Nathan Gray - First Pass Under Heaven Nathan Gray - First Pass Under Heaven

The Great Wall of China is the largest man-made structure ever built, stretching for over 4,000 kilometres from central Asia, across the Gobi Desert, through the remote, cold mountains of northern China to end on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Nathan Gray, a young New Zealand lawyer, wanted to be one of the first Westerners in history to walk and document the entire length of the Great Wall...

His book, First Pass Under Heaven is Penguin's top travel book for 2007 and is currently a best seller. A photographic and audio-visual supplement is also available on DVD if you want to fully experience what it is like to traverse along the length of the Great Wall, and gain further insight into China's dramatic economic rise.

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Read CV (PDF)

Read the opening chapter now

If you would like a preview download the opening chapter here (PDF).

The Great Wall DVD

A fantastic accompaniment to First Pass Under Heaven, the audio-visual supplement brings the spectacular desert and mountain vistas to life, showing some epic scenes that create a real sense of being there every step along the way. This motivational DVD is already out there, inspiring and educating schools and businesses throughout the world. You can preview (1.5 Mb.) the DVD or or you can purchase it (using Paypal) online. For every ten books purchased by a school, a free DVD educational resource package will be enclosed. (contact the author direct for bulk orders)

How to purchase the book?

All international readers can order the book on Amazon by clicking on the link to the relevant country below:

Motivational Speeches

For corporate and educational institutions interested in motivational talks please contact Nathan Gray directly: nathanspictorials@yahoo.com. He is also available to edit and help publicise new books wanting to get good coverage in the New Zealand and international markets. For further information please download Nathan's CV.

Translation, serial and movie option rights

For translation and other rights as well the optioning of movie rights please get in touch with the author direct.

Media: TV and Radio

Newspapers

Intrepid Magazine

Magazines

Blogs

Foreign Media Coverage

Oxfam Special

If you would like help to make poverty history, then you can purchase the book using the Oxfam link.

Other Links

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Thank you for your undivided attention, and I hope you can enjoy with me the journey of a life time.

Arohanui

Nathan Hoturoa Gray
NZ mobile +64 (0)212 575594 [do not use at present]
UK mobile +44 (0)774 8043424 [currently in use]
nathanspictorials@yahoo.com

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