alternative health way of the five elements: 52 weeks of...

Way of the Five Elements: 52 weeks of powerful acupoints for physical, emotional, and spiritual health - John KirkwoodHbk | 312pp | 9781848192706 | 10/11/2015 | RRP (inc GST) A$44.95 | NZ$54.95 Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Framed within the context of the modern, everyday world, this book takes a refreshing, anecdotal stroll through the healing principles of Chinese medicine, looking at key acupoints for each week of the year. The author journeys through the seasons of the Five Elements and within them the physical, emotional and spiritual associations of key acupoints, exploring their names, functions, and intensely practical healing use in the real world. With clear descriptions and images that express the spirit of the season, and photographs of the point locations, this book is perfect for anyone interested in a different view of the body and its healing relation to the seasons, as well as students and practitioners of Chinese medicine looking for deep and memorable insight into their work.

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Alternative Health

Acupuncture Points Functions Colouring Book Rainy Hutchinson

Pbk | 96pp | 9781848192669 | 21/06/2015 | RRP (inc GST) A$34.95 | NZ$39.95 Jessica Kingsley Publishers

This book presents a fun and practical way of learning the functions of acupuncture points on the twelve primary and eight extra channels. Students are invited to colour and doodle their way through the sequence of images on each channel in turn embellishing anything they find difficult to remember or recall. Through the drawings the author offers her own imaginative visual representation of each point based on translations of the Chinese point names. The text page opposite each set of drawings provides a quick cross reference for the student, with a simple list of the point names and the main functions relating to each. This is an essential learning resource for students of acupuncture, acupressure, shiatsu and massage, and is ideal for revision and self or paired testing.


Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia Stephen GilchristHbk | 228pp | 9780300214703 | 1/03/2016 | RRP (inc GST) A$78 | NZ$94 Yale University Press

Indigenous concepts of time play a critical role in the works of many contemporary Australian artists. Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia showcases prime examples, featuring many works of art that have never before been exhibited outside Australia. The book provides a cultural framework to help understand these objects, emphasizing the importance of the land, the rich narratives that cleave to it, and the art it inspires. 110 color illustrations.


Art and Architecture

101 Things to Learn in Art School Kit White

Hbk | 224pp | 9780262016216 | 17/10/2011 | RRP (inc GST) A$36.95 | NZ$44.95 MIT Press

What is the first thing to learn in art school? 'Art can be anything.' The second thing? 'Learn to draw.' With 101 Things to Learn in Art School, artist and teacher Kit White delivers and develops such lessons, striking an instructive balance between technical advice and sage concepts. These 101 maxims, meditations, and demonstrations offer both a toolkit of ideas for the art student and a set of guiding principles for the artist.


101 Things I Learned in Architecture School Matthew Frederick

Hbk | 216pp | 9780262062664 | 30/09/2007 | RRP (inc GST) A$36.95 | NZ$44.95 MIT Press

This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their backpacks. It is also a book they may want to keep out of view of their professors, for it expresses in clear and simple language things that tend to be murky and abstruse in the classroom. Written by an architect and instructor who remembers well the fog of his own student days, 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School provides valuable guideposts for navigating the design studio and other classes in the architecture curriculum.


Weiwei-isms Ai Weiwei

Hbk | 152pp | 9780691157665 | 19/11/2012 | RRP (inc GST) A$27.95 | NZ$33.95 Princeton University Press

This collection of quotes demonstrates the elegant simplicity of Ai Weiwei’s thoughts on key aspects of his art, politics, and life. A master at communicating powerful ideas in astonishingly few words, Ai Weiwei is known for his innovative use of social media to disseminate his views. The short quotations presented here have been carefully selected from articles, tweets, and interviews given by this acclaimed Chinese artist and activist.


Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern Francine Prose

Hbk | 240pp | 9780300203486 | 1/10/2015 | RRP (inc GST) A$41.95 | NZ$49.95 Yale University Press

One of twentieth-century America’s most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray. Acclaimed best-selling author Francine Prose offers a singular reading of Guggenheim’s life that will enthrall enthusiasts of twentieth-century art, as well as anyone interested in American and European culture and the interrelationships between them. The lively and insightful narrative follows Guggenheim through virtually every aspect of her extraordinary life.


