New Releases by Michael Bennett

It''s a chilly Auckland winter, but for Hana Westerman and her family, it is a time of excitement. Matariki is approaching - the small cluster of stars also known as the Seven Sisters is a sacred constellation in Māori culture, heralding a time of new beginnings. Hana''s daughter Addison is getting engaged and Hana''s new role within her community is going well. For once, life is good, peaceful. But this Matariki brings unwelcome change. When Hana''s ex-husband Jaye, a high-flying Detective Inspector, is shot in what looks like a random hold-up, Hana offers her help to the senior police officer spearheading the investigation, DI Elisa Grey. With access to police intelligence, Hana makes a breakthrough that leads to a potential suspect with links to a Chinese organised-crime syndicate. But then Addison receives a phone call telling her that the police have the wrong man. Was Jaye really just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or is his shooting related to something else - an old undercover case deep in his past?

Aaron Matthews seems to have it all: a law degree from Yale, a prestigious position with Berman Brothers in Tokyo, a seemingly priceless art collection. But a meltdown on the trading floor kicks off a chain of events that leads him to lose his job, his savings, and his marriage. Undaunted, Aaron launches a desperate plan to regain his wealth and prestige. As the plan unravels and his desperation grows, he''ll risk everything to get back to the top. Based loosely on real events, Bad Banker is a tragicomedy that traces the steep fall from grace of a Wall Street trader.

Set sail on a cosmic adventure with "Pirates of the Nebula," a dazzling collection of poems that intertwines the thrill of high-seas piracy with the boundless wonders of the universe. Each verse transports you to distant galaxies, where fierce buccaneers navigate starlit waters, battling celestial storms and seeking treasure amongst the stars. This collection explores themes of freedom, rebellion, and the allure of the unknown, as demons and dreams collide in an epic struggle for power and exploration. With vivid imagery and lyrical prowess, the poems evoke the spirit of daring explorers and the beauty of uncharted realms. Join these cosmic pirates as they weave tales of love, loss, and adventure, inviting readers to embrace the enchanting chaos of the universe. "Pirates of the Nebula" promises to ignite your imagination and inspire a sense of wonder about the infinite horizons that await beyond the stars.

In "The Last Goodbye," the reader is invited into an evocative journey through love, loss, and the delicate threads that bind us to those we cherish. Each poem serves as a poignant reflection on the ephemeral nature of moments, embracing the beauty of connection even as we confront the heartbreaking inevitability of parting. Through vivid imagery and lyrical depth, the poems explore the myriad ways in which goodbyes shape our lives, from bittersweet farewells to the haunting echoes of memories left behind. The collection captures the raw emotions that arise in the face of transition, inviting readers to confront their own experiences with loss while celebrating the enduring power of love. With each page, "The Last Goodbye" offers solace and understanding, encouraging readers to find strength in vulnerability and to treasure the relationships that leave indelible marks upon our hearts. This collection is a heartfelt ode to the moments we never forget and the goodbyes that forever linger in our souls.

PRE-ORDER CARVED IN BLOOD, THE BRAND NEW MICHAEL BENNETT NOVEL, COMING SPRING 2025. FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF BETTER THE BLOOD COMES ANOTHER CASE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S BEST INVESTIGATOR, HANA WESTERMAN. ‘Another cracking, page-turning journey into another culture’ VAL McDERMID Two murders. Two decades apart. One chance to get justice. Hana Westerman has left Auckland and her career as a detective behind her. Settled in a quiet coastal town, all she wants is a fresh start. The discovery of a skeleton in the dunes near her house changes everything. The remains are those of a young Māori woman who went missing four years before, and Hana has a connection to the case. Twenty years ago, a schoolfriend of hers was found buried in the exact same spot. Her killer died in prison, but did the police get the wrong man? And if he was innocent, then why did he plead guilty? No longer part of the Criminal Investigation Branch, Hana turns to her ex-husband Jaye, a high-flying Detective Inspector, for help. But when he cuts her out of the investigation, she realises that she will have to find the answers she needs on her own. But in digging deeper, she sets herself on a potentially fatal collision course with a killer. ‘The vivid picture of ethnic cultural life alone marks out the book as special, but it’s Bennett’s control of a tense narrative that is key’ Financial Times ‘Evocative’ Crime Monthly ‘A confident, convincing work in a crowded genre’ NZ Listener ‘A powerful novel that stays in the mind long after it is finished’ Jeff Popple

