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New Release

Parenting the Difficult Child The 12-week program for a happier home

Stuart Passmore 9781921966842 | 9¼ x 6 inch | Paperback | 256 pages (TBC)

Being a parent can be tough and there are times when you just don’t have all the answers. For parents who find themselves faced with a seemingly endless spiral of conflict, poor behaviour and ineffective discipline, this is the evidence-based parenting program they’ve been waiting for. Divided into 12 sessions, it first focuses on developing a strong relationship between parent and child. Once a firm foundation of parenting strategies has been developed, the program then moves onto effective discipline. The discipline program is designed so that it is self-sustaining and allows the parent to step back from what is often an emotionally charged situation and instead use predetermined consequences. It also emphasises teaching children ownership of their behaviour. The beauty of this program is that the principles can be used in each of the child’s environments (at home, at school, with grandparents, etc), while it has also been designed so that any parent can use it as well as those with children who have been diagnosed with behavioural disorders such as ADHD, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, or explosive and non-compliant behaviour.

THE CONFIDENCE COACH Take control of your life and wellbeing Lisa Phillips

I-Power

The Freedom to Be Me George Dieter 9781921966835 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 232 pages

Approach life with a boundary focus and discover that nobody can ‘make’ you feel or do anything; only you are responsible for you feel. You will be able to switch your rational brain on, and your emotional brain off, when making decisions or facing challenges. You will also be far better placed to minimise stress. By implementing boundaries so that you take responsibility only for yourself, you will lessen interpersonal conflict, and greatly enhance your feelings of contentment, fulfillment and balance. Written by a psychologist who has seen how the application of Boundary Theory has transformed his clients lives for the better, this book is essential reading for anyone looking to live a calmer, less stressful life without interpersonal conflict or emotional angst. George Dieter has a Masters degree in the psychology of coaching, a Masters degree in psychology, and a Law degree. He is currently the principal psychologist at a private practice specialising in relationship, child and adolescent counselling. George has presented papers at national and international conferences, as well as authoring a publication on issues confronting the juvenile justice system.

Speak Easy

The essential guide to speaking in public

Maggie Eyre

9781921966743 | 210 x 170mm | Paperback | 196 pp

Rights: English language Malaysia, Singapore 9781921966859 | 9¼ x 6 inch | Paperback | 236 pages

Lisa Phillips is the founder of Amazing Coaching, an organisation that promotes self-confidence and empowerment around the world. With her genuine passion for educating individuals to take control of their own life and wellbeing, Lisa is a regular on radio and television, and is a sought-after speaker in both the private and business sectors.

Confidence — a crucial ingredient for success in so many areas of life, whether at work, in relationships or simply getting out there and enjoying yourself. Confidence coach Lisa Phillips knows that confidence is really ‘an inside job’, and that by adopting the right mindset and learning a few tricks, people can release the fears and blockages that may have previously held them back. Written in Lisa’s trademark warm and humorous style, The Confidence Coach will enable you to open the door to the life you want. Case studies are included throughout as well as practical exercises and Top Tips for unlocking your inner confidence.

Surveys show that for many people public speaking is the most frightening experience they will ever face. How do you prepare for a speaking engagement? What do you need to know about your body, your voice, the audience, the technology? The book includes chapters on body language, voice, health, fear, warming up, managing your audience, media skills, grooming and learning your lines. The text is illustrated with many anecdotes and case studies based on Maggie’s own work and experience, with useful tips and summaries. Practical and authoritative, this is the ideal book for anyone facing a business presentation or an after-dinner speech. Maggie Eyre is communications consultant and media trainer, specialising in public relations, corporate training and presentation skills. She has trained many captains of industry, media personalities and public figures, most notably New Zealand ex-Prime Minister Helen Clark.

New Release

JUICE IT! blend it! Lisa Craven

9781921966804 | 10¼ x 8¼ inch | Hardback | 144 pp

The complete reference guide to incorporating plant foods into your everyday diet, Juice It! Blend It! will transform your life one drink at a time! In eight chapters, juice enthusiast Lisa Craven outlines the six Ws of juicing: who should juice, what you should put in your juice, where you should juice, when you should juice, why you should juice, and which type of juicer or blender to purchase. Each chapter combines facts and fun tips with fabulous recipes designed to target specific needs, ranging from afternoon pick-me-ups and immune boosters to stress busters and deep cleansers. In addi-tion, Lisa includes numerous family friendly recipes that will see kids gulping down their veggies without even knowing it!

The Mindful Home Dr Craig Hassed & Deirdre Hassed

9781921966811 | 9 x 7¼ inch | Hardcover | Cased & Jacketed | 242 pp

A house is merely physical but a home is far more subtle and elusive. This book takes the view that being ‘at home’ is a metaphor for finding ourselves — finding our core. What do we find at our core? Well, if the world’s great wisdom traditions have anything to say about it then home is about qualities that we could equate with ‘good’ itself — true happiness, peace, beauty, wisdom and inspiration. It is also about the good things in life such as harmony, relationships, health and wealth. So, how are we to find our core and create a home that reminds us of the qualities associated with it? That is where the practice of mindfulness comes in! By exploring the ways in which we feed our mind and our heart through our senses, how we use space, the practicalities of managing a home, and how we can live a healthy and sustainable life at home, The Mindful Home will enable us to shape the living space we really want, creating an environment that both nurtures and invigorates us, while meeting our needs.

Understanding Autism

Prof Katrina Williams and Prof Jacqueline Roberts 9781921966729 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 240 pp

Lisa Craven is a juice devotee from New York City. She developed her passion for juicing eight years ago when, at a friend’s apartment in New York, she decided she needed a wine-free night and instead tried a green juice. She’s never looked back! Lisa is passionate about wellbeing and keeping life in balance. With over 15 years of experience in Human Resources and Talent, her career focus has always been on keeping employees healthy and well balanced at work. She is a life coach, yoga teacher and a champion for wellness in the workplace. Now resident in Sydney, Australia, she returns regularly to the US.

The essential reference for parents and carers of children with autism. Written by two leading experts in the field, it covers everything from causes to how the condition manifests at the various ages and stages of a child’s life, as well as diet and nutrition, the importance of self-care for parents, how to cope with common problematic behaviours, other conditions that often appear in conjunction with autism (such as anxiety and depression), and how best to manage the child’s transition to adulthood.

New Release

Inspiration for the Heart

Mindful Relationships

Kate Kippenberger

Dr. Richard Chambers & Margie Ulbrick

“” 9781921966781 | 9¼ x 6 inch | Paperback | 246 pages (TBC)

9781921966903 | 138 x 105mm | Cased & Jacketed | 192 pp

Creating genuine connections with ourselves and others

Often our lives are so busy we forget to reflect on the important issues that underpin our relationships, careers and family life. By reading a thought each day from this wise little book, we can stop for a moment and consider just where we are and how we are really doing. Do we have our lives in balance? Are we being reasonable in our dealings with other people? Inspiration for the Heart covers a wide range of areas, from friendship, diet and personal responsibility to tolerance, envy and injustice. Simple yet profound, these thoughts have already helped thousands of readers; they can help you too.

