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  • A Maverick Cuban Way

    How to connect with the Caribbean's largest island

    Series Book 3 - A Maverick
    A Maverick Cuban Way is a flowing narrative of Cuba after the Castros.In her Maverick fashion, Mary Jane went to Cuba on a whim. A solo traveller, she met someone who suggested a casa run by a woman named Mikalena. Mary Jane travelled around the Island on local buses.She went to the Bay of Pigs museum and discovered that American-backed rebels had landed in a crocodile swamp. No one told her the ... Read more

    $5.64 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Maverick Traveller

    The first in a series of travel memoirs by Kiwi adventurer Mary Jane Walker

    Series Book 1 - A Maverick
    The first in Mary Jane Walker's series of worldwide travel adventures.At twenty, Mary Jane left New Zealand for five years. A Maverick Traveller begins with an epic voyage on a Chinese junk named La Dame de Canton, and then goes on to describe her later adventures worldwide.By the time she sat down to write her books Mary Jane had travelled the world, from the Arctic Circle to working as a park ... Read more

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  • A Maverick Traveller Anthology

    Kiwi adventurer Mary Jane Walker's presents her first three books, A Maverick Traveller, A Maverick New Zealand Way and A Maverick Cuban Way in a single anthology.A Maverick Traveller opens with an account of an epic journey across half the world on a Chinese Junk. Mary Jane then goes on to describe her early life and adventures, including a spell as a city councillor in Auckland, New Zealand.A ... Read more

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  • The Sensational South Island

    New Zealand's Mountain Land

    First published in February 2021, The Sensational South Island is the companion volume to The Neglected North Island: New Zealand's other half, judged 'Best Antipodean Cultural Travel Book 2021' by Lux Life magazine, lux-review.com. Both books expand on and update A Maverick New Zealand Way, which was a finalist in Travel at the International Book Awards, 2018. Mary Jane was born in New Zealand ... Read more

    $3.22 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Maverick New Zealand Way

    How to connect with the 'Earth's last islands'

    Series Book 2 - A Maverick
    FINALIST IN THE TRAVEL CATEGORY, INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS, 2018.A Maverick New Zealand Way is a Maverick writing about her own country. After her mother died, Mary Jane walked all New Zealand for four years. She will make you feel like you have already arrived. And perhaps even that you have known her and her country for years.Mary Jane shares her love of environmental conservation and ... Read more

    $6.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Kiwi on the Amtrak Tracks

    Kiwi adventurer Mary Jane Walker explored America by Amtrak Train, travelling one and a half times around the lower 48 states and stopping off in Hawai‘i as well.The most memorable part of her trip was when she took the train to the Glacier, Grand Teton, Yosemite and Rocky Mountains National Parks before the snow hit. She nearly met a Grizzly Bear and now knows why Americans do not have to travel ... Read more

    $7.05 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Neglected North Island

    New Zealand's other half

    2021 IPPY Awards Bronze medallist in Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Rim – Best Regional Non-FictionAlso judged 'Best Antipodean Cultural Travel Book 2021' by Lux Life magazine (lux-review.com), The Neglected North Island describes New Zealand's other main island: the North Island. The North Island of New Zealand is often overlooked in favour of the mountain scenery of the South Island.Yet it's in ... Read more

    $6.44 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Maverick Pilgrim Way

    Plan your European Trek

    Series Book 4 - A Maverick
    A Maverick Pilgrim Way is more than a travel guide. It’s a self-help guide to hiking, to overcome grief.In her Maverick fashion, Mary Jane walked for years after her mother died. She trekked along the winding ancient roads of Old-World pilgrims, including parts of the Camino de Santiago or St James's Way, the West Highland Way, and climbed Mt Blanc, to name a few. Along the way she came to St ... Read more

    $6.44 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sensational South Island: New Zealand's Mountain Land

    The Sensational South Island describes eight road tours to do in the South Island of New Zealand, plus trips to offshore islands including the remote Chathams group. The book is well illustrated, and each chapter links to blog posts with more images, at higher resolution.The Sensational South Island is also the companion volume to The Neglected North Island: New Zealand's other half, judged 'Best ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Nomad in Nepal and the Lands Next Door

    A Nomad in Nepal and the Lands Next Door updates Mary Jane's earlier book, A Maverick Himalayan Way.With links to blog posts containing colour photographs and videos, A Nomad in Nepal and the Lands Next Door describes Mary Jane's three trips, so far, to Nepal and the Himalayan region.A little over a decade ago, Mary Jane knew almost nothing about the region. Since then, she has learned a lot. ... Read more

    $6.85 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Neglected North Island: New Zealand's Other Half

    2021 IPPY Awards Bronze medallist in Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Rim – Best Regional Non-FictionAlso judged 'Best Antipodean Cultural Travel Book 2021' by Lux Life magazine (lux-review.com), The Neglected North Island describes New Zealand's other main island: the North Island. The North Island of New Zealand is often overlooked in favour of the mountain scenery of the South Island.Yet it's in ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Nomad in Nepal and the Lands Next Door

    With links to blog posts containing colour photographs and videos, 'A Nomad in Nepal and the Lands Next Door' describes Mary Jane's three trips, so far, to Nepal and the Himalayan region.A little over a decade ago, Mary Jane knew almost nothing about the region. Since then, she has learned a lot. Delving deeply into Himalayan history, 'A Nomad in Nepal' is also a mine of useful firsthand ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus