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By Harry Ricketts
New Zealand is a nation of sports-lovers and this is reflected in this collection of 80 superb pieces of sports writing by many of our most acclaimed journalists, novelists, biographers, essayists and poets. From surfing to cycling, angling to archery, running to rugby ... from the joy of the victors to the tears of the vanquished ... the roar of the crowd to the solitary moment ... this is a book of endless pleasure.
100 Essential New Zealand Golf Holes
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By Tom Hyde
New Zealand is a golf-lover's paradise and this is the definitive guide to the country's most interesting, beautiful, challenging and exhilarating golf holes - the ones that will linger in your memory long after the games are over and the scores forgotten.
Golfers sent advance copies declared it the best golf book they'd ever read.
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Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge Guide
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By Amy Taylor
A bike ride that began with 26 friends in 1977 is today New Zealand's premier cycling event. Covering a scenic course on 160 kilometres of sealed road around beautiful Lake Taupo, it caters for riders of all abilities, and attracts around 12,000 entrants, with numbers increasing every year.
Whether you're riding for fun or competitively, this book contains all the information you'll need to prepare for the event and have a great ride on the day.
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Watching the Rugby World Cup
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By Spiro Zavos
From 7 September - 20 October 2007, 20 rugby-playing nations take to the field to contest rugby's most coveted prize.
In this sensational new book, acclaimed rugby writer Spiro Zavos writes about the events that have taken the Rugby World Cup from a pipedream to one of the world's three top sporting contests - and gives a unique insight into what is likely to happen in this, the most thrilling contest yet.
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How to Catch a Cricket Match
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By Harry Ricketts
How do you deliver a googly, have the hoodoos, bowl a maiden over, and make chin music?
What are a beamer, a flipper, a corker, a jaffa and a loosener?
What do a bunny, a cherry, a dolly and a royal golden duck have to do with sport?
Learn the answers - and much more about the noble sport of cricket - in this terrific, funny, enlightening new book by passionate player and cricket-watcher Harry Ricketts.
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Antarctica Cruising Guide
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By Peter Carey and Craig Franklin
The first and only definitive Antarctica cruising guide.
Essential purchase for people thinking of travelling to Antarctica - New Zealanders and tourists.
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How to Catch a Fish
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For award-winning writer and poet Kevin Ireland, fishing - especially for the elusive trout - is not an idle pastime but a passionate love affair with the natural world.
This fine, funny, beautiful book should be on the shelf of every fisherman - and woman - and their long-suffering friends and family.
'Ireland demystifies fishing. How welcome that is. He's informative but never omniscient, and often very clever and amusing. It's brilliant and I loved it'
BRIAN TURNER |
Best:
A New Zealand Compendium
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Compiled by Ella Griffiths
Where is the best place in New Zealand to see a movie, watch a horse race
or catch a wave? What's the country's best pinot noir? Who makes the best
ice cream? Who's our best sports commentator? Which is our best public park?
What is the best New Zealand movie of all time?
'Stylish ... Some of the categories are inspired'
Leaf
Salon |
How
to Watch a Game of Rugby
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By Spiro Zavos
How to Watch a Game of Rugby will delight both fans and those keen
to learn more about New Zealand's national passion. Spiro Zavos shares his
love of the sport with wit and humour - and passes on some illuminating
pointers.
'Thoughtful, passionate & entertaining'
GREG McGEE
'One for all rugby lovers ... Spiro Zavos's best book yet'
BRYCE
COURTENAY |
How to
Pick a Winner
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by Mary Mountier
An irreverent insider's view of the 'sport of kings' - betting systems,
personalities, scandals, oddities, joys of ownership, social divisions,
how it all began and advice to newcomers.
'Mary Mountier's brilliant How to Pick a Winner will have you
rushing to the nearest TAB.'
North&South
'Even if you've never been near a racecourse you'll find this book
hugely entertaining'
KEITH QUINN |
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