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Her writing is accessible and affable.'—\u003cem\u003eLandfall Review Online \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e'Her voice is distinctly New Zealand: refreshing, direct and unhindered by political niceties. Her language is open, expressive.'—\u003cem\u003ePolar Record\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Priestley\u003c\/strong\u003e is an associate professor at Victoria University of Wellington and director of the university’s Centre for Science in Society. Rebecca was science columnist for the\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eNZ Listener\u003c\/em\u003e for six years and is the author or editor of five previous books, including \u003cem\u003eDispatches from Continent Seven: An anthology of Antarctic science\u003c\/em\u003e (2016). She is a winner of the Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize (2009) and the Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize (2016). In 2018 she was made a Companion of the Royal Society Te Apārangi. She has a degree in geology, a PhD in the history of science and an MA in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eCover: Keely O'Shannessy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50427187593527,"sku":"9781776562244","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/Fifteen_Million_Years_in_Antarctica__54648_f34afce5-f4f6-4f84-b648-1fac5a525c70.jpg?v=1752012984"},{"product_id":"healthy-bee-sick-bee-the-influence-of-parasites-pathogens-predators-and-pesticides-on-honey-bees","title":"Healthy Bee, Sick Bee: The Influence of Parasites, Pathogens, Predators and Pesticides on Honey Bees","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mebooks.co.nz\/science-and-natural-history\/science-and-natural-history-healthy-bee-sick-bee\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"__mce_add_custom__\" style=\"float: right;\" title=\"mebook.gif\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn11.bigcommerce.com\/s-58zklai\/product_images\/uploaded_images\/mebook.gif\" alt=\"mebook.gif\" width=\"166\" height=\"46\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003ePhil Lester’s first book, \u003cem\u003eThe Vulgar Wasp\u003c\/em\u003e, was about one of the world’s most hated insects. His second is about just the opposite – the honey bee, arguably one of our best-loved six-legged creatures. People have revered honey bees for centuries. Today we celebrate them with toys, postage stamps and campaigns to raise awareness; we dress up in large bee suits to protest the use of pesticides; we’ve even sent bees into space and watched as they adjusted to microgravity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eBees are one of the world’s most efficient pollinators. Their work is vital to the success of many food crops, and hence to the world’s economy. So we need to take seriously any threats to their health – including parasites, pathogens, predators and pesticides – and, guided by evidence at every turn, find a way to minimise harm and keep bees thriving. As \u003cem\u003eHealthy Bee, Sick Bee\u003c\/em\u003e shows, this is no small task.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eIn this book, entomologist Phil Lester explores the wonderfully complex and sometimes brutally efficient life history of honey bees, and the problems they face in New Zealand and around the globe. What causes a beehive to collapse? Are pesticides as big a problem as they appear? What can we do to improve the health of our honey bees? With intelligence, insight and entomologist jokes, \u003cem\u003eHealthy Bee, Sick Bee\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of this much-loved little insect and offers new ways of thinking about how to ensure they will stick around in the future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e'A very readable, enlightening text, interwoven with many delightful anecdotes and personal touches. . . . Incredibly well written, with persuasive evidence-based analyses. It will certainly change the way you view AFB and very potentially revolutionise the way AFB is both taught and monitored. I highly recommend this book.' —Judith de Wilde, \u003ci\u003eNew Zealand Beekeeper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e'If you want to learn about popping bee penises (and honestly, who doesn’t), and where not to get stung, then this is the book to read. But obviously this book contains much more than a string of very amusing anecdotes. Phil Lester not only shows us his love of honey bees, but also his deep knowledge of everything that plagues them. I can easily see this book becoming the go-to-book for anyone interested in honeybees and their demons, large and small. Highly recommended.' —Prof. Madeleine Beekman, \u003cspan\u003eSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e'Lester’s book is an impeccably researched analysis of the health of the honey bees of New Zealand by one of the world’s greatest bee pathologists. Lester pulls no punches when discussing controversial topics like the effects of neonicotinoids on bees, or the (un)likelihood of eradicating AFB from New Zealand. Packed with anecdote and cautionary tales, the story is told with immense style. This will be a valuable resource for beekeeper and scientist alike.' —Prof. Ben Oldroyd, \u003cspan\u003eSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, \u003c\/span\u003eUniversity of Sydney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat kills honey bees?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e1. The life history of bees\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemocratic decisions and the occasional coup d’état\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e2. \u003cem\u003eVarroa destructor\u003c\/em\u003e: The vampire mite\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA parasite that gives (viruses) as well as takes (blood and fat)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e3. Viruses\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eManmade, global pandemics in our favourite insect species\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e4. American foulbrood\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy hive smells fishy ­– now I’m obliged to burn my bees\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e5. Pathogens\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFungal, trypanosomatid and other parasites and pathogens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e6. Pesticides\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow do neonicotinoids, Roundup, organic pesticides and other chemicals affect honey bees?