Random House New Zealand: 495 books
by Jenny Pattrick
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Heart-warming and compulsive reading, this is an entertaining, lively and moving novel from one of New Zealand's favourite authors.*'Donny Mac was released at Eastertime, about a month before Pansy Holloway, also known as Nightshade, disappeared for good.'*After a short stint in prison on trumped-up...
by Geoff Cush
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
With a hint of philosophy, a dash of insanity, and a woman who could make Gauguin's mouth water, this novel takes the usual ingredients of history and tosses them into the air. Welcome to the beautiful French colony of New Zealand! OK, so it never happened. But it nearly did . . . Welcome to beautiful...
by Sara Weeks
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
A must-read for anyone affected by postnatal depression. Postnatal depression (PND) affects�10 to 20 per cent of new mothers in New Zealand and can persist for months�- even years -�if not detected and treated. Yet many women suffer in silence. In Mothers Cry Too, New Zealand psychiatrist Dr...
For the Love of Horses
The Wilson Sisters' Inspiring Journey to Save New Zealand's Wild Horses
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Three sisters and an unforgettable journey to tame New Zealand's Kaimanawa horses For the Love of Horses is a heartfelt story about a life familiar to many young Kiwis who love horses - the trials and tears of Pony Club, the joy of riding bareback, and the pressures of adolescence and competitive...
by Ben Brown
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Afffecting, evocative memoir by one of New Zealand's finest Maori writers.'This is a book of memories. Some of them are my own. Some of them belong to others. They are as true and as fallible as any memories-distorted by time and distance and a writer's choice of words.' In the debut memoir that kickstarted...
Determined to Win
Building SKOPE, Manufacturing, Exporting and Holding On to the Family Business
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
**The story of one of New Zealand's most successful manufacturers and exporters.**Robert Stewart may have been born into a successful manufacturing family, but he had to set up his own company the hard way, using his own money, resourcefulness, courage, stamina, street smarts and creativity.There...
Hurricane Tim
The Story Of Sir Tim Wallis
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
The gripping biography of one of New Zealand's most distinguished farmers, entreprenuers and aviation heroes. When Sir Tim Wallis's Spitfire crashed at Wanaka airfield in 1996, his accident was reported around the world. This lion-hearted Central Otago man, a legendary figure in the aviation, deer...
Making a Difference
How One New Zealander Created a Global Business, and His Thoughts on the Country's Direction
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
**The story behind Sir Owen Glenn's global business success and major philanthropic contributions.**From humble beginnings in New Zealand, Owen Glenn built up a highly successful global business empire and now he is focusing his wealth to deliver significant philanthropic benefits here and overseas....
Old Dogs New Tricks
More Tales from Two Kiwi Country Vets
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
More cock and bull stories from New Zealand's favourite country VetsPeter Anderson (aka the Flying Vet) and Peter Jerram (aka the Sailing Vet) are back with more lough-out-loud and entertaining yarns about the animals, and owners, they've come across during their more than thirty years in practice...
by Brian Turner
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
**Honest and insightful, this memoir is a revealing picture of our recent past, of sport and poetry, the spirit of New Zealand's south and its distinctive people.**This is the story of a typical Dunedin childhood, surrounded by 'nobies' - an extended family of eccentric grandparents and uncles, cousins...
Dance of the Peacocks
New Zealanders in Exile in the Time of Hitler and Mao Tse-Tung
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The true story of five talented young men in exile in the time of Hitler and Mao Tse-Tung.'Altogether they knew five wars, three revolutions and - in the case of Ian Milner, accused in the Cold War of being a spy - a slander.'Regarded by one critic as 'the best book published in New Zealand in the...
My Father's Shadow
A Portrait Of Justice Peter Mahon
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
An intimate portrait of Justice Peter Mahon, who headed the Erebus plane crash inquiry, written by his son. Described often as 'a man for all seasons', Justice Peter Mahon is perhaps best remembered for his role in the Erebus Inquiry: an inquiry into the worst air disaster in New Zealand's history....
by Holly Ford
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
**A compelling rural romance set in the rugged high country of New Zealand's South Island.**Four generations of the Black family have farmed Blackpeak Station. Next in line, or so she believes, is Charlotte Black, stubborn as rock and unbiddable as the weather. But standing in her way are 150 years...
Maori Boy
A Memoir of Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
**This is the first volume of Witi Ihimaera's enthralling, award-winning memoir, packed with stories from the formative years of this much-loved writer.**Witi Ihimaera is a consummate storyteller - one critic calling him one of our 'finest and most memorable'. Some of his best stories, however, are...