“The Spanish Garden is about memory and how it serves and deceives us. It is about the casualties of war, both the dead and the living, and the need to acknowledge the unnamed and the disappeared. It is about buried secrets and their patient wait to be told. “But it is also about the beauty of places which unite people, and how we are marked for life by the youthful experience of intense love and passion, even, or especially, when it is lost.” One day, one life, one hundred years. On a hot summer morning, in a garden overlooking the Kaipara Harbour, Sidney King reluctantly prepares to mark his 100th birthday. In the same moment, on the opposite side of the world in Spain, a discovery is made which could unlock a mystery that has haunted him for 80 years. Volunteers disinterring skeletons of Spanish Civil War victims unearth a locket which has its own story to tell. As the day’s tides advance and recede and visitors, welcome and unwelcome, arrive and depart, the old man walks with his ghosts, reliving episodes from his long life. He is also forced to confront, for the first time, the secrets buried within the land upon which he has created his famous garden. Set on a single day in 2016, in a time when the deadly political divisions of the past are being redrawn, The Spanish Garden tells a story of memory and loss, the generational impact of war, the fatal history shared between two families, Pākehā and Māori, and a man’s enduring obsession with love.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 256

Dimensions: 152 x 229 mm

Publication Date: 10-05-2023

Move over, Jack Reacher, here comes Frank Winter The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America carries the Double Jeopardy clause. This states that no man, having been acquitted of a crime, shall be tried a second time for the same crime. Frank Winter, a retired county sheriff and former hard-boiled Boston detective with a soft center, is living in curmudgeonly retirement with his beloved dog, Dolly. But when his daughter’s killer is released on parole, Frank’s back, a man on a mission, and it’s yesterday once more. But first, Frank’s got a bunch of favours to call in. Throw in a rookie minder cop who’s great with computers but scared of guns, and help from the desirable Destiny, whose past is even murkier than Frank’s… well, you just know things will go according to plan. Strong characters, well-paced action, dark humour and cracking dialogue make Double Jeopardy an old-school crime novel with a surprisingly modern twist.

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Pages: 264

Dimensions: 152 x 229 mm

Publication Date: 24-05-2023

Athens, April 1941. Adolf Hitler has conquered most of Europe, and he's now turning his attention to the Balkans. The unstoppable Wehrmacht is unleashed on Greece. Standing in its way, on the imposing slopes of Mount Olympus, sacred home of the ancient Greek gods, are soldiers of the New Zealand Division, including a sharp shooter in the person of Second Lieutenant Neil Rankin. This fictional story places Rankin and his platoon at the heart of these actual events. The Greek nation’s unfolding disaster, and the humour, farce, personal hurt and tragedy experienced by men at war are detailed in the well written debut novel. While ultimately the Battle of Greece was a military failure, it was the curtain-raiser for the campaigns to come, in which New Zealand would play a prominent part. Just 26 years after the name “Gallipoli” was seared into the national psyche, like their fathers before then, many of those involved in this battle would never see their homeland again.

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Pages: 359

Dimensions: 152 x 230 mm

Publication Date: 14-02-2023

Koenraad Kuiper’s poems are animated by a frugal, astringent, ironic intelligence that reminds me of when the word ‘wit’ was used to describe or even name the verse of the Metaphysical poets. However, these poems are not historical pastiche, but are unmistakably contemporary, as in the several formal variations of his ‘Benedictine Sonnets’. Most of the poems belong in sequences and play with variations on themes, a cumulative strategy that complements and extends their laconic humour. From time to time a translation is included, in Dutch mostly but occasionally in German — sometimes the English reads as though it is the translated version, a deliberate, playful oddness. Erudite, witty, economical, and elegantly composed, these poems are a pleasure to read piecemeal but even more from beginning to end as a complete, sustained immersion. Ian Wedde

Bind: paperback

Pages: 192

Dimensions: 138 x 210 mm

Publication Date: 07-06-2023

In this richly illustrated work, watch expert Herbert James recounts the exciting histories and notable moments of the 23 most famous watch brands in the world and the histories of their most legendary models, with more than 290 wristwatches included. In this updated edition, the list of luxury watchmakers, with names such as A. Lange & Soehne or Blancpain, Breitling, Cartier, and Glashutte Original through to Rolex and Zenith, has been expanded to include the IWC, Longines, and Tudor brands. The 272 pages of this handbook offer fascinating insights into international watch culture.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 272