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e7. Predators\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnts, small hive beetles, hornets, wasps – and a plethora of other predators\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e8. The future\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lot of things affect bee health – and sometimes populations collapse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhil Lester\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor in Ecology and Entomology at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Vulgar Wasp\u003c\/em\u003e (VUP, 2018) and has published more than 140 articles on invasive ants, bees and wasps and other insects in journals that include \u003cem\u003eBiology Letters\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEcology\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eProceedings of the Royal Society\u003c\/em\u003e. Phil sits on the editorial boards of several journals, including \u003cem\u003eBiological Invasions\u003c\/em\u003e. He has won Fulbright and Royal Society Te Apārangi James Cook Research Fellowships.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50427197161783,"sku":"9781776564057","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/Healthy_Bee_Sick_Bee_front_cover__75376_b1dd9639-1c4c-4d32-938b-569cd72c03ad.jpg?v=1752013059"},{"product_id":"pests-and-pestilence-the-management-of-invasive-species-pests-and-disease-in-new-zealand","title":"Pests and Pestilence: The Management of Invasive Species, Pests and Disease in New Zealand","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mebooks.co.nz\/pests-and-pestilence-ebook?search=pests\u0026amp;model=true\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cimg align=\"right\" height=\"63\" width=\"218\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn11.bigcommerce.com\/s-58zklai\/product_images\/uploaded_images\/blobid0.png?t=1619991380\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e‘Pestilence’ is a word that conjures up destruction at a large scale. It can be a plague of ravenous rabbits, millions of wilding pines that swallow up landscapes, a virus that brings the world to its knees within weeks of emergence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIn Phil Lester’s new book we dive deep into the world of pestilence. We learn the stories of pests that are plants, animals and pathogens, and consider how we can manage their spread in Aotearoa and around the world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eThe human movement of diseases and pests has affected every corner of the globe, even Antarctica. We need effective management approaches that cause the least possible harm, especially as our population grows and we become increasingly connected. Lester explores the problems of international movement, methodologies designed to limit the unintentional introduction of species across borders, New Zealand’s biosecurity legislation, the limits and possibilities of eradication as a goal, the means of population control, and the management of pathogens in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Illuminating this discussion are stories of cats on parachutes, angry hippos, cannibalistic cane toads, and a cook who unwittingly gave typhoid to at least 51 other people.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eFascinating and lucidly written, \u003cem\u003ePests and Pestilence\u003c\/em\u003e draws on many strands of history and science to ask how we can best manage the pathogens, animal and plant species that can do us harm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e'An engaging and well-illustrated insight into the impacts that pests and diseases have on the whole biosphere, and the challenges of managing them.' —Dan Tompkins, Director of Predator Free 2050\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e'\u003cem\u003ePests and Pestilence\u003c\/em\u003e is in many ways the book for the age. It makes the point that all options have potential consequences, as does doing nothing.' —Travis Glare, Professor of Applied Entomology, Lincoln University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e'A fascinating overview of the pests that have had some of the biggest impacts on ecosystems, people, crops and livestock globally. You'll be inspired, repulsed and intrigued in equal measure, yet end on a feeling of hope: that novel approaches and emerging technologies to combat pests and pestilence are within our grasp.' —Andrea Byrom, ecologist and kairangi at Te Pūnaha Matatini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eA professor in ecology and entomology at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, \u003cstrong\u003ePhil Lester \u003c\/strong\u003ehas published around 150 papers on invasive species and their management. He has specialised in the management of invasive ants and wasps and the parasites and diseases affecting bees. Phil has won Fulbright and Royal Society Te Apārangi James Cook Research Fellowships. He is an appointed member of the Environmental Protection Authority’s Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Committee, which considers the use of hazardous substances and new organisms for pest control in New Zealand. His previous books are \u003cem\u003eThe Vulgar Wasp\u003c\/em\u003e (2018) and \u003cem\u003eHealthy Bee, Sick Bee\u003c\/em\u003e (2020).