of this trial, which no business leader had previously attempted on these terms, were stunning. People were happier and healthier, more engaged in their personal lives, and more focused and productive in the office.
The world of work has seen a dramatic shift in recent times: the former security and benefits associated with permanent employment are being displaced by the less stable gig economy. Barnes explains the dangers of a focus on flexibility at the expense of hard-won worker protections, and argues that with the four-day week, we can have the best of all worlds: optimal productivity, work-life balance, worker benefits and, at long last, a solution to pervasive economic inequities such as the gender pay gap and lack of diversity in business and governance.
The 4 Day Week is a practical, how-to guide for business leaders and employees alike that is applicable to nearly every industry. Using qualitative and quantitative data from research gathered through the Perpetual Guardian trial and other sources by the University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology, the book presents a step-by-step approach to preparing businesses for productivity-focused flexibility, from the necessary cultural conditions to the often complex legislative considerations.
The story of Perpetual Guardian's unprecedented work experiment has made headlines around the world and stormed social media, reaching a global audience over 4.5 billion. A mix of trenchant analysis, personal observation and actionable advice, The 4 Day Week is an essential guide for leaders and workers seeking to make a change for the better in their work world.

Format: Trade paperback
Price: $38.00

ISBN: 9781988547503
Title: 52 Week Project: How I Fixed My Life by Trying a New Thing Every Week for a Year
Author: KEENAN LAUREN

Life is short. Make the most of it.

It was winter. Lauren Keenan was separated from her husband, lonely, and miserable. Then came the night of Twenty-Seven Rejections of Doom: she asked twenty-seven people to hang out one Friday night, and every single person said no.

Lauren realised her life wasn't working for her and that she needed to change it. It was time to try something new. Fifty-two new things, in fact. She made a resolution: she'd try 52 new things in 52 weeks.

From zip lining to entering a stand-up comedy night; swimming with sharks to detoxing from social media; giving up alcohol for six months to going to a music festival alone; Lauren put herself out there with surprising results.

Her year of new experiences was a game changer. It repaired her relationship with her husband, she regained confidence in herself, and she realised how satisfying it can be to push yourself to your limits and to do things on your own.

The 52 Week Project combines Lauren's insights and humour with current psychological research, as she brings readers along during her year of making the most out of life.

Format: Trade paperback
Price: $33.00

ISBN: 9781877429453
Title: Ageing Well
Author: WILSON DOUG


Format: Paperback
Price: $40.00

ISBN: 9780995123045
Title: Agriculture & Horticulture in NZ
Author: STAFFORD KEVIN (ED)

AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO NEW ZEALAND'S DYNAMICAGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRYWritten by experts from Massey University's School of Agriculture andEnvironment, this is an accessible and straightforward overview of the business ofgrowing plants for human and animal consumption, as well as forestry and flowerproduction. It has a focus on New Zealand practices, and information on socialissues, environmental costs, food safety, chemical use, post-harvest managementand availability.Chapters cover pasture and forages, field crops and vegetables, kiwifruit,grapes, pip fruit and summer fruit. There are also useful chapters on soils andprecision agriculture, and how new technologies are improving productivity andsustainability.The book is aimed at high school students studying agriculture, and year onetertiary students undertaking degrees or diplomas in this subject. Those studyingagribusiness, resource

Format: Paperback
Price: $55.00

ISBN: 9780473507756
Title: Air That We Breathe: A Family's Journey of Hope Courage & the Tragic truth
Author: DOUGLAS KARA

In 1961 Italian immigrants Abele and Maria Moretti settle into life in Western Australia. They are promised a financially secure future working in an asbestos mine in the harsh and desolate outback. Despite health warnings to management, the mine continues to operate.
Thirty years later, the unthinkable happens and the Moretti family begin an arduous journey to seek justice. At the same time Katerina, a lawyer, representing the mining company, makes a surprising discovery about her family that causes her to rethink her allegiances.
The human stories weave between the narratives of the immigrant miner and mine manager, and later, the lawyer and the miner’s daughter.
The impact of this story will stir emotions that remain long after the last page has been turned.

Format: Trade paperback
Price: $35.00

ISBN: 9780143204800
Title: All Blacks Don't Cry: A Story of Hope
Author: KIRWAN JOHN

'At my worst moments, I lost all sense of hope for the future. As I began to slowly get better, I began to be able to say to myself, 'This will pass, you'll get through this. Hang on to hope.' John Kirwan was one of the most devastating wingers New Zealand, and world, rugby had ever seen. A prominent and revered figure at the dawn of the professional age of rugby, he seemed to live a charmed life. Nobody knew, though, that behind closed doors 'JK' was living a life of tormented fear. Afflicted with depression for many years including those as a high-profile sportsman Kirwan was able to survive by reaching out, seeking help from those closest to him. All Blacks Don't Cry is John Kirwan's story of hope, of working through the pain and living a full life a poignant, inspirational and helpful example for anybody battling depression. 'I've been to hell and I'm back. If you're in that same place, then I understand what you're going through.'

Format: Paperback
Price: $42.00

ISBN: 9781776562893
Title: All Who Live on Islands
Author: LU ROSE

'All Who Live on Islands' introduces a bold new voice in New Zealand literature. In these intimate and entertaining essays, Rose Lu takes us through personal history – a shopping trip with her Shanghai-born grandparents, her career in the Wellington tech industry, an epic hike through the Himalayas – to explore friendship, the weight of stories told and not told about diverse cultures, and the reverberations of our parents’ and grandparents’ choices. Frank and compassionate, Rose Lu’s stories illuminate the cultural and linguistic questions that migrants face, as well as what it is to be a young person living in 21st-century Aotearoa New Zealand.

Format: Paperback
Price: $30.00

ISBN: 9781869409340
Title: Always Song in the Water: An Oceanic Sketchbook
Author: O'BRIEN GREGORY

Beginning in Northland and heading into the blue beyond, Always Song in the Water is a book of encounters and epiphanies, a dinghy ride through New Zealand's oceanic imagination.Every spring on Gregory O'Brien's front lawn, on a ridgetop in Hataitai, an upside-down dinghy blooms with flowering clematis. In this book, O'Brien takes his metaphorical dinghy to the edges of New Zealand - starting with a road trip through Northland and then voyaging out into the Pacific, to lead us into some under-explored territories of the South Pacific imagination.With creative spirits such as Janet Frame, Ralph Hotere, Robin White, John Pule and Epeli Hau'ofa as touchstones, O'Brien suggests how we New Zealanders might be re-imagining ourselves as an oceanic people on a small island in a big piece of water.Always Song in the Water is a book of encounters, sightings and unexpected epiphanies. It is a high-spirited, personal and inventive account of being alive at the outer extremities of Aotearoa New Zealand. 'This is my field notebook, my voyaging logbook,' Gregory O'Brien writes, 'this is my Schubert played on a barrel organ, my whale survey, my songbook.'Among the many artists whose work is featured are John Pule, Robin White, Phil Dadson, Fiona Hall, Euan Macleod, Laurence Aberhart and the Sydney-based painter Noel McKenna, who produced numerous works specifically for this book.

Format: Paperback
Price: $45.00

ISBN: 9780473530686
Title: Anxious Autumn - A Covid 19 Lockdown Diary
Author: MCLEAN CHRIS

Anxious Autumn tells just a small part of a nationwide story; how one couple in a provincial city lived through a strange and historic period, when the traffic stopped, the skies cleared of pollution and the natural world reasserted itself. Historian Chris Maclean’s readable record of lockdown life focuses on both the domestic - food, alcohol and Netflix - and the wider national and international picture as the world changed with frightening speed. Some leaders, like New Zealand’s, shone in the crisis; many others were found wanting. The author’s experiences are complemented by guest writer entries and interviews to provide a diversity of lockdown experiences.

Format: Paperback
Price: $30.00

ISBN: 9780143771234
Title: Art of Simple
Author: OZICH ELEANOR

When Eleanor Ozich moved to the outskirts of the city with her husband and young family she set about enjoying a much calmer way of life. Shedding unnecessary clutter and adopting a simpler style of living, Eleanor found herself with more time and energy to appreciate her family and friends and the natural beauty that surrounded her ... Eleanor shares recipes and ideas she has embraced in her quest to cherish lifés simple pleasures. Alongside recipes for nourishing meals yoúll find practical ideas to declutter your home, get your children to sleep and bring order to your day.There are also instructions for making natural beauty products and household cleaners, which promise to cost you less and be kinder to you and the environment.