Inspiration for the Soul Kate Kippenberger

9781921966897 | 138 x 105mm | Cased & Jacketed | 192 pp

Sometimes we are just too busy to reflect on the really important things in our lives: relationships, truth, respect for others, love, family, tolerance, and a host of other issues and concerns that affect the way we live. This book provides a thought each day to help busy people focus on the things that really matter. Each new page has a new thought. Read one each day and reflect. You will nourish your soul and learn wisdom. Kate Kippenberger writes a daily column for The Press newspaper in Christchurch, New Zealand. She was inspired to write the column after coping and dealing with very difficult life circumstances (her mother died on her 25th birthday, her aunt died a couple of years later - both of breast cancer - and her father has terminal prostate cancer). She has a masters degree in applied psychology, is married with one child and lives in Dunedin. Her first book, Soul Food, was a best-seller and sold internationally.

We are now experiencing what is being called ‘the mindfulness revolution’, as increasingly people become aware of the benefits of mindfulness in all aspects of daily life. This book focuses on individuals, couples, families, groups and businesses to provide a practical guide for using mindfulness to enrich relationships and more effectively manage the stresses associated with dispute resolution and conflict.

The authors clearly and engagingly explore how we can use mindfulness to: • develop a more compassionate, friendly relationship with ourselves and others • increase awareness of our own and others’ relational patterns • calm and soothe our emotions and be there for others • communicate more effectively • enhance connection and empathy • reduce defensive patterns, allowing for more authenticity, and • work effectively within families and larger systems such as workplaces. Case studies are included throughout to highlight key principles, as well as practical exercises to enable the reader to develop their mindfulness skills.

Dr Richard Chambers is a clinical psychologist in private practice, specializing in mindfulness-based therapies. He is also an internationally recognized expert in mindfulness. Dr Chambers is pioneering a university-wide mindfulness approach at Melbourne’s Monash University and consults to a growing number of educational institutions, businesses, sporting clubs and community organizations. He is a developer of the Smiling Mind app and co-author of Mindful Learning. Margie Ulbrickis a collaborative family lawyer, relationship counsellor, psychotherapist and writer. Trained in Family Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Law and Collaborative Practice, she has many years’ experience working to help people create sustaining and nurturing relationships and work towards maximizing optimum health in families. Margie’s articles have been published on websites and injournals, newspapers and magazines.

Exisle Kids

TOTTIE AND DOT

I DON’T LIKE CHEESE

9781921966491 | 245 x 255mm | Hardback | 32 pp September 2014

9781921966668 | 245 x 255mm | Hardback | 24 pp December 2014

Tania McCartney and Tina Snerling

“” Will Tottie and Dot realise the importance of their friendship before it’s too late?

Tottie and Dot are two little girls living side by side. Life is very peaceful until one day the girls begin competing with each other to create the best house. As the story unfolds, jealousy takes hold and their competitive spirit gets increasingly out of control. Will Tottie and Dot realise the importance of their friendship before it’s too late? Each girl’s house is shown over a series of exquisitely illustrated double-page spreads, perfectly complementing the simple storyline that will provide children aged 4–7 with hours of entertainment, as well as a valuable lesson in life.

PEAS IN A POD

Tania McCartney and Tina Snerling 9781921966712 | 245 x 255mm | Hardback | 32 pp June 2015

“” By the bestselling creative team behind An Aussie Year and Tottie and Dot.

Pippa, Pia, Poppy, Polly and Peg are quintuplets. Since birth, they’ve done everything the same — cry, eat, sleep, sit. But as they get a little older, things start to change. Now they want to do things differently — very differently. Can mum and dad keep their little girls as matching peas in a pod, or will those five very individual personalities win out in the end?

Hannah Chandler and Lauren Merrick

“This is about a mouse called Mike, who is a fusspot and won’t eat the cheese that his mum gives him. Ashley is a little girl who gives Mike food each night. She gives him tacos and pizza and pies, but one day she goes on holiday and Mike gets so hungry he has to eat cheese. The best bit is when he refuses to eat the cake made out of cheese for his birthday. I also like the bit when he decides he likes cheese and realises that lots of things Ashely gives him have some cheese in them, like pizza. It is ridiculous mice always like cheese. I liked the picture of their house. This book made me happy because I liked it. I keep I Don’t Like Cheese with my special things”. Jasper, aged 5, in School’s Out: a supplement that appears in The West Australian.

This delightful picture book explores how even the fussiest eaters can be tempted to try new flavours. Author Hannah Chandler was just 11 years old when she wrote the story. Now aged 12, she already has ideas for a sequel.

DON’T THINK ABOUT PURPLE ELEPHANTS Susan Whelan and Gwynneth Jones

9781921966699 | 245 x 255mm | Hardback | 32 pp April 2015

“ ” Whimsical and humorous, this little girl’s story of finding a way to ease her worry will resonate with children and parents everywhere.

During the day, Sophie is busy and happy, but sometimes at night she can’t stop worrying. She worries so much that it keeps her awake. Her family all try to help, but their advice just makes Sophie worry more. Until her mother thinks of a new approach.

Exisle YA

Coolmind

I Just Get So … Angry!

The young person’s guide to a calmer life

Dealing with anger and other strong emotions for teenagers

David Keefe

Timothy and Sandra Bowden

Rights: Arabic, North America, Poland

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9781921966217 | 234 x 153mm | Paperback | 112 pp

9781921497933 | 138 x 105mm | Paperback | 120 pp

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The ultimate young person’s guide for remaining cool, calm and collected in challenging situations. - Family Care NZ

Are you fed up with being nervous and full of self-doubt? Do you wonder how you will ever get to feel confident and comfortable with yourself? Are you bursting with energy to try something new … but the same old nerves and doubts freeze you up? If any of these situations seem familiar to you, then this little book is all about the art of relaxing, the art of becoming consciously cool to rise above stress. In as little as three minutes a day, author David Keefe will show you how to gain mental calm and clarity in any situation by selecting from the techniques outlined here. Written specifically for teens, this is the ‘Little Book of Calm’ for the leaders of tomorrow.

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In our world of increasing pace and pressures, this book is perfect for not only teenagers, but all of us. - Buzz Words e-zine

Today’s teenagers struggle with issues of anger, depression and anxiety, grief, substance abuse, friendship and body image problems. Using the simple techniques of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) (the subject of Dr Russ Harris’s bestselling The Happiness Trap), young people can develop effective, flexible coping skills that build mental resilience and equip them to deal with life’s challenges. By following Andy on his journey of self-discovery, as he learns how to stand up to his own emotional Beast, adolescents will absorb these all-important techniques in an easily accessible way and feel more confident about tackling their own problems and changing how they view the world.

I Just Want to be … Me! Building resilience in young people Timothy and Sandra Bowden Rights: Dutch

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9781921497476 | 170 x 245mm | Paperback | 64 pp

I hope one day it becomes required reading in all schools: how much healthier our society would be if we could all learn these lessons early in life.

- Dr Russ Harris , Bestselling author of ‘The Happiness Trap’

Children (aged 10-14) deal with a range of issues, including low self-esteem, anxiety, and poor body image. By following Holly through her encounters with monsters, symbolising her inner doubts and worries, children will learn how to deal with their own issues, develop a more resilient attitude, and achieve better emotional balance.

Parenting

The ADHD Handbook

Smart Start

How exercise can transform your child’s life

What every parent needs to know to get the best for their child

Margaret Sassé Rights: China, North America, Poland, Taiwan, Dutch, Romania, Estonia, Italy, Thailand, Korea

Stuart Passmore BSc (Psych.), Honours (Psych.), Cert. Psych. Counsel.

