July - September HCNZ Publicity Catalogue

July - September 2012

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Sandra Noakes 09 443 8954 Louise Vallant 09 443 9246

Bonnie Kozeluh 09 443 9400 x845

Does your world need more awesome?

It’s going to ROCK. YOUR. WORLD.

2012 Down-Under Tour

Well, Derek is about to bring it — and Skulduggery Pleasant: Kingdom Of The Wicked — when he visits New Zealand for his 2012 Down Under Tour.

Auckland – 8 August 2012 Wellington – 9 August 2012Christchurch – 10 August 2012Auckland – 11 August 2012

Magic is a disease.

Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic, they are unwittingly endangering their own lives and the lives of the people around them. Terrified and confused, their only hope lies with the Sanctuary. Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are needed now more than ever.

Children’s

The success of his team would send a nation into raptures. After 24 years and five abortive World Cup campaigns, finally a coach had restored the All Blacks to the top of the rugby pedestal. He could now step down from coaching, relax and reflect on a remarkable coaching career.

But it wasn’t a career of endless success. While it started and finished in glory, along the way there were moments of despair. At the lowest point in his career, he almost gave it all away. An ill-fated Lions tour of Australia, a sojourn with Wales that came horribly unstuck, a disastrous 2007 World Cup campaign … these were traumatic events thatbecame part of the destiny of the man who now ranks as rugby’s most successful coach.

This book traces his less-than-impressive academic career, surprising considering he rose to become a headmaster; his achievements as a cricketer; the origins of his rugby coaching; and his partnership with Raewyn, who would become an international sporting coach herself.

Graham reveals the drastic measures he took to change the culture within the All Blacks and set them on the path to becoming world champions.

Written in collaboration with Bob Howitt, one of New Zealand’s most respected rugby writers.

‘It’s stimulating and challenging recalling the intricacies of your own mind, relevant to those great battles at the Rugby World Cups of 2007 and 2011, those games proving there is a very fine line between ecstasy and depression. It’s also a great pleasure and privilege to talk about the many outstanding young men who have represented the All Blacks during that time.’ Sir Graham Henry

HarperCollins NZ | RRP $49.99 | August 2012

Graham Henry: Final Word Bob Howitt

The All Blacks’ triumphant coach Graham Henry may have retired, but he’s

got one team talk still to deliver — to rugby followers worldwide.

New Zealand Non Fiction Lifestyle

Monteith’s Wild Kitchens: The Best of Monteith’s Beer and Wild Food Challenge Kerry R. Tyack

The Monteith’s Beer and Wild Food Challenge has become a stalwart of the New Zealand food scene and 2012 marks its 15-year anniversary. This prestigious national challenge sets restaurants, bars and cafés competing against one another to create New Zealand’s ultimate wild food dish.

Containing the best recipes from the past 15 years of the challenge, along with innovative new recipes from well-known New Zealand chefs, all the recipes will be adapted for the home cook by writer and beer aficionado Kerry Tyack, making them easy to create in your own kitchen. Beautifully photographed, the book also includes an easy-to-use beer and food matching guide.


The Kiwi Fisherman’s Guide to Life Ian Chapman and Mike Rendle

A quirky selection of Kiwis share their passion for fishing and for life.

From trophies and near catches, to foibles, philosophies, obsessions and preoccupations, these fisher-folk share their unbridled enthusiasm for the sport. Entertaining and stunningly illustrated, this is the perfect present for those who dream of the ultimate big catch, or are just enjoying the journey.

Ian Chapman is an avid fisherman and fishing columnist who lives in Dunedin. Michael Rendle is the owner andeditor of bestselling magazine Fishing Coast to Coast, a household name to the New Zealand fishing public, and a true Kiwi fishing legend.

HarperCollins NZ | RRP $36.99 | August 2012 HarperCollins NZ | RRP $29.99 | August 2012

Yates Garden Problem Solver Yates

This bestselling book has been fully updated to include the latest available practical remedies and solutions for your garden.

Covering a wide variety of common disorders affecting

flowers, fruit, vegetables, shrubs and trees, Yates Garden Problem Solver provides clear colour illustrations of weeds, pests and diseases, allowing you to spot at a glance the problem affecting your plants.