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eCover photograph: Stephen Jaquiery \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50427207582007,"sku":"9781776920082","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/Pests_and_Pestilence_final_cover__62236_04629b93-ee87-4184-885d-17e49aa80117.jpg?v=1752013175"},{"product_id":"end-times","title":"End Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mebooks.co.nz\/politics-and-social-issues\/end-times-ebook\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn11.bigcommerce.com\/s-58zklai\/product_images\/uploaded_images\/blobid0.png?t=1619991380\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"50\" align=\"right\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the 2024 General Nonfiction Award at the Ockham NZ Book Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eIn the late 1980s, two teenage girls found refuge from a world of cosy conformity, sexism and the nuclear arms race in protest and punk. Then, drawn in by a promise of meaning and purpose, they cast off their punk outfits and became born-again Christians. Unsure which fate would come first – nuclear annihilation or the Second Coming of Jesus – they sought answers from end-times evangelists, scrutinising friends and family for signs of demon possession and identifying EFTPOS and barcodes as signs of a looming apocalypse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eFast forward to 2021, and Rebecca and Maz – now a science historian and an engineer – are on a road trip to the West Coast. Their journey, though full of laughter and conversation and hot pies, is haunted by the threats of climate change, conspiracy theories, and a massive overdue earthquake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"caret-color: #212121; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm; line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEnd Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"xapple-converted-space\" style=\"caret-color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm; line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm; line-height: 1.2;\"\u003einterweaves the stories of these two periods in \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eRebecca\u003c\/span\u003e’s life, both of which have at heart a sleepless fear of the end of the world. Along the way she asks: Why do people hold on to some ideas but reject others? How do you \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm; line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eengage with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm; line-height: 1.2;\"\u003esomeone whose beliefs are wildly different from your own? And \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm; line-height: 1.2;\"\u003ewhere \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm; line-height: 1.2;\"\u003ecan we find hope when it sometimes feels as if we all live on a fault line that could rupture at any moment?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm; line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"caret-color: #212121; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eEnd Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eis an urgent and important book about much more than coal, climate change and Christianity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eIt is a profound act of listening – an insightful, compassionate, and surprisingly funny exploration of where we have come from, how we got here, and where to now. It is also a story of a magnificent friendship. I have read nothing quite like it. At once terrifying and in some deeply human way, hopeful. Rebecca Priestley is our Rebecca Solnit but funny. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eI love this book so much.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm; line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e—\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eIngrid \u003c\/span\u003eHorrocks, author of \u003cem\u003eWhere We Swim\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"\u003e'A rich, honest, vivid book. Priestley’s patience with people achieves something invaluable; it evokes empathy but is also a stark reminder that this is no laughing matter. I loved reading about the things, landmarks and places I know, and I loved reading about granite. I saw the land and road she travelled, I saw these people and was deeply engaged in the kōrero she had with them.' \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm; line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e—\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eBecky Manawatu\u003c\/span\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuē\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'End Times\u003c\/em\u003e succeeds at something I have seen many books aspire to but rarely achieve: stimulating, open and honest conversations.' —Tim Scott, \u003cem\u003eOtago Daily Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e'I’d been looking forward to this book since \u003cem\u003eFifteen Million Years in Antarctica\u003c\/em\u003e, which delivered to my imagination clear images of what it’s like to exist as a person on that great, white, vulnerable continent. \u003cem\u003eEnd Times\u003c\/em\u003e carries the same sensitivity to the big but fragile natural world. It’s also characteristically funny with wry observations of Priestley’s younger self and her earnest rebellions. An ode to friendship as much as it is an ode to timely and sensible anxieties.' —Claire Mabey, \u003cem\u003eThe Spinoff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"\u003e'An empathetic look at what others believe when those views oppose your own, and how empathy could be the first step in bridging those divides.' —Rebecca Styles, \u003cem\u003eNZ Listener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e'It's gentle; she's patient; it's also funny; it's wonderful.' —Carole Beu, RNZ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e'I'm convinced that Rebecca Priestley is one of New Zealand's greatest writers and must be protected at all costs! Her musings in \u003cem\u003eEnd Times\u003c\/em\u003e achieve a great balance of immeasurable intelligence and a deep empathy.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e—Staff picks, Scorpio Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e'A unique and very personal journey within a journey, with a lot to say about human connection and friendship, belief and what drives it, and how to orient yourself toward a fragile and threatened world.' —Sam Finnemore, \u003cem\u003eKete Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e'Lived experience, deftly woven in with the disinformation she now sees playing out around her, gives her an empathy—and the womens’ friendship a resilience.' —Catherine Woulfe, \u003cem\u003eNZ Geographic  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Priestley\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of Science in Society at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. 