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9781921497186 | 234 x 173mm Paperback | 160 pp

9781921966118 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 264 pp

This classic international bestseller is a practical guide for parents on how to give their children the best start in life, with down-to-earth advice on diet and exercise to encourage optimum physical and intellectual development. The book is carefully organised to provide a step-by-step programme for each year. Simply written, and attractively presented with dozens of lively illustrations and practical exercises, it will soon become an indispensable tool in raising your child.

This is a must read reference for parents, teachers and medical professionals.

School Start

- Get Ahead Kids

Lynn Jenkins BA (Hons), MPsych (Clin) 9781921966446

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood conditions worldwide, with a wealth of conflicting advice on all sides. What most parents want is to know is what is happening to their child and how they can help. This handbook draws upon up-to-date research from around the world to present a comprehensive overview of the condition, everything from how it is diagnosed to common myths surrounding its cause; from the brain anatomy implicated to the pros and cons of various types of medication; from the most effective psychotherapies to best parenting techniques. It includes chapters that look at the experience from the sufferer’s point of view, as well as facts and myths surrounding ADHD in adults.

Nurturing a Healthy Mind Doing what matters most for your child’s developing brain

Michael C. Nagel PhD 9781921966026 | 248pp 234 x 153mm | Paperback

Advances in technology and science have taught us a great deal and this book supports the growing consensus that research on brain development is relevant to parenting, with child rearing and education being shaped by new understandings of the human brain. Nurturing a Healthy Mind, with its easy-to-understand format, gives parents and early caregivers a great opportunity to tap into this research and provide the best environment possible for healthy child development.

Starting school can be an anxious time for both children and parents! Studies increasingly show that children who have good emotional skills are far better equipped to meet any challenges and develop resilience in the face of any setbacks. And it’s parents and carers who are the key people in helping children to develop these strong emotional foundations. By focusing on your child’s emotional and social needs, School Start enables you to understand your child’s brain development and how this impacts on their emotional intelligence. It also offers practical strategies for how you can help your child to: deal with anxiety, initiate new friendships, cope when things don’t go to plan, deal with bullying, accept that people have different strengths and weaknesses, and develop resilience.

Best Start

Understanding your baby’s emotional needs to create the best beginnings Lynn Jenkins BA (Hons), MPsych (Clin) Rights: Vietnam, Poland 9781921497896 | 198 x 128mm | Paperback | 140 pp

In Best Start, psychologist Lynn Jenkins looks at how a person’s emotional foundations are formed in babyhood and the power that these foundations have over the way in which the child develops. She begins by examining how a baby’s brain is shaped to support developing self-concepts before moving on to outline what a baby needs in order to develop a positive idea of themselves. Most importantly, she explains to parents what they can do to meet those needs, ensuring that their child experiences the best start in life.

Parenting

Self-Help

Raising Stress-Proof Kids

Growing Yourself Up

Shelley Davidow MSEd

Jenny Brown MSW

Rights: Vietnam, North America

Rights: Dutch, North America

9781921966408 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 240 pp

9781921497971 | 234 x 153mm | Paperback | 256 pp

Stress is rising alarmingly in our children, both at school and at home, but most of the time we’re unaware that many of our children are chronically stressed.

All of life’s relationships are integral to increasing self-awareness and growing maturity — and it’s not necessarily the comfortable ones that promote personal growth.

Parenting today’s children for tomorrow’s world

How to bring your best to all of life’s relationships

Drawing on cutting-edge research from California’s Institute of HeartMath, alongside her own extensive experience working with children and teens, Shelley Davidow explores the powerful and potentially long-term effects of stress on our kids. Most importantly, this book offers simple but effective steps that parents can take to minimise the impact of stress at home and at school. These include tools from the author’s ‘Restorative Parenting Toolbox’, empowering parents with the necessary skills. A must-read for every parent who wants to raise smart, emotionally stable, responsible, stress-proof kids!

Lessons From My Child Parents’ experiences of life with a disabled child

Cindy Dowling, Neil Nicoll and Bernadette Thomas Rights: North America, UK, Japan 9781921966385 | 215 x 153mm | Paperback | 224 pp

Drawing from Bowen family systems theory, this book takes you on a journey through each stage of life to see the predictable patterns of relationships and to show how to use this knowledge to make purposeful adjustments in yourself. The result, though certainly not a quick fix, is a sturdier self, sturdier relationships and a refreshing new way of viewing life’s challenges and opportunities.

The 1000 Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask Yourself That make life work for you Alyss Thomas Rights: UK, China, Taiwan, South Korea, India, Thailand, Dutch, Brazil, South Africa, South Korea, Estonia, Hungary, North America, Arabic, Romania. English language Malaysia/Singapore 9781921497322 | 210 x 138mm | Paperback | 248 pp

Lessons from my Child is a collection of stories gathered from parents of special-needs children from around the world. In their own words, these parents speak openly and honestly about raising a child with intellectual or physical disabilities. These accounts from parents allow rare insights into the challenges of their world and reveal the extraordinary rollercoaster of emotions many face daily. What emerges is a testament to human determination and a powerful reaffirmation of the strength of love.

This is the intelligent person’s self-help book that assumes you are the expert on your own life. It is based on a lifetime’s research and experience combined with an understanding and a respect for the best work in the fields of personal development, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and psychology – but it doesn’t stop there. It also identifies the principles underlying selfhelp so you can apply them yourself to any situation in a format that provides a complete workout for many aspects of your thinking, attitudes, feelings and behaviours and the results you get in life.

Self-Help

Release Your Worries

When Happiness is Not Enough

A guide to letting go of stress and anxiety

Balancing pleasure and achievement in your life

Dr Cate Howell and Dr Michele Murphy

Chris Skellett Rights: Vietnam, India, English language Malaysia/Singapore

Rights: UK

9781921497179 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 240 pp

9781921497438 | 234 x 153mm | Paperback | 288 pp

This comprehensive, accessible and enjoyable book examines the nature of stress and anxiety before going on to cover a range of strategies and approaches for dealing with them. The authors recognise every individual is different and will choose different options. Case studies are included, the issue of medication is addressed and the importance of a healthy lifestyle is highlighted. The authors have drawn on both their clinical research and teaching work in the field, making use of the most upto-date psychological approaches, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Happiness is such a simple, unifying concept; we all want to be happy. We all want to die happy. But do we really know what happiness is? This book helps us discriminate clearly between two fundamental types of happiness. It helps us know ourselves better and to make active choices towards a more fulfilling life. The central theme here is that the simple concept of plain ‘happiness’ is not enough. Instead, complete happiness is to be found by blending feelings of sensory pleasure with feelings of satisfaction through achievement. We learn to balance the excitable pleasure of the moment with the deeper satisfaction of achieving our established goals in life.

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Skellett informs and elucidates without either patronising the reader or losing them in a jungle of jargon.

Dreams Speak

But what are they really saying?

Therese E. Duckett Rights: Korean, China, Taiwan, India 9781921497377 | 234 x 153mm | Paperback | 192 pages

- Timaru Courier

Chris Skellett, educated in the UK, has worked as a clinical psychologist for over 30 years. A fellow of the College of Clinical Psychologists and a distinguished clinician, Chris is now in private practice as a consultant psychologist and executive coach. Here, he has helped many clients apply the basic principles of living life well to the pressures of the corporate environment. Chris’s workshops are always well received, as he brings to them his trademark humour and insight.

