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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…
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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Autumn 2003,
Christine Gee,
Collins,
Corgi Books,
Garry Weare,
Geoff Chapple,
George Band,
Issue 61,
Margaret Gee,
Rider,
Sir Edmund Hillary,
Stephen Venables
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Autobiography,
Biography,
Children,
History,
Memoir,
Non-fiction,
Review
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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Geoff Chapple,
HarperCollins,
Issue 59,
Random House,
Spring 2002,
Tandem Press,
Tess Redgrave,
Tessa Duder
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Awards,
Gender,
Health,
Non-fiction,
Review
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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Brian Boyd,
Charles Croot,
David Eggleton,
Fiona Kidman,
Geoff Chapple,
Issue 7,
Jenny Bornholdt,
Joy Cowley,
Kevin Ireland,
Michael King,
Owen Marshall,
Peter Wells,
Shonagh Koea,
Stephanie Johnson,
Summer 1992,
Tessa Duder,
Witi Ihimaera
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Opinion
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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Alison Carter,
Alison Glenny,
Geoff Chapple,
Issue 5,
Louis Nowra,
Reed,
Vincent Ward,
Winter 1992
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Art,
Māori,
Memoir,
Non-fiction,
Photography,
Review