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A Way With Words: A memoir of writing and publishing in New Zealand by Chris Maclean
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
From an early age, author and publisher Chris Maclean was told he had a way with words. This talent, which protected him from school bullies and made him a proficient debater, later became the focus of his professional life. Since the 1980s he has written a dozen non-fiction books, publishing many of th ...Show more
Kapiti by Chris Maclean
$54.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the 2000 Montana NZ Book Awards, history & biography section. Heading north from Wellington, travellers come to Pukerua Bay and there, across the water, is Kapiti Island, remote and alluring. In the morning light its contours and its forest stand out; by afternoon it is a dark, brooding sh ...Show more
Leading the Way: 100 Years of the Tararua Tramping Club by Shaun Barnett; Chris Maclean
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Leading the Way celebrates the centenary of New Zealand's first tramping club, established in 1919, and places its achievements within the evolution of tramping, our most popular sporting activity. The TTC inspired the formation of other tramping clubs throughout New Zealand and has also fostered climbi ...Show more
Stag Spooner: Wild Man from the Bush by Chris Maclean
$34.99 NZD
$49.99 (30% off)
Category: Hunting | Reading Level: Very Good
Stag (Neville) Spooner (1917-1946) was a government deer culler in 1939 and 1940, initially in the Tararuas, and then on the South Island's West Coast. While his successful career as a culler was cut short by the Second World War, he did leave behind a remarkable legacy from this period, a painted diary ...Show more
Tramping: A New Zealand History by Shaun Barnett; Chris Maclean
$69.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: New
Tramping: A New Zealand history tells the story of the development of tramping in New Zealand, tracing its origins to the way Maori and early Europeans engaged with the sometimes forbidding New Zealand mountains and bush. It describes how state-sponsored tracks and huts were developed for tourism in the ...Show more
Wellington: Telling Tales by Chris Maclean
$39.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
"Wellington: Telling Tales", whether read as a whole or simply dipped into, vividly brings to life the colourful past of this chameleon city. Chris Maclean presents the city's history in a series of fascinating historical vignettes, each marking a year of the 20th century. These are illustrated with his ...Show more
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