The Power of the Second Question Finding simple truths for complex lives

In this enlightening book, Therese Duckett shows how our dreams are important in helping us understand our lives and improve our health and wellbeing. Using a host of examples from her own casework, she outlines the most common dream symbols (food, animals, death, clothing, vehicles, etc) and explains their significance. She also guides us through the fascinating dimension of the ‘collective unconscious’ mind and explains its importance to us all as human beings.

Popular psychologist and author Chris Skellett shows how to harness the power of personal reflection to capture the ‘simple truths’ about your world. Concise chapters provide ideas with examples and reviews of the importance of personal insight and celebrating the ‘aha!’ moments.

Simply written and with a direct application to all our lives, Dreams Speak is a wonderful tool for anyone either curious or concerned about their dreams.

You are then invited to reflect upon your own wisdom in key areas of your life. At the end of the process, you will have developed a much broader appreciation of who you are and what you have learned along life’s journey, enabling you to reset your life’s compass and pursue a course of renewed purpose and meaning. This book sets out simply how readers can make their lives better and happier.

Chris Skellett MSc Clin Psych Rights: English language Malaysia/Singapore 9781921966422 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 240 pp

Self-Help

Mindfulness at Work

Mindfulness for Life CD

How to avoid stress, achieve more and enjoy life

Techniques and applications

Dr Craig Hassed and Dr Stephen McKenzie

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Dr Stephen McKenzie

9781921966439 | Audio CD

Rights: North America, French 9781921966194 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 200 pp

Just a few minutes a day is all it takes to start being mindful.

Mindfulness at Work reveals how the practice of mindfulness — the ability to focus our attention on what is rather than be distracted by what isn’t — can be a powerful antidote to the distractions and stresses of our modern lives, especially our working lives.

Written by experts, Mindfulness for Life is the complete guide to learning how to master the art of paying attention to what is going on in our lives right now. This CD is designed to support the book and help you attain a state of full awareness in order to be more connected with your children, to work more efficiently, drive more safely and stress less. Total duration 50 minutes.

Written by an expert with years of clinical experience, this book provides examples of mindfulness in action in the workplace, while also looking at how its principles can be applied to specific professions, from sales and marketing to teaching, from law to medicine, from the trades to the creative arts.

Mindfulness for Life Dr Stephen McKenzie and Dr Craig Hassed

Rights: UK, English Language Malaysia/Singapore 9781921966033 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 312 pp

It’s only recently that science and clinical practice have discovered the profound potential of mindfulness-based practices for increasing our wellbeing.

Mindful Learning

Reduce stress and improve brain performance for effective learning Dr Craig Hassed and Dr Richard Chambers Rights: North America

Being unmindful means wasting our lifetime, missing important information, increasing our risk of physical and social accidents and communicating superficially with people. Importantly, it makes us unhappier than we realise and vulnerable to stress and poor mental health.

9781921966392 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 272 pp

This manual shows how to apply mindfulness techniques to your own life, whether you need help with medical conditions, personal development or spiritual development. It translates the scientific principles behind mindfulness into a simple, practical and accessible manual we can apply to every facet of life.

The authors provide practical insights and exercises on how to apply mindfulness in the educational setting, explaining out how to manage stress, improve performance and create better communication and relationships. Whatever your age, whatever your learning environment, mindfulness can make a positive difference.

Mindfulness is increasingly used in educational environments to help students learn more effectively, develop personally, enhance their physical and emotional health, and deal with study and exam-related demands.

Self-Help

The Happiness Trap

The Happiness Trap Pocketbook

Dr Russ Harris

Dr Russ Harris and Bev Aisbett

Rights: North America, UK, French , Italian, German, Dutch, Spain, Chinese, Taiwanese, Arabic, Indonesia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Russia, Turkey, South Korea, Mexico, Thailand, Brazil, Hungary, Estonia, Poland, India, Japan, Latin America Spanish, Lithuania, Macadonia

Rights: North America, Germany, UK, Korea, Denmark, Russia, Macedonia, Arabic, French, English Language Malaysia/Singapore

Stop struggling, start living

“ ” 9780908988907 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 284 pp

Harris certainly has broken the mould of the self-help book with this enthusiastic and unique approach to making the most of our lives. - British Journal of Psychology

Popular ideas about happiness are contributing directly to our current epidemic of stress, anxiety and depression. And popular psychological approaches are making it even worse. In this controversial but empowering self-help book, Dr Russ Harris reveals how millions of people are unwittingly caught in ‘the happiness trap’. He then provides an effective means of escape, through a revolutionary approach that has shaken the very foundations of Western psychology. A book for everyone, from CEOs to sales staff, and astronauts to housewives – whether you’re lacking confidence, facing illness, coping with loss, working in a high-stress job, suffering from anxiety or depression, or preparing for the performance of your life.

The Happiness Trap Value Cards ‘Values, Goals & Barriers’

These cards will enable you to not only clarify values, but set goals, create action plans, identify barriers, name unhelpful stories, develop willingness, and much more. The values cards each a) list a common value, b) include a humorous full-colour illustration to help explain it, and c) just for good measure, include a sentence or two explaining what the value means. Plus there are ten additional cards for purposes such as goal setting, identifying barriers, etc.

An illustrated guide on how to stop struggling and start living

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As most readers are time poor, this is an ideal book because of its cartoon format, exercises and text summaries. - Get Ahead Kids

Popular myths about happiness contribute directly to our epidemic of stress, anxiety and depression — and popular psychological remedies are making it even worse. In his original bestselling self-help book, Dr Russ Harris revealed how millions of people are unwittingly caught in ‘the happiness trap’. He then provided an effective means of escape: ACT (or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) based on the principles of mindfulness. Now he has joined forces with acclaimed self-help author and illustrator, Bev Aisbett to produce a highly illustrated, simpler and shorter version of the book that will not only resonate with readers of the original but also find a new audience for his empowering message.

Even if you read the original of this book, you’ll find this a great little refresher course. - Southland Times NZ

Self-Help

Enjoy Emotional Freedom Simple techniques for living life to the full

Steve Wells M.Psych and Dr David Lake Rights: French, India, Bulgaria 9781921497483 | 234 x 153mm | Paperback | 248 pp

Using a ground-breaking approach known as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and their own Simple Energy Techniques (SET), two leaders in the field of Energy Psychology show you simple, effective steps that will change your life forever. By tapping on your body’s meridian points, you can learn how to harness the power of energy to transform your health and wellbeing and experience lasting emotional freedom. It’s acupressure for the emotions!

Take Control of your Life. The five-step plan to health and happiness. Dr Gail Ratcliffe Rights: Thailand, Poland, Turkey, India 9780908988303 | 234 x 153mm | Paperback with flaps | 224 pages

Intuition

How to bring your best to all of life’s relationships Dr Cate Howell Rights: English language Malaysia/Singapore 9781921966057 | 210 x 170mm Paperback | 232 pp

Intuition is something most people would have experienced at one time or another but can we actively develop and better use it? Author Dr Cate Howell believes we can. In this 3-part book she explores the nature of intuition from different perspectives, including philosophy and psychology, religion and spirituality. She also looks at intuition in decision-making in business, health and teaching. Steps explored for developing intuition include meditation, mindfulness, creativity, kindness and service. The final part of the book looks at some issues related to intuition, and how the development of one’s intuition often seems to correlate with an increased sense of peace, purpose and joy in life.

Take Control of Your Life is based on the Five-Step Life Plan – a method of life planning and stress management that has been developed and refined in clinical practice for over thirteen years. The Five-Step Life Plan is a blueprint for taking control of your life. Not only does it deal with managing the unpleasant events in your world, but it also includes information about how to identify what kind of life you want, and how to achieve it.

