{"title":"Caroline Donald","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaroline Donald’s works blend a love of travel with a deep appreciation for the natural world, inviting readers on journeys both near and far. Through her engaging narratives, she explores the beauty of the countryside alongside the joys of gardening, revealing the quiet delights of home and adventure alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful reflections on the rhythms of nature, whether through the charming companionship of dachshunds or the art of cultivating generous, thriving gardens. Her writing offers a gentle celebration of life’s simple pleasures and the landscapes that inspire them.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dachshunds-by-caroline-donald-9781910258279","title":"Dachshunds","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDachshunds\u003c\/em\u003e are everywhere. Walk down any fashionable metropolitan street today and you will be tripping over little sausages. They are the dog du jour: compact enough for city living yet feisty enough for a good country walk; cute but clever and independent. Advertising campaigns, aprons, Christmas decorations, Instagram accounts from Canada to Japan to Australia are all peppered with them. They have a universal appeal and come in two official sizes: standard (between 7 kg and 14.5 kg) and miniature (under 5 kg), with lots of 'unofficials' in between; three types of coat: smooth, long-haired and wire-haired; and myriad variations of colouring. By the writer's reckoning, there are more than 150 varieties that will pass muster with the UK Kennel Club.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Caroline Donald shares her experience of life with a dachshund: what to look for and what to avoid, how to train and how to look after them. Included too are reports from dachsy homes: from Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund in Canada (3 million Facebook followers, 800,000 on Instagram), River the Mini Dachshund on the Gold Coast in Australia (139,000 followers on Instagram), to the Dixter dachshunds; Greta the puppy belonging to landscape designer Catherine Fitzgerald, her husband the actor Dominic West and family, and Willow, the elegant long-haired English cream belonging to Claire Waight Keller, artistic director of Givenchy and designer of Meghan's wedding dress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are also stories of artists' dachshunds, including Picasso's Lump, Andy Warhol's Archie and Amos, and David Hockney's Stanley and Boodgie; and royal dachshunds (Queen Victoria's, the Kaiser's, Princess Margaret's).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNew to the breed or old hand, there's more than a titbit or two to get your teeth into.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072169263340,"sku":"9781910258279","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3337073482868.jpg?v=1765083136"},{"product_id":"the-generous-gardener-by-caroline-donald-9781910258972","title":"The Generous Gardener","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat do the famous actor, the bestselling novelist, the international musician and the model have in common? Like millions of us, they love their gardens - and with good reason, too. Gardening is an art form through which everyone from lords to labourers can express themselves. In the words of that grande dame of gardeners Penelope Hobhouse, \u003cem\u003e'Gardening makes people happy.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd, as gardening editor of the \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e, Caroline Donald has been allowed beyond the gate of many a private paradise both in Britain and abroad to share this passion. Included in \u003cem\u003eThe Generous Gardener\u003c\/em\u003e are the stories, in words and pictures, of more than forty private gardens, including those belonging to Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton, Jilly Cooper, William Christie, Harrison Birtwistle, Kelly Brook, Natasha Spender, Catherine FitzGerald and Dominic West, Julian and Isabel Bannerman, Penelope Hobhouse, Bob Flowerdew, Roy Lancaster, Luciano Giubbilei, and Dan Pearson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384034509036,"sku":"9781910258972","price":99.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3344003482868.jpg?v=1773397442"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/caroline-donald.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}