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9780473113407
The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor
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NZ$ 145.00 each
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Author:
Judy Siers
Published by:
Millwood Heritage Press
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Montana Biography Winner 2008
'The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor' enables us to enter into the life and times of a man, a family, a society, and ways of thinking and acting different to, yet not so distant from, our own. We enter the world of an architect, who is also an artist; builder, craftsman; a theosophist, an astrologer, a photographer, a furniture maker. We are presented with the life story of a complex and talented man, a man who influenced the lives of others, and was influenced by particular beliefs, both religious and artistic.
To enter a Chapman-Taylor house is to enter into a world of warmth, comfort, re-assurance; of materiality and craftsmanship. It is a practical world touched by art. Chapman-Taylor’s world is where “beauty is really a by-product and comes almost of itself when our motives are right”. Lavishly illustrated, this book enables us to enter every one of Chapman-Taylor’s houses - not ...
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Tales of Anna Hoffmann
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Anna Hoffmann
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9781869507053
Billy T: the life and times of Billy T James
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NZ$ 40.00 each
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Author:
Matt Elliott
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Harpercollins
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Billy T James was a larger-than-life comedian who gave us some of our best belly laughs. An accomplished singer and musician, he created enduring characters, poking the borax at the oh-so-delicate state of race relations in New Zealand in a way that stood him head and shoulders above other performers of his era. Like John Clarke's Fred Dagg, Billy T's characters were Kiwi through and through and we loved him for it. When he died in his early forties, of complications following a heart transplant, the nation was shocked - first by his premature death, and then by one of the first highly publicised interracial body-snatching incidents. His Pakeha wife and his iwi disagreed over funeral arrangements, ending in the taking by force of his body from their home in Auckland to a marae in Ngaruawahia. The sight of iwi and family battling in the media and reports of his body being transported in a van made sickening headlines. His widow, Lynn ...
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Aerial Hunter: The Dick Deaker Story
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NZ$ 40.00 each
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Author:
Graeme Marshall
Published by:
Halcyon Press
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This is the story of a remarkable hunter whose entire adult life has revolved around the hunting of deer. Initially as a culler but then as a ground shooter, fixed wing hunter pilot and lastly as one of the best and most experienced helicopter pilots in the business. Richard (Dick) Deaker's story is truly amazing if only for the fact that he is still flying regularly in his 65th year.
This is also the story of many others- pilots alive and dead. of shooter Jeff Carter and of brother and fellow pilot, Syd.
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9781869790592
Beside the Dark Pool : A memoir Part 2
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NZ$ 38.00 each
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Fiona Kidman
Published by:
Random House New Zealand Ltd
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In her first volume of memoir, Fiona Kidman described her background and childhood, evoking the places she lived in and the people she knew. It finished with the publication of her first, hugely successful novel. In this sequel she takes us through the writing of over 20 more books, of her involvement in New Zealand's literary circles, her championing of writing and writers, and the significant people she has met along the way. A beautifully written, thought-provoking and important record of the last 20 years.
First published June 2009.
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9781869711283
Changing Pace : A memoir
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NZ$ 45.00 each
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Author:
Sir Richard Hadlee
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Hodder Moa
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This memoir recounts the last few years of Sir Richard Hadlee's cricketing career before describing the tumultuous period in his life that followed his retirement. He describes the way in which his life, once so successful and full of high achievement, was suddenly shattered as he experienced a debilitating heart attack that led to major surgery, and shortly afterwards his marriage of twenty-two years disintegrated and came to a painful end. He then describes how, with the help of the woman who was to become his new wife he picked up the pieces and created a new life, first as a cricket ambassador and commentator, and then as the chairman of selectors for New Zealand Cricket. If he had hoped that at that point his life might become smoother sailing he soon found that being a cricket selector brought with it fresh challenges and exposed him to close scrutiny and criticism from the media.
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