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For A Yellow Jersey

The Scandalous History of the Women's Tour de France

by Paul Maunder ...

For a Yellow Jersey narrates the many remarkable lives of the women's Tour de France. A race which has, in its various incarnations, acted as a microcosm of the women's bike racing scene as a whole. Like the careers of many of its participants, the race itself represents an inspiring story of survival against the odds and in the harshest possible conditions.Paul Maunder tells this chequered story ... Read more

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For a Yellow Jersey narrates the many remarkable lives of the women's Tour de France. A race which has, in its various incarnations, acted as a microcosm of the women's bike racing scene as a whole. Like the careers of many of its participants, the race itself represents an inspiring story of survival against the odds and in the harshest possible conditions.Paul Maunder tells this chequered story
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Angel of the Mountains

The Curious Life of Charly Gaul, Cycling's Forgotten Superstar

by Paul Maunder ...

'Maunder's book is more than just a biography of the rise and fall of a complicated man . . . It is also a critique of the damage that myth-making and the media can do to an athlete; a study of what happens to a demigod when thrown from Mount Olympus' The TimesCharly Gaul is a forgotten cycling legend. Once a household name across Europe, the diminutive Luxembourger won the 1958 Tour de France and ... Read more

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'Maunder's book is more than just a biography of the rise and fall of a complicated man . . . It is also a critique of the damage that myth-making and the media can do to an athlete; a study of what happens to a demigod when thrown from Mount Olympus' The TimesCharly Gaul is a forgotten cycling legend. Once a household name across Europe, the diminutive Luxembourger won the 1958 Tour de France and
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The Atomics

by Paul Maunder ...

You cannot run away from what haunts you... Midsummer, 1968. When Frank Banner and his wife Gail move to the Suffolk coast to work at a newly built nuclear power station, they are hoping to leave violence and pain behind them. Gail wants a baby but Frank is only concerned with spending time in the gleaming reactor core of the Seton One power station. Their new neighbors are also 'Atomics'—part of ... Read more

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You cannot run away from what haunts you... Midsummer, 1968. When Frank Banner and his wife Gail move to the Suffolk coast to work at a newly built nuclear power station, they are hoping to leave violence and pain behind them. Gail wants a baby but Frank is only concerned with spending time in the gleaming reactor core of the Seton One power station. Their new neighbors are also 'Atomics'—part of
... Read more
Peace and Goodness

by Paul Maunder ...

In New Zealand in 1861, land wars between the native people, the Maori and the English settlers began. In the province of Taranaki where the novella is set, the first bout of fighting has led to the settlers moving into town. The government mail ship, sailing to the town, runs aground and the passengers rescued by the local Maori. One of these passengers is a French nun of the Sisters of Mercy, ... Read more

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In New Zealand in 1861, land wars between the native people, the Maori and the English settlers began. In the province of Taranaki where the novella is set, the first bout of fighting has led to the settlers moving into town. The government mail ship, sailing to the town, runs aground and the passengers rescued by the local Maori. One of these passengers is a French nun of the Sisters of Mercy,
... Read more
The Sculptor from Rūnanga

An elderly West Coast sculptor undertakes a hunger strike for Gaza, asking how far one life can go in confronting injustice and indifference.

by Paul Maunder ...

When the images from Gaza become unbearable, Mike Garvey—West Coast sculptor, neighbour, ordinary man—decides that outrage is no longer enough.From a pup tent in Greymouth’s civic square, Garvey begins a hunger strike that will carry him far beyond the edges of his small town, and ultimately beyond New Zealand itself. What begins as a solitary act of protest becomes a journey shaped by chance ... Read more

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When the images from Gaza become unbearable, Mike Garvey—West Coast sculptor, neighbour, ordinary man—decides that outrage is no longer enough.From a pup tent in Greymouth’s civic square, Garvey begins a hunger strike that will carry him far beyond the edges of his small town, and ultimately beyond New Zealand itself. What begins as a solitary act of protest becomes a journey shaped by chance
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For A Yellow Jersey

The Scandalous History of the Women's Tour de France

by Paul Maunder ...

Narrated by Jennifer Ness ...

Unabridged

8 hours 21 min

For a Yellow Jersey narrates the many remarkable lives of the women's Tour de France. A race which has, in its various incarnations, acted as a microcosm of the women's bike racing scene as a whole. Like the careers of many of its participants, the race itself represents an inspiring story of survival against the odds and in the harshest possible conditions.Paul Maunder tells this chequered story ... Read more

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For a Yellow Jersey narrates the many remarkable lives of the women's Tour de France. A race which has, in its various incarnations, acted as a microcosm of the women's bike racing scene as a whole. Like the careers of many of its participants, the race itself represents an inspiring story of survival against the odds and in the harshest possible conditions.Paul Maunder tells this chequered story
... Read more

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Out of Here

by Paul Maunder ...