Easy-to-follow text provides simple steps to rid yourself of even the nastiest pests.

FictionAssassin Tara Moss

How far would you go for revenge? For survival? Makedde Vanderwall returns in Tara Moss’s new dark and glamorous thriller.

Former model turned forensic psychologist and PI Mak Vanderwall is missing, presumed dead in Paris. By hiring a hit man to kill

her, the powerful and corrupt Cavanagh family aimed to silence her for good. But after narrowly escaping death, Mak has taken over her would-be killer’s world. She is very much alive. And transformed.

Tara Moss is an internationally bestselling novelist, award-winning short story writer and former top model. In her spare time she studies psychology, forensic science, criminology and violent crime.

River of Destiny Barbara Erskine

From an ancient burial ground to a Victorian murder, Erskine will have you gripped as the mystery unfolds across the ages.

On the banks of the River Deben in Suffolk lies a set of barns dating back to the Anglo Saxons, within their walls secrets have laid

buried for centuries. Whilst farmers are ploughing the land surrounding the barns, sets of human bones are found and when the police arrive it becomes clear that the bones are much older than first suspected.

Barbara Erskine is the author of many bestselling novels that demonstrate her interest in both history and the supernatural. Her first novel, Lady of Hay, has sold over two million copies worldwide.

LifestyleHarperCollins UK | RRP $34.99 | August 2012 HarperCollins AUS | RRP $36.99 | September 2012

This Way of Life Sumner Burstyn

Based on Sumner Burstyn’s film of the same name, which was shortlisted for an Oscar and won 10 international awards.

Here are the many stories the film could not capture or that followed on after filming was completed, with more focus on the seven children of the unique Ottley-Karena family.

In our risk-adverse culture they embrace wild nature, horses andadventure every day; the children are allowed the privilege of freedom — they ride, hunt and kayak — their toys are nature; their Game Boys real horses, their PlayStation real guns used to hunt venison for sustenance. This is the free-range childhood most of us can only dream of.

Faced with a range of new challenges, they approach life with characteristic dignity and strength. But is their unique lifestyle one that is sustainable in the long term? A modern parable of one family’s unconventional and incredibly positive response to the questions that confront many families in these anxious times.

HarperCollins NZ | RRP $34.99 | September 2012

The Search for Anne Perry Joanne Drayton

Until 1994, the world knew Anne Perry as the writer of bestselling crime fiction at the peak of her writing career. But following the release of Peter Jackson’s film Heavenly Creatures about the sensational 1954 Parker-Hulme murders came the shocking revelation that Anne Perry started life as Juliet Hulme, the teenager jointly convicted of murdering her friend’s mother.

Life would never be the same for Anne. That a convicted murderer had gone on to become a celebrated crime writer with worldwide sales of over 25 million books was tantalizing enough. But careful analysis of her writing reveals that these were more than simple crime stories. Was Anne, in fact, revealing more about herself in the characters she was creating?

Acclaimed biographer, Joanne Drayton takes on the challenge of exploring Anne Perry’s writing to uncover her world view and her compulsion to write. The famously private Perry agreed to be comprehensively interviewed for the book and has allowed Drayton unparalleled access to her friends, relatives, colleagues and archives. The result is a compelling read with revelations that will resonate with the reader long after the final page.


New Zealand Non Fiction

Double Happiness: How Bullshit Works Joe Bennett

In this bitingly witty book, New Zealand’s favourite columnist, lays bare the techniques behind bullshit and how it has become so ingrained in our everyday lives that we barely recognize it.

Bullshit has always been with us, but as a result of the

proliferation of media in the last century we are now awash with it, drowning in it. If we were to strip bullshit from our conversations, televisions, newspapers and airwaves, we would barely recognize what remained. It has become so accepted a part of the human landscape that people can not only make a living from it but achieve power, prestige and wealth from it.

Bennett unpacks examples of everyday bullshit from NZ and around the world to expose the techniques that underlie it.

Rivals: Sport’s Greatest Battles Phil Gifford

An entertaining and informative account of some of the greatest rivalries in sport.

An explanation of the battles between sportsmen and their rivals.

Classic encounters include those between John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg, Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, the Wallabies and the All Blacks, Don Revie and Brian Clough, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, and many more.

