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Ann Chin
"The book covers my journey of having a baby and watching him die. It is about the kindness of the paediatric doctors and nurses and sadly, my disappointment and anger with the obstetrics team of doctors.
I write this book to inspire the readers to tell you from experience despite trials and tribulation, you will survive.
Times change, feelings do not, and neither do emotions.
My book is timeless. It is as relevant now as in years to come. To the unfortunate mothers, I had walked that journey. To the loved ones, this book tells how you can help. To the doctors, this book gives good examples of what to do and what not to do, because I went through both."
Bruce W Hayward, Graeme Murdoch and Gordon Maitland, AUP.
From Rangitoto to One Tree Hill, North Head to Māngere Lagoon, the city of Auckland is defined by the fifty volcanoes it is built upon. For tens of thousands of years, volcanoes have profoundly shaped the area’s geology and geography. And for hundreds of years, volcanoes have played a key part in the lives of Māori and Pākehā - as sites for pa and military fortifications, kūmara gardens and parks, sources of stone and water.
Volcanoes of Auckland is a fully illustrated introduction to these extraordinary natural phenomena - the essential guide for locals and tourists, schoolchildren and scientists, to understand the volcanic landscape that so shapes life in our city.
Janies Freegard, Auckland University Press
Kingdom Animalia is a collection of poems that explore the various interactions between human beings and other animals, but also deals with wider subjects: love and loss, evolution and conservation, sex and death.
The poems, which involve animals, as main subject or as passing guests, are arranged according to the six classes devised by eighteenth-century naturalist Carl Linnaeus, whose life’s mission was to classify the natural world. Modern taxonomy has evolved considerably but this standardised naming system is still a common language for classifying the natural world. The sections are linked by a prose poem about Linnaeus’ life.
The book includes mention of past staff of the Auckland University zoology department: the late Professor John Morton and Dame Catherine Tizard.
Order Kingdom Animalia from AUP and get your alumni discount
Cynthia Dekel and Aki Fukuoka
Join a feisty young child on a journey through her day where she feels no one is paying her enough attention. Fed up, she declares "Nobody Likes Me,' And her Mommy runs in to set things right!
Touching, funny, and ultimately reassuring, Nobody Likes Me will joyfully remind children and parents alike that everybody loves them!
Dianne Boles and Aki Fukuoka, Scholastic
It’s Witchy’s birthday, and she decides to make some special party food – but alas, the cupboard is bare, and she can’t remember the magic word to restock it. There’s nothing for it but that she’ll have to go to the supermarket, so off she goes with her shopping list. On arrival, she discovers she’s left her glasses behind so has to peer closely at everything because she can’t read any of the labels.
Children will laugh as they see her putting blueberries into her trolley, thinking they are spider eggs, spaghetti for worms, chocolate chips for mouse droppings, raspberry sauce for dragon’s blood and so on … and when she gets home she finds that, although she doesn’t have what she came for, she really does have the ingredients for a lovely party!
