Exisle Publishing: 168 books
The Happiness Trap
Stop Struggling, Start Living
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2013
A guide to ACT: the revolutionary mindfulness-based program for reducing stress, overcoming fear, and finding fulfilment now updated. International bestseller, The Happiness Trap, has been published in over thirty countries and twenty-two languages. NOW UPDATED. Popular ideas about happiness are misleading,...
by Ashley Ekins
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2010
World War I, The Great War involved the mobilisation of some 70 million soldiers worldwide. It produced images of such pervasive horror on the Western Front that it defined warfare in human memory long into the twentieth century. The war also left a grim legacy: 13 million people died, 9 million of them...
Born to Lead?
Portraits of New Zealand Commanders
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Is there a distinctive style of New Zealand command? An examination of New Zealand military commanders and the style of New Zealand command is long overdue, and this superb new book now fills the gap. Glyn Harper, Joel Hayward and a team of top military historians profile the most important commanders...
The Devil's Own War
The Diary of Herbert Hart: Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele as they happened
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Brigadier-General (later Sir) Herbert Hart left New Zealand in 1914 as a major with the Main Body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and returned in 1919 as a much decorated brigadier-general. Initially, Hart served as William Malone’s second-in-command in the Wellington Infantry Battalion. He...
Mindfulness at Work
How to avoid stress, achieve more and enjoy life!
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Mindfulness at Work reveals how the practice of mindfulness — the ability to focus our attention on what is rather than be distracted by what isnt — can be a powerful antidote to the distractions and stresses of our modern lives, especially our working lives. So, if you want to: reduce your stress;...
by Janet Hayward
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Certain to make you both laugh and cry, this delightful book is a celebration of our favourite pet and its amazing ability to survive against all odds. The incredible 'tails' include cats who have survived horrendous natural disasters, others who have travelled unbelievable distances to return home,...
Harnessing Hope
Take control of your life and master depression
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Simply and clearly explains depression and shows how lifestyle changes will make a difference. The holistic approach includes tips on physical wellbeing, insights into beliefs that shape our moods, and ways to keep sight of the bigger picture through mindfulness. The result is an empowering process which works when tailored to each individual.
by Farida Sultana with Shila Nair
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
PURPLE DANDELION is the true story of Farida Sultana, an extraordinary Muslim woman. Her arranged marriage to a doctor at the age of 18 took her to worn-torn Iran with her husband and young daughter, then to the UK and finally to New Zealand. Being a survivor of violence and abuse, Farida emerged as...
Heartfulness
Beyond Mindfulness, Finding Your Real Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
The mindfulness trend has seen mindfulness become valued more as an item in a personal toolkit as opposed to a full way of living. Dr Stephen McKenzie, a leading mindfulness author and teacher, brings us back to its roots — connecting the heart with mindfulness to become heartfulness. The paths to full living are clearly shown and demonstrated.
New Zealand's Great War
New Zealand, the Allies and the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
This book is a collection of essays arising out of the Zealandias Great War conference organised by the New Zealand Military History Committee in November 2003. In 32 essays by distinguished military historians from New Zealand and around the world, various aspects of New Zealands involvement in World...
The General Grant´s Gold
Shipwreck and greed in the Southern Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
The wreck in 1866 of the General Grant in the desolate sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands is one of the world's great nautical mysteries, a story that still tantalises and thrills. The General Grant was rumoured to contain a fabulous hoard of gold found in the Victorian goldfields; gold estimated to be...
by Dr Stephen McKenzie & Dr Craig Hassed
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
Described simply, mindfulness is the art of directing our attention to what is (reality) rather than what isnt (our ideas of reality). With a little practice, anyone can do it, and the benefits are profound, leading to: an increased sense of happiness and wellbeing; increased clarity of mind; increased...
by Max Cryer
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
Proverbs ... weve all grown up with them and we probably repeat them without much thought. Yes, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush and absence makes the heart grow fonder, but these sayings have almost become clichés and it is the same in every country and culture. Such pearls of wisdom...
by Gwendoline Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
When Gwendoline Smith chanced to have a breast examination at a mobile unit in 2009, little did she know where it might lead. Sure, she lived with the knowledge of her mothers breast cancer years before, but could it really happen to her too? The realisation dawned only when the medical evidence could...