Fiction & Non-Fiction
A Touch of Clay
Shadbolt's classic novel of New Zealand in the 1960s.
0-908990-28-6 $24.99
230x152mm, 208pp, ppr
Against All Odds
The dramatic story of the author’s father’s escape from the horrors of Nazi-occupied Vienna in 1938. Out of the carnage that was engulfing Europe, she uncovered the astonishing story of two courageous and remarkable Viennese who steered the family’s miraculous survival, astonishing luck, dramatic departures and last minute getaways, all the way to the safe haven of New Zealand.
978-1-927305-66-9 $34.99
240 x 165mm, 168 pages, illustrated, paperback
An Albatross Too Many
Life in the remote community of Te Kuaka. ‘It’s a marvellous story…so much of New Zealand in it; the real New Zealand of small Maori and Pakeha communities; and it is written unsurpassingly well. My heartfelt congratulations.’ Michael King
0-908990-55-3 $24.99
210x148mm, 240pp, paperback
As It Was: Growing up in Grey Lynn and Ponsonby between the Wars
A fascinating look at two of Auckland’s most popular suburbs as they were in the 1920s and 1930s. When Russell Stone was born in 1923 life was simpler and relatively uncomplicated. But it was also harsher, with much hard physical labour for men and women alike. The memory of the Great War was still raw. And although the attitudes and practices of our colonial past were still to be seen on every hand, Auckland, just like New Zealand as a whole, was already passing over the threshold towards something quite different.
978-1-927305-28-7 $34.99
240 x 165mm, 240 pages, illustrated, paperback
Dove on the Waters
Three lives, and those whose lives touch theirs are woven into a haunting whole. ‘I adored it.’ Kim Hill
0-908990-48-0 $24.99
210x148mm, 200pp, ppr
Checkpoint 25 Adventure Racing – From New Zealand to the World
Adventure racing was born in New Zealand just over 25 years ago. This book spans the full journey, starting with the influence of the iconic Alpine Iron Man and the mighty Coast to Coast. All the great adventure races are here: Grand Traverse, Raid Gauloises, Southern Traverse, Eco-Challenge, Adventure Racing World Championships, Primal Quest, GODZone and many more. So are the leading names, and there's exploration into the fun and importance of New Zealand's local races. So leap in.
978-1-927305-16-4 $39.99
210x275mm, 176pp,
168 pages, full colour throughout, paperback
Fit to Fight Compulsory Military Training and National Service in New Zealand 1949 - 1972
In this groundbreaking study, military historian Peter Cooke follows the young men through the process of being given a number, called up and regimented. Along with over 600 photographs, the voices of over 830 trainees are heard as they fill out Labour Department forms, try for a postponement and shuffle into barracks. In almost a quarter century, around 100,000 young New Zealand men were trained in CMT and National Service.
978-1-877378-79-9 $74.99
280 x 210mm, 624pp, hardback with jacket, b/w and colour photos
Fletchers
A Centennial History of Fletcher Building
This centennial history sets the company’s history in the broadest political and economic context. It traces the many dilemmas its leaders faced as they searched for growth and responded to the relentless challenges of business.
978-1-877378-35-5 $49.99
240 x 165mm, 392pp, hardback, illustrated
From the Edge of the Sky:
A Memoir
Compelling and revealing, the often hectic and sometimes poignant tale of the life and times of New Zealand’s foremost storyteller.
0-908990-59-6 $29.99
230x150mm, 240pp, ppr
Kirsa: A Mother’s Story
The compelling story of the life and disappearance, in 1993, of Napier schoolgirl Kirsa Jensen, and the aftermath. It is a remarkable and detailed account of how a mother faces the ultimate nightmare.
0-908990-21-9 $24.99
210x148mm, 384pp, b/w photos, ppr
Life as a Novel Volume One
(A biography of Maurice Shadbolt, Volume One 1932-1973)
The astonishing life and literary career of New Zealand’s most well known and controversial author. With unique access to archives, Shadbolt’s friends, colleagues and adversaries, Philip Temple also recounts Shadbolt’s complex personal life where, by the age of 40, he had been married twice, fathered five children and been involved in numerous affairs. "Philip Temple zooms in and navigates with clear-eyed vigour and sensitivity. The presence of Maurice resonates convincingly. I like to think he might applaud - sometimes ruefully." Marilyn Duckworth.
978-1-927305-44-7 $44.99
240 x 165mm, 352pp, paperback with flaps, b/w and colour photos
Life as a Novel Volume Two
(A biography of Maurice Shadbolt, Volume Two 1973-2004)
Here Temple tells of Shadbolt’s journalism and his demolition of the myths surrounding the Gallipoli campaign with his ground-breaking play Once on Chunuk Bair and subsequent documentary work. He tells of Shadbolt’s growing stature as a novelist which produced such works as the unique The Lovelock Version and culminated in his New Zealand Wars trilogy, begun with the now New Zealand classic, Season of the Jew. He also concludes the story of Shadbolt’s fraught personal life as, by the end, he had been married four times and been involved in many affairs. It is a fascinating but ultimately tragic story about a man who had become New Zealand’s most well-known and controversial author.