Told with Gifford’s trademark humour and encyclopaedic knowledge of all things sporting, this is a behind-the-scenes look at sport’s greatest battles.


FictionSurrender Donna Malane

Determined to uncover the truth behind her sister’s brutal murder, Diane Rowe soon discovers that some truths should stay buried.

Missing person’s expert Diane Rowe is used to making sense of other people’s lives. It’s just a pity she’s not having much luck

with her own. The brutal murder of her little sister, Niki, and the break-up of her marriage have tested her usual tough optimism.

Donna Malane is an award-winning television producer and scriptwriter. She has written for all genres of television, including a number of successful crime dramas.

HarperCollins NZ | RRP $19.99 | July 2012

The Inheritance Simon Tolkien

When an eminent art historian is found dead in his study, all the evidence points to his estranged son, Stephen.

The grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien is a naturally gifted storyteller with a flair for crafting multi-layered and engaging crime thrillers,

proving that he is a master of suspense.

Simon Tolkien was a successful Criminal Justice barrister in London specializing in serious crimes. He has been acclaimed as a naturally gifted storyteller with a terrific command of language and a unique perception into the darker sides of human nature.

The Oldest Song in the World Sue Woolfe

Lyn is an outsider and way out of her depth in the desert community, searching for the Aboriginal woman who can reveal to her the oldest song in the world.

Sensitively portrayed, lyrical, and filled with powerful insights about different

people’s sense of home and belonging and family. A brave and controversial story about discovering the power of one’s own voice and taking care to pay attention to the voices of others.

Sue Woolfe is the author of three novels, including the acclaimed, Leaning Towards Infinity, which won the Asia Pacific Region section of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. She teaches creative writing at Sydney University.

Sue Woolfe will be at the Christchurch Writers & Readers Festival 30 August–2 September.

Flowers of Baghdad Bruce Lyman

Are you ready for me, you on the free side of the bars? Are you ready for my story? Are you ready for foulness and sweetness? It is a story you will not be able to rinse out for a long time.

It is 2005. Malik is a good man, who ekes out a living

in war-torn Baghdad selling cotton business shirts from a dusty stall on a street corner to support his wife and children. He risks life and limb, every day, driving his old Datsun to and from his stall, through military checkpoints and an obstacle course of snipers, suicide bombers and booby-trapped streets.

Aadil is a devoted husband and a father to nine children. Like Malik, he is a good man who wants the best for his family — and peace for Iraq. Aadil sets in motion a chain of events that changes the lives of his family, and Malik’s family, and his friends irrevocably — in measures both magical anddevastating.

International Non FictionAmy: My Daughter Mitch Winehouse

In this intimate account of Amy Winehouse’s life, music, and untimely death, her father Mitch gives readers full access to his daughter’s private life in the midst of her immensely public triumphs and tragedies.

Following her tragic death in July 2011, Mitch Winehouse

wants to tell her incredible story in full. Using exclusive extracts and never seen before pictures, Mitch discusses shocking and concerning events in his daughter’s life that will tug at the heartstrings of Amy’s fans across the globe.

All author proceeds from the book will be donated to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, the charity that Mitch has established in Amy’s name to help children and young adults facing difficulty and adversity in their lives.

HarperCollins UK | RRP $36.99 | July 2012

Hope Street, Jerusalem Irris Makler

Adventurous, compassionate and engagingly honest, journalist Irris Makler is a master at capturing the personal stories behind the news.

Both a love story and bittersweet tribute to her beloved adopted city of

Jerusalem, Irris Makler, the award-winning author of Our Woman in Kabul, shines a hopeful light on a part of the world where the news reports often make it seem impossibly dark.

From juggling the danger and unpredictability of her work as a roving foreign correspondent, to falling in love with a handsome and charming young Israeli, she allows us an intimate glimpse into a passionate, vibrant and fascinating world.

HarperCollins AUS | RRP $36.99 | September 2012

Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937–1948 Madeleine Albright

A deeply personal memoir and an incisive work of history, as seen through the eyes of one of the international community’s most respected and fascinating figures.

