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Lifts the lid on Lady Gaga aka Stefani Germanotta, find out all you ever wanted to know about the eccentric star. After being signed to & dropped from Def Jam Records at 19, she began performing in the rock music scene of New York's Lower East Side. Her debut album The Fame released in 2008 was a huge success that went to No1 in 4 countries.
Combines photography and oral history to document the lives of 45 gay men - 14 couples, 14 single men and one trio - and how their journeys have, for the moment, led them towards or away from relationships. Men Alone - Men Together reflects the immense diversity of the gay world.These men are our workmates and neighbours. They are gardeners and jewellers, teachers and builders, priests and fathers, each with a story to tell of remarkable determination and courage.
This book is Jaquie's guide to all things important to the modern good-looking woman, from food and your body, to animals, birds and the environment, fashion and being cool, love, romance and dating, and politics. If you find Jaquie boring (unlikely), she's included some recipes, quizzes and puzzles for your enjoyment. Jaquie is full of tips and useful information on how to navigate life; for instance, how to lose weight by becoming a Breatherian, what your hat says about you, or how to know if you're talking to an alien. She expo... read more
Sort out the 'big stuff' and your weight will take care of itself argues clinical psychologist Karen Nimmo. Looking beyond diets and the gym, Karen's approach considers you, the person. Put simply, you're a person with a bum attached - not the other way round. Karen was compelled to write this book in response to the large numbers of women she's treated for weight loss during the 20 years she's been in practice. Her book is based on these straightforward principles: 1. Women are women, not men -- 2. What's going on in the rest of y... read more
2010 NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction. Imagine being a middle-class, university-educated young Pakeha woman from WellingtonÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ... read more
Ali Williams breaks the mould as an All Black tight forward. A confirmed urbanite, Ali Williams switched his Super 14 allegiances from Auckland to Christchurch in 2007 after a much-publicised bust-up with Australian coach David Nucifora. In this book Williams will take a light-hearted look at rugby at the very top in New Zealand and will touch on some of the more controversial aspects of his career - including his earth-shattering dismissal from the Blues' tour of South Africa in 2007. As well, Williams will revisit the failed 2007... read more
RSA Country opens the door to the many New Zealanders who have served in the armed forces over the years. Its pages reflect many past sacrifices, it proudly records the present, and it looks, with hope, to the future. In 2008, the 90th year since the end of World War I, Rachel Teen travelled the length of New Zealand with her camera visiting as many of the operating Returned Service Association clubs in the country as possible. This photographic journal is the result. A snapshot of the RSA in that year, her travels brought her into... read more
Would you recognise a child molester standing in a supermarket queue? And if you did, would you understand what went on in his - or her - mind? Nigel Latta is a forensic psychologist. He spends his working life with the sort of people most of us would prefer to pretend didn't exist.
In this new edition of his ground-breaking book, which is the inspiration for the TVNZ series Beyond the Darklands, Nigel takes us inside the minds of some of the most chilling characters to walk our streets. As writer and presenter of Beyond the ... read more
ThereâÃÂÃÂs something special about getting married in our beautiful country that brings out the warm, the wacky and the innovative in so many marrying couples. Over the past few years, couples who want their day to be just a bit special have turned to father and son photographers Frank and Florian Habicht to be the wedding day photographers and to capture the lively mood of their ceremonies. I Do: Weddings New Zealand Style brings together a collection of their wedding images, packaged with inspirational and thoughtful word... read more
Another great annual from bro'Town - timed to release with Series 4 of this perennial favourite. Including profiles of more characters, the boy's book club, hilarious stuff from the real world, Dad's relationship advice, the netball team, behind the scenes, the bro'town horses, an Aussie feature with Polyfest, Rove, Russell Crowe, Steve Price, Neil Finn, Skippy; Morningside love map - kind of a chain of who fancies who..., a board game and thre cool episodes plus lots more! Fun stuff from Oscar and the boys combined with terrific artwork.
Following on from the successful BRO'TOWN ANNUAL published in late 2005 comes a new edition for 2007. Chock-full of all sorts of great material related to the show, this annual includes some more fave episodes, profiles of characters like Dad and Mrs Tapili, more from bro'Town in the real world and piles of new material like a focus on the music in bro'Town, the boys' favourite recipes, their school reports, horoscopes, lots of Dad's sayings and much much more.The show is still rating well and this new bro'Town ANNUAL will coincide... read more
Barbara Strauch examines how the brain reaches its peak in middle age, and how to keep it there. She explores the findings that demonstrate that the middle-aged brain is more flexible and more capable than previously thought. By describing the ways a healthy brain functions over time, she also explains how its optimal processes can be maintained.
Wole Soyinka was the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In this year's prestigious series of Reith Lectures, Soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in the world of politics. A few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bomb. Now it is much more complex. The fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state and terrorism. For Soyinka, 11th September 2001 did not instigate the development of the climate... read more
Ask any man the first thing he would buy if he won the lottery and we guarantee you the answer would be - a supercar. It's what every real man and every alpha woman aspires to - a blisteringly fast V8 engine, achingly high-tech design and style that snaps the necks of passers by as they watch it sloping down the high street putting the saloons and hatchbacks of mere mortals to shame. One thing's for sure, when it comes to cars, there's nothing that gets the heart pulsing like a supercar, and the motoring geeks at Top Gear live out ... read more
There'll be something to satisfy every Top Gear fan in "The Big Book of Top Gear 2011." It's overflowing with TG genius, geeky automotive facts, photographs of the slickest, fastest cars on the planet (and a few old bangers), and plenty of Clarkson, Hammond and May as you've never seen them before, including Jeremy Clarkson as a Reliant-driving crime fighter. You'll also find Top Gear's innovative designs for a low-budget Presidential limo, Richard Hammond's guide to making nature better (or faster, anyway), the owner's manual for ... read more
This electrifying biography explores Stefani Germanotta's rapid rise to global stardom in the guise of the outrageous Lady Gaga. Hers has been a triumph achieved with the help of wild image-making, infectious pop hits and a teasing strand of ambiguous sexuality that has turned her into a gay icon. At heart it's the story of a unique self-made phenomenon - a Madonna for today. As an adoring fan of Freddie Mercury and David Bowie, Lady Gaga took the essence of 80s glam an reinvented it for the digital age. Commercially successful and... read more
One of the most difficult tasks at weddings and civil partnerships is choosing an appropriate reading for the service. "Poems and Readings for Weddings and Civil Partnerships" features around 150 key texts to help you make the best choice. Ranging from biblical extracts from the Old and New Testament and spiritual readings to extracts from modern novels and pithy quotations, some well-known, others not, this book is an essential buy for anyone who has been asked to choose a reading or anyone planning a wedding or civil partnership.... read more
50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know is a concise, accessible and popular guide to the central tenets of Western thought. Every important principle of philosophy, religion, politics, economics, the arts and the sciences is profiled in a series of short illustrated essays, complemented by an informative array of timelines and box features. Platonism, The Soul, Communism, Aristotelianism, Faith, Fascism, The Golden rule, Atheism, Racism, Altruism, Secularism, Feminism, Pluralism, Fundamentalism, Islamism, Liberty, Creationism, Capi... read more