Dimensions: 215 x 279 mm

Publication Date: 28-04-2023

Experience the stunning natural beauty and indulgent luxury of "glamorous camping" in this book featuring the best and most-beautiful glamping locations throughout Europe. Have the best of both worlds: an outdoorsy, authentic blend of camping in the wild and the glamorous comforts of a swanky, serene hotel. That is "glamping" -- glamorous camping -- a growing and highly sought-after form of travel. It's perfect for those who want to be close to nature, who love to wake up to birdsong and seek solace in the scents of the forest, but who dont want the cramped tents, pesky bugs, aching backs, and communal showers of the camping sites of yore. Glamping gives readers the most-amazing glamping destinations in Europe for planning their next nature-inspired (yet comfortable!) getaway. When you "glamp", you don't have to pitch a tent, there are no air mattresses to inflate, and you won't get annoyed at those rocks or rain ruining your good night's rest. Instead, you'll enjoy high-quality accommodations in the great outdoors -- from quaint treehouses in vineyards to a cosy igloo under a starry sky, and from traditional yurts set within a Zen-like forest to mysterious caves overlooking a gorgeous mountain range. It's all here to dream about and plan, including locations in: Great Britain; Albania; Belgium; Czech Republic; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Italy; Latvia.; Lithuania; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; The Netherlands. Detailed descriptions and gorgeous full-colour photos immerse readers in the beauty of nature and the lap of luxury in the finest destinations. So indulge in the perfect vacation that satisfies all your needs, being in the great outdoors while enjoying all the modern comforts of the best hotels in the world. It's time to get your glamp on, and Glamping will show you how!

Bind: hardback

Pages: 192

Dimensions: 165 x 234 mm

Publication Date: 28-04-2023

Find inspiration in a selection of lush flamboyant interiors filled with colors and patterns. Eclectic interiors with a story behind: discover contemporary maximalist homes that celebrate personality and life experiences. Extravagant furniture, saturated colors and patterns of the wallpaper and bold decorations let rooms scintillate in the facets the eye can perceive. Living to the Max invites you to enjoy thoughtfully matched, excessive but on-point decorated places from around the world and the passionate creators behind them. A well-curated selection explores how interiors can express so much more than just a tasteful space, but personal stories and experience of those who own and create them. Join the art of more is more!

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Pages: 256

Dimensions: 240 x 300 mm

Publication Date: 02-03-2023

Combine concrete's stoicism with luscious vegetative environments and you get to the language of tropical modernism. In continuity with its founding principles from the mid 20th century, today's architectural visionaries renew the use of raw materials, such as exposed concrete, to explore functionality rather than aesthetics. No matter if works are created in total symbiosis with the tropical landscape or surrounded by flourishing nature, Concrete Jungle presents the dichotomy of the rough material being softened by interaction with the interior and exterior. When gray meets green a never ending range of impressions awakens.

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Pages: 304

Dimensions: 245 x 330 mm

Publication Date: 27-03-2023

Learn how cutting-edge innovations using one of civilization’s oldest construction materials are reshaping the built environment in sustainable and beautiful ways. Natural, renewable, reusable, and aesthetically pleasing, wood is the consummate building material. Thanks to incredible advances in both application and sustainability, it is being used across the world to create new and innovative styles. This exhilarating global survey features exquisite photography that captures a wide range of 21st-century construction in residential, public, cultural, educational, commercial, and entertainmentrelated spaces. From the Mount Fuji World Heritage Center in Shizuoka, Japan and the Eystur Town Hall in the Faroe Islands to the College of Forestry at Oregon State University each building is featured in double-page spreads with lush color photographs that allow readers to appreciate timber’s intrinsic qualities against a variety of backgrounds, scales, and typologies. Plans and building specifications are accompanied by the latest developments in research and design. Eco-friendly and robust, timber’s applications are almost unlimited, extending to the tallest skyscrapers, and to every livable corner of our planet. This volume offers encouraging proof that architects around the world are responding to a climate crisis in ways that not only preserve the earth, but also provide pleasing environments in which to live, work, and play.

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Pages: 240

Dimensions: 210 x 270 mm

Publication Date: 04-04-2023

In this, special edition of a classic work, photographer Derry Moore and interior designer David Mlinaric take readers on a panoramic tour inside some of Britain’s finest buildings, guiding them through five centuries of English interior design. Mlinaric’s informed text and Moore’s perceptive photographs present the best examples of both public and private buildings—from 16th-century Haddon Hall, Chastleton and Knole to 17th-century Hatfield and Wilton; Houghton Hall and Syon House from the 18th century; Apsley House, the Palace of Westminster and Waddesdon Manor from the nineteenth; and 20th-century examples including Charleston and the Apollo Victoria Theatre. The work of British masters including Inigo Jones, William Kent and Robert Adam, as well as of influential 20th-century tastemasters such as Nancy Lancaster, Pauline de Rothschild and David Hicks, is revealed in striking photographs and authoritative texts. Anglophiles, armchair tourists, and lovers of grand interiors will relish the photographs of these wonderful buildings, while discovering more about the designers and architects who built them, charting the evolution that has made British style so alluring, enduring, and widely imitated over the centuries.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 260 x 260 mm

Publication Date: 07-03-2023