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High Misadventure: New Zealand Mountaineering tragedies and survival stories

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NZ$ 30.00 each

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Author: Paul Hersey

High Misadventure explores the dark face of climbing in New Zealand – the times when a slip or a poor decision can lead to tragedy. Climber/journalist Paul Hersey takes eight incidents from among the many of recent decades, and explores the critical factors behind them. Among the incidents he covers are the deaths of five climbers when the Three Johns Hut blew away in 1977, the 1990 loss of six army cadets during a training exercise on Ruapehu, and the 2004 deaths of four climbers on Mount Tasman.
As well as offering a white-knuckle read, this book will improve our understanding of what can go wrong on the mountains, and will be of great interest to both climbers and non-climbers. Unlike other recent, more general books on survival in the New Zealand outdoors, this title focuses exclusively on mountain incidents and covers each one in great depth. The text is built on first-hand interviews with survivors, the bereaved, ... more

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All Blacks : Myths and Legends

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NZ$ 40.00 each

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Author: Ron Palenski

Contains new information that will debunk a long-held belief about the origins of the All Blacks and many other previously untold stories.Ron Palenski is one of New Zealand's most successful and respected sports writers.

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Birdies, Bogeys and Kiwis: golfing around New Zealand

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NZ$ 38.00 each

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Author: Liz Clark

Snow-capped mountains, fine sand beaches, geothermal hot spots, and dramatic coastal cliffs form the backdrop for those specially-designed, internationally acclaimed courses that suit casual as well as competitive play -- and just for the love of the game, those charming and often challenging rural courses where fairways might be shared with sheep, New Zealand’s ubiquitous fairway mowers.Filled with suggestions for accommodation, dining, and side trips to interest the whole family.

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Black Obsession : The All Blacks' quest for World Cup success

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NZ$ 37.00 each

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Author: Gregor Paul

Since the first World Cup in 1987, the All Blacks have amassed a winning record that is far superior to any other country. Yet by the time the next World Cup rolls around in 2011, it will be 24 years since the All Blacks have been world champions. How can that be? This very readable book draws some provocative conclusions on why New Zealand no longer produces great leaders and why rugby remains such an important part of the national psyche. Part travel guide, part social history and part self-help manual, it is the ideal book for all those fans who can't help steering conversations towards All Black World Cup failures.

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Creating Waves: How Surfing Inspires our Most Creative New Zealanders

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NZ$ 35.00 each

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Author: Aaron Topp

Surfing is a seductive mistress, providing inspiration, a time for reflection, personal challenge and sheer exhilaration. This is especially true in NZ, where we have a high number of artists, writers and musicians who surf. Aaron Topp, himself a surfer, explores this close relationship, and the role surfing and the sea plays in the creative lives of a selection of leading musicians, painters,sculptors, poets and fellow writers. In a series of perceptive and revealing personal profiles, he discovers that, as we suspected, while surfers may function in normal society, in reality they're a few steps removed.

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High Misadventure: New Zealand Mountaineering Tragedies and Survival Stories

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NZ$ 30.00 each

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Author: Paul Hersey

DoP August 2009, Auckland
231x153mm / 168pp
Softcover
16 full-colour, 20+ b/w photos, 8 maps

High Misadventure explores the dark face of climbing in New Zealand - the times when a slip or a poor decision can lead to tragedy. Climber/journalist Paul Hersey takes eight incidents from among the many of recent decades, and explores the critical factors behind them. Among the incidents he covers are the deaths of five climbers when the Three Johns Hut blew away in 1977, the 1990 loss of six army cadets during a training exercise on Ruapehu, and the 2004 deaths of four climbers on Mount Tasman. As well as offering a white-knuckle read, this book will improve our understanding of what can go wrong on the mountains, and will be of great interest to both climbers and non-climbers. Unlike other recent, more general books on survival in the New Zealand outdoors, this title focuses exclusively on mountain incidents and covers each one in ... more

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Legends on Two Wheels

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NZ$ 50.00 each

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Author: Rhys Jones

The first of two volumes celebrating New Zealand's champions on two wheels. More World Championships have been won by Kiwi motorcyclists than by competitors in any other sport in this country, with nine riders winning 35 World Championships. Others have come breathtakingly close, with four riders second in Moto GP, and victories in the Isle of Man, still the world's most demanding road race. Today young Kiwi riders are on the brink of greatness, in both on and off road events. Hugh Anderson, Graeme Crosby, Ivan Mauger, Ben Townley, Josh Coppins and Aaron Slight all enjoy international respect, fiercely competitive men who've driven themselves to the level of excellence of Kiwi heroes on two wheels. They've had it tough, because of our remoteness, having to drive harder, and take more risks to achieve podium finishes. It's cost them all dearly. Not all the great riders won world championships; some achieved enormous success in ... more

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Lucky Legs : What I've Learned About Winning & Losing

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NZ$ 40.00 each

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Author: Steve Gurney with Robin Major

Steve Gurney is an exceptional athlete. He has been in 19 of the epic Coast to Coast races in a row, and he has won nine of them. He has represented New Zealand twice at the World Mountain Bike champs and has spent a lot of time adventure racing in far flung jungles, caves, mountains and deserts. Steve says people joke about his "Lucky legs" ..."lucky they don't snap off and poke up your bum!". He's got bandy legs, he's short and he's not physically talented or gifted as an athlete. He is however ultra-fit but anyone can do that, or so he says. This is a motivational, funny, frank autobiography covering Steve's multisport career and his life in general.

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New Zealand Four-Wheel Drive Handbook

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NZ$ 40.00 each

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Author: Ken Sibly

Ken Sibly is the co-author of 4WD South Island: 107 Off Road Adventures and 4WD South Island: 93 Off Road Adventures. Both these books contain introductory sections offering practical advice on how to get the best out of your vehicle and how to stay out of trouble.

In response to popular demand, Ken, who is now a full-time 4WD trainer, has expanded these sections into a full-length book providing expert answers to every question asked and every problem posed during the 30 years he has spent as a 4WD enthusiast and adviser.

Beginning with such basic matters as getting to know your vehicle, the text covers all aspects of four-wheel-driving, including getting the most from your 4WD, learning how to drive in adverse conditions, how to recover your own and other vehicles, how to prepare for a solo or group expedition, how to treat the environment and how to get in touch with other like-minded enthusiasts. The book is specially ... more

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