Biography

Ultimate IQ Tests: 1000 Practice Test Questions to Boost Your Brainpower 3ed - Ken Russell and Philip CarterPbk | 320pp | 9780749474300 | 3/08/2015 | RRP (inc GST) A$36.95 | NZ$38.95 Kogan Page Ltd

IQ tests are routinely encountered in recruitment for various industries, including for jobs in the government, armed forces, education as well as industry and commerce. Competition is fierce and employers are determined to cut the weak from the strong so it is essential for candidates to be prepared. Ultimate IQ Tests is the biggest book of IQ practice tests available. Written and compiled by experts in IQ testing and brain puzzles it contains 1000 practice questions organized into 25 tests, with a simple guide to assessing individual performance.


Career

Ultimate Psychometric Tests: Over 1000 Verbal, Numerical, Diagrammatic and Personality Tests 3ed - Mike BryonPbk | 288pp | 9780749474515 | 3/06/2015 | RRP (inc GST) A$35.95 | NZ$38.95 Kogan Page Ltd

The use of psychometric tests in job selection procedures is more prominent than ever and for unprepared candidates they represent a considerable challenge that can get in the way of them successfully landing a new job. The best-selling Ultimate Psychometric Tests, now in its third edition, is the biggest book of its kind, containing over 1000 practice test questions of a multitude of different types of tests with accompanying answers and explanations. Providing sample questions from all the major types of test, including verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, personality questionnaires, non-verbal and diagrammatic reasoning, new tests also now include spatial recognition and visual estimation, situational awareness tests as well as quantities and conversion tests.


Kids' Guide to Staying Awesome and in Control: Simple Stuff to Help Children Regulate Their Emotions and Senses - Lauren BruknerHbk | 112pp | 9781849059978 | 21/07/2014 | RRP (inc GST) A$29.95 | NZ$36.95 Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Packed with simple ideas to regulate the emotions and senses, this book will help children tackle difficult feelings head-on and feel awesome and in control. The book offers an original approach to a very common area of difficulty for children with ASD and related conditions. Few books are written specifically for children with concrete, transferable self-regulation strategies. The author is an Occupational Therapist with extensive training and experience in self-regulation difficulties in children. It is suitable for children with emotional and sensory processing difficulties aged approximately 7 to 14 years.


Children's Non-Fiction

What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety Dawn HuebnerPbk | 80pp | 9781591473145 | 1/09/2005 | RRP (inc GST) A$31.95 | NZ$37.95 Magination Press

What to Do When You Worry Too Much is an interactive self-help book designed to guide 6-12 year olds and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of generalised anxiety. Metaphors and humorous illustrations make difficult concepts easy to understand, while prompts to draw and write help children to master new skills related to reducing anxiety.


Starving the Anxiety Gremlin: A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Anxiety Management for Young People - Kate Collins-DonnellyPbk | 168pp | 9781849053419 | 15/01/2013 | RRP (inc GST) A$32.95 | NZ$38.95 Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Starving the Anxiety Gremlin is a unique resource to help young people understand different types of anxiety and how to manage them, including panic attacks, phobias, social anxiety, generalised anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder. Based on cognitive behavioural principles that link thoughts, feelings and behaviours, the techniques described help young people to understand why they get anxious and how they can 'starve' their anxiety gremlin in order to manage their anxiety. This engaging workbook uses fun activities and real life stories, and can be used by young people aged 10+ on their own or with a parent or practitioner.


How to Be a Superhero Called Self-Control!: Super Powers to Help Younger Children to Regulate their Emotions and Senses - Lauren BruknerHbk | 112pp | 9781849057172 | 10/11/2015 | RRP (inc GST) A$29.95 | NZ$36.95 Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Meet Self-Control, a superhero who wants to teach young children his super powers of self-control! Anxiety, frustration, anger, and other difficult feelings won't stand a chance against their new-found powers. Self-Control teaches children with emotional and sensory regulation difficulties aged approximately 4-7 how to calm themselves using self-massage, deep pressure, breathing exercises, and activities such as making an imaginary list and finding their own peaceful place. Age Range: 4-7 years.


