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Hard man, Geoff Chapple

Harold Wellman: A Man Who Moved New Zealand  Simon Nathan Victoria University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0864735065 He carried gelignite in the back of his V8. He could roll cigarettes with one hand, make his own beer, and when confined to…
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Because it’s still there, Geoff Chapple

Everest – Summit of Achievement Stephen Venables Allen & Unwin, $79.95, ISBN 1741140668 Everest – 50 Years on Top of the World George Band Collins, $49.95, ISBN 0007147481 High Adventure: Our Ascent of Everest Sir Edmund Hillary Allen & Unwin,…
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Adventures in the waiting room, Garth Baker

Going the Distance – Women Outdoors in New Zealand Tess Redgrave Tandem Press, $34.95, ISBN 1877298018 Seduced by the Sea  ed Tessa Duder HarperCollins, $29.95, ISBN 1869504461 Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail Geoff Chapple Random House, $34.95, ISBN 186941537X…
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Posted in Awards, Gender, Health, Non-fiction, Review

15 writers: ‘You must read this’

Tell us about the book you want to give everyone for Christmas and/or the book you hope no one gives you for Christmas, we asked twenty-four of our top writers and critics. Fifteen of them dared to respond.   Jenny…
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Edge of The Earth, Alison Glenny

Edge of The Earth; Stories and Images from the Antipodes Vincent Ward (with Alison Carter, Geoff Chapple and Louis Nowra), Reed, Auckland, 1990, $34.95 The appearance and title of this loosely strung together collection of prose pieces, photographs and film…
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Posted in Art, Māori, Memoir, Non-fiction, Photography, Review
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