Out of Here is the third part of a trilogy called Moments in Time. It is a 'working class' romance set on the remote West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Phill's come home from a failed marriage to an Australian to tend to his dying mother and is working in the freezing works. Rylee has had to care for her father and younger brother since her mother died. She's working as a checkout operator ... Read more

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Out of Here is the third part of a trilogy called Moments in Time. It is a 'working class' romance set on the remote West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Phill's come home from a failed marriage to an Australian to tend to his dying mother and is working in the freezing works. Rylee has had to care for her father and younger brother since her mother died. She's working as a checkout operator
... Read more
Big End

by Paul Maunder ...

Big End is a coming of age novella set in the midst of the Cuban missile crisis. Eric, accompanied by a recording of Bill Haley and the Comets, is assembling the reconditioned engine of his Ford 10 prior to leaving the provincial New Zealand town of his upbringing and moving to the city to begin university. His girl friend arrives to tell him of the missile crisis. Sarah is a theatrical girl about ... Read more

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Big End is a coming of age novella set in the midst of the Cuban missile crisis. Eric, accompanied by a recording of Bill Haley and the Comets, is assembling the reconditioned engine of his Ford 10 prior to leaving the provincial New Zealand town of his upbringing and moving to the city to begin university. His girl friend arrives to tell him of the missile crisis. Sarah is a theatrical girl about
... Read more
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Angel of the Mountains

The Curious Life of Charly Gaul, Cycling's Forgotten Superstar

by Paul Maunder ...

Narrated by Michael Chance ...

Unabridged

8 hours 45 min

'Maunder's book is more than just a biography of the rise and fall of a complicated man . . . It is also a critique of the damage that myth-making and the media can do to an athlete; a study of what happens to a demigod when thrown from Mount Olympus' The TimesCharly Gaul is a forgotten cycling legend. Once a household name across Europe, the diminutive Luxembourger won the 1958 Tour de France and ... Read more

$31.99 USD

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'Maunder's book is more than just a biography of the rise and fall of a complicated man . . . It is also a critique of the damage that myth-making and the media can do to an athlete; a study of what happens to a demigod when thrown from Mount Olympus' The TimesCharly Gaul is a forgotten cycling legend. Once a household name across Europe, the diminutive Luxembourger won the 1958 Tour de France and
... Read more

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Everyman

by Paul Maunder ...

A novel from New Zealand. Eighty year old Malcolm's middle aged son, a college principal, is in trouble for hitting and supposedly molesting a student at his school, and his career potentially in ruins. His Maori partner, Piripi is worried about him. Malcolm bikes to see him and on the way records the story of his encounter with his birth father as a young man, for he intuitively feels that ... Read more

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A novel from New Zealand. Eighty year old Malcolm's middle aged son, a college principal, is in trouble for hitting and supposedly molesting a student at his school, and his career potentially in ruins. His Maori partner, Piripi is worried about him. Malcolm bikes to see him and on the way records the story of his encounter with his birth father as a young man, for he intuitively feels that
... Read more
The Wind At My Back

A Cycling Life

by Mr. Paul Maunder ...

In this deeply personal and lyrical exploration of what it means to ride a bicycle, Paul Maunder explores how our memories have a dialogue with landscape and how cycling and creativity are connected.Taking a journey through the places that have shaped him, we ride across wild moorland, through suburbia and city streets, into quintessentially English pastoral scenes. We see too some of the darker ... Read more

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In this deeply personal and lyrical exploration of what it means to ride a bicycle, Paul Maunder explores how our memories have a dialogue with landscape and how cycling and creativity are connected.Taking a journey through the places that have shaped him, we ride across wild moorland, through suburbia and city streets, into quintessentially English pastoral scenes. We see too some of the darker
... Read more
Rainbows in the Mud

Inside the Intoxicating World of Cyclocross

by Mr. Paul Maunder ...

Cyclocross is no longer cycling's hidden gem.Its rapid growth in the USA and UK means this intense and dramatic sport is exploding into the mainstream. With a season running from September to February, cyclocross is cycling's only purely winter discipline, demanding a combination of athleticism, supreme technical skill and ruthless tactics for the muddy conditions.In the sport's heartland of ... Read more

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Cyclocross is no longer cycling's hidden gem.Its rapid growth in the USA and UK means this intense and dramatic sport is exploding into the mainstream. With a season running from September to February, cyclocross is cycling's only purely winter discipline, demanding a combination of athleticism, supreme technical skill and ruthless tactics for the muddy conditions.In the sport's heartland of
... Read more

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