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The blood of a billion-year-old tree emerges from the sea as a drop of amber; 4,756,940 pieces of Lego float towards the Cornish Peninsula; a giant squid’s beak passes through a whale’s intestines into bottles of Chanel No. 5. 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She is her own unique voice.' —Andrew Paul Wood, \u003cem\u003eNZ Listener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"\u003e 'I have been incredibly moved by Una’s book. It has shifted my mind and my world. It offers such an exciting opportunity to explore a new perspective of our current moment.' —Pip Adam, \u003cem\u003eBetter Off Read\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"\u003e'A warmly obsessive debut . . . rousing, inquisitive, challenging . . . 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I loved this book for its intensity and curiosity and its vivid language.' —Rebecca Priestley, author of\u003cem\u003e End Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e15 Million Years in Antarctica\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e‘Una Cruickshank reaches across the history of life on Earth to hold a mirror up to our lives. With exacting precision, charisma and curiosity, \u003cem\u003eThe Chthonic Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e casts light on the links between everything in the vast web of earthly delights, putting each of our lives in the perspective of deep time and the ever-present cycles of evolution and extinction. Every page of this rich and illuminating debut is a feast.’ —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eAsh Davida Jane, author of \u003cem\u003eHow to Live with Mammals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e'A beautiful book.' —Louise Ward, RNZ\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUna Cruickshank\u003c\/strong\u003e has an MA in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters, and another earlier MA that she doesn’t talk about as much. She was born in Tamaki Mākaurau Auckland and now lives in Pōneke Wellington. 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The histories of these places, what they mean to Māori, their ecological vulnerability and their significance for conservation are major concerns. Park ties these issues together through the experience of the places themselves, their magic, immediacy and beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Geoff Park\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1946 and grew up at a quintessential edge of the Empire – between the primeval forest and the antipodean suburb. A passionate childhood curiosity with the former led to university training in ecology and a career as a Crown research scientist, and then Concept Leader Natural History at The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, before becoming an independent ecologist and writer. His second book, \u003ci\u003eTheatre Country: Essays on Landscape and Whenua\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2006. 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Two other New Zealanders also formed close friendships: Charles Bowen, a former politician, and Wellington lawyer Leonard Tripp, to whom Shackleton declared: ‘I love you as David and Jonathan loved.’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSouth by South\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of New Zealand’s role in ‘the Heroic Age’, that wave of exploration beginning at the end of the nineteenth century in which men set out to traverse the continent of Antarctica and, if they survived, to bring home their findings. The members of this New Zealander triumvirate were all believers in the British Empire, but the southern voyages were to an uninhabited land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSouth by South\u003c\/em\u003e brings to light many letters, newspaper articles, and pieces of official correspondence, much of which has not been published before, during the five expeditions of 1901–1916: the \u003cem\u003eDiscovery, Nimrod, Terra Nova, Aurora,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEndurance\u003c\/em\u003e. In particular, Scott’s letters to Kinsey and Shackleton’s to Tripp tell of their hope, despair, exhaustion, and deep gratitude for their friendship. What they and the explorers wrote was influenced by nineteenth-century adventure stories which conveyed the Imperialist ideals of the time. If the impending conflict of 1914–18 was a very ‘literary war’, this was a very literary exploration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Ferrall\u003c\/strong\u003e is an associate professor at Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington. Among his books are \u003cem\u003eModernist Writing and Reactionary Politics\u003c\/em\u003e (2001); \u003cem\u003eThe Trials of Eric Mareo\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), co-written with Rebecca Ellis; \u003cem\u003eEast by South: China in the Australasian Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), co-edited with Paul Millar and Keren Smith; \u003cem\u003eJuvenile Literature and British Society 1850–1950\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), co-written with Anna Jackson; \u003cem\u003eHenry Lawson in New Zealand\u003c\/em\u003e (2012); \u003cem\u003eHow We Remember: New Zealanders and the First World War\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), co-edited with Harry Ricketts; and \u003cem\u003eRemembering Gallipoli: Interviews with New Zealand Gallipoli Veterans\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), co-edited with Christopher Pugsley.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eCover photograph: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eThe ship \u003cem\u003eDiscovery\u003c\/em\u003e leaving Lyttelton Harbour, 1901. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand\u003cbr\u003eCover design: Spencer Levine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50728883847479,"sku":"9781776922079","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/9781776922079_South_by_South__04856.jpg?v=1752013403"},{"product_id":"it-gets-in-your-blood","title":"It Gets In Your Blood","description":"\u003cp class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Come for a ride with me, and see what I see, down in the dirt and sweat and horseshit, right in the belly of the work of a racing stable. These are my real people, and this is the life I would lead if I hadn’t been looking out for my father, a child of the Depression. Be a teacher, he said, or a nurse, people always want those people. I only just started riding work when he was lying in a coma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. C\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eould I tell him how much I would love to be a jockey? I could not.