The Creative SEED Unlock the power!

What Makes You Happy? How small changes can lead to big improvements in your life

Fiona Robards BSc MA MAATh MHA MPH Rights: English language Malaysia/Singapore , Turkey, Poland 9781921966316 | 210 x 170mm | Paperback | 264 pp

Lilian Wissink BA GradDipCounselling Rights: English language Malaysia/Singapore 9781921966255 | 210 x 170mm | Paperback | 240 pp

Even if you think you don’t have an ounce of creative flair, this book can discover and nurture a new, exciting dimension in your life and keep you on track for living your creative dream. The SEED approach is aimed at guiding beginners and established creators to clearly understand the nature of the creative process. Chapters provide case histories, questions and exercises to assist the reader in gaining self-awareness and practical skills to be active and successful in their creative expression.

What does happiness look like? And is the life you lead now bringing you closer to happiness? The good news is that many simple, positive, healthy choices and activities promote wellbeing. Fiona Robards is a psychologist and the things that make her happy are simple: a walk with a friend, a movie, travelling, watching waves rise and fall, kindness. Here she looks at ten areas of life, from finances to relationships, personal style to having fun, and through a series of practical exercises and searching questions guides us down the path to finding our own simple solutions to everyday happiness that brings calmer, richer lives.

Self-Help

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

Live and laugh with dementia

A practical guide to knowing what you want and making it happen

The essential guide to maximizing quality of life Lee-Fay Low BSc Psych (Hons), PhD

Shelley Brunskill-Matson

Rights: French language

9781921966651 | 210 x 170mm | Paperback | 176 pp

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Shelley Brunskill-Matson has written this book to challenge what she sees as ‘the waiting epidemic’. It is scary to step outside one’s comfort zone, so people tend to create reasons why they can’t do something yet, why they have to wait – maybe ‘until the children are older’ or for ‘when I have more time’ ... but, of course, the time is never ‘right’.

The author is a Sydney-based leading world authority in dementia and has lead research proving that laughter really can be the best medicine. This book helps you get there.

The Reality Slap

How to find fulfilment when life hurts

Dr Russ Harris Rights: North America, UK, French, German, Dutch, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Russia, India

This book is all about how to make life with dementia as positive as possible — to maximize quality of life for everyone involved including sufferers, family and carers. We can help them maintain their self-identity and relationships with others; slow the decline of their mental abilities by providing physical and mental stimulation; stave off boredom and experience happiness and pleasure. Dr Low’s book addresses attitudes towards the condition and provides tips for people with mild dementia to empower them to be active and keep as much control of their lives as possible.

9781921497261 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 240 pp

This highly practical book challenges readers to be honest about where they are in life, and what’s really stopping them from living the lives they want. Included are helpful checklists, searching questions to reﬂect upon, and encouragement to be actively involved in giving written responses to the issues raised. The ‘reality slap’ takes many different forms; sometimes it is so violent it’s more like a punch: the death of a loved one, a serious illness, a major injury, a freak accident, a shocking crime, a disabled child, the loss of a job; bankruptcy, betrayal, fire, flood, divorce or disaster. Sometimes it’s a little gentler: envy, loneliness, resentment, failure, disappointment or rejection. Whatever form it takes, it hurts — and most of us don’t deal with the pain very well. Based on a scientifically proven mindfulness-based approach called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), this book will teach you how to cope effectively when life hurts – not just how to survive, but how to thrive.

HOW TO GET A GOOD JOB AFTER 50

A step-by-step guide to job search success Rupert French 9781921966644 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 240 pp

The retirement age has been lifted but older job seekers are ﬁnding it increasingly difﬁcult to gain employment. In this book, job search guru Rupert French shows how mature-age job seekers can get past age discrimination and win not just any job, but the sort of job they really want. Step-by-step the entire process is explained using practical strategies that have been proven to be effective.

Health & Nutrition

The Healthy Skin Diet

The Eczema Diet

Your complete guide to beautiful skin in 8 weeks!

Eczema-safe food to stop the itch and prevent eczema for life

Karen Fischer BHSc, Dip. Nut.

Rights: North America, UK, Poland, Portugal, Taiwan, Latvia

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9781921966132 | 234 x 153mm | Paperback | 392 pp

9781921966460 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 288 pp

… this is an easy-to-follow program that will help you get the beautiful skin you always wanted. – Sophie Falkiner, television personality

The Healthy Skin Diet is designed to supply your body with the specific building materials to make gorgeous skin. Beautiful skin is created by a body that’s functioning properly; it’s not something exclusively reserved for the genetically blessed. You can have it too with this diet’s eight basic guidelines that take the guesswork out of creating clear skin. If you have acne, eczema, psoriasis, dandruff, rosacea, the odd pimple or simply want to prevent premature ageing and reduce the appearance of wrinkles, this is the book for you. You’ll also find the program works wonders for sinusitis, hay fever, asthma, arthritis and allergies.

Younger Skin in 28 Days The fast-track diet for beautiful skin and a cellulite-proof body

Karen Fischer BHSc, Dip. Nut. Rights: North America

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… a sound diet program designed to prevent nutritional deficiencies and support total body health and wellbeing. - Working Women Magazine

Beautiful skin is not only for the genetically blessed – everyone can enjoy the self-confidence that comes from looking their best, regardless of age. In this book, award-winning author, nutritionist Karen Fischer reveals how you can firm and tone your skin and take years off your appearance in a matter of weeks. Karen reveals the best skin-care products and supplements for younger skin, and includes a 3-day alkalising cleanse to fast-track your results as well as a 14-day menu plan featuring delicious, quick and easy recipes. It’s a nutritionally balanced health program that will help you start feeling younger as well.

Many of the standard health foods that are good for the skin actually increase the itch in eczema sufferers, making it a unique disorder. Current medications can also have undesirable side effects. Nutritionist, skin expert and a mother-of-two, Karen Fischer is known as the ‘last hope’ for eczema patients who have tried every therapy and cream to no avail. Inspired initially by her success in treating her own daughter’s eczema, for the last ten years Karen has treated eczema patients of all ages, including newborn babies. Now, in this second edition of her bestselling book, she brings you the results of her years of research and shares her tried-andtested solutions for this condition.

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Whether you have a mild patch of dermatitis or you’re enduring chronic eczema from head to toe, [this diet] shows you how to create beautiful skin for life. - Clean Eating Magazine

Healthy Family, Happy Family The complete healthy guide to feeding your family

Karen Fischer BHSc, Dip. Nut.

9781921497445 | 229 x 178mm | Paperback | 284 pp

A must-have manual for parents. - Australian Good Food Magazine

With just a few simple rules to follow, even busy and stressed parents can provide healthy food for their family every day. Nutritionist Karen Fischer shows you how to cook quick and delicious meals – many of them in bulk so you don’t have to cook every night. The book includes more than 100 recipes as well as weekly menus and detailed shopping lists, providing the keys to saving time and money. Lunchbox options, vegetarians and vegans, glutenfree, parties and picnics are all covered.

