Central & South America

Central & South America
Used travel books including Mexico, South America, Central America and Caribbean including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint, Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands. Give or take a few.

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MEXICO James A. Michener
An epic historical novel on Mexico by a master of the genre.

Price: AUD $10.00

MI MOTO FIDEL Christopher B. Baker - Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba
The author travels Cuba by motorbike, a BMW M5 I think.

Price: AUD $9.00

MY COLOMBIAN DEATH Matthew Thompson - A Journey Into The Heart of South America's Most Dangerous Country (Colombia)
MY COLOMBIAN DEATH: Matthew Thompson travelled to Colombia in search of the life he might have led.

Price: AUD $10.00

MY INVENTED COUNTRY Isabel Allende - A Memoir - CHILE
My Invented Country is the autobiography of writer Isabel Allende It is based on her memories of her family and the political upheaval in her native country, which provides both a political and geographical framework of Chile.

Price: AUD $8.00

NO APPARENT DANGER The true story of volcanic disaster at Galeras and Nevado Del Ruiz by Victoria Bruce
A scarce book on the volcanic eruption in Colombia in 1993. This is an ex-library book in good condition, appears rarely borrowed, clean with little wear and aging lightly. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

ON MEXICAN TIME A new life in San Miguel by Tony Cohan
A popular Mexico travel memoir.

Price: AUD $5.00

ONE MAN'S MEXICO John Lincoln - A Record of Travels and Adventure
A classic Mexican travel book. First printed in 1967, One Man's Mexico is an account of author John Lincoln' travels in Mexico from 1958 to 1964.

Price: AUD $8.00

PADDLE TO THE AMAZON Don Starkell - The Incredible True Story of a 12,000 Mile Canoe Trip (Canada USA South America)
PADDLE TO THE AMAZON documents Don Starkell's canoe journey from Canada to the Amazon with his teenage son.

Price: AUD $8.00

PALACE OF THE PEACOCK by Wilson Harris
A scarce novel - 'the tale of a doomed crew beating their way up-river though the jungles of Guyana, first published in 1960.' Looks like a great read, book is good condition, clean with light wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $10.00

PASSAGE THROUGH EL DORADO Jonathan Kandell - Travelling the World's Last Great Wilderness
A South America travel memoir, looks like a great read.

Price: AUD $9.00

RIPPED AND TORN Amaranta Wright - Levi's, Latin America and the Blue Jean Dream (South America \ Central America & Caribbean)
A scarce book on South\Central America. The author was a young writer living in Miami when Levi's hired her to travel through Latin American, befriending teenagers and reporting back with details of their ideas, hopes, fears and aspirations. This book is a humane portrait of this elusive continent in crisis - riddled with paradox, complexity, beauty and brutality.

Price: AUD $10.00

ROWING TO ALASKA AND OTHER TRUE STORIES Wayne McLennan (USA / South America / Australia)
ROWING TO ALASKA: Australian author Wayne McLennan tells the story of his extraordinary life through a series of adventures after he leaves his home town in Australia, desperate to avoid following his father and his grandfather into the mines.

Price: AUD $9.00

SAN SOMBRERO A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups by Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch and Tom Gleisner.
This is the brilliant follow-up to Molvania and Phaic-Tan. It is a fake and funny travel guide lampooning travel books such as Lonely Planet as well as travellers and the travel scene. Highly recommended. This is a used book in good condition: clean with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition: enjoy!


Price: AUD $7.49

SEAWORTHY by T.R. Pearson - Adrift with William Willis in the Golden Age of Rafting
Seaworthy is amazing looking book. Author TR Pearson tells of the strange adventures of William Willis who twice crossed the Pacific in home made rafts.

Price: AUD $10.00

SEEKING ROBINSON CRUSOE Tim Severin (South America)
In SEEKING ROBINSON CRUSOE Tim Severin travels South America in search of the world's most famous castaway, where men were shipwrecked or abandoned in the days of the pirates and buccaneer

Price: AUD $10.00

SENOR NICE Straight life from Wales to South America by Howards Marks
A great travel book by the author of the the uber popular Mr Nice. This is a used travel book in very good condition: nice and clean with little wear, ageing lightly, a slight price sticker tear on the 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

SHADOWS ROUND THE MOON Caribbean Memoirs by Roy Heath
A hard-to-find Guyana memoir by a leading Caribbean writer. This is a used book in good condition: clean with light reading wear; end pages browning with age; pages otherwise tanning lightly with age; cover a little aged and edge-worn. 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

SOUTH AMERICA OVERLAND Iain Finlay & Trish Sheppard - From New York to Tierra del Fuego
South America Overland is a classic travel memoir from 1980 by popular Australian author and 'Beyond 2000' presenter, Iain Finaly and his wife Trish Sheppard. I like how they always take their kiddies on their adventure, man what dreamy parents! They travel USA, Central and South America in the late 1970's, ode for a time machine...

Price: AUD $12.00

ST BARTH FRENCH WEST INDIES by Charles & Christine Didcott
A lovely hardcover pictoral book.

Price: AUD $14.00

SWEAT OF THE SUN TEARS OF THE MOON in South America with Jack Pizzey
A popular South America travelogue packed with great photos.

Price: AUD $10.00