Format: Hardback
Price: $40.00

ISBN: 9781776562947
Title: Assessment of Mental Capacity: A NZ Guide for Doctors & Lawyers
Author: DOUGLAS ALISON; YOUNG GREG; MCMILLAN JOHN

The ability to make decisions and take actions that influence our life is critically important and ranges from simple everyday choices about what to have for breakfast, to far-reaching decisions about health care, personal or financial matters. When our ability to make our own decisions is impaired, whether due to dementia, learning or intellectual disability, mental illness or brain injury, that might mean we are not able to make decisions for ourselves. So, there is a need for clear assessment processes to help decide whether someone has the capacity to make their own decisions, who should make decisions on their behalf, and on what basis such decisions should be made.

The guidance in this book has been written to serve the needs of doctors, lawyers, health professionals, families and whanau. It was written by experts from a range of disciplines including law, medicine and ethics, and is based on the Toolkit for Assessing Capacity. It combines an explanation of the law, case studies and practical guidance for health and legal professionals about capacity, how it is assessed, and what supporting people with impaired capacity means in practice.

Format: Paperback
Price: $50.00

ISBN: 9780947493349
Title: Barry Brickell Reader
Author: BRICKELL BARRY O'BRIEN GREG (ED & INTRO)

A Barry Brickell Reader illuminates not the pottery Barry Brickell is known for, but another facet of his genius: his ‘wrertings’. Reflecting the extrusions, bulges, crevasses and bobbles, his poetry — like his pots — can be mildly offensive, but they contain the same virtues Barry associated with rail travel: sensuality, rhythm, vibration and warmth.

Here, Barry’s great creative output is laid out expansively, accompanied by a photoessay of Barry doing what he did best: working.



The real me

Why do you
keep on
telling me
I’m something
that I’m not?
Nottapotta,
not an engineer,
not an artist,
nottawriter,
Not even
a real man —
just a wrerter,
a ceramiccissist,
mudslinger
and an oddity —
which is
closer
to the actual
truth?


Format: Paperback
Price: $30.00

ISBN: 9781785043567
Title: Better Brain: Overcome Anxiety, Combat Depression, & Reduce ADHD & Stress with Nutrition
Author: RUCKLIDGE JULIA

• The ideal diet for your brain: rich in fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.
• More than 30 delicious, mood-boosting recipes.
• Crucial advice on when to supplement and how.

Format: Trade paperback
Price: $40.00

ISBN: 9780473570187
Title: Better For You: Entrepreneurs Who Broke Big Soda's Stranglehold on the USA & NZ
Author: LEWIS LISA A.

...there was an unwavering belief in the goodness of milk and orange juice. Soda energized and pleased palates without suspicion. THEN CAME A RECKONING... BETTER FOR YOU examines the rise of a global healthy drinks market and presents case histories of entrepreneurs who dared to create “better for you” beverages… enduring American brands and burgeoning New Zealand lifestyle drinks, Phoenix Organic, Karma Cola, Chia Sisters, Aotea Native Tonics & King of Kiwi. How did Phoenix Organic, an iconic Kiwi brand, come to be foreign-owned? How is Karma Cola going head-to-head with Big Soda? How does leadership from Chia Sisters founders dismantle Tall Poppy culture? Why did a successful Maori-led drink brand choose to forgo export? Included in BETTER FOR YOU is a “behind the scenes” account of Kiwi, Glenn Elliott, who travels to the USA to “give it a go” with his artisanal kiwifruit drink brand. Much more than a business book, BETTER FOR YOU, shows connections between products and consumers, Americans and Kiwis, and posits how commerce can relate to leading authentic, healthy, and responsible lives.

Format: Paperback
Price: $35.00

ISBN: 9781775541615
Title: Big Dog Small Dog: Make Your Dog Happier by Being Understood
Author: MCINTYRE SELINA


Format: Trade paperback
Price: $38.00

ISBN: 9780947492434
Title: Big Smoke: NZ Cities 1840–1920
Author: SCHRADER BEN

Unlike in Europe, North America, Australia and elsewhere, urban history has never been sustained as a distinct field of scholarship in New Zealand. This is surprising, considering that since the early twentieth century most New Zealanders have lived in towns and cities – 86 per cent were urban in 2014. Yet we know surprisingly little about these urban dwellers and the spaces in which they lived.