Before she turned 12, Madeleine Albright’s life was shaken by the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, the Battle of Britain, and the attempted destruction of European Jewry, the allied victory in World War II, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War. Albright’s experiences, and those of her family, provide a lens through which to view the most tumultuous dozen years in modern history. Drawing on her memory, her parents’ written reflections, interviews with contemporaries, and newly-available documents, she recounts a tale that is by turns harrowing and inspiring.

HarperCollins UK | RRP $39.99 | April 2012

Wonders of Life Professor Brian Cox

Professor Brian Cox takes us on an incredible journey to discover how a few fundamental laws gave birth to the most complex, diverse and unique force in the universe – life itself.

In an experimental approach which uses the

latest advances in science as well as the cutting-edge graphics used in Cox’s bestselleing Wonders of the Solar System and Wonders of the Universe, Brian uncovers the secrets of life in the most unexpected locations and in the most stunning detail.

Professor Brian Cox, OBE, is a particle physicist, and a researcher on one of the most ambitious experiments on Earth, the ATLAS experiment on the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. He is best known as presenter of the TV popular series Wonders of the Solar System and Wonders of the Universe, which screen in New Zealand on Sky TV.

HarperCollins UK | RRP $49.99 | September 2012 HarperCollins AUS | RRP $34.99 | July 2012

HarperCollins UK | RRP $24.99 | September 2012


FictionSurrender Donna Malane

Determined to uncover the truth behind her sister’s brutal murder, Diane Rowe soon discovers that some truths should stay buried.

Missing person’s expert Diane Rowe is used to making sense of other people’s lives. It’s just a pity she’s not having much luck

with her own. The brutal murder of her little sister, Niki, and the break-up of her marriage have tested her usual tough optimism.

Donna Malane is an award-winning television producer and scriptwriter. She has written for all genres of television, including a number of successful crime dramas.

HarperCollins NZ | RRP $19.99 | July 2012

The Inheritance Simon Tolkien

When an eminent art historian is found dead in his study, all the evidence points to his estranged son, Stephen.

The grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien is a naturally gifted storyteller with a flair for crafting multi-layered and engaging crime thrillers,

proving that he is a master of suspense.

Simon Tolkien was a successful Criminal Justice barrister in London specializing in serious crimes. He has been acclaimed as a naturally gifted storyteller with a terrific command of language and a unique perception into the darker sides of human nature.

The Oldest Song in the World Sue Woolfe

Lyn is an outsider and way out of her depth in the desert community, searching for the Aboriginal woman who can reveal to her the oldest song in the world.

Sensitively portrayed, lyrical, and filled with powerful insights about different

people’s sense of home and belonging and family. A brave and controversial story about discovering the power of one’s own voice and taking care to pay attention to the voices of others.

Sue Woolfe is the author of three novels, including the acclaimed, Leaning Towards Infinity, which won the Asia Pacific Region section of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. She teaches creative writing at Sydney University.

Sue Woolfe will be at the Christchurch Writers & Readers Festival 30 August–2 September.

Flowers of Baghdad Bruce Lyman

Are you ready for me, you on the free side of the bars? Are you ready for my story? Are you ready for foulness and sweetness? It is a story you will not be able to rinse out for a long time.

It is 2005. Malik is a good man, who ekes out a living

in war-torn Baghdad selling cotton business shirts from a dusty stall on a street corner to support his wife and children. He risks life and limb, every day, driving his old Datsun to and from his stall, through military checkpoints and an obstacle course of snipers, suicide bombers and booby-trapped streets.

Aadil is a devoted husband and a father to nine children. Like Malik, he is a good man who wants the best for his family — and peace for Iraq. Aadil sets in motion a chain of events that changes the lives of his family, and Malik’s family, and his friends irrevocably — in measures both magical anddevastating.

International Non FictionAmy: My Daughter Mitch Winehouse

In this intimate account of Amy Winehouse’s life, music, and untimely death, her father Mitch gives readers full access to his daughter’s private life in the midst of her immensely public triumphs and tragedies.

Following her tragic death in July 2011, Mitch Winehouse

wants to tell her incredible story in full. Using exclusive extracts and never seen before pictures, Mitch discusses shocking and concerning events in his daughter’s life that will tug at the heartstrings of Amy’s fans across the globe.

All author proceeds from the book will be donated to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, the charity that Mitch has established in Amy’s name to help children and young adults facing difficulty and adversity in their lives.

