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In stores April 4th 2023. ’Southern Celts’ is a collection of interviews of New Zealanders who reflect on their connections to their Irish and Scottish cultural backgrounds. These narratives of individuals and families cover a range of related iss

This lively historical novel is a compelling account of the people, events, and the forces driving them that surrounded the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Written by Frances Plumpton, illustrated by Stephanie Thatcher, translated by Darryn Joseph. Bilingual – English and Maori. There’s much to discover meandering along a New Zealand beach with small children when the tide is out. This simple bilin

Within the small suburb of Birkenhead lurks a monster, one the local residents entrust with their recently departed loved ones. He has been inflicting his depraved atrocities unnoticed. But what happens when he turns his attentions to the living?

‘The Secret Life of Number 8’ takes the reader into the heart of a universe in miniature, one that reveals the striking order, complexity, and elegance of the materials that are part of everyday life. This book will appeal to anyone, irrespective of

“7 Dimensions: Children’s Emotional Well-being” introduces a framework designed to help adults make simple sense of the plethora of information available about young people’s feelings, thoughts and ways of responding. Based on up-to-date neuroscienc

The shepherd has been a constant presence in folklore and religion, usually as a symbol of the struggle between the powerful and common people, or as a wise leader. References to the shepherd crop up in stories from around the world and throughout t

Letters to Lilburn is a compilation of letter extracts and poems written by expatriate bisexual painter Douglas MacDiarmid to his first great love and long-time friend, New Zealand’s great music composer Douglas Lilburn, between 1944 and 2001.

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Creating Space – An Experience of Gender describes the extraordinary work of Jane Prichard, in her own words. It tells how Jane’s advocacy for women and girls in Aotearoa New Zealand began. The book illustrates how Jane established and supported wom

Life’s pretty okay at the St. Alice home for orphans. Until someone dastardly decides he wants to ruin everything. How will Zola and her friends stop him? What’s behind that door? Why is the doctor acting so strangely? Who’s in charge of these kid

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Published by Little Love. Publication date: November 10th 2021 ARGH! I’M THE RHYMING PIRATE! Have a LOOK inside this BOOK then read it at your LEISURE, because hidden in the pages you’ll find loads of Kiwi TREASURE! Join the pirate and his c

Published by Mary Egan Publishing Publication date: 16 November 2021 Lucy and Lily’s Granddad is missing and they’re desperate to find him. But first they must survive a great and unusual adventure filled with brutes in nail-polish, a strange boo

Published by Mary Egan Publishing. Publication Date: November 1st 2021 Larry the giraffe lives in a zoo, but he’s not like the other giraffes. Larry is small and soft and cuddly – and he feels different and alone. One night, with the magic of

Published by Mary Egan Publishing. Publication date: November 2021. Wilbur and his Mama walk Wally dog by the sea. As Wally chases the pine cone and Wilbur’s buggy bounces, the birds begin to appear, firstly chattering and chirping and then gossip

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Published by Little Love ISBN 978-0-473-52890-4 ‘Kowhai first appeared from the golden glow of a beautiful flower . . . and her voice was the rain and the sea and the cry of a bird.’ Follow Kowhai as she discovers a tiny seed’s hope to build a gr

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Published by Mary Egan Publishing ISBN 978-0-473-53237-6 Kia Whakanuia te Whenua is both a celebration and a call to action – to honour our land and to rekindle creative, respectful ways of living with Her. This Māori-led work presents a rich c

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Published by Mary Egan Publishing ISBN: 978-0-473-52257-5 Pet is a dark and humorous short story collection that explores our relationships with children, lovers, and other animals. In these 18 stories we meet a girl in a standoff with the neighb

Published by Mary Egan Publishing ISBN: 978-0-473-51307-8 In the spirit of Laurie Lee’s As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, Dougal Rillstone’s memoir is a lyrical mediation on landscape and moving water, with angling at its heart. Upstream on t

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Published by Shelagh Duckham Cox ISBN: 978-0-473-36386-4 In 1940 at the age of five, Shelagh Duckham was evacuated with her family to North Wales where she spent the war years. They moved to Washington D.C. in 1945 when her father was offered

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Living in Paradox, Garth Falconer ISBN: 978-0-473-30219-1 How can we develop better urban environments for New Zealanders? Is it a straightforward matter of better planning and applying more resources? Do we have to settle for second best? What of

The Darlimurla Letters, Trish Macky Joe and Mary Macky were both passengers on the ill-fated ocean liner, the Lusitania, which was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland in 1915. Mary was offered a place on one of the lifeboats but i

The Silver Gaucho, Jackie Ballantyne Published by The Doby Press ISBN: 978-0-473-27525-9 The Silver Gaucho is dead - and across Argentina an entire nation is in mourning. But for adventurer Lockie Steele, the death of the famous television id

Inside the Black Horse, Ray Berard Published by Mary Egan Publishing ISBN : 978-0-473-31515-3 Winner of the 2016 Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand Crime Writing Inside the Black Horse is a fast-moving thriller, a story of fate, and unlike

The Legend of Mt White Station, Gerald Sandrey Published by Mary Egan Publishing ISBN: 978-0-473-32397-4 Sold Out The diverse and desolate country that makes up Mt White Station has held an irresistible allure for men for decades. Many have com

The Invisible Millionaire, Jonathan Bidmead Publishing by Mary Egan Publishing ISBN: 978-0-473-35409-1 Most millionaires in our midst are invisible. Many people would be surprised as to who the real millionaires are, as opposed to those who m

A History of Crime, Dinah Holman Published by Ravensbourne Books Limited ISBN: 978-0-473-27279-1 It is 1887. The young colony of New Zealand is in the grip of a deep depression. Insolvent speculators conspire with corrupt politicians while Ma

Conjurors Cardsharps and Conmen, Bernard Reid A comprehensive history of one of the most popular theatrical entertainments of nineteenth-century New Zealanders.