This book probes the mysteries surrounding Simnel, raises new questions about his identity and charts the history of the rebellion ending at the battle of Stoke

Der Tod vergisst nicht Als Polizistin in Auckland und getrennt lebende Mutter einer Teenie-Tochter, hat Hana Westerman sich angewöhnt, stets nach vorn zu blicken. Doch ihr schwierigster Fall hat gerade erst begonnen: Ein mysteriöser Tippgeber weist ihr den Weg zu einem Toten, aufgehängt in einem geheimen Raum. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt ahnt Hana noch nicht, dass sie es mit dem ersten Serienkiller in der Geschichte Neuseelands zu tun hat. Doch warum hat der Täter ausgerechnet sie auf seine Fährte gelockt? Um eine Antwort auf diese Frage zu finden, muss Hana sich ihrer Vergangenheit stellen – und damit dem dunkelsten Kapitel ihrer Vergangenheit ...

" Soigneusement conçu, magnifiquement écrit, intelligent et perspicace. Un roman policier de classe mondiale. " Deon Meyer Inspectrice maorie de la police d''Auckland, Hana Westerman jongle entre son ado rebelle, les pressions de sa hiérarchie et les préjugés de ses collègues. Sur une scène de crime, elle découvre un homme pendu : près de lui, une inscription en forme de spirale. Elle retrouve ce symbole à côté d''un autre cadavre. Son enquête permet de relier ces deux assassinats avec celui commis cent soixante ans auparavant : six soldats britanniques ont injustement exécuté un chef maori pendant la colonisation brutale et sanglante de la Nouvelle-Zélande. Hana comprend que les meurtres sont un utu, le rituel maori qui cherche à réparer un crime du passé. Lancée à la recherche du premier tueur en série de Nouvelle- Zélande, Hana Westerman va devoir choisir son camp, entre la fidélité à ses origines et sa loyauté à la police. Traduit de l''anglais (Nouvelle-Zélande) par Antoine Chainas

Thriller met veel sfeer en in een bijzondere setting: Top of the Lake meets Val McDermid... met een vleugje Jane Harper Hana Westerman is alleenstaande moeder, Maori en politie-inspecteur bij de afdeling Zware Delicten in Auckland. Wanneer ze een anoniem filmpje ontvangt, leidt dit haar naar een vervallen appartement, waar ze een man aantreft die is opgehangen in een verborgen ruimte. Hana en haar team zetten alles op alles om de moordenaar te vinden, en de druk neemt toe als een aantal nieuwe doden doet vermoeden dat ze te maken hebben met Nieuw-Zeelands eerste seriemoordenaar ooit. Het lijkt onmogelijk om een motief te vinden voor de ogenschijnlijk losstaande moorden. Dan ontdekt Hana dat er een verband is met een oude misdaad uit de tijd van de bloederige kolonisatie van Nieuw-Zeeland. De zoektocht begint haar steeds persoonlijker te raken en Hana beseft dat haar afkomst en kennis essentieel zijn voor het vinden van de moordenaar. Maar met elke nieuwe moord lijkt het erop dat de wraak die de hij zoekt ook Hana en haar familie treft...

