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  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

  How to Listen to Pop Music by Nick Bollinger

  It's the music that shook the world. 'I don't sound like nobody,' Elvis Presley said in 1954. True. The truck driver from Memphis was about to set off the biggest musical cataclysm since Mozart.

  'Good book! Like an Antipodean version of Nick Hornby's 31 Songs but more expansive and generous ... This other Nick experiences the primeval wonder at first exposure to pure pop, the wild enthusiasm for songs and records that leave others bemused and cold, the insane need to track this music to its roots'

  CHRIS KNOX

  How to Gaze at the Southern Stars by Richard Hall

  There is no more beautiful or intriguing sight than the night sky. From the beginning of human civilisation people have wondered about the twinkling lights, and the strange objects that occasionally fall to Earth. Come along with astronomer extraordinaire Richard Hall on a tour of the heavens as seen from the Southern Hemisphere.

  'A legend brings the night sky to life.'

  STEPHEN JAMES O'MEARA

  How to Pick a Winner by Mary Mountier

  An astute, irreverent, insider's view of the so-called sport of kings - the betting systems, personalities, scandals, oddities, joys of ownership, social divisions, how it all began (blame King Charles II!) and advice to newcomers.

  'No one knows racing better than Mary Mountier. Even if you've never been near a racecourse you'll find this book hugely entertaining'

  KEITH QUINN

  How to Watch a Game of Rugby 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

  First eBook edition published in 2012 by

  Awa Press, Level 1, 85 Victoria Street

  Wellington, New Zealand

  eISBN: 978-1-877551-04-8

  First edition published in 2007.

  Reprinted 2008

  © Steve Braunias, 2007

  The right of Steve Braunias to be identified as the author of this work in terms of Section 96 of the Copyright Act 1994 is hereby asserted.

  Copyright in this book is held by the author. You have been granted the right to read this e-book on screen but no part may be copied, transmitted, reproduced, downloaded or stored or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system in any form and by any means now known or subsequently invented without the written consent of Awa Press Limited, acting as the author's authorised agent.

  Cataloguing-in-Publication Data for this book is available from the National Library of New Zealand.

  The publisher and author gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Auckland Museum in providing photographs from the Buddle Collection.

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