'Moving and refreshingly irreverent' John Nichol'A brilliant book that gave me hope for the future' Dr Duncan HardingThe powerful and heart-warming story of how horses and humans can find happiness.On a remote Scottish farm, something remarkable happens. Broken people – the war wounded, the vulnerable, the desperate seekers of happiness or well-being – start to feel whole again. Because a man in a cowboy hat, helped ...

Bloomsbury presents Free Rein by Jock Hutchison, read by David Rintoul.The powerful and heart-warming story of how horses and humans can find happiness.On a remote Scottish farm, something remarkable happens. Broken people – the war wounded, the vulnerable, the desperate seekers of happiness or well-being – start to feel whole again. Because a man in a cowboy hat, helped by a large herd of horses, shows them how he learned to live. He has known gre...

A coming-of-age memoir of addiction, ambition and redemption in the high-stakes world of Michelin star kitchens.From reckless drug addict to one of Australia’s top chefs and television stars: MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo's powerful life story will shock and inspire.Jock’s life spiralled out of control when he tried heroin for the first time as a teenager while growing up in 1980s Glasgow. For years he balanced a career as a rising star amongst legendary ...

The biography of one of New Zealand's greatest military leaders whose story has remained untold until now. The Forgotten General highlights the courage intelligence and determination of an exceptional New Zealander. Major-General Sir Andrew Russell was a distinguished soldier and a dedicated leader of men. He was among the top-ranked divisional commanders in the British armies that fought on the Western Front in World War I. He has been described as 'the one military commander of genius th...

The story of the British Army has many sides to it, being a tale of heroic successes and tragic failures, of dogged determination and drunken disorder. It involves many of the most vital preoccupations in the history of the island - the struggle against Continental domination by a single power, the battle for Empire - and a cast pf remarkable characters - Marlborough, Wellington and Montgomery among them.Yet the British, relying on their navy, have always neglected their army; from...

Product management has never been a more necessary or in-demand discipline for both technology startups and more established companies. Through technology, we have the means to enrich our work and leisure time in ways people, even just a few years ago, could only have dreamed about. It is easier, cheaper and quicker than it ever has been before to create technology products in both software and hardware. Everything is continually changing and the pace of innovation is perpetually increasin...

From multi-award-winning author Jock Serong comes Cherrywood, an imaginative, darkly playful and deeply meaningful delight, a novel about legacy, community, wonder, love and reinvention.Shortlist Indie Book Awards for Fiction 2025Shortlist ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2025'One rainy Friday evening in the winter of 1993, a taxi swept through the streets of East Melbourne, on its way from the city to Richmond. T...

From multi-award-winning author Jock Serong comes Cherrywood, an imaginative, darkly playful and deeply meaningful delight, a novel about legacy, community, wonder, love and reinvention.Shortlist Indie Book Awards for Fiction 2025Shortlist ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2025'One rainy Friday evening in the winter of 1993, a taxi swept through the streets of East Melbourne, on its way from the city to Richmond. T...

Exclusive interviews and career overviews of key comics creators taken from the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine. In this second collection Alex Garland, Jim McCarthy, Jock, Greg Staples, Chris Weston, Will Simpson, Karl Urban and Arthur Wyatt discuss their work in comics, 2000 AD and many other titles in great detail.

The definitive short guide to being a better parent or grandparent. If you read nothing else, this is the one book you must not miss and to ensure it helps as many as possible, the price is minimal, the value, incalculable.

Temple Garden is Jock Stein's tenth book of poetry, but the first collection of its type. It has five sections: Nature, Scotland, In Response to Bible Texts, Questions, and Poems of Time and Season. Faber poet Harry Smart, in his introduction, writes: "The title poem of Jock Stein's collection is a natural doorway into the whole. 'Temple Garden' points to faith, but not a single faith. We find ourselves in synagogue, mosque, and Christian church in these poems." Just as the good life invol...

Lieutenant-Colonel William Malone is one of New Zealand's best-known First World War soldiers, having held off fierce Turkish counter-attacks for nearly two days before being killed by a shell from a British warship. The defence of Chunuk Bair has been described as one of New Zealand's finest hours. Malone and his men captured and held the heights of Chunuk Bair on the Gallipoli Peninsula in August 1915.William Malone was not only an outstanding military leader, as commander of the...