My Darling Lemon Thyme, Emma Galloway Published by HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) ISBN: 978-1-775-54021-2 Designed by Anna Egan-Reid Enjoy wholesome, nourishing food without skimping on taste! Emma Galloway learned to love fre

Resilience Adaptation Sustainability, Robert Riddell Published by Robert Riddell ISBN: 978-0-473-29245-4 Around 1970 the planet and our occupation of it was pretty much a situation of balance; the biospheric absorptive and recycling capa

A Gallipoli Soldier’s Secret,  Buket Uzuner Published by Antares Publishing ISBN: 9780473287894 Designed by Anna Egan-Reid A Gallipoli Soldier’s Secret is the story of a New Zealand woman’s pilgrimage to Turkey to discover the trut

Living in Paradox, Garth Falconer Published by Blue Acres Publishing ISBN:  978-0-473-30219-1 This landmark book examines the contradictions that form the design of New Zealand’s urban landscape. It analyses many of the various trials and pi

Guy Frederick Andrew: One Man's War, Ronald Pemberton Published by Citadel Books ISBN: 9780473316952 Cover designed by Anna Egan-Reid

Death and Forgiveness, Jindra Ticha Published by Mary Egan Publishing ISBN: 978-0-473-30671-7 Two worlds collide. Anna has flown from New Zealand to her native Prague to nurse her dying mother. The night after the funeral she receives a phone

Country Cop 24/7, Catherine Ballard Published by Catherine Ballard ISBN: 978-0-473-30024-1 This book tells the story of Gavin Benney's life as a rural policeman in charge of the Hikurangi police district for over 20 years. It is also the

Unleashing Greatness, David Galbraith Published by Mary Egan Publishing ISBN: 978-0-473-30932-9 Everyone is capable of greatness . . . sadly, not everybody finds it. If you are sick and tired of settling for second best or want to achieve th

Suddenly it is goodbye, Stefanie Backhouse-Rudolph ISBN:  978-0-473-30215-3 A story for everyone who has lost a sibling. When a sibling dies many things change in a child’s life – family structure, daily routine, their friend’s behavio

Unbreakable Spirit, Karen McMillan Published by McKenzie Publishing An invaluable collection of real life stories of cancer, representing a wide range of circumstances that will provide comfort and help for families facing cancer. Unbreakable Sp

Dead Men Running, Gavin Manning ISBN: 978-0-473-33607-3 Imagine the most tenacious and skilled soldiers in the business fighting in the most brutal of bush wars. Gavin Manning was there, from 1982–88, on the border of northern Namibia and sou

Wahine, Kerry Harrison ISBN : 978-0-473-24514-6 In 2009, a mysterious figure in an Auckland resthome, where an old woman is dying, triggers memories of the Wahine storm of 1968 and its aftermath. After the disapearance of her father Snow in t

Minor Surgery, Dr Samantha Murton This easy-to-read guide takes you from basic skills to expert, with 44 watercolour pictures clearly depicting the techniques discussed. Not only does it give you tips and tricks for creating beautiful results, it

A Long Commute Home, Art Nahill Through language and imagery that is clear and engaging, these poems explore the metaphorical state of "commuting", of traveling from one place to another- from home to work, from childhood to young adulthood to midd

A Second Life, Alan Poletti ISBN: 978-0-473-19438-3 This book tells the story of more than 200 foreign Jews who had been in interned in the small Italian town of Aprica who fled successfully over the Italian-Swiss border.

Ka Mau Te Wehi, Bradford Haami Published by Ngapo and Pimia Wehi Whanau Trust ISBN: 978-0-473-23371-6 Ka Mau Te Wehi  provides a unique insight through the biography of Bub and Nen into the development and promotion of kapa haka throug

Caught Between Sunshine and Shadow, Compiled by Georgie Tutt Caught Between Sunshine and Shadow  is a collection of stories and poems written by people who have bipolar disorder and are managing their condition and are able live fulfille

Sainsbury Logan & Williams, Stuart Webster Published by Sainsbury Logan & Williams ISBN 978-0-473-19241-9 This book, published in hardback and launched in November 2011 chronicles the story of Sainsbury Logan & Williams from its origin

Stolen Lives, Netta England ISBN: 978-0-473-27115-2 Netta and her older brother Ray hardly knew their Mother. She was a strange woman who made occasional visits, and they did not even know they had a Father. Instead from a very early age they live

The History & Arts of the Dominatrix, Anne O Nomis ISBN: 978-0-9927010-0-0 "This book is the illustrated treatise on the Dominatrix throughout history, and her practices as arts. No book previously existed on the subject. Anne O Nomis set to

The Paris of the East, Karen McMillan ISBN: 978-0-473-27007-0 Warsaw, 1939. Four friends picnic on a brilliant summer's day and celebrate an engagement, aware of the rumbles of war, but hopeful that in any conflict Poland will have the upper

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