'A compelling, atmospheric page turner with an authentic insight into Māori culture' Val McDermid A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH. A KILLER IN SEARCH OF RETRIBUTION. A CLASH BETWEEN CULTURE AND DUTY. THE PAST NEVER TRULY STAYS BURIED. WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE OF PARADISE. Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single motherhood and the pressures of her career in Auckland’s Central Investigation Branch. When she’s led to a crime scene by a mysterious video, she discovers a man hanging in a hidden room. With little to go on, Hana knows one thing: the killer is sending her a message. As a Māori officer, there has always been a clash between duty and culture for Hana, but it is something that she’s found a way to live with. Until now. When more murders follow, Hana realises that her heritage and past are the keys to finding the perpetrator. Especially when the killer's agenda of revenge may include Hana – and her family . . . ‘As page-turning as it is eye-opening’ Ambrose Parry ‘A remarkable new detective’ Daily Mail ‘[A] highly addictive read’ My Weekly ‘So chilling’ Crime Monthly ‘Opens a unique window onto a fascinating Antipodean society as only world-class crime fiction can’ Deon Meyer Winner of the Best First Novel Award at the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards Finalist for Best Novel at the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards ​Shortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Shortlisted for Audio Book of the Year at the Capital Crime Fingerprint Awards

Health Choices is a cookbook that was born from the recipe investigation that chef Michael Bennett did to help his wife fight Cancer.

SEIZE TODAY with DIGNITY Now is the right time to embrace your Fearless Warrior within.Now is the time to step on the razor''s edge of existence with faith and strip away your cloak of fear, shame and self-doubt and become vulnerable.Now is the time to show guts, determination, and grit and take back ownership of your unique mind, body and spirit.Now is the time to tap into the forbidden canyons of your mind to seduce your senses and write the thrilling climax to your epic adventure.Now is the time to UNBELIVE and REDREAM. YOU ARE A WARRIOR, a Mind Ninja with unwavering valour and no adversary. Stretch your catapult to its incredible limits; load it with a flaming desire so powerful that you vanquish any monkey, man or beast that stands in its way.Practice using the weapons within this visionary guidance manual until they become second nature, in the same way as when you learned how to walk, speak and drive.When extreme thought is not necessary to achieve an action your consciousness expands allowing you to be in the now with your true essence. It is within the silent times of our minds that Titans are born. I have faith in your unbeatable fearless Warrior spirit and wish you well on your continuous journey of self-mastery.

The book contrasts the timeless Kingdom of Heaven teaching of Jesus of Nazareth and "another gospel" proclaimed by talk radio and cable news, the latter influencing American Christians from hours of weekly exposure, and explores the disturbing and little-known American history of powerful interests who stole the hearts and minds of its clergy.

El psiquiatra Michael Bennett y su hija Sarah revelan los criterios prácticos para desarrollar el amor, incluso cuando pareciera que el romance terminó. Para probar su método, evalúan los ocho rasgos que las personas buscan en una pareja con mayor frecuencia: carisma, belleza, química, comunicación, sentido del humor, estabilidad familiar, inteligencia y riqueza.

Just a few minutes before, Teddy Haswell had been helping his friend Donald break into the math teacher's office. Now, limbs terminally akimbo, Teddy’s body lies in a pool of blood in Jessup Quadrangle. And at the center of the investigation at the prestigious New Jersey Military Academy is young Donald. Surely blame for Teddy’s accidental death should not rest with him, Donald reasons. But how? Can people be convinced that Teddy took his own life? Can suspicion be cast on Stanley Wong, the Academy’s only Asian cadet? And with Teddy gone, who can Donald enlist to help him avoid blame? From New York real-estate moguls to Hong Kong triad bosses, Donald’s web of lies soon spins further than he could have ever imagined.

Michael Bennett provides the first history of the global spread of vaccination during the Napoleonic Wars, offering a new assessment of the cowpox discovery and Edward Jenner's achievement in making cowpox inoculation a viable and universally available practice. He explores the networks that took the vaccine around the world, and the reception and establishment of vaccination among peoples in all corners of the globe. His focus is on the human story of the horrors of smallpox, the hopes invested in vaccination by medical men and parents, the children put arm-to-arm across the world, and the early challenges, successes and disappointments. He presents vaccination as a quiet revolution, genuinely emancipatory, but also the sharp end of growing state power. By the end of the war in 1815, millions of children had been vaccinated. The early success of the war against smallpox paved the way to further advances towards eradication.

