A moving short story about a strong bond - both comradely and erotic - formed between soldiers during World War II. This is a story rarely told, of a certain kind of relationship often forged during wartime. Of love between men, of unexpected passion. Beautifully written by an award-winning writer, sensitively explored, it is a story that does not have to end in tragedy and yet is poignant and profound.

Part history, part biography, part social commentary, this fascinating book is about infamous events that shook New Zealand to its core. In 1865, Rev Carl Sylvius Volkner was hanged, his head cut off, his eyes eaten and his blood drunk from his church chalice. One name – Kereopa Te Rau (Kaiwhatu: The Eye-eater) – became synonymous with the murder. In 1871 he was captured, tried and sentenced to death. But then something remarkable happened. Sister Aubert and William Colens...

Written by Barry Hymer and Peter Wells, Chess Improvement: It's all in the mindset is an engaging and instructive guide that sets out how the application of growth mindset principles can accelerate chess improvement.With Tim Kett and insights from Michael Adams, David Howell, Harriet Hunt, Gawain Jones, Luke McShane, Matthew Sadler and Nigel Short.Foreword by Henrik Carlsen, father of world champion Magnus Carlsen.Twenty-first-century knowledge about skills...

The late J. Krishnamurti, a mystical giant of the 20th century, is perhaps best known for his instruction that each of us must discover our own path to truth. As Peter Wells explains it, "You have to find the truth within yourself. There is no real power other than the one within the self, within the soul."

An achingly insightful coming-of-age novel about discovering sexuality and selfhood. Hungry Creek runs out over mudflats and curves around to a tidal beach. Hungry Creek is where everything is put that nobody wants: a dump, a zoo, a loony bin. It is also a magical place. 'I'm two bits of mismatched bikini. M doesn't seem to belong to E . . .' Jamie is eleven, on the threshold of discovery. But he can't find the map that will explain where he fits in or who he is. ...

"[A] slapstick story about the possible origin of April Fools' Day" from the award-winning author of Shawn O'Hisser, the Last Snake in Ireland ( Booklist).Once upon a time in 1564, Charles IX, the king of France, ruled that the first day of the year would be January 1 instead of April 1. Those who forgot the change and celebrated New Year's Day on April 1 were ridiculed by having fish thrown at them.In the skilled hands of Peter Welling, t...

A rich and surprising look at the robust European culture that thrived after the collapse of Rome.The barbarians who destroyed the glory that was Rome demolished civilization along with it, and for the next four centuries the peasants and artisans of Europe barely held on. Random violence, mass migration, disease, and starvation were the only ways of life. This is the picture of the Dark Ages that most historians promote. But archaeology tells a different story. Peter Wells, one of...

The Barbarians Speak re-creates the story of Europe's indigenous people who were nearly stricken from historical memory even as they adopted and transformed aspects of Roman culture. The Celts and Germans inhabiting temperate Europe before the arrival of the Romans left no written record of their lives and were often dismissed as "barbarians" by the Romans who conquered them. Accounts by Julius Caesar and a handful of other Roman and Greek writers would lead us to think that prior...

NOTES FROM THE WEST POLE is the spiritual manifesto of a worldly man who loves this life and its vigorous challenges. You won’t find here the pronouncements of a barefoot yogi advising you to go sit on a mountaintop or retire to a cave with a begging bowl; rather, you will witness the intimate progress of a seeker who knows material success but who looks beyond all of that for the key to partaking of the world’s pleasures while rejecting the age-old, obsolete “warrior” models of antagonism...

The automotive industry is still one of the world's largest manufacturing sectors, but it suffers from being very technology-focused as well as being relatively short-term focused. There is little emphasis within the industry and its consultancy and analyst supply network on the broader social and economic impacts of automobility and of the sector that provides it.The Global Automotive Industry addresses this need and is a first port of call for any academic, official or c...

Prominent opening specialists take a revolutionary look at a popular group of openings – the Anti-Sicilians – and select a wealth of ‘dangerous’ options for both Black and White.

Metacognitive therapy is based on the principle that worry and rumination are universal processes leading to emotional disorder. These processes are linked to erroneous beliefs about thinking and unhelpful self-regulation strategies.Metacognitive Therapy: Distinctive Features is an introduction to the theoretical foundations and therapeutic principles of metacognitive therapy. Divided into two sections, Theory and Practice and using thirty key points, the...