Foreign Aid, Correspondence, Medical, War Zones

Foreign Aid, Correspondence, Medical, War Zones
Travel books of the hardcore type: foreign correspondence (a personal favourite), foreign aid, overseas volunteer work, and war zones.

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THE TALIBAN SHUFFLE Kim Barker - Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Middle East) See photos & details
THE TALIBAN SHUFFLE Kim Barker - Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Middle East)
The Taliban Shuffle is a 'true life Catch-22 set in the war-torn countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region's longest-serving correspondents.'
Price: AUD $10.00
THE THORN OF LION CITY Lucy Lum - A Memoir (Singapore) See photos & details
THE THORN OF LION CITY Lucy Lum - A Memoir (Singapore)
THE THORN OF LION CITY: Lucy Lum's memoir of wartime Singapore.
Price: AUD $10.00
THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE SKY Jennifer Steil - My Year of Making News in Yemen (Middle East) See photos & details
THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE SKY Jennifer Steil - My Year of Making News in Yemen (Middle East)
When Jennifer Steil is offered a job training young journalists in Yemen, she seizes the opportunity for a new adventure, despite the fact that she doesn't speak Arabic, loathes hot weather and has never taught a class in her life.
Price: AUD $8.00
THROUGH THE JUNGLE OF DEATH Stephen Brookes - A Boy's Escape From Wartime Burma (Myanmar) - Hardcover First Edition See photos & details
THROUGH THE JUNGLE OF DEATH Stephen Brookes - A Boy's Escape From Wartime Burma (Myanmar) - Hardcover First Edition
A very hard to find wartime Burma memoir, a lovely hardcover first edition.
Price: AUD $15.00
TILL THE SUN GROWS COLD Maggie McCune - A Mother's Compelling Memoir of the Life of Her Daughter (Sudan Africa India) See photos & details
TILL THE SUN GROWS COLD Maggie McCune - A Mother's Compelling Memoir of the Life of Her Daughter (Sudan Africa India)
Till the Sun Grows Cold is the biography of Emma McCune, and aid worker who married a Sudanese war lord, survived the civil war and was killed in a car accident later in Nairobi. Also the subject of the book Emma's War.
Price: AUD $8.00
TOKYO VICE Jake Adelstein - A Western Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan See photos & details
TOKYO VICE Jake Adelstein - A Western Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
This looks like an amazing read, a 'revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up'.
Price: AUD $10.00
TRAVELLER'S TALES 2 More Stories from the ABC's Foreign Correspondents (Worldwide) See photos & details
TRAVELLER'S TALES 2 More Stories from the ABC's Foreign Correspondents (Worldwide)
TRAVELLER'S TALES 2: a sequel to the very popular book of true stories from ABC journalists.
Price: AUD $8.00
TRAVELLER'S TALES Trevor Bormann - Stories from ABC's Foreign Correspondents (Worldwide) See photos & details
TRAVELLER'S TALES Trevor Bormann - Stories from ABC's Foreign Correspondents (Worldwide)
TRAVELLER'S TALES is a popular collection of yarns from ABC foreign correspondents.
Price: AUD $9.00
TRAVELS IN AMERICAN IRAQ John Martinkus See photos & details
TRAVELS IN AMERICAN IRAQ John Martinkus
For this riveting portrait of a city on the brink of civil war, one of Australia's most intrepid journalists spent eight weeks in and around Baghdad. Here, he takes readers into the heart of the political and religious struggles surrounding the hand-over of power in mid-2004.
Price: AUD $8.00
UNDER AFRICAN SKIES Jo and Gareth Morgan's Epic Ride from Cape Town to London (Africa, Europe) See photos & details
UNDER AFRICAN SKIES Jo and Gareth Morgan's Epic Ride from Cape Town to London (Africa, Europe)
UNDER AFRICAN SKIES: Jo and Gareth Morgan and team's epic motorbike ride.
Price: AUD $20.00
WALKING IN THE ALPINE PARKS OF FRANCE AND NORTHWEST ITALY Marcia R. Lieberman See photos & details
WALKING IN THE ALPINE PARKS OF FRANCE AND NORTHWEST ITALY Marcia R. Lieberman
110 hikes with complete directions and descriptions. This book was published back in 2000 but still looks handy for trip planning. Includes Mercantuour, Queryras, Ecrins, Vanoise and Gran Paradiso.
Price: AUD $7.50
WAR REPORTING FOR COWARDS Chris Ayres - Between Iraq and a Hard Place (Middle East) See photos & details
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
WAVE MAN Robert Redenbach (Malaysia / South Africa / Iraq) See photos & details
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 See photos & details
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
WHERE SOLDIERS FEAR TO TREAD At work in the fields of anarchy by John Burnett See photos & details
WHERE SOLDIERS FEAR TO TREAD At work in the fields of anarchy by John Burnett
This looks like an amazing read: a memoir by a UN aid worker in Somalia. This is a used hardcover book in good condition with some wear: dust jacket looks goo but has a 2cm tear on top front corner; some light marks to dust jacket rear; some wear to dust jacket edges; boards are excellent; pages are clean and aging lightly; gift message written on first page. 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
WHERE THE ROAD LEADS Jean E Calder - An Australian Woman's Journey of Love and Determination See photos & details
WHERE THE ROAD LEADS Jean E Calder - An Australian Woman's Journey of Love and Determination
Where the road leads traces author Jean Calder's three decades of work with disabled children in Lebanon, Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
Price: AUD $9.00
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 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
WITH HIROSHIMA EYES Atomic War Nuclear Extortion and Moral Imagination by Joseph Gerson See photos & details
WITH HIROSHIMA EYES Atomic War Nuclear Extortion and Moral Imagination by Joseph Gerson
A scarce book on the aftermath of Hiroshima & Nagasaki atomic bombs. This is a used book in good, read condition: corners are mildly creased and curled from reading; pages are bright white and clean; cover has faded a little; small bookshop stamp on first page. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $9.00
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