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THE PRINCE OF THE MARSHES and other occupational hazards of a year in Iraq by Rory Stewart

This looks like a fascinating read. So great travel books, so little time! This is used book in good conditon: nice and clean with just a little wear and age; some rubbed-out bookseller pencil marks on the first page. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

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THE ROAD TO OXIANA by Robert Byron

A classic Middle East travel book. Oh for the good old days... This is a used book in good, aging condition: cover shows light wear, pages are browning at the edges with age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!serves as a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers, and a nostalgic look back at a more innocent time.

Price: AUD $8.00

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THE ROAD TO UBAR Finding the Atlantis of the Sands by Nicholas Clapp

A scarce and fascinating looking book on Saudi Arabia. This is a used travel\history book in very good condition: nice and clean with only light reading wear and 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

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THE SOUTHERN GATES OF ARABIA Freya Stark - A Journey in the Hadramout (Middle East)

A classic Middle East travelogue.

Price: AUD $9.00

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THE SPIDER'S HOUSE Paul Bowles (Morocco Africa)

THE SPIDER'S HOUSE: Paul Bowles' classic novel set in Morocco.

Price: AUD $8.00

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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

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THE TURKISH HISTORY Richard Knolles - Reprints from the University of Michigan Library

A scarce book on Turkish history - "comprehending the origin of that nation and the growth of the Ottoman empire, with the lives and conquests of their several kings and emperors.

Price: AUD $14.00

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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

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THE WORLD FROM ISLAM George Negus - A Journey of Discovery Through the Muslim Heartland (Middle East)

George Negus has travelled extensively throughout the Middle East for twenty-five years. In the World from Islam he the misconceptions and prejudice that have set the Islamic and non-Islamic worlds against each other.

Price: AUD $10.00

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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

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TURN RIGHT AT ISTANBUL A Walk on the Gallipoli Peninsula by Tony Wright

The author travels to Turkey with a copy of his great-uncle's ANZAC diary. This looks like a brilliant read and it is quite hard to find.

Price: AUD $12.00

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UNDER A SICKLE MOON Peregrine Hodson - A Journey Through Afghanistan (Hardcover First Edition)

A classic Afghanistan travel memoir from 1986. A scarce hardcover edition.

Price: AUD $10.00

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UNDER A SICKLE MOON Peregrine Hodson - A Journey Through Afghanistan (Paperback)

A classic Afghanistan travel memoir from 1986.

Price: AUD $8.00

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VEILED COURAGE Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance by Cheryl Bernard

A look at the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan who defied the Taliban.

Price: AUD $6.00

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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

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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

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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