Elsa Beskow Baby Book: Memories of Your Baby`s Early Years Elsa Beskow and Polly LawsonHbk | 60pp | 9781782500063 | 19/09/2013 | RRP (inc GST) A$26.95 | NZ$31.95 Floris Books

This beautiful baby record book is illustrated throughout with Elsa Beskow's classic artwork. With plenty of room for photographs and keepsakes, parents and grandparents can record all the important developments and happy memories in their child's early life, to share in the years to come. Each page is fully illustrated with Beskow's charming depictions of children, taken from her picture books which have been loved for over a century.


Crafts and Activities

Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz

Hbk | 144pp | 9780674088702 | 8/09/2015 | RRP (inc GST) A$35.95 | NZ$43.95 Harvard University Press

In this deeply informed and absorbing exchange, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz present an antidote to the polarizing rhetoric and obscurantism that have become defining features of our time: honest dialogue. Harris finds the doctrines of Islam dangerous and irredeemable. No, the Muslim anti-extremist Nawaz argues, Islam is amendable to reform and can find its place in a secular world. Rather than devolve into bigotry or caricature, their exchange presents an inspiring example of courteous attention, sharp-edged wisdom, and finally hope.


Current Affairs

Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty

Hbk | 696pp | 9780674430006 | 1/04/2014 | RRP (inc GST) A$89 | NZ$102 Harvard University Press

What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns. Capital in the Twenty-First Century won the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2014.


Economics

Economics of Inequality Thomas Piketty

Hbk | 160pp | 9780674504806 | 6/07/2015 | RRP (inc GST) A$46.95 | NZ$49.95 Harvard University Press

Thomas Piketty, whose Capital in the Twenty-First Century pushed inequality to the forefront of public debate wrote The Economics of Inequality as an introduction to the conceptual and factual background necessary for interpreting changes in economic inequality over time. This concise text has established itself as an indispensable guide for students and general readers in France, where it has been regularly updated and revised. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer, The Economics of Inequality now appears in English for the first time.


Collision Course: Endless Growth on a Finite Planet Kerryn Higgs

Hbk | 416pp | 9780262027731 | 8/08/2014 | RRP (inc GST) A$66 | NZ$81 MIT Press

The notion of ever-expanding economic growth has been promoted so relentlessly that “growth” is now entrenched as the natural objective of collective human effort. The public has been convinced that growth is the natural solution to virtually all social problems - poverty, debt, unemployment, and even the environmental degradation caused by the determined pursuit of growth. Meanwhile, warnings by scientists that we live on a finite planet that cannot sustain infinite economic expansion are ignored or even scorned. In Collision Course, Kerryn Higgs examines how society’s commitment to growth has marginalised scientific findings on the limits of growth, casting them as bogus predictions of imminent doom.


Environment

Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future Naomi Oreskes and Erik M ConwayPbk | 104pp | 9780231169547 | 1/06/2014 | RRP (inc GST) A$19.95 | NZ$25.95 Columbia University Press

This work is an important title that will change how readers look at the world. Dramatising climate change in ways traditional nonfiction cannot, this inventive, at times humorous work reasserts the importance of scientists and the work they do and reveals the self-serving interests of the so called “carbon industrial complex” that have turned the practice of sound science into political fodder. Based on sound scholarship yet unafraid to tilt at sacred cows in both science and policy, this book provides a welcome moment of clarity amid the cacophony of climate change literature.


Priam’s Gold: Schliemann and the Lost Treasures of Troy Caroline MooreheadPbk | 336pp | 9781784534875 | 1/03/2016 | RRP (inc GST) A$33.95 | NZ$41.95 IB Tauris & Co Ltd

Troy: one of the most captivating and mysterious stories of antiquity... But was Troy an actual place or just a legend of Homer’s epic? It took the most unlikely of people, Heinrich Schliemann – a grocer’s-apprentice turned self-made archaeologist, courageous and driven – to solve one of the greatest puzzles in history. His extraordinary discovery of the ruins of fabled Troy and the magnificent treasure of King Priam anointed Schliemann as the ‘father of pre-history’, but was also beset by controversy that persists to this day.


History

Latest Readings Clive James


In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia. Deciding that "if you don't know the exact moment when the lights will go out, you might as well read until they do," James moved his library to his house in Cambridge, where he would "live, read, and perhaps even write." James is the award-winning author of dozens of works of literary criticism, poetry, and history, and this volume contains his reflections on what may well be his last reading list.