HarperCollins UK | RRP $36.99 | July 2012

Hope Street, Jerusalem Irris Makler

Adventurous, compassionate and engagingly honest, journalist Irris Makler is a master at capturing the personal stories behind the news.

Both a love story and bittersweet tribute to her beloved adopted city of

Jerusalem, Irris Makler, the award-winning author of Our Woman in Kabul, shines a hopeful light on a part of the world where the news reports often make it seem impossibly dark.

From juggling the danger and unpredictability of her work as a roving foreign correspondent, to falling in love with a handsome and charming young Israeli, she allows us an intimate glimpse into a passionate, vibrant and fascinating world.


Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937–1948 Madeleine Albright

A deeply personal memoir and an incisive work of history, as seen through the eyes of one of the international community’s most respected and fascinating figures.

Before she turned 12, Madeleine Albright’s life was shaken by the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, the Battle of Britain, and the attempted destruction of European Jewry, the allied victory in World War II, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War. Albright’s experiences, and those of her family, provide a lens through which to view the most tumultuous dozen years in modern history. Drawing on her memory, her parents’ written reflections, interviews with contemporaries, and newly-available documents, she recounts a tale that is by turns harrowing and inspiring.

HarperCollins UK | RRP $39.99 | April 2012

Wonders of Life Professor Brian Cox

Professor Brian Cox takes us on an incredible journey to discover how a few fundamental laws gave birth to the most complex, diverse and unique force in the universe – life itself.

In an experimental approach which uses the

latest advances in science as well as the cutting-edge graphics used in Cox’s bestselleing Wonders of the Solar System and Wonders of the Universe, Brian uncovers the secrets of life in the most unexpected locations and in the most stunning detail.

Professor Brian Cox, OBE, is a particle physicist, and a researcher on one of the most ambitious experiments on Earth, the ATLAS experiment on the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. He is best known as presenter of the TV popular series Wonders of the Solar System and Wonders of the Universe, which screen in New Zealand on Sky TV.

HarperCollins UK | RRP $49.99 | September 2012 HarperCollins AUS | RRP $34.99 | July 2012

HarperCollins UK | RRP $24.99 | September 2012


FictionAssassin Tara Moss

How far would you go for revenge? For survival? Makedde Vanderwall returns in Tara Moss’s new dark and glamorous thriller.

Former model turned forensic psychologist and PI Mak Vanderwall is missing, presumed dead in Paris. By hiring a hit man to kill

her, the powerful and corrupt Cavanagh family aimed to silence her for good. But after narrowly escaping death, Mak has taken over her would-be killer’s world. She is very much alive. And transformed.

Tara Moss is an internationally bestselling novelist, award-winning short story writer and former top model. In her spare time she studies psychology, forensic science, criminology and violent crime.

River of Destiny Barbara Erskine

From an ancient burial ground to a Victorian murder, Erskine will have you gripped as the mystery unfolds across the ages.

On the banks of the River Deben in Suffolk lies a set of barns dating back to the Anglo Saxons, within their walls secrets have laid

buried for centuries. Whilst farmers are ploughing the land surrounding the barns, sets of human bones are found and when the police arrive it becomes clear that the bones are much older than first suspected.

Barbara Erskine is the author of many bestselling novels that demonstrate her interest in both history and the supernatural. Her first novel, Lady of Hay, has sold over two million copies worldwide.

LifestyleHarperCollins UK | RRP $34.99 | August 2012 HarperCollins AUS | RRP $36.99 | September 2012

This Way of Life Sumner Burstyn

Based on Sumner Burstyn’s film of the same name, which was shortlisted for an Oscar and won 10 international awards.

Here are the many stories the film could not capture or that followed on after filming was completed, with more focus on the seven children of the unique Ottley-Karena family.

In our risk-adverse culture they embrace wild nature, horses andadventure every day; the children are allowed the privilege of freedom — they ride, hunt and kayak — their toys are nature; their Game Boys real horses, their PlayStation real guns used to hunt venison for sustenance. This is the free-range childhood most of us can only dream of.

Faced with a range of new challenges, they approach life with characteristic dignity and strength. But is their unique lifestyle one that is sustainable in the long term? A modern parable of one family’s unconventional and incredibly positive response to the questions that confront many families in these anxious times.