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2015, Marty Smith set out to immerse herself in the world of thoroughbred horse racing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto spend time in the stables and training grounds of the Hawke’s Bay racecourse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etalk to people \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e every \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erole\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe project turned\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e out to be harder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand more surprising\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efunny\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and drawn out—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethan she’d ever expected\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Over ten years, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe lives of the racecourse open\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e up\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the book became a portrait of a changing industry and the people within it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This is a life of hard work and constant risk, as well as community and love. And horses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarty Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eTaranaki \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eTūturu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eĀti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Awa)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been in racing for years; if not as a rider or an owner\/breeder, then putting on a fiver here and there. She thanks the TAB for some nice dresses. She spent her teaching life at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaradale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e High School, loving the school family. Her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epoetry collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003eHorse with Hat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoetry \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein 2014. 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Wild horses spend their lives building and maintaining social bonds, moving together in synchrony, their communication constant and subtle. In domestication, we isolate them – move them from paddock to stable to yard – separating them from their companions for our convenience, then find them fragile, anxious and difficult to handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eAn immersive and transporting memoir, \u003ci\u003ePerfectly Themselves \u003c\/i\u003eoffers intimate portraits of horses living freely\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the company of their own kind, from Aotearoa to the Outer Hebrides, Iceland and Mongolia. Underpinning Letteri’s research is a question sparked by a 33,000-year-old carved horse that seems alive with vitality and ease: what did we once know about horses that we have forgotten?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003ePart travel narrative, part intellectual inquiry and part personal reckoning, \u003ci\u003ePerfectly Themselves \u003c\/i\u003echallenges long-held assumptions about human–horse relationships, inviting readers into a more compassionate way of seeing them – not as objects of human desire, but as beings perfect in \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethemselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e'Endlessly illuminating and stunningly told, this book changes the way we see horses. With descriptive beauty and moral clarity, Abby Letteri sets out new ways of being alongside non-human lives. A profound work.’ —Damien Wilkins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\"\u003e 'An extraordinary book—at once earthy and lyrical, deeply researched, and rich with personal experience. I couldn’t put it down!' —Rebecca Priestley\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e‘The gift that Letteri shares in this book is the clear-eyed perspective of someone who has travelled far, studied deeply, and still retains her sense of wonder. A horse-mad girl who never lost her curiosity, never hardened into certainty, and who has created something that gently, but profoundly, has the power to change the world for horses.’ —Bonnie Mealand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e‘I am delighted by how Letteri combines the hardened world of science with her own exploration, creating a work that embodies the journey of discovering our horses, and ourselves, all over again.’ —Emily Kieson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\"\u003e‘Perfectly Themselves is a gem. Abby Letteri weaves her own deeply personal journey of discovery to pose questions that matter greatly for equine welfare: who are horses, and what do they need to thrive? It’s this willingness to make herself a part of the study, honest, curious and never claiming more than she knows, that gives this book its special character. The result is a beautifully crafted personal narrative, deeply felt, that explores how we see horse and, in doing so, hopefully, challenges how we treat them.’ —Professor Natalie Waran, OBE\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbby Letteri\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003edown they forgot: a memoir\u003c\/em\u003e (2021) and her poetry, stories, reviews and essays have appeared in various publications in the United States and New Zealand, including \u003cem\u003eWhat She Wrote: An Anthology of Women’s Voices\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), \u003cem\u003eTurbine\u003c\/em\u003e | \u003cem\u003eKapohau \u003c\/em\u003eand the \u003cem\u003eAotearoa New Zealand Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e. 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