Blindfulness is a deeply human account of losing sight and learning to live again. With clarity and restraint, Earl Zapf brings together grief, mindfulness, and reflection to map the unfamiliar terrain of blindness. What begins as loss becomes something more nuanced: a gradual loosening of reliance on vision, and the discovery of another way of meeting experience, one grounded in presence rather than control. Meditation appears here not as a fix, but as a steady companion. This perceptive ...

"Rhythm of Resistance: The Soulful Echoes of Black Musicians in the Era of Martin Luther King Jr. (1957-1968)" is an essential read that illuminates the crucial role of music during the Civil Rights Movement and a tribute to musicians who revolutionized the music scene during this period.Offering an extensive review of the social, political, and cultural backdrop of the time, this audiobook underscores how music became a formidable means of articulating the hopes and grievances of A...

The Farm is a lyrical and entertaining journey to the heart of rural life in New Zealand from one of our greatest living writers.When Bruce Ansley visited a friend on a sheep farm on Banks Peninsula, they pointed out a property for sale, down by the water.Down a drive curving through sycamores, oaks, and rhododendrons, there was a deer farm, with an old white Victorian homestead, overlooking soft green pastures beneath rocky crags - the Western Valley of Koukourara...

The making of a New Zealand coaching greatBetween the years 2012 and 2019, Sir Steve Hansen oversaw an era of such remarkable success that it would be almost impossible to repeat. His 15-year career in the All Blacks coaching team is the heaviest footprint in rugby history. Of the 210 tests he was involved with, his team lost just 25 times. Of the 107 tests he served as head coach, Sir Steve accumulated a record 4 World Rugby Coach of the Year awards and orchestrat...

In Down South, writer Bruce Ansley goes on a journey back to his beloved South Island of New Zealand in search of what makes it unique.From Curio Bay to Golden Bay, in Down South writer Bruce Ansley sets off on a vast expedition across the South Island, Te Waipounamu, visiting the places and people who hold clues to the south's famous character.'A wild and a contemplative journey that gives readers a glimpse of the fascinating stories that ...

Discover a world of wild, mysterious and audacious journeysIn Wild Journeys Bruce Ansley retraces the path of the doomed surveyor John Whitcombe across the Southern Alps, follows the raiding party of the northern chief Te Puoho along the West Coast, sails around New Zealand's northern and southern capes; walks through the Valley under the Two Thumb Range to the mythical Mesopotamia; drives from Waiheke to Wanaka (in a hurry), sets off on a hunt for the Sout...