The Search for Anne Perry Joanne Drayton

Until 1994, the world knew Anne Perry as the writer of bestselling crime fiction at the peak of her writing career. But following the release of Peter Jackson’s film Heavenly Creatures about the sensational 1954 Parker-Hulme murders came the shocking revelation that Anne Perry started life as Juliet Hulme, the teenager jointly convicted of murdering her friend’s mother.

Life would never be the same for Anne. That a convicted murderer had gone on to become a celebrated crime writer with worldwide sales of over 25 million books was tantalizing enough. But careful analysis of her writing reveals that these were more than simple crime stories. Was Anne, in fact, revealing more about herself in the characters she was creating?

Acclaimed biographer, Joanne Drayton takes on the challenge of exploring Anne Perry’s writing to uncover her world view and her compulsion to write. The famously private Perry agreed to be comprehensively interviewed for the book and has allowed Drayton unparalleled access to her friends, relatives, colleagues and archives. The result is a compelling read with revelations that will resonate with the reader long after the final page.


New Zealand Non Fiction

Double Happiness: How Bullshit Works Joe Bennett

In this bitingly witty book, New Zealand’s favourite columnist, lays bare the techniques behind bullshit and how it has become so ingrained in our everyday lives that we barely recognize it.

Bullshit has always been with us, but as a result of the

proliferation of media in the last century we are now awash with it, drowning in it. If we were to strip bullshit from our conversations, televisions, newspapers and airwaves, we would barely recognize what remained. It has become so accepted a part of the human landscape that people can not only make a living from it but achieve power, prestige and wealth from it.

Bennett unpacks examples of everyday bullshit from NZ and around the world to expose the techniques that underlie it.

Rivals: Sport’s Greatest Battles Phil Gifford

An entertaining and informative account of some of the greatest rivalries in sport.

An explanation of the battles between sportsmen and their rivals.

Classic encounters include those between John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg, Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, the Wallabies and the All Blacks, Don Revie and Brian Clough, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, and many more.

Told with Gifford’s trademark humour and encyclopaedic knowledge of all things sporting, this is a behind-the-scenes look at sport’s greatest battles.


The success of his team would send a nation into raptures. After 24 years and five abortive World Cup campaigns, finally a coach had restored the All Blacks to the top of the rugby pedestal. He could now step down from coaching, relax and reflect on a remarkable coaching career.

But it wasn’t a career of endless success. While it started and finished in glory, along the way there were moments of despair. At the lowest point in his career, he almost gave it all away. An ill-fated Lions tour of Australia, a sojourn with Wales that came horribly unstuck, a disastrous 2007 World Cup campaign … these were traumatic events thatbecame part of the destiny of the man who now ranks as rugby’s most successful coach.

This book traces his less-than-impressive academic career, surprising considering he rose to become a headmaster; his achievements as a cricketer; the origins of his rugby coaching; and his partnership with Raewyn, who would become an international sporting coach herself.

Graham reveals the drastic measures he took to change the culture within the All Blacks and set them on the path to becoming world champions.

Written in collaboration with Bob Howitt, one of New Zealand’s most respected rugby writers.

‘It’s stimulating and challenging recalling the intricacies of your own mind, relevant to those great battles at the Rugby World Cups of 2007 and 2011, those games proving there is a very fine line between ecstasy and depression. It’s also a great pleasure and privilege to talk about the many outstanding young men who have represented the All Blacks during that time.’ Sir Graham Henry


Graham Henry: Final Word Bob Howitt

The All Blacks’ triumphant coach Graham Henry may have retired, but he’s

got one team talk still to deliver — to rugby followers worldwide.

New Zealand Non Fiction Lifestyle

Monteith’s Wild Kitchens: The Best of Monteith’s Beer and Wild Food Challenge Kerry R. Tyack

The Monteith’s Beer and Wild Food Challenge has become a stalwart of the New Zealand food scene and 2012 marks its 15-year anniversary. This prestigious national challenge sets restaurants, bars and cafés competing against one another to create New Zealand’s ultimate wild food dish.