Health & Nutrition

Change the Way You Eat The psychology of food

Leanne Cooper BA (Psych/Ed), GCertHumNutr Rights: Poland 9781921966415 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 224 pp

For many people, food is no longer something to ‘enjoy’ as the stuff that nourishes us. It’s something to ‘control’, ‘do battle with’, all in a warped quest to live up to society’s photoshopped ideals. By examining the psychological factors that encourage us to eat more than we know we should — such as our personality type, inbuilt taste preferences and even our stage of life — as well as the tricks marketers use to influence what we eat, Change the Way You Eat provides the tools for readers to take ownership of their eating choices so that lifelong change can take place, resulting in long-term health and wellbeing.

Walking For Fitness, Pleasure and Health

A complete guide for women of all ages Helen Vause

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… the walker’s ultimate guide. - Clean Eating

For some serious motivation get a copy. - NZ Herald

Walking has a particular appeal to women as they adapt to the changing stages of life — from pushing prams or combating work stresses, to battling their bulges and warding off ailments in later life. It also suits women because it fits in with the balance of career and family, and because they like the social aspect of walking in small groups, talking, supporting each other and maintaining networks. Long-time walker Helen Vause provides chapters on how to start walking, selecting appropriate clothing and equipment, motivation, weight loss, nutrition, walking with children, pedometers, training for events, and much more. There’s something for walkers at all levels of expertise.

OPTIMUM HEALTH THE PALEO WAY Claire Yates BHSc

Rights: North America, Spain, Lithuania

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This is a book that I would recommend to anyone interested in starting a Paleo diet or someone that is on the real food journey wanting some more basic information - Simply Nourishing blog

Eating the Paleo way is not about becoming a ‘caveman’. It’s all about listening to your body, getting back to a more seasonal way of eating, nourishing your body with tasty wholefoods and living a more balanced lifestyle. Along the way, you’ll automatically consume far less sugar, avoid preservatives and processed foods, and throw away the calorie counter. Paleo nutritionist Claire Yates explains clearly why bad health is on the increase and how the Paleo lifestyle (not ‘diet’) can help. She sets out key aspects of the Paleo lifestyle, including the importance of food as medicine, and the truth about fats, carbs, protein and fibre. She then takes you through the 28-day reset meal plan, adding over 100 delicious Paleo recipes that will get you feeling great while eating some of the tastiest food ever.

The Back Pain Personal Health Plan - Bounce Back Edition Nick Sinfield and Trish Wisbey-Roth

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This is a fantastic, informative manual for back and neck pain sufferers. - Get Ahead Kids

The only back care book you will ever need to help you take control of back pain. A valuable new publication based on current research and available clinical evidence, it is a comprehensive selfhelp manual that dispels the myths and confusion about back pain to help you understand the real causes to everyday neck and back pain. Learn easy-to-follow safe and effective neck and back exercises that increase flexibility and strengthen the spine and teach efficient posture. The exercises are carefully selected examples from the Bounce Back Active Rehabilitation System and are based on the experiences of over 5000 participants.

Health & Nutrition

LAUGH WITH HEALTH

MANUKA

Your complete guide to health, diet, nutrition and natural foods

The biography of an extraordinary honey Cliff Van Eaton

Manfred Urs Koch

9781775591634 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 256 pp

Rights: North America, China, Italy

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This book chronicles the remarkable rags-to-riches story of manuka honey, as seen through the eyes of a beekeeping specialist who watched it unfold from the beginning. It’s a great tale of science, in which an inquisitive university lecturer found something totally unexpected in a product everyone had written off. But more than that, it’s an entertaining account of the way the simple discovery magically caught the international media’s attention, helping some enterprising New Zealanders with a love of bees develop manuka honeybased products and take its world famous antibacterial and therapeutic properties to the wider world.

Just about every food group … is covered in this great family health book.’ - Napier Courier NZ

Designed for the general public as an informative guide to natural foods and nutrition, this will help readers select foods that foster good health and a sense of wellbeing.

Discove r why Ma how and nu is one o ka Honey f the wo rld super fo ods and ’s how it is cha nging medicin e.

With information on specific nutrients, unique food charts, natural food eating plans, food combination charts and over 200 simple recipe ideas, as well as specific food diets for various common health conditions, this book is the most complete Body System guide. In print for over 25 years, it has been the top-selling Australian health book for the last decade; more than 130,000 copies have been sold. This new edition with Exisle has been fully revised, updated and redesigned to give the book a fresh look and a new lease on life.

BETTER LIVING WITH IBS

A step-by-step program to managing your symptoms so you can enjoy life to the full! Nuno Ferreira, PhD and David T. Gillanders (CPsychol) Rights: UK

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It’s a great tale of science, in which an inquisitive university lecturer found something totally unexpected in a product everyone had written off.

9781921966149 | 234 x 153mm | Paperback | 192 pp

Most experts agree that the present focus in IBS should be on improving the patient’s quality of life, which is what this book sets out to achieve. By making use of the highly respected psychological approach known as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), it focuses on helping the patient live a more vital, fulfilling life. The book is structured in a simple, user-friendly, workbook format, and includes numerous practical exercises to help the reader implement the approach effectively in their own life.

Health & Nutrition

Understanding Type 2 Diabetes

Fewer highs, fewer lows, better health

Professor Merlin Thomas, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Rights: India 9781921966200 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback | 288 pp

The growing epidemic of Type 2 diabetes already affects over 1.3 million Australians and twice that number again is at risk of developing the disease in the next 5 to 10 years. Worldwide, the World Health Organization estimates that 346 million people have diabetes, a figure that is expected to double by 2030 without intervention. In this essential resource for any diabetes sufferer, Professor Merlin Thomas from the worldrenowned Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute offers clear, effective guidance on how to manage all aspects of the disease.

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... a terrific addition to your library if you have Type 2 and want to gain a deeper knowledge of it, or if you have just been diagnosed and don’t know where to start. - Diabetes Choices UK

Understanding Type 2 Diabetes AUDIO BOOK Fewer highs, fewer lows, better health

Professor Merlin Thomas, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Rights: India 9781921966620 | 129 x 183mm | Audio CD | 8 hrs 5 mins | October 2014 Professor Merlin Thomas MD PhD is an internationally recognised expert and best-selling author whose work has received a number of awards. He is based at the world-leading Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, the largest diabetes and cardiovascular research facility in the Southern Hemisphere.

Comprising of 8 CDs read aloud by the author, the audio book examines what diabetes is and how it comes about. It describes the many practical changes you can make to your diet, while also looking at physical activity and the different ways exercise can be used maintain and improve your health. The audio book also explores the medical aspects of diabetes care, including the best ways to achieve control of your waistline, blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and how to avoid major complications. Individual chapters look at the effects of diabetes on the heart, vision, feet, kidneys, bladder, mind, mood, sleep and sex — all critically important areas for sufferers wanting to maintain optimum health.

The Digestive Health Solution Your personalized five-step plan for inside-out digestive wellness Benjamin Brown ND Rights: Korea, Poland 9781921966682 | 234 x 151mm | Paperback 240 pp | February 2015

One in five of us suffer from at least one of these symptoms: bloating, distension, abdominal pain, diarrhoea. This can lead to depression, anxiety, and chronic fatigue. This book offers solutions for people who experience any of these symptoms and moves on to other areas of interest, including gluten sensitivity and food intolerances, to a wider audience interested in digestive health. The author is a naturopath, science writer and speaker and is the founder of TimeforWellness.org, a way to connect people with evidence-based natural health information focusing on chronic disease prevention and the promotion of optimal health.

Fit for Birth and Beyond A guide for women over 35

Suzy Clarkson Dip PHYS, PG Dip BJ Rights: Poland

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Aimed at older mothers, [this] includes excerpts from Suzy’s own pregnancy diary plus many easy-to-follow fitness exercises for mums. - OH Baby!