''Lunch with the Kaiser'' provides a factual narrative of the events leading up to the 30th of July 1914 - the point at which war between Germany and Russia became inevitable. The book details how Austrian adventurism, German miscalculation, French opportunism and Russian precipitation all contributed to the outbreak of a war which, until the very last moment, could have been avoided. Britain''s rush to war, with what AJP Taylor termed ''indecent haste'', is revealed as having as much to do with the appeasement of Russia as the containment of Germany. Our guide through these complex events is Kaiser Wilhelm II who, in a series of fictional interviews set in October 1938 while he was living out his old age in exile, provides an analysis that will challenge the preconceptions of an English speaking readership as to where the burden of responsibility for the outbreak of the First World War should be placed.

Michael Bennett is a Super Bowl Champion, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, a fearless activist, a feminist, a grassroots philanthropist, an organizer, and a change maker. He's also one of the most scathingly humorous athletes on the planet, and he wants to make you uncomfortable. Bennett adds his unmistakable voice to discussions of racism and police violence, Black athletes and their relationship to powerful institutions like the NCAA and the NFL, the role of protest in history, and the responsibilities of athletes as role models to speak out against injustice. Following in the footsteps of activist-athletes from Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick, Bennett demonstrates his outspoken leadership both on and off the field.Written with award-winning sportswriter and author Dave Zirin, Things that Make White People Uncomfortable is a sports book for our turbulent times, a memoir, and a manifesto as hilarious and engaging as it is illuminating.

Join The Purposeless Pumpkin on his quest to find meaning in his life. An inspiring, funny tale teaching children about belonging.

Plato said over 2,500 years ago that "an unexamined life for a man is not worth living." To examine one's life, on a regular basis, cannot but lead to a consideration of virtue, which in turn leads to a search for the Good, which both Plato and Plotinus say all men naturally seek. What we call a good informs the value system we live by, but a good can only reflect the Good, if it is good for our soul and the soul of our neighbor, any more than we can claim virtue with a mote in our eye. Are the wrongs perceived in society also in ourselves, for where else could they have come from? So we need a different kind of inquiry and a different order of reflection; an inquiry that reveals errors in how we see things and a reflection that seeks a spiritual dimension to how we see things. It does not matter if it is called contemplation or meditation, for the principle of prayer has been with us ever since man first intimated the presence of the Divine.

As this volume indicates, the issues facing black America are diverse, and the tools needed to understand these phenomena cross disciplinary boundaries. In this anthology, the authors address a wide range of topics including race, gender, class, sexual orientation, globalism, migration, health, politics, culture, and urban issues-from a diversity of disciplinary perspectives.

This book is a continuation of my first book, Collection of Poetry: Lifes Reflections. The meaning of these poems can have a powerful impact if read correctly and taken to heart. I hope to continue to touch the hearts of readers as they relate these poems to their lives.

Manuel de survie quand le dialogue est au point mort - Votre compagnon est un taiseux et ça vous agace ? - Vous souffrez que votre ado ne se confie plus à vous ? - Vous n''arrivez pas à convaincre votre soeur de quitter son mari violent ? - C''est la guerre froide entre vos collaborateurs, et vous peinez à les réconcilier ? Bref vous ne savez plus quoi faire ? Dans ce livre brillamment sensible et drôle, un psychiatre diplômé de Harvard et sa fille, scénariste, vous disent comment mettre de l''huile dans les rouages quand le dialogue est devenu difficile voire impossible, sans se bercer d''illusion, sans essayer de changer le monde. Alors que la plupart des livres de développement personnel décortiquent vos émotions et vous font miroiter un futur doré, F*ck la communication vous le dit tout net : ça ne marche pas. F*ck la communication ne promet aucun happy end mais donne des conseils concrets, basés sur 40 années de pratique. Le message : ne vous épuisez pas à changer ce qui ne peut l''être ; apprenez à faire de votre mieux avec ce que vous contrôlez vraimen

