WALKING ON WATER by Andy Martin
A scarce classic surfing travel book: the author spends amongst the big wave surfers on the North Shore in Hawaii. This is a used book in good condition: cover shows light wear around the edges and general age; pages are tanning with age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!
Price: AUD $10.00
WALKING THE BIBLE Bruce Feiler - A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses (Middle East)
Feeling a desire to reconnect to the Bible, Bruce Feiler set out on a perilous, ten-thousand-mile journey, retracing the “Five Books of Moses” through the desert. He crosses the Red Sea, climbs Mount Sinai, and interviews pilgrims; as he attempts to discover whether the Bible is just an abstraction, or is it a living entity?
Price: AUD $10.00
WALKING TO AMERICA Roger Hutchinson - A Boyhood Dream
"Walking To America" follows and recreates the immense journey, in search of a new life and of a miracle doctor who could cure the blindness of one of their number. The journey was taken largely on foot by a small working-class family unit from England in the 1880s, to Liverpool, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and back again.
Price: AUD $9.00
WAR MINUS THE SHOOTING A journey through South Asia during cricket's world cup by Mike Marquesee
A scarce book that looks like a cracker of a read for anyone into Cricket and travel. Book is in ok but not great condition: has been read a few times, pages are clean and aging lightly, some creasing and wear to cover and corners. First page has clipped corner. Not perfect but perfectly readable, scarce and cheap. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD $8.00
WAR REPORTING FOR COWARDS Chris Ayres - Between Iraq and a Hard Place (Middle East)
A memoir by a journalist embedded with US Marines in Iraq.
Price: AUD $8.00
WARRIOR POETS Benjamin Gilmour - Guns, Movie-Making and The Wild West of Pakistan
Warrior Poets is one of the best books I have ever read: author Ben Gilmour makes a film (Son of a Lion) illegally and undercover in the lawless, frontier areas of Pakistan. Highly recommended.
Price: AUD $14.00
WATCHED BY ANCESTORS An Australian family in Papua New Guinea
A very hard-to-find PNG memoir, the author spent two years in the remote highlands. Book is in very good condition: clean with light reading wear and age. Owner's name inscribed on first page. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $15.00
WATERLOG Roger Deakin - A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain
WATERLOG: author Roger Deakin's account of his swimming through the British Isles. Waterlog is part travel book, part autobiography, part natural history and part cultural history.
Price: AUD $8.00
WAVE MAN Robert Redenbach (Malaysia / South Africa / Iraq)
What makes a successful and happily married man risk the streets of post-invasion Baghdad to provide protection for foreign aid workers? From an Australian country town to teach his own brand of 'empty handed combat', to the bodyguards on Nelson Mandela's immaculate lawn, the author takes us through realms most of us see only on screen.
Price: AUD $9.00
WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT TOMORROW WE WILL BE KILLED WITH OUT FAMILIES Philip Gourevitch - Stories from Rwanda
A scarce and popular book on the Rwandan genocide.
Price: AUD $10.00
WE'RE JUST LIKE YOU ONLY PRETTIER Celia Rivenbark - Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Bell (USA)
Celia Rivenbark welcomes you to the South she loves, the land of "Mama and them," "precious and dahlin'," and mommies who mow. Y'all come back now, you hear?
Price: AUD $8.00
WEEKEND ADVENTURES OUTSIDE TOKYO Tae Moriyama - Travel With a Historical Twist (Japan)
This book from 1998 is quite long in the tooth but still looks very handy for anybody spending plenty of time in Tokyo.
Price: AUD $5.00
WEIRD HIKES Art Bernstein - A Collection of Bizarre, Funny, and Absolutely True Hiking Stories (USA)
A scarce and funny looking collection of hiking yarns from the USA.
Price: AUD $10.00
WELL-REMEMBERED DAYS Arthur Mathews - Eoin O'Ceallaigh's Memoir of a Twentieth Century Catholic Life - From the Co-Writer of Father Ted (Ireland)
Well Remember Day's is a satirical Irish memoir by Arthur Mathews, a spoof on 'Oirish' culture by the co-writer of Father Ted.
Price: AUD $8.00
WEST OF CENTRE Ray Ericksen - A Journey of Discovery into the Heartland of Australia (by Land Rover)
In 1967, author Ray Ericksen buys a Land Rover and travels for seven months in the Australian outback.
Price: AUD $8.00
WET BEHIND THE EARS Peter Taylor - Adventures of a Runaway Sailor
Sixteen-year-old Peter Taylor dreamt about running away and with some fast-talking managed to get a position crewing on a British tramp steamer, from Wellington to post-war England. So began a series of journeys around the world where he experienced both comradeships and hardships on the sea.
Price: AUD $8.00
WHAT AM I DOING HERE? Bruce Chatwin (Worldwide)
A collection of short stories, essays, and profiles that together create a vivid portrait of Bruce Chatwin the writer and traveler.
Price: AUD $6.00
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER MUGABE? Geoff Hill - Can Zimbabwe Rise from the Ashes? (Africa)
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER MUGABE? Geoff Hill examines the problems of Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe.
Price: AUD $8.00
WHATEVER YOU DO DON'T RUN My Adventures as a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison
This looks like a cracker of a read, it is very popular. Book is in good condition: clean with light reading wear and age. See photos for conditon, sample pages and cover blurb - enjoy!
Price: AUD $9.00
WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS Dervla Murphy (Worldwide)
WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS: an autobiography by legendary cycling travel writer Dervla Murphy covering her first thirty years.
Price: AUD $8.00
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