The pursuit of city life is one of the most important untold stories of New Zealand. The Big Smoke is the first comprehensive history to tell this story, presenting a dynamic and highly illustrated account of city life from 1840 to 1920.

It explores such questions as: what did cities look like and how did they change; why were women especially drawn to live in cities; in what ways did Maori experience and shape cities; how far was the street a living room and stage for city life; and why did New Zealand so quickly became a nation of townspeople?

At a time of national debate over housing and the growth of our cities, Ben Schrader’s superb new history reveals how our urban origins have shaped the people we are today.

Format: Paperback
Price: $60.00

ISBN: 9780473474959
Title: Billion Dollar Bonfire
Author: LEE CHRIS

The collapse of South Canterbury Finance (SCF) is one of the biggest New Zealand stories of the last decade. The sweep of events, from Timaru to the Beehive, include some of the most revealing moments on issues critical to this country - everything from poor governance and systemic issues in the finance sector, through to the structural risks this exposed and the costs it ultimately presented to all New Zealanders. There has not yet been a book that has attempted to tell this story, certainly not one from an `insider' perspective. The Billion Dollar Bonfire by Chris Lee will be the first book to do both these things. Chris tells this fascinating story as both a long-standing New Zealand financial advisor and a protagonist in the narrative. As he writes in the opening chapter, he knew Alan Hubbard personally and, from the late 1990s, had clients invest with SCF. His main motivation for writing the book, made explicit throughout, is his overriding concern that this could all happen again without significant changes to our law and the culture of the capital markets industry. The book is underpinned by substantial research: thousands of documents - including new material from OIAs and other sources - and interviews, both public and anonymous, with many of the key figures.

Format: Trade paperback
Price: $40.00

ISBN: 9781988547695
Title: Book of Angst: Understand & Manage Anxiety
Author: SMITH GWENDOLINE

From the author of international bestsellers The Book of Knowing and The Book of Overthinking.

Format: Paperback
Price: $25.00

ISBN: 9781988547107
Title: Book of Knowing: Know How You Think, Change How You Feel
Author: SMITH GWENDOLINE

Learn to understand the way you think and you will create resilience and be able to deal with many of the unnecessary anxieties of life.
Written in an accessible and humorous style, this book teaches you to know what's going on in your mind and how to get your feelings under control. It'll help you adapt and feel better about your place in the world.

Psychologist Gwendoline Smith uses her broad scientific knowledge and experience to explain in clear and simple language what's going on when you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious and confused.

Originally aimed at young people, this book works for anyone because it helps you work out what is going on in your mind and how you can take control of your feelings. It's relevant whether you have a diagnosed condition or whether you are just experiencing life as too difficult right now.

Based on the school of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy this is scientific and logic-based, but also straight-forward and practical.

Format: Paperback
Price: $25.00

ISBN: 9781988531533
Title: Braided River: Migration & the Personal Essay
Author: COMER DIANE

'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 personal essay, 'The Braided River' presents migration as a lifelong experience that affects everything from language, home, work, family and friendship to finances, citizenship and social benefits. Like migrants themselves, 'The Braided River' crosses boundaries, working at the intersections of literature, history, philosophy and sociology to discuss questions of identity and belonging.& Throughout, Diane Comer, both migrant and essayist herself, demonstrates the versatility of the personal essay as a means to analyse and understand migration, an issue with increasing relevance worldwide.& &

Format: Paperback
Price: $35.00

ISBN: 9781988547497
Title: Brothers in Black: the Long History of Brotherhood in NZ Rugby
Author: WALL JAMIE

There's an astounding number of brothers playing in top level rugby in New Zealand. How is this so? What's it like for the siblings: do they compete with each other or do they support each other? Is there a particular climate in some families that encourages this success?

'Splendid, comprehensive, insightful and entertaining' Brian Turner, Newsroom

'An engaging and delightful read' John Campbell, TVNZ



Format: Paperback
Price: $25.00

ISBN: 9780994136091
Title: Business Revolution: The first two decades of National Business Review 1970-1991
Author: RENNIE HUGH


Format: Paperback
Price: $35.00

ISBN: 9781080976744
Title: Case for Cannabis Law Reform
Author: MCLEOD VINCE

The Case For Cannabis Law Reform makes the comprehensive argument for reforming our cannabis laws. Across 58 fully-referenced chapters, this book covers the practical, moral, economic, cultural, medicinal, historical and spiritual reasons to repeal cannabis prohibition - among others Compiled by former Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party Membership Secretary Vince McLeod, this book contains all the arguments one could possibly have for wanting to reform our cannabis laws. It is the result of over a decade of experience in fighting for cannabis law reform.

