Exisle imprint: 141 books

Many baby boomers are seeking to stay in the workforce longer and are looking for satisfying, fulfilling jobs. This book is a step-by-step guide to finding and winning the sort of job most likely to give job satisfaction and success. It sets out how older workers are often valued in the workplace...

For more than 25 years Practical Beekeeping in New Zealand has been the only comprehensive guide to keeping bees in New Zealand. It provides both amateur and commercial beekeepers with details on honey bee management throughout the year, advice on handling hive products and information about many other...

GOLD START provides parents, teachers and caregivers with the necessary tools to teach children the four basic principles of money management Earning, Spending, Saving and Sharing. Andrew Lendnal outlines the skills that toddlers, preschoolers, school-aged children and tweens require to be money savvy,...

A practical guide for using mindfulness to enrich relationships and effectively manage stresses associated with conflict. The authors explore how we can use mindfulness to develop a more compassionate, friendly relationship with ourselves and others; communicate more effectively; reduce defensive...

This is the book that helps you to help yourself. It contains the essence of most self-help programs in a condensed format to enable you to grasp the real issues involved in personal development. By working through the straightforward question-and-answer sections, you will effect change and make real...

Everyone wants to eat fresh, clean, nutrient-rich food. The more sophisticated of us want our food ethically produced as well. But the vast majority of food in Australia is mass-produced in an industrialised system and the results are not as palatable as the everyday shopper might imagine. Our fruit...

In his introduction to this anthology, Witi Ihimaera describes Auckland, Tamaki makau rau, as the place desired by many. The variety in this absorbing collection of short stories, poetry and extracts from novels and memoirs shows that while Auckland may not always have been desirable, it has certainly...

To be human is to be in relationships. We cant survive without them but at the same time its in our relationships that we so easily come unravelled. Either we feel like we lose ourselves or we feel burnt out from unsuccessful efforts to make things right for another. Its in our relationships that...

THE INFERTILITY HANDBOOK is the essential reference book for couples diagnosed with infertility. It covers everything from understanding your reproductive cycle to what your options are if a biological child is not possible. The causes of infertility both male and female are examined, treatment options...

Today’s teenagers struggle with issues such as anger, depression and anxiety, grief, substance abuse, friendship and body image problems. But by using the simple techniques of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), they can develop effective, flexible coping skills that will build their mental resilience...

Wellington has always boasted a strong literary tradition, from its most famous daughter, Katherine Mansfield, to the richly talented young writers who have graduated from Victoria University's creative writing class in recent years. In this impressive collection of short stories, poetry and extracts...

Country folk have their own way of doing things and their own sense of humour too. They are naturally wary of men in suits and university types, and such people have to be put to the test before they can be accepted. They are not too keen on new-fangled ways of doing things either: a meal of mountain...

Dunedin's remarkable literary heritage is founded on Charles Brasch, who presided over the nation's literature from his Dunedin home for many years as the editor of Landfall, on James K Baxter, arguably New Zealand's greatest poet; and on internationally celebrated novelist Janet Frame. It is an impressive...

Exploring themes of life and death, friendship and family, perception, societal norms and the environment, MENAGERIE OF FALSE TRUTHS promises to be the most compelling book youll read this year. In MENAGERIE OF FALSE TRUTHS, Greg French, author of the much-loved FROG CALL and ARTIFICIAL, draws on...