Literature

After the Circus: A Novel Patrick Modiano

Pbk | 216pp | 9780300215892 | 16/12/2015 | RRP (inc GST) A$26.95 | NZ$32.95 Yale University Press

One of the hallmarks of French author Patrick Modiano's writing is a singular ability to revisit particular motifs and episodes, infusing each telling with new detail and emotional nuance. In this evocative novel the internationally acclaimed author takes up one of his most compelling themes: a love affair with a woman who disappears, and a narrator grappling with the mystery of a relationship stopped short.


Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green Homer

Pbk | 544pp | 9780520281431 | 1/03/2016 | RRP (inc GST) A$44.95 | NZ$56.95 University of California Press

One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods. Renowned scholar and acclaimed translator Peter Green captures the Iliad in all its surging thunder for a new generation of readers. This landmark translation - specifically designed, like the oral original, to be read aloud - will soon be required reading for every student of Greek antiquity, and the great traditions of history and literature to which it gave birth.


Happy Child, Happy Home: Conscious Parenting and Creative Discipline Lou Harvey-ZahraPbk | 224pp | 9781782500551 | 7/02/2014 | RRP (inc GST) A$32.95 | NZ$39.95 Floris Books

This practical and inspiring book introduces 'conscious parenting' as a new way of helping any family home become more harmonious. Lou Harvey-Zahra, an experienced parenting coach and teacher, wants to help parents develop calm and happy children. Drawing her inspiration from a Steiner-Waldorf background, she offers candid, relevant and funny tips and advice for taking a clear look at family life, identifying what's not working, and exploring new ideas for improving parent-child relationships.


Parenting

Creative Discipline, Connected Family: Transforming Tears, Tantrums and Troubles While Staying Close to Your Children - Lou Harvey-ZahraPbk | 224pp | 9781782502135 | 20/08/2015 | RRP (inc GST) A$32.95 | NZ$42.95 Floris Books

This book is full of ideas for overcoming everyday issues like fussy eating, bedtime struggles and sibling squabbles. It also offers inspiration for addressing larger concerns, such as lying, anger and bereavement. With numerous examples, real-life stories and commonly asked questions, this is an encouraging, helpful guide for parenting children from toddler to twelve years old from the author of the bestselling Happy Child, Happy Home.


In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and Its Ironies David Rieff


The conventional wisdom about historical memory is summed up in George Santayana's celebrated phrase, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Today, the consensus that it is moral to remember, immoral to forget, is nearly absolute. And yet is this right? Collective remembrance can be toxic. Sometimes, Rieff concludes, it may be more moral to forget. Ranging widely across some of the defining conflicts of modern times—the Irish Troubles and the Easter Uprising of 1916, the white settlement of Australia, the American Civil War, the Balkan wars, the Holocaust, and 9/11—Rieff presents an easily understood examination of the uses and abuses of historical memory.


Philosophy

Theories of International Politics and Zombies: Revived Edition Daniel W DreznerPbk | 216pp | 9780691163703 | 21/10/2014 | RRP (inc GST) A$33.95 | NZ$39.95 Princeton University Press

What would happen to international politics if the dead rose from the grave and started to eat the living? Daniel Drezner's groundbreaking book answers the question that other international relations scholars have been too scared to ask. Addressing timely issues with analytical bite, Drezner looks at how well-known theories from international relations might be applied to a war with zombies. Exploring the plots of popular zombie films, songs, and books, Theories of International Politics and Zombies predicts realistic scenarios for the political stage in the face of a zombie threat and considers how valid—or how rotten—such scenarios might be.


Politics

What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter - Jeffrey BennettPbk | 208pp | 9780231167277 | 1/03/2016 | RRP (inc GST) A$39.95 | NZ$47.95 Columbia University Press

It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as prominent author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out, black holes don't suck. With that simple idea in mind, Bennett begins an entertaining introduction to Einstein's theories of relativity, describing the amazing phenomena readers would actually experience if they took a trip to a black hole. His intuitive, nonmathematical approach gives a wide audience its first real taste of how relativity works and why it is so important to science and the way we view ourselves as human beings. 41 figures.


