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Cars and Kiwis : The golden age of motoring by John McCrystal
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
Austin Somerset, Morris Minor, Standard Vanguard, Ford Prefect, Vauxhall Wyvern, Jowett Javelin, Hillman Super Minx ...names redolent of the heyday of British car manufacturing, and for a great many of us representative of the cars we grew up with. From dated-looking Forty-niner Fords and Chevy Fleetlin ...Show more
Dancing with the Machine by Jo Morgan; John McCrystal
$36.99 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Mountaineer, adventurer, avid motorcyclist and constant traveller, Jo Morgan has lived an extraordinary life.The youngest of eight children, Jo was brought up largely by her mum after her father died when she was only one, and she has always had an adventurous side. As soon as she turned 15, Jo got her ...Show more
Eden Park: a history by John McCrystal and Lindsay Knight
$50.00 NZD
Category: History
Between 1900-10 Auckland's Kingsland Cricket Club rented land close to what is now Sandringham Road. Not long afterward, Eden Cricket Club purchased circa 15 acres in that area and went on to build what we now know as Eden Park. Over the past century, it has been through may changes and in 1022, as it h ...Show more
Shackleton Bear Goes South by John McCrystal
$27.00 NZD
Category: No Category
Ever since he learned that he is named after a Famous Polar Explorer, Shackleton Bear has known that it is his destiny to go to the South Pole. Now he's getting his chance. He's off to Antarctica via the subantarctic islands and the Southern Ocean, and who knows, he may even get an opportunity to make a ...Show more
Silk Riders : Jo and Gareth Morgan's Incredible Journey on the Trail of Marco Polo by Joanne & Gareth Morgan with John McCrystal
$37.00 NZD
Category: General Travel
The Silk Rider trip was conceived after three biking trips of shorter duration u two in the Himalayas and one in the Andes. It was very clear that month-long trips are great but there is another level u a number of countries to navigate and borders to negotiate; a trip without any pre-arranged acc ...Show more
Singing the Trail: The story of Mapping Aotearoa New Zealand by John McCrystal
$60.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: new
The very first maps were oral maps made by early Polynesian and Maori settlers which were waypoints, described as "survey pegs of memory," lists of places in songs, chants, karakia, and stories that showed direction. Hundreds of years later, the Dutch Abel Tasman sailed here and made the first attempt a ...Show more
The New Zealand Book of Lists by John McCrystal and Steve Barnett
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: good
A compendium of curious information on New Zealand including odd, arcane, extraordinary and surprising facts, fascinating figures, unusual statistics and must-talk-about-trivia -- making this title a sort of a localised Guinness Book of Records. Lists include: famous Kiwis who were expelled from school; ...Show more
The New Zealand Book of Rugby Lists by Steve Barnett & John McCrystal
$30.00 NZD
Category: Sport general
A miscellany of rugby trivia for the footy equivalent of trainspotters (and lets face it, there are thousands and thousands of them). Ranging from the weird to the drop-dead serious, the lists include: ACCs top rugby injuries, animals on the field, best rugby grounds 2nd or 3rd div, best-ever NZ fifte ...Show more
The Originals: 1905 All Black Rugby Odyssey by John McCrystal
$35.00 NZD
Category: Sports Biography
On Friday 8th September, 1905, the Rimutaka docked at Plymouth to deliver a team of New Zealand rugby players. They were amateurs - men who played the game at home and for their country for the love of it - but their approach set the standard. Over the next six months, these 'Originals' would play a sta ...Show more
Worse Things Happen at Sea by John McCrystal
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
MISHAP 1968 – Caught in a sudden violent storm, the Wahine ferry foundered after running aground on Barrett’s Reef, attempting to enter Wellington Harbour. Battered mercilessly by the elements, the Wahine was listing heavily to starboard when the order to abandon ship was given. The tragic events that f ...Show more
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