Exisle Publishing Creating books that change lives for over 35 years.
Independent, family-run publishers of non-fiction grounded in expertise and experience, with a global presence. Proud parent of EK Books.
450+ titles in print across Exisle Publishing and EK Books · Browse the full list
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Penguins, Polar Bears & Pandas
Why do penguins make us smile, pandas melt our hearts and polar bears stand for a warming planet? A conservation communicator and an award-winning wildlife photographer explore the science behind our love for the world’s most charismatic animals, and how that connection becomes genuine hope for the future of our planet.
Large-format gift book · 160 pages · Full-colour photography throughout
Your Writer’s Block Is Bullsh*t
A psychologist and a ghostwriter on what is really stopping you, and how to write anyway
Lioness
How to lead with confidence, courage and intuition
Your Normal Mind
Evolution’s hidden logic of suffering, and what to do about it
Looking for June
A fly fisherman’s search for his mother, and himself
Our authors
Expertise you can check, told by people worth reading
Our non-fiction authors work at the intersection of storytelling, expertise and personal experience — clinicians, scientists and practitioners who have done the work before they wrote about it.
Dr Russ Harris
Physician & psychotherapist · MBBS
- 1 million+ copies of The Happiness Trap sold worldwide, in over 30 languages
- 80,000+ health professionals trained in ACT since 2005
- Wrote the ACT protocol adopted by the World Health Organization for use in refugee camps
Also His WHO title Doing What Matters in Times of Stress is the most downloaded mental-health resource on the WHO website.
Books by Russ Harris
Karen Fischer
Nutritionist · BHSc
- Award-winning — The Healthy Skin Diet won Best Health, Nutrition or Specific Diet Book at the Australian Food Media Awards
- Seven books, including The Eczema Detox
- 20 years in practice helping thousands of people heal chronic skin conditions
Also Founder of the eczema support network Eczema Life and the supplement company Skin Friend.
Books by Karen Fischer
Jared Cooney Horvath
Neuroscientist & educator · PhD, MEd
- Research and lectures at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School and the University of Melbourne
- Has taught at 50+ international schools
- Director of the Science of Learning Group and LME Global
As featured in The New Yorker · The Economist · The Atlantic · The New York Times · Scientific American · WIRED · New Scientist
Books by Jared Cooney HorvathWe are always looking for expert authors with a compelling story to tell. See what we’re looking for →
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