Classics & History

Classics & History
Travel books including history and ye-olde classics by great travel writers.

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UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE IN THE INDIES by P.A. Daum - A Novel (Dutch Indonesia) See photos & details
UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE IN THE INDIES by P.A. Daum - A Novel (Dutch Indonesia)
A novel depicting Dutch colonial life in Indonesia during the nineteenth century.
Price: AUD $12.00
WALKING THE BIBLE Bruce Feiler - A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses (Middle East) See photos & details
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 See photos & details
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
WEEKEND ADVENTURES OUTSIDE TOKYO Tae Moriyama - Travel With a Historical Twist (Japan) See photos & details
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
WHITE BUTTERFLIES Colin McPhedran (Burma / Myanmar - Rare Signed Edition) See photos & details
WHITE BUTTERFLIES Colin McPhedran (Burma / Myanmar - Rare Signed Edition)
White Butterflies documents Colin McPhedran's life and escape from Burma / Myanmar, via India to Australia. This book looks like a fascinating read, it is quite popular and hard to find.
Price: AUD $35.00
WHY ANGELS FALL Victoria Clark - A Journey Through Orthodox Europe from Byazntium to Kosovo See photos & details
WHY ANGELS FALL Victoria Clark - A Journey Through Orthodox Europe from Byazntium to Kosovo
WHY ANGELS FALL: Travelling from Mount Athos to Istanbul and unravelling the tangled history, Victoria Clark demonstrates a rare sympathy with Eastern Orthodox Europe.
Price: AUD $5.00
WHY DID THEY KILL? Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide by Alexander Laban Hinton See photos & details
WHY DID THEY KILL? Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide by Alexander Laban Hinton
A scarce book on the Khmer Rouge genocide.
Price: AUD $12.00
WILD SWANS Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang See photos & details
WILD SWANS Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
A classic account of Chinese revolution.
Price: AUD $8.00
WOMEN OF THE LONG MARCH Lily Xiao Hong Lee & Sue Wiles (China) See photos & details
WOMEN OF THE LONG MARCH Lily Xiao Hong Lee & Sue Wiles (China)
A rare signed copy of a scarce book. Women of the Long March is the fascinating true story of three of the thirty women who marched out of Southern China with 85,000 soldiers of the Red Army on their infamouse Long March.
Price: AUD $8.00
WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF MRS SEACOLE IN MANY LANDS edited by Ziggi Alexander and Audrey Dewjee (Worldwide) See photos & details
WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF MRS SEACOLE IN MANY LANDS edited by Ziggi Alexander and Audrey Dewjee (Worldwide)
Originally published in 1857, Wonderful Adventures chronicles the life and travels of Mary Seacole, Jamaican traveller, businesswoman, gold prospector and nurse.
Price: AUD $6.00
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