Many older women spend years trying for motherhood, then endure an anxious pregnancy wondering if they are eating and exercising properly. Fitness expert Suzy Clarkson has been there herself and now provides a practical guide to assist older women through their pregnancies. This easy-to-follow programme takes you through each trimester, with exercises and tips on healthy habits to achieve a safe outcome, a successful childbirth and speedy recovery. The book is fully illustrated with step-by-step photographs showing the exercises in detail. It is based on the latest research and is endorsed by leading specialists in obstetrics and fertility. Clarkson offers encouragement and a compassionate helping hand to all older mothers.

Dogs & Cats

EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY

The Cat’s Out of the Bag

Max Cryer

Rights: North America

9781921966545 | 210 x 135mm | Paperback | 192 pp | February 2015

A thousand things you didn’t know about man’s best friend

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Truth and lies about cats

9781921966286 | 198 x 126mm | Hardback | 200 pp

Dog lovers will treasure it. - Northern Advocate NZ

Why has Fido become a generic term for all dogs? Why did hundreds of people collect dog faeces – and sell it? Dogs never eat other dogs, so why is it a dog-eat-dog world? Did any dogs survive the Titanic? Do mad dogs really go out in the midday sun?

… a collection of historical facts and eccentricities of language that will entertain all dog-lovers. - RSPCA Animals magazine

Max Cryer pays homage to man’s best friend, telling the stories of famous dogs in history, tracing the origins of some of our favourite breeds, showing how dogs have become a significant part of our language, and describing the amazing range of activities in which dogs are involved. It will delight all dog-lovers and anyone with an ounce of interest in the world around them.

For the Love of a Cat A publisher’s story David St John Thomas 9781921497360 190 x 135mm | Paperback | 248 pp

Few people can appreciate the joy of being owned by a cat better than David St John Thomas — the latest in a long line of publishers and authors to pay homage to the very special cats who have entered their busy lives. Vividly written, sometimes serious, sometimes light-hearted, anyone who has fallen for a cat, however much against their better judgement, is bound to find this story uplifting. A rich portfolio of feline characters — including the author’s own — step off these pages, or perhaps lie curled in seductive curves upon them.

From ancient times cats have occupied a special place in many different cultures around the world. In this book Max Cryer celebrates cats and all they have given to us. He describes the many words and expressions they have inspired, from ‘catnip’ and ‘catwalk’ to ‘the cat’s whiskers’ and ‘raining cats and dogs’, as well as famous cat characters like Garfield, Felix the Cat, The Cat in the Hat and Puss in Boots, songs as varied as What’s New Pussycat? and The Cats’ Duet, and poems like The Owl and the Pussycat and Hey Diddle Diddle. Cats owned by famous celebrities are described, from Elizabeth Taylor’s Jeepers Creepers to Dr Johnson’s Hodge. In other chapters, he explores cats’ attributes, the strength of their night vision and sense of smell, their sleep requirements, life expectancy and much more. Max Cryer is well known for his books on language and other subjects. In a long career, he has been a teacher, television host and m.c., as well as a performer on the opera stage in London and in cabaret in Las Vegas and Hollywood. Now a full-time writer, he is the author of Who Said That First?, Love Me Tender, The Godzone Dictionary, Preposterous Proverbs and Curious English Words and Phrases.

Feline Friends Tales from the heart

The Cat Protection Society of NSW Inc.

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If cats are your preferred furry companion then you’ll enjoy cuddling up with your moggie on your lap and reading [this]. - The Senior

Combining delightful photographs with stories ranging from the hilarious to the poignant, Feline Friends captures all that is fascinating, entertaining and endearing about that most independent of pets. From cats who ‘adopted’ their owners to malnourished strays who dropped in just long enough to entrust the householder with their kittens; from loving companions brightening the old age of their devoted owners to little bundles of fur given as a child’s first pet, this book celebrates them all. Each story and photograph has been sent in to the Cat Protection Society of NSW Inc. and appears for the first time in this collection.

Dogs & Cats

Meow

A book of happiness for cat lovers

Deadly Beautiful

Vanishing killers of the animal kingdom Dr Liana Joy Christensen

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Rights: North America

9781921497223 | 195 x 135mm | Case and jacket | 272 pp

Every intelligent cat lover will adore this book

… presents these long-feared yet deeply fascinating animals with clear factual information, close encounter stories, myths and legends and current endangered status. - Good Reading

No true cat lover can imagine life without a feline presence. Meow is a compendium of delightful quotes that capture the essence of this fascination. Some are by famous people, others not; some are philosophical, others light-hearted — all are memorable. Featuring beautiful photography, this is a collection of quotes to treasure.

An entertaining portrait of some of the principal dangerous animal species with which humans have a love–hate relationship. The natural history of these species is presented in a broadly accessible style, examining their day-to-day existence, how they have developed the weapons they possess and how they use them for defence, for hunting and for making love. Woven into the text are accounts of people’s close encounters with deadly animals — the good, the bad and the bizarre — as well as stories from myth and legend that have contributed to modern perceptions. A beautiful illustration opens each chapter.

LIVING PROOF

Dogs in Action

... that cats do have nine lives Janet Hayward Rights: Italy

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A great read to give away as a gift … better still, make sure you’ve got one on your own shelf for a pick-me-up. - The Star

Cats are constantly surprising. This delightful collection of stories proves the cat’s capacity to survive just about anything imaginable – including some situations that only they could create in the first place. Aside from the fun, you’ll find a practical chapter on common emergency situations and how to avoid catastrophes, together with a contact list of animal welfare organisations throughout the world.

Working dogs and their stories

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A heart-warming book about the achievements and aid that dogs provide in improving our lives. - A Dog’s Life

Humans are indebted to dogs. We get them to do all the jobs we can’t do: we expect them to save our lives, uphold the law, find our missing, comfort our sick and elderly, be our eyes and ears, watch over our families, move our stock, entertain us and keep us warm – all for a bowl of food and a pat at the end of the day.

This book tells the stories of a parade of dogs, from their initial selection for work, to their training, their work experiences and their relationships with handlers and masters. The parade includes police and customs dogs; farm dogs; therapy and guide dogs; search and detection; acting and show dogs; pest control dogs; guard dogs and sled dogs.

Words, Words, Words

Curious English Words and Phrases

Is It True?

The facts behind the things we have been told Max Cryer

The truth behind the expressions we use Max Cryer

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9781921966019 | Paperback | 432 pp | 210 x 135mm

Dip into any page of this book and you will find gems. - The Daily Telegraph

Have you ever wondered where terms like ‘end of your tether’, ‘gets my goat’ or ‘letting your hair down’ come from? Or why we call some people ‘geezers’, ‘sugar daddies’ or ‘lounge lizards’? Or where the words ‘eavesdropping’, ‘nickname’ and ‘D-Day’ come from? They are just a few of the many words and phrases that language expert Max Cryer examines in this fun, fact-filled new book. Along the way he tells a host of colourful anecdotes and dispels quite a few myths – a treasure trove for lovers of language.

This is one of those books you will dip into from time to time and learn something new every time you do. - Southland Times NZ

WHO SAID THAT FIRST?