Manuel de survie quand un truc vous reste en travers de la gorge - Au boulot, quelqu''un de moins compétent a pris votre place ? - Votre ex a menti pour obtenir la garde des enfants ? - Abusé par un proche, on vous décourage de porter plainte ? - Vous ne comprenez toujours pas pourquoi votre conjoint vous a quitté ? - Le responsable de la mort de votre frère est un multirécidiviste qui a un excellent avocat ? Bref l''injustice vous enrage ? Dans ce livre brillamment sensible et drôle, un psychiatre diplômé de Harvard et sa fille, scénariste, vous disent comment retrouver la sérénité et le respect que vous méritez, sans se bercer d''illusion, sans essayer de changer le monde. Alors que la plupart des livres de développement personnel décortiquent vos émotions et vous font miroiter un futur doré, F*ck l''injustice vous le dit tout net : ça ne marche pas. F*ck l''injustice ne promet aucun happy end mais donne des conseils concrets, basés sur 40 années de pratique. Le message : ne vous épuisez pas à changer ce qui ne peut l''être ; apprenez à faire de votre mieux avec ce que vous contrôlez vraiment.

Manuel de survie quand on ne se sent pas à la hauteur - Vous manquez de répartie ? - L''idée que l''on découvre votre talon d''Achille vous tétanise ? - Vous enviez le culot de vos collègues ? - Votre vie est terne et vous doutez de votre aptitude au bonheur ? - Vous n''osez jamais dire non ? Bref, vous avez du mal à vous accepter ? Dans ce livre brillamment sensible et drôle, un psychiatre diplômé de Harvard et sa fille, scénariste, vous disent comment surmonter concrètement votre complexe d''infériorité, sans se bercer d''illusion, sans essayer de changer le monde. Alors que la plupart des livres de développement personnel décortiquent vos émotions et vous font miroiter un futur doré, F*ck l''estime de soi vous le dit tout net : ça ne marche pas. F*ck l''estime de soi ne promet aucun happy end mais donne des conseils concrets, basés sur 40 années de pratique. Le message : ne vous épuisez pas à changer ce qui ne peut l''être ; apprenez à faire de votre mieux avec ce que vous contrôlez vraiment.

From the brilliant New York Times bestselling authors of the “refreshingly blunt” (Harper’s Bazaar) F*ck Feelings—this seriously irreverent roadmap reveals the essentials to look for when you're done being suckered by the promise of true love and want help seeking a real, lasting relationship. Many people have opinions on the subject of romantic relationships—why they’re so hard to find, so difficult to maintain, so easily analogized to planets and pets—but the real source of trouble isn’t too complicated: it’s that we are choosing our partners based on love, excitement, lust, attraction, neediness…on feelings. Instead of helping readers find true love (also known as “total bullshit”), Dr. Michael Bennett and his comedy-writing daughter Sarah reveal the practical, commonsense criteria for good partnerships that will allow real love to develop, even after the romance has died down or been buried completely. Finding a good partner involves losing preconceived notions about who your dream date might be, so the Bennetts helpfully appraise the pros and cons of eight traits people most commonly seek: charisma, beauty, chemistry, communication, sense of humor, family stability, intelligence, and wealth. They suggest you’ll have better luck finding a partner in a bar, online, or on a date arranged by your chiropractor if you focus on ideas like mutual attraction and respect and common interests and common goals. With helpful quizzes, case studies inspired by Dr. Bennett’s practice, and unscientific flow charts, F*ck Love is packed with enough advice and wisdom to help you avoid the relationship nightmares that led you to this book in the first place.