978-1-927305-70-6 $44.99
240 x 165mm, 352pp, paperback with flaps, b/w and colour photos
One of Ben's
Shadbolt’s first and bestselling volume of memoir. It is not just his story, it is also that of his felonious forbears and robust relatives – the first Shadbolts who arrived in New Zealand from Britain via the penal colonies of Australia. ‘Fast moving, tough, intimate and funny.’ The Australian
0-908990-19-7 $29.99
230x150mm, 328pp, b/w photos, ppr
Postcards from Tukums
A Family Detective Story
In 1904, Ann's grandparents, Adolph and Yetta Manoy, and their three daughters left Tukums in Latvia, then part of Imperial Russia, to settle in Stratford, New Zealand. Their story is revealed by the discovery of a set of beautiful postcards, reproduced here, and letters originally mailed to the Manoys from their homeland.
978-1-877378-45-4 $44.99
255 x 190mm, 288pp, paperback, full colour throughout
Preludes and Feuds
The Lewis Eady Story
The name Lewis Eady is synonymous with the history of music and entertainment in New Zealand and has survived for over one hundred and forty years with four generations of family ownership. This is a fascinating family, business and cultural history that covers a multitude of dynamic social and cultural influences, and advances in music technology. Adrienne Kay Eady is the wife of the late John Eady, whose lifetime career with Lewis Eady Ltd spanned fifty years. Music has always been a central factor in her life and remains an enduring source of pleasure. Illustrated throughout.
978-1-927305-82-9 $39.99
240 x 180mm, 204pp, paperback
Reminiscences of a Long Life
This is the first complete account of Campbell’s life in his own words. It covers his early years in Scotland, his pioneering lifestyle in New Zealand, his business success, his extensive overseas travel and then his return to live in Auckland, gifting Cornwall Park to the city. Published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth, the book contains over 300 paintings, engravings and photographs documenting his life and includes rare works from The Cornwall Park Trust, Auckland Museum, Auckland Libraries and the Auckland Art Gallery. This is a remarkable and entertaining record of a remarkable life.
978-1-927305-36-2 $89.99
240 x 280mm, 336pp, illustrated, hardback with jacket
Selected Stories
A huge selection of Shadbolt’s best stories written over a forty-year period, including his three Mansfield Short Story Award winners.
0-908990-56-1 $29.99
210x148mm, 368pp, ppr
The Dance of the Hooligans
In 2012 when acclaimed artist Dick Frizzell moved into a brand-new, large, white studio he created a huge, 2.5m x 7.2m four-panel canvas, onto which he unloaded hoarded clippings, cartoons, postcards, copies and pieces of previous works. All is explained and then he zooms in on specific items arranged alphabetically with his own whimsical comments. The panels are now in the collection of the Christchurch City Art Gallery Te Puna Waiwhetū. Gifted by the artist 2016.
978-1-927305-81-2 $34.99
180 x180, 60 pages, hardback, full colour
The Edges of Empires
New Zealand in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century
"Moon’s book … prises open the complex arrangement of competing interests, challenges and pressures on both Maori and … quite literally on the edge of two great empires."
Professor Giselle Byrnes, Department of History, Waikato University
978-1-877378-26-3 $34.99
230 x152, 240 pages, paperback, illustrated
The Next Vintage: The Babich Family and 100 Years of New Zealand Wine
This great story begins with Josip Babić and his brothers leaving Croatia to work in the Far North gum-fields. In 1912 Josip planted vines at Waiharara, North of Awanui with the first vintage in 1916. The authors follow both family and vineyard developments from there, concluding with the large and successful Babich Wines company we have today. 'It's skilfully researched and written, with a lovely balance between developments at Babich and those in the country as a whole, and is often quite moving.'
- Michael Cooper
978-1-927305-10-2 $49.99
240 x 185mm, 240pages, Hardback,
Full colour throughout.
Voices of Gallipoli
A new edition to mark the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign.
In the 1980s Maurice Shadbolt talked to many of the small and diminishing band of veterans with vivid memories of the long, futile and ferocious battles that took so many New Zealand lives. Shadbolt tells their stories with skill and lucidly backgrounds the campaign they survived. It is a remarkable document: the distilled memories of a dozen old men who innocently set out to do battle as loyal sons of the British Empire and returned home betrayed, embittered and disillusioned - and New Zealanders.
978-1-877378-97-3 NZ$29.99
230 x 150mm, 140pp, ppr, b/w photographs
Way Back Then, Before We Were Ten
New Zealand Writers and Childhood
In this wonderful collection of stories and memoir from childhood twenty-six distinguished New Zealand writers evoke memories of their early years. There are wondrous discoveries of the natural and cultural world and glimpses into the enigmatic realm that is adulthood.
978-1-877378-31-7 $34.99
230 x 152mm, 208pp, paperback
Zigzags and Leapfrogs, A Memoir
Born on a small island in Scotland to a local girl and an Australian serviceman, raised in a working class, dysfunctional, often violent, itinerant household around the UK and Europe, O’Rourke rose to become the Secretary for Education for New Zealand, the Director of Education at the World Bank, an International Education Consultant and an author of six books. It’s a remarkable story.
978-1-927305-51-5 $34.99
240 x 165mm 202pp, paperback, b/w and colour photos