Exisle Publishing: 168 books
Dogfight
The Battle of Britain
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Dogfight' tells the story of Australians and New Zealanders in one of World War IIs defining and most memorable campaigns. The ensuing conflict of Luftwaffe and RAF aircraft in the long summer of 1940 became forever known as the Battle of Britain. The Anzac Battles Series is a collection of books...
Every Dog Has Its Day
A thousand things you didn't know about man's best friend
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Why has Fido become a generic term for all dogs? Why did hundreds of people collect dog faeces and sell it? Dogs never eat other dogs, so why is it a dog-eat-dog world? Did any dogs survive the Titanic? What is a Yorkipoo? Do mad dogs really go out in the midday sun? Every Dog Has Its Day pays homage...
by Cate Howell, Michele Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Written by experts, RELEASE YOUR WORRIES is just the tool you need to help you take control of your anxieties. The authors understand that what works for one person may not work for another. This is why they have drawn on simple yet effective techniques from a range of the most up-to-date psychological...
by Robert Owen
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The book is aimed at both the novice and experienced beekeeper in Australia. With over 350 photographs and drawings, it covers the beekeeping equipment needed, how to obtain bees, where to locate them in the garden and the basics of colony management. There are also detailed chapters on the life cycle...
Meow
A Book of Happiness for Cat Lovers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Cats have a way of walking into our lives and making themselves right at home. No cat lover can imagine life without a feline presence — even if it is only as fleeting as the occasional conversation with a neighbourhood stray. Meow: A book of happiness for cat lovers is a compendium of delightful...
The Mindful Home
The secrets to making your home a place of harmony, beauty, wisdom and true happiness
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
A house is merely physical but a home is far more subtle and elusive. By bringing a mindful approach to the ways in which we feed our mind and our heart through our senses, how we use space, the practicalities of managing a home, and how to live a healthy and sustainable life at home, The Mindful...
by Nuno Ferreira, PhD & Dr David Gillanders
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
If you suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome, you know just how much of an impact IBS has had on you. Have you cut back on your hobbies? Do you see less of your friends? Do you constantly worry about how IBS symptoms might affect your daily activities? If so, Better Living with IBS can give you back the...
Superstitions
and why we have them
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
In Superstitions, Max Cryer explains the origins of many of the things we commonly say and observe and why we continue to include them in our lives: kissing under the mistletoe, the unlucky number thirteen, the significance of the bridal bouquet, saying ‘bless you’ after sneezing, the hanging...
by Philip Weigall
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Its a fact of flyfishing that there is no prescriptive manual for ensuring success. It is an activity that defies simple evaluation, with enough variables to leave even the experts scratching their heads from time to time. For example, why is it that a trout will respond to a certain fly one day, but...
Stop the Train! I Want to Get On
Rediscovering New Zealand Railway Journeys
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Graham Hutchins describes, with some nostalgia, a variety of rail trips through New Zealand, on regular passenger trains, railcars, freight trains and work trains. Many services have now been axed, but he vividly recalls their delights, from the scenery outside to the often primitive conditions inside,...
by Philip Weigall
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
In FISHING SEASON, acclaimed author Philip Weigall deftly captures all that makes the wonderful sport of flyfishing a passion for so many. It is a reflective book, an engrossing read that captures the heart and soul of this pastime that is so full of challenges, victories, disappointments, frustrations...
The Godzone Dictionary
Of favourite New Zealand words and phrases
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
The Godzone Dictionary is a concise A-Z of the words and phrases that make our New Zealand language and speech patterns so distinctive and individual, from Aotearoa and Avondale spiders to Zambuck and Zespri. Slang words and expressions feature heavily, while one of the unique features of this book is...
Where Fate Beckons
The Life of Francois de La Penrose
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
After James Cook, La Perouse is undeniably the major explorer of the Pacific in the eighteenth century. Leaving France in 1785, his expedition spent two and a half years in the Pacific before vanishing totally after its departure from New South Wales in early 1788. The mystery of La Perouse’s disappearance...
by Kate Marr Kippenberger
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
Sometimes we are just too busy to reflect on the really important things in our lives: relationships, truth, respect for others, love, family, tolerance, and a host of other issues and concerns that affect the way we live. This book provides a thought each day to help busy people focus on the things...