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A FEZ OF THE HEART Jeremy Seal - Travels Around Turkey in Search of a Hat
This looks like a great read, the author travels Turkey to trace the history of the fez.
Price: AUD 6.00
A SHORT WALK IN THE HINDU KUSH by Eric Newby
A classic travel book by a legendary writer.
Price: AUD 8.00
BAGHDAD WITHOUT A MAP And other misadventures in Arabia by Tony Horwitz
A great Middle East travelogue.
Price: AUD 9.00
BEDOUIN TREKS Barbara Hilliard - Deep in Arabia and Extremist Islam
A scarce and personal account of the author's time in the Middle East. Signed by author (with personal message) on the first page.
Price: AUD 10.00
BEER AND BAGELS FOR BREAKFAST John Carson
A rare and interesting looking travel memoir about the author's stint on an Israeli Kibutz.
Price: AUD 18.00
BEHIND THE VEIL An Australian Nurse in Saudi Arabia
A classic Saudi Arabia travelogue. Book is in good condition with clean white pages, light reading wear to cover. See photos for cover blurb, sample page and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD 8.00
BERLITZ HEBREW PHRASE BOOK & DICTIONARY
A handy pocket sized Hebrew phrasebook. This is a used travel book in good, ageing condition: pages are white and clean with little wear; cover shows age and light reading wear; owners name blacked out with texta 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 8.00
BESIEGED A Story of Life and Death in Beirut by Dr Chris Giannou
This looks like a fascinating read (so many books, so little time!) and it is very hard to find downunder. It is a memoir by a Canadian surgeon's 27 months in a makeshift hospital in Beirut. This is a used hardcover book in good condition: dust jacket is good with light shelf wear and handling wear, boards are excellent, pages are nice and clean and aging lightly. See photos for jacket blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD 12.00
BEYOND THE ORCHARD Aize Elthem
A very interesting looking for anybody into Turkey. This book is quite rare.
Price: AUD 10.00
BURNED ALIVE The Shocking True Story of One Woman's Escape from an "Honour" Killing by Souad
Author is from West Bank and was set alight for having sex before marriage. Book is in good, read condition. Pages are clean and browning at edges with age. Some wear and creasing to cover and corners. A bit worn but fine as a reading copy. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD 8.00
DESERT ROYAL by Jean Sasson
A royal Saudi Arabia memoir by the author of Princess. This is a used book in good condition: clean with light reading wear; pages are clean and tanning with age; minor shelf marks. 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 5.00
ELVIS IS TITANIC Classroom tales from the other Iraq by Ian Klaus
A scarce memoir, the author taught at Salahaddin University in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2005. Book is in very good condition, nice and clean with little age or wear. See photos for cover blurb, sample page and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD 9.00
EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME Afschineh Latifi - A Story of Love, Revolution and Leaving Iran
In the richly evocative tradition of the bestselling "Reading Lolita in Tehran," this is a story of a family that had the courage to dream impossible dreams and to make them come true against impossible odds.
Price: AUD 8.00
FOLLOWING THEM HOME The Fate of the Returned Asylum Seekers by David Corlett
A scarce and important book on refugees from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan who have been sent home by Australia. This is a used book in good condition: clean with 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 8.00
GULF STATES & SAUDI ARABIA A SURVIVAL HANDBOOK by Bob Hughes and Graeme Chesters
This expat guide book from 2003 will have some out of date information but still looks like a handy resource for anyone moving to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar or United Arab Emirates. This is a used book in good condition with nice clean white pages and light reading wear to cover. 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
GUZIN NAJIM'S THE PROMISE An Iraqi mother's desperate flight to freedom by Sandra Lee
A fascinating true story. This is a used travel book in good condition: clean with light reading wear; pages tanning with age. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!
Price: AUD 5.00
HONEYMOON IN PURDAH An Iranian Journey
The author disguises herself as a honeymooner to get access to the Iran most of us will never see, looks like a great read. This is a used travel book in good, read condition: pages are clean and tanning at the edges with age; some light wear and creasing to corners; cover is clean with light wear; price marked on bottom edge of book with texta. Has been read a few times but a good reading copy. 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 6.00
IN BAGHDAD A Reporter's War by Paul McGeough
A brilliant book, a staff pick. I'm a sucker for memoirs by foreign correspondents and this is one of the best I have read. The book gives a behind the scenes look at life as a reporter in the first month of the Iraq War. Book is in good condition: clean with little reading wear, aging lightly. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD 10.00
IN THE LAND OF INVISIBLE WOMEN A female doctor's journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Qanta A Ahmed MD
A scarce Saudi Arabia memoir by a western trained female Muslim doctor. This is a used travel book in good condition: nice and clean with light wear and age; some minor creasing to bottom corner on last 20 or so 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 12.00