Travel books covering many regions, general travel literature and humour.
Worldwide Travel
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SURVIVING THE TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH by Martin Dugard
The author covers the Raid Gauloises. This is a used book in good condition: clean with light wear and age; first page has clipped bottom corner. 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 $8.00
TAKE ME WITH YOU A Round the World Journey to Invite a Stranger Home by Brad Newsham
Quite a unique travel book, looks like an inspiring read. This is a used travel book in good, read condition: pages are clean and tanning lightly with age, very minor watermarks on first two pages, corners are a bit worn and creased; cover is clean and worn around the edges; sun-faded spine; has been read a few times. A bit worn but a good reading copy, this book is quite hard to find. 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 $8.00
TAKE ME WITH YOU Tales of Long Distance Love Edited by Sarah MacDonald
A great collection heartfelt travel yarns by some great writers including John Birmingham, Tom Gleeson and Mandy Sayer. This is a used book in good condition: pages are clean and aging lightly, light reading wear to corners, cover is clean with light wear. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $6.00
TALES OF HI AND BYE Torbjorn Lundmark - Greetings and Parting Rituals Around The World
TALES OF HI AND BYE: Torbjorn Lundmark provides an intriguing insight into the fascinating customs associated with greeting and parting rituals around the world.
Price: AUD $9.00
TEACH YOURSELF TRAVEL WRITING Cynthia Dial
A concise guide to becoming a travel writer.
Price: AUD $9.00
THE ADVANCED BACKPACKER A Handbook for Year-Round, Long Distance Hiking by Chris Townsend
A scarce book for seriously long distance hiking. This is a used travel book in good condition: clean with some minor corner wear and shelf marks; clean white pages. 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 $15.00
THE ADVENTURE OF FOOD Richard Sterling - True Stories of Eating Everything (Worldwide)
THE ADVENTURE OF FOOD: an anthology of travel food writing from around the world from authors including Frances Mayes, Jonathan Raban, John Krich, Jeffrey Steingarten, Jan Morris, Laurie Gough and more.
Price: AUD $9.00
THE AIRPORT ECONOMIST Tim Harcourt - From Sydney to Singapore, Shanghai, Seoul, St Petersburg, Seattle, Sao Paulo, Santiago and Back Again
THE AIRPORT ECONOMIST is a most interesting book of bits and pieces about economies around the world.
Price: AUD $12.00
THE ARMCHAIR TRAVELER John Thorn and David Reuther
A great compilation of travel pieces from great writers including Bruce Chatwin, Paul Theroux, Mark Twain, Graham Greene etc.
Price: AUD $8.00
THE BEACH Lena Lancek & Gideon Bosker - The History of Paradise on Earth
The beach is the favourite getaway destination for most of us. Using paintings, photographs and advertisements, this book charts the evolution of the seaside, from ancient societies, to the present-day quest for the luxurious and unspoiled.
Price: AUD $9.00
THE BEST OF GRANTA TRAVEL
A most excellent anthology of great travel writers. Book is in good, aging condition: light reading wear, pages are clean but browning with age, cover slanted and lightly creased. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $6.00
THE BIG NECESSITY Rose George - Adventures in the World of Human Waste
A most intriguing travel book, the thinking person's "Kenny".
Price: AUD $10.00
THE BIRD MAN AND THE LAP DANCER Eric Hansen - Close Encounters with Strangers
A lovely hardcover edition of travel stories from the popular and respected travel writer, Eric Hansen. This book is quite hard to find.
Price: AUD $10.00
THE BONE WOMAN Clea Koff - A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth In The Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo
The Bone Woman is a popular book, an account of Clea Koff's forensic work after the genocides of Rwanda, Bonsia, Croatia and Kosovo.
Price: AUD $9.00
THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE KNOWABLE WORLD Travel Stories by John Borthwick
A scarce collection of travel yarns by an Australian travel writer and photographer.
Price: AUD $8.00
THE CURSE OF THE LABRADOR DUCK Glen Chilton - My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction (Worldwide)
THE CURSE OF THE LABRADOR DUCK is Dr Glen Chilton's journey to see all the stuffed Labrador Ducks in the world, to visit all places associated with the Labrador Duck, and to get up to as much mischief as he can manage.
Price: AUD $12.00
THE END OF ELSEWHERE Taras Grescoe - Travels Among the Tourists
In The End of Elsewhere author Taras Grescoe travels the world in search of what makes tourists tick.
Price: AUD $7.00
THE FAT BULLDOG ROAMS AGAIN by George Courtauld
The sequel to Travels of a Fat Bulldog, looks like a very funny travel book. This is a used travel book in good condition: clean with light wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!
Price: AUD $8.00
THE GUNPOWDER GARDENS Jason Goodwin - Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea
From the ancient mercantile splendours of China, to the crumbling city of Calcutta and to London, the tea metropolis, Jason Goodwin pursues the intricate course of nineteenth century tea imperialism revealing a fascinating hidden life of broking and arcane connoisseurship.
Price: AUD $8.00
THE ICON IN MY POCKET Owe Wikstrom - On Inward and Outward Journeys
A very interesting looking book philosophy and spirituality of travel, originally published in Swedish.
Price: AUD $10.00





