Format: Paperback
Price: $35.00

ISBN: 9781927277751
Title: Child Poverty Debate: Myths, Misconceptions & Misunderstandings
Author: BOSTON JONATHAN & CHAPPLE SIMON

What is child poverty, what evidence is there of such poverty in New Zealand and why does it matter? These questions regularly attract answers accompanied by conjecture and prejudice. This short book uses the latest evidence and a non-partisan approach, identifying child poverty as a critical issue for New Zealand’s future. Jonathan Boston and Simon Chapple’s succinct introduction to this challenge, drawn from their widely acclaimed full-length book and updated with new data, is essential reading.

Format: Paperback
Price: $15.00

ISBN: 9781877429323
Title: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: M.E. Symptoms, Diagnosis, Management
Author: VALLINGS ROSAMUND

Often known as ‘ME’, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is notoriously difficult to diagnose and treat, yet its effects are profound, and often prolonged and debilitating. Dr Rosamund Vallings has been helping those with this condition for more than 40 years. Here she explains the illness and how it affects the body’s many systems and functions. She also provides advice on how to cope with the disorder and make the necessary lifestyle changes.

Format: Paperback
Price: $50.00

ISBN: 9781988547633
Title: Climate Aotearoa: What's Happening & What We Can Do About It
Author: CLARK HELEN (EDITOR)

Contributions from a range of climate scientists and commentators Rob Bell, Jason Boberg, Adelia Hallett, Sophie Handford, Rhys Jones, Haylee Koroi, Matt McGlone, Jamie Morton, Rod Oram, Jim Salinger, Kera Sherwood-O'Regan, Simon Thrush and Andrew Jeffs.

Climate Aotearoa outlines the climate situation as it is now, and as it will be in the years to come. It describes the likely impact on the environment and on our day-to-day living situation.

It suggests the changes you can make for maximum impact, what we should be asking of our government and what we should be asking of our business community. In doing so, this is a hopeful book - actions can make a difference.

Format: Trade paperback
Price: $37.00

ISBN: 9780473515171
Title: Cohousing for Life
Author: ALLISON ROBIN

In "Cohousing for Life", architect Robin Allison describes her journey from lonely mother of two in the suburbs to determined driver of the development of New Zealand's first cohousing community. It is a very personal story of a collective endeavour, a heroic journey of despair and triumph, as the obstacles mount and success at times feels far from certain. "Cohousing for Life" is also a distillation of what has been learnt: from formulating an inspiring vision to community governance and decision making; from community design principles to participatory design processes; from legal and financial structures to reflections on power and leadership. Robin details the key elements and structures that were critical to achieving their goal, allowing a group of diverse individuals with ordinary lives and skills to work together over many years to create a large, innovative, housing development.

Format: Paperback
Price: $50.00

ISBN: 9781869694531
Title: Colonising Myths Maori Realities
Author: MIKAERE ANI

This book brings together a series of papers by Ani Mikaere that reflect on the effect of Pakeha law, legal processes and teaching on Maori legal thought and practice. She discusses issues such as the ability of Maori to achieve justice when Maori law is marginalised; the need to confront racism in thinking, processes and structures; the impact of interpretations of the Treaty of Waitangi; the difficulty of redressing harm to Maori within the Pakeha legal system; and the importance of reinstating tikanga at the heart of Maori legal thinking and practice.

Format: Paperback
Price: $45.00

ISBN: 9780995138759
Title: Coming Home: An Ignation Journey
Author: COWLEY JOY

A book does not come from one person, but from the multitude that creates the author’s experience. For this book, specific gratitude goes to two friends – Vera Egermayer for her sensitive photography and to Fr James Lyons for his editorial skills. Support for the writing came from many sources, women on spiritual journey, the New Zealand Ignation Spirituality team, and my dear husband Terry. It all comes together with the Presence I cannot name.

Format: Paperback
Price: $25.00