Containing the best recipes from the past 15 years of the challenge, along with innovative new recipes from well-known New Zealand chefs, all the recipes will be adapted for the home cook by writer and beer aficionado Kerry Tyack, making them easy to create in your own kitchen. Beautifully photographed, the book also includes an easy-to-use beer and food matching guide.


The Kiwi Fisherman’s Guide to Life Ian Chapman and Mike Rendle

A quirky selection of Kiwis share their passion for fishing and for life.

From trophies and near catches, to foibles, philosophies, obsessions and preoccupations, these fisher-folk share their unbridled enthusiasm for the sport. Entertaining and stunningly illustrated, this is the perfect present for those who dream of the ultimate big catch, or are just enjoying the journey.

Ian Chapman is an avid fisherman and fishing columnist who lives in Dunedin. Michael Rendle is the owner andeditor of bestselling magazine Fishing Coast to Coast, a household name to the New Zealand fishing public, and a true Kiwi fishing legend.


Yates Garden Problem Solver Yates

This bestselling book has been fully updated to include the latest available practical remedies and solutions for your garden.

Covering a wide variety of common disorders affecting

flowers, fruit, vegetables, shrubs and trees, Yates Garden Problem Solver provides clear colour illustrations of weeds, pests and diseases, allowing you to spot at a glance the problem affecting your plants.

Easy-to-follow text provides simple steps to rid yourself of even the nastiest pests.

Mangu & Ma Megan Bowers-Vette

From 0 to 2 years, black-and-white imagery can help babies focus and improve their concentration.

Even newborns less than three months old can see black-and-white images clearer than anything else.

This beautiful black-and-white photographic collection of New Zealand images will be one you will love to share with your baby. Produced as a sturdy board book, this book will withstand repeated readings and is small enough for little hands to hold.

Children’s


How to Sell Toothpaste Leonie Thorpe

Dom has left school but is distinctly lukewarm about the prospect of doing a degree in science. Before he has to commit, however, there is the holiday job painting his dad’s offices.

Dad is an award-winning creative in an ad firm, with

possibly his greater success being his ability to look younger — and way, way cooler — than his 17-year-old son. Dom decides to take on his dad on his own turf — an ad campaign. How hard can it be?

Leonie Thorpe wrote the critically acclaimed Sheep on the Fourth Floor and lives in Christchurch. In her parallel life she is a scientist with a special interest in parasitology.


The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man Michael Chabon

Meet Awesome Man — a brand new superhero, who’s out of this world!

The first picture book from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael

Chabon perfectly captures the fantasy life of young superhero fans.

Awesome Man can shoot positronic rays out of his eyeballs, fly as straight as an arrow and hug mutant jelly! Even villains like Professor Von Evil and the flaming Eyeballs are no match for this caped crusader.

HarperCollins UK | RRP $16.99 | July 2012 HarperCollins NZ | RRP $14.99 | September 2012

This Moose Belongs To Me Oliver Jeffers

Wilfred owned a moose. He hadn’t always owned a moose. The moose came to him a while ago and he knew, just KNEW, that it was meant to be his.

He thought he would call him Marcel.

Combining fine art paintings with illustration, this visually-arresting book marks a spectacular and imaginative departure for master picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers.

July - September 2012

www.harpercollins.co.nz

If you would like more information about any of these books, or wish to unsubscribe from this newsletter, please email: [email protected]

Sandra Noakes 09 443 8954 Louise Vallant 09 443 9246

Bonnie Kozeluh 09 443 9400 x845

Does your world need more awesome?

It’s going to ROCK. YOUR. WORLD.

2012 Down-Under Tour

Well, Derek is about to bring it — and Skulduggery Pleasant: Kingdom Of The Wicked — when he visits New Zealand for his 2012 Down Under Tour.

Auckland – 8 August 2012 Wellington – 9 August 2012Christchurch – 10 August 2012Auckland – 11 August 2012

Magic is a disease.

Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic, they are unwittingly endangering their own lives and the lives of the people around them. Terrified and confused, their only hope lies with the Sanctuary. Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are needed now more than ever.

Children’s

July - September HCNZ Publicity Catalogue

Documents

rugby world cups

rugby coaching

world champions

wild food challenge

new zealand food scene

rugby pedestal

rugby followers

remarkable coaching