Science

Killing the Koala and Poisoning the Prairie: Australia, America, and the Environment - Corey J A Bradshaw and Paul R EhrlichPbk | 240pp | 9780226316987 | 26/09/2015 | RRP (inc GST) A$42.95 | NZ$51.95 University of Chicago Press

Though separated by thousands of miles, the United States and Australia have much in common. Geographically both countries are expansive—the United States is the fourth largest in land mass and Australia the sixth—and both possess a vast amount of natural biodiversity. At the same time, both nations are on a crash course toward environmental destruction. Highly developed super consumers with enormous energy footprints and high rates of greenhouse-gas emissions, they are two of the biggest drivers of climate change per capita. Although focused on two nations, Killing the Koala and Poisoning the Prairie clearly has global implications—the problems facing the United States and Australia are not theirs alone, and the solutions to come will benefit by being crafted in coalition.


Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness - Mark G Williams, John D Teasdale, Zindel V Segal, and Jon Kabat-ZinnPbk | 273pp | 9781593851286 | 2/06/2007 | RRP (inc GST) A$42.95 | NZ$52.95 Guilford Publications Inc

The Mindful Way through Depression draws on the collective wisdom of four internationally renowned mindfulness experts, including bestselling author Jon Kabat-Zinn, to provide effective relief from the most prevalent psychological disorder. This authoritative, easy-to-use self-help programme is based on methods clinically proven to reduce the recurrence of depression. Revealing the hidden psychological mechanisms that cause chronic unhappiness, the authors gently guide readers through a series of exercises designed to break the mental habits that lead to despair.


Self Help

Mindful Way Workbook: An 8-Week Program to Free Yourself from Depression and Emotional Distress (With MP3 CD) - John Teasdale, Mark Williams and Zindel SegalPbk | 228pp | 9781462508143 | 29/01/2014 | RRP (inc GST) A$46.95 | NZ$56.95 Guilford Publications Inc

From the authors of the bestselling The Mindful Way through Depression—which explores how mindfulness can break the cycle of chronic unhappiness—this carefully constructed workbook shows the reader how to build a mindfulness practice in 8 weeks. Basic mindfulness principles and facts about depression and other common emotional problems are combined with specific mindfulness exercises to try on a daily and weekly basis. Readers will be drawn in immediately by self-assessments, reflection questions and exercises. Each week's guided meditations are provided on the accompanying MP3 CD and can also be downloaded by purchasers.


What the Hell Happened to My Brain?: Living Beyond Dementia Kate Swaffer

Pbk | 392pp | 9781849056083 | 1/02/2016 | RRP (inc GST) A$39.95 | NZ$49.95 Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Kate Swaffer was 49 years old when she was diagnosed with a rare form of young onset dementia. Here, she insightfully explores issues relating to that experience, such as giving up employment and driving, breaking the news to family, having a suddenly reduced social circle, stigma surrounding dementia, and inadequacies in care and support. Kate also shares her experiences in dementia activism and advocacy, highlighting the important role of social media in combatting isolation post-diagnosis. Kate's empowering words will challenge preconceptions on dementia, highlight the issues that impact individuals living with a dementia diagnosis, and act as a source of comfort for them and their loved ones. The book will also be of interest to dementia care professionals.


Venice: A Literary Guide for Travellers Marie-jose Gransard

Hbk | 288pp | 9781780769837 | 1/03/2016 | RRP (inc GST) A$46.95 | NZ$56.95 IB Tauris & Co Ltd

From its earliest beginnings in the 7th century, Venice has been a magnetic centre of trade and culture, wealth and power and has acted as a crossroads for an array of religious pilgrims and refugees, diplomats, crusading armies and merchants. Later, its fabled beauty and reputation as a haven for freedom of expression seduced some of the most celebrated figures in history: artists such as Durer, Da Vinci, Bellini and Turner; writers Dickens, Byron, Kafka, Poe, Rousseau, Thomas Mann, Ruskin and Ezra Pound and composers Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Stravinsky. In this, the first literary guide to Venice, the author uncovers the city's myriad secrets, revealing how every floating palace, gilded church and bustling square is imbued with the lives and creations of those who were inspired by the city.


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