Some Kind of Fantasy
The
amazing life story of New Zealand’s top dominatrix
by
Mary Brennan
with Eleanor
Black
foreword
by Geraldine Brophy
Bateman - RRP $34.99
‘Nobody grows up
wanting to be a dominatrix, or at least I didn’t. I was, however, fascinated
with Mary Magdalene. I’d be willing to wager that I’m not the only Catholic
girl growing up
in Wellington in
the ’60s and ’70s who was fascinated by Jesus’s right-hand woman.’
– Mary Brennan
A funny, warm and caring girl
from Eastbourne, raised in a loving Catholic family, is now Mistress Mariah, a
professional dominatrix who owns one of New Zealand’s most successful fantasy
and full-service brothels.
How
did Mary Brennan end up establishing this top-end brothel?
In Some Kind of Fantasy, Mary talks openly
about her ordinary Kiwi upbringing and life experiences, which ultimately led
her to managing several large brothels in Wellington. In 2006 she opened her
own high-end escort agency, Funhouse,
and with her 19 years’ industry experience is making waves and setting new
standards.
Mary
Brennan opens the door to her escort agency and lets readers in on the wide
variety of sexual fetishes and fantasies The
MM Club and Funhouse caters to.
She
talks candidly about what life as a dominatrix entails and how being a good
dominatrix is all about providing a safe place for people to live out their
deepest sexual fantasies without any judgement.
Funhouse is renowned as the top high-end agency
in New Zealand with the best working environment in New Zealand, and Mary
provides a clean and nurturing place for her workers and clients, where safety,
discretion and self-esteem are paramount.
She
is proud of her role, and is a key go to person for commentary on the New
Zealand sex industry and was on the Parliamentary Review Board for five years
after the sex worker law reform in 2003.
Co-written
by the highly regarded New Zealand author and writer for Next magazine Eleanor Black, with the foreword by award-winning actress
Geraldine Brophy, Some Kind of Fantasy
is a tantalising and intriguing read.
You Simply Can’t Spoil a Newborn
The essential
Kiwi guide to nurturing your baby in the first three months
by Dorothy Waide
RRP $39.99
‘We can honestly say we never found a baby-related problem that Dorothy
was unable to solve.
Her enormous sense of
warmth, love and a down-to-earth philosophy always made us feel safe in our
role as parents.
You Simply Can’t Spoil a Newborn brings together Dorothy’s
three decades of expertise; it is smart, reassuring and to the point — a
must-have for new parents everywhere’
- Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas
From training as a Karitane Mothercraft nurse in New Zealand in the
1970s to looking after Catherine Zeta-Jones’s babies, Dorothy Waide is now one
of the world’s most sought-after baby sleep consultants.
Dorothy
spent more than 20 years abroad, sharing the homes of Hollywood celebrities,
media magnates and leading business people who required nothing but the best, but
she was never dazzled by her big-name clients — for her it was always about
helping to welcome a new life into the world.
Her
uncanny ability to calm even the most fractious crying baby or toddler and her
depth of knowledge set Dorothy apart as one of today’s most respected baby
consultants. She shares her vital knowledge in her new book.
The first
three months of a newborn baby’s life offer new parents a unique opportunity to
lay a solid and loving foundation that will last a lifetime. It
is also when parents — whether first-time or not — need unfailing support to
help them deal with the countless decisions they face every day.
You Simply Can’t Spoil a Newborn reveals Dorothy’s
nurturing approach in calming the most unsettled baby and shows how after
building the foundations in the 3 first months, somewhere between 12 and 16
weeks, babies will have the fundamental skills —and confidence — to be able to
self-settle and resettle on their own with little intervention.
She also gives advice on
solving common feeding issues and managing time, relationships and emotional
demands in the weeks following birth.
You Simply
Can’t Spoil a Newborn is written for fatigued, time-poor
parents. The details are clear and succinct, using bullet points, photographs and
illustrations for quick reference. It is structured by topic rather than
developmental stages, acknowledging that babies grow at different rates.
Reassuring without being prescriptive, it
takes into account modern lifestyles and recognises that every baby — and every
parent — is different.
You Simply Can’t Spoil a Newborn is based on round-the-clock, hands-on
experience gleaned over three decades while working in homes across the world,
supporting parents from different cultural and economic backgrounds. According to her many satisfied clients across the globe, ‘what
Dorothy doesn’t know about babies is not worth knowing’.
Don’t Mess with These Kids!
By Doug Wilson
RRP $18.99
Even as a boy, Dr Doug Wilson always knew that he
wanted to be an author, but he struggled with dyslexia, then became sidetracked
with a brilliant and successful medical career.
Now Doug leads a double
life – still working at the cutting edge of medical science, such as cancer,
restoring brain function, lung diseases and illnesses of the old and very
young, but he decided that his first love of writing had to give him balance,
so it’s time to tell the stories that he told to his children and
grandchildren.
Don’t Mess with These Kids! is based on real Kiwi kids from a real Kiwi school.
The kids from Room 14
have had a brilliant week at school camp and are packed up and ready to go
home.
But the bus doesn’t
arrive. And then they find they can’t contact anyone outside. Landlines, mobile
phones, the internet … all communication has been jammed.
They slowly discover
that a strange group called the BERP Government of Waikato has taken control of
the region, forbidding all movement in and out.
The Room 14 kids and
their teacher, Mrs Gunn, decide to fight back, coming up with some highly risky
strategies.
Full of danger, action
and adventure, this fast-paced thrilling read will excite even the most
reluctant readers.
A year ago, a Hamilton
primary school teacher contacted Doug to say how much her students had enjoyed
his Tom Hassler series of books, so Doug went to visit them. Don’t Mess with these Kids! was written
using the real names of the kids of Room 14 and their teacher, as well as
nicknames the kids chose for themselves for their ‘mission’ in the story.
Don’t Mess with These Kids! indirectly addresses children’s addiction to and
reliance on the internet and mobile phones and shows when they are thrown in a
situation without any communication how well they can problem-solve and think
independently.
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