The curious origins of common words and phrases

Max Cryer

Rights: North America, UK

9780908988914 | 210 x 135mm | Paperback | 320 pp

Believe it or not, this is probably the first book to attempt to identify the original sources of common expressions. We might think we know who first said ‘famous for fifteen minutes’, ‘annus horribilis’, ‘the cold war’ and ‘let them eat cake’. ‘A no brainer’, you might say, but Max Cryer has a surprise or two in store for you. I kid you not. In this very readable book, he explores the origins of hundreds of expressions we use and hear every day – and comes up with some surprising findings.

… has all the answers you so honestly presumed you knew. - Get Ahead Kids

In this revealing book, Max Cryer explores the truth or otherwise of facts and beliefs we are told are true but which, on closer examination, may not be. In a wide-ranging book encompassing social history, language, music, politics, food, sport, the natural world and much more, we discover the truth behind some of our most cherished beliefs. Do St Bernard dogs really carry brandy? Always fresh and amusing, Max Cryer will take you on a journey through your acquired knowledge, testing whether it is really up to scratch.

Preposterous Proverbs Why fine words butter no parsnips Max Cryer 9781921497452 | 198 x 126mm | Paperback | 272 pp

“ ” This is a quirky, fascinating delve into the human psyche over millennia. - The Advocate

In Preposterous Proverbs, Max Cryer looks at a vast array of proverbs from around the world. Proverbs on birth, food, women and love rub shoulders with others on money, animals, sin and death. He has chosen some of the most interesting and perplexing, and with characteristic wry wit analyses their meaning and truth. A great book to dip into, this will take you from Greece (‘A thousand men cannot undress a naked man’) and China (‘A dry finger cannot pick up salt’) to Japan (‘Fools and scissors must be carefully handled’) and India (‘A fat spouse is a quilt for the winter’).

41 Amazing Women!

Words, Words, Words

Everyone Can Write A guide to get you started Howard Gelman Rights: English language Malaysia/Singapore 9781921966514 | 165 x 125mm | Hardback | 176 pp | July 2014

An easy-to-understand, practical book that is accessible to anyone from a business executive wanting to polish his reports to a retiree wanting to chronicle a family history. It solves the problems that beginning writers struggle with by providing an easy-to-follow and simple set of rules that will have you writing rapidly and clearly. The three forms of non-fiction writing – report, narrative and essay – are dissected and a set of rules applied to each structure. For example, in report writing, two easy-to-apply rules are: no more than 25 words to a sentence and 3 or 4 sentences in a paragraph. The author provides a simple three-step formula for getting words on to the page, a technique that allows writers to become the editors of their own work, thereby dramatically improving its quality. The essentials of grammar and punctuation, difficult words and other useful tips are also covered.

Purple Dandelion

A Muslim woman’s struggle against violence and oppression Farida Sultana with Shila Nair 9781921497537 | 234 x 153mm | Paperback | 256 pp

Purple Dandelion is the true story of Farida Sultana, a Muslim woman and single mother, whose remarkable life began in Bangladesh. Her arranged marriage to a doctor at the age of 18 took her to war-torn Iran with her husband and young daughter, then to the UK, and finally to New Zealand. Her personal journey included episodes of domestic violence as she sought to find herself and her true role in the world. Soon after her arrival in New Zealand, she became aware that there were many more immigrant women like her who had to overcome domestic violence and the oppressive, patriarchal societies they lived in. Their need drove her to set up Shakti, the first ethnic women’s refuge in the country, which has grown into the largest ethnic community organisation in New Zealand.

CHOLAS IN BOWLERS THE RIGHT WORD

Making sense of the words that confuse Elizabeth Morrison

Journey to Bolivia Jane Mundy

9781877437021 | 234 x 153mm | Paperback | 280 pp

Rights: North America, India

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This handy little book should be in every student’s backpack and on every senior’s kitchen table, next to the morning crossword. - The Senior

‘Affect’ or ‘effect’? ‘Right’, ‘write’ or ‘rite’? ‘Soul’ or ‘sole’? ‘Pawn’ or ‘porn’? English can certainly be a confusing language, whether you’re a native speaker or learning it as a second language. This is the essential reference to help people master its subtleties and avoid making mistakes. Starting with homophones, those tricky words that sound the same but are spelled differently, the book goes on to look at words that can confuse — childish vs. childlike, incredible vs. incredulous, for example — before providing a list of commonly misspelled words. It deserves a place on every bookshelf: at home, in the study and at the office.

Aged 59, divorced and contentedly single, Jane Mundy met the man of her dreams. Less than six months later she packed up her life and took off with him to the other side of the world — Bolivia! She hardly knew Graham and she had barely heard of Bolivia, but somehow it felt exactly right. Cholas in Bowlers paints a vivid picture of life in Bolivia, a nation with a turbulent political history and the highest indigenous population of any South American country. This humorous, inspiring book also tells the story of Jane and Graham’s relationship and how it grew, against the backdrop of South America’s poorest but some say most endearing of countries.

Amazing Women!

Beijing Tai Tai

NEW BOOTS IN NEW ZEALAND

Life, laughter and motherhood in China’s capital

Nine great walks, three islands and one tramping virgin

Tania McCartney

Gillian Orrell

Rights: China

9781927187302 | 210 x 135mm | Paperback | 328 pp

9781921966156 | 234 x 153mm | Paperback | 260 pp

From the majesty of the famous Milford Track to the unexpected variety of the Heaphy and the beguiling mystery of the Whanganui River Journey, the nine Great Walks of New Zealand offer some of the most challenging tramping in the world, as well as some of the ﬁnest scenery. Englishwoman Gillian Orrell decided to do all nine walks on her own in the space of a few months. This delightful account of her experiences is a joy to read and a useful source of information for would-be trampers.

When Tania McCartney discovered she’d be moving her husband, self and two kids under the age of five to China for four years, she was 95 per cent horrified. What she never expected was to fall in love. Beijing seeped under her skin and grabbed hold of her heart … a love affair that inspired this highly-entertaining collection of shrewdly observed, heartfelt and humorous insights into Beijing expatriate life.

PAPER CRANES

A Mother’s Story of Hope, Courage and Determination Cheryl Koenig Rights: Indonesia, India, Taiwan

TWO WINGS OF A NIGHTINGALE

Persian soul, Islamic heart

Jill Worrall 9781921497841 | 234 x 153mm | Paperback | 272 pp

9781877437106 | 234 x 153mm | Paperback | 256 pp

Cheryl Koenig’s life changed forever the day her twelve-year-old son Jonathan was involved in a horrific car accident. Jonathan was in a coma for six weeks and doctors predicted that even if he did pull through he would most likely never walk, talk or be able to eat again. But Cheryl refused to accept this prognosis and together with her husband set out on a relentless and ultimately successful quest to save Jonathan and prove the medical profession wrong. Now, twelve years since the accident, Jonathan has defied the odds and lives a rich and fulfilling life. And Cheryl couldn’t be prouder of her son’s achievements and the remarkable person he has become.

Award-winning travel writer Jill Worrall, with her friend Reza Mirkhalaf, a leading tour manager from Tehran, describe an Iran the world has forgotten about. Few people in the west know anything about the Iranian people beyond their current politics and religion. Two Wings of a Nightingale uses the threads of Iran’s silk road heritage as a basis for a road trip travelogue. Many of the places visited have rarely been written about by westerners, and in writing this book Jill beneﬁted from Reza’s expert knowledge on Iran’s history, religion, culture and architecture. The result is an engaging book that offers readers a greater insight into the landscapes, landmarks and people of the country at a grassroots level.

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