Sport & Adventure Travel

Sport & Adventure Travel
Used travel books on travelling for sport and roughty-toughty adventure travel.

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JAPANESE RULES Sebastian Moffett - Why The Japanese Needed Football and How They Got It (Japan)
JAPANESE RULES: an interesting looking book on Japanese culture and soccer.

Price: AUD $8.00

JOHN NICOL, MARINER LIFE AND ADVENTURES 1776-1801 Edited and Introduced by Tim Flannery (Worldwide)
In the late eighteenth century, John Nicol circled the globe twice. He partied with African slaves in the West Indies. He was on the first ship into Hawaii after the murder of Cook. He went to China. In 1790 he visited Port Jackson as the steward on board the Lady Juliana with its cargo of female convicts.

Price: AUD $8.00

LEARN TO SURF BYRON BAY Anna Crago - Locality Guides (Australia)
LEARN TO SURF BYRON BAY: a nifty guide book for anybody wanting to take up surfing in Byron.

Price: AUD $8.00

LIONHEART Jesse Martin - A Journey of the Human Spirit (Worldwide)
LIONHEART: the bestselling account of Jesse Martin's world solo sailing voyage.

Price: AUD $5.00

LONG RIDE FOR A PIE Tim Mulliner - From London to New Zealand on Two Wheels and an Appetite (Cycling)
A scarce cycling travel book, the author is fed up with English weather and food and is pining for a good Kiwi pie...

Price: AUD $6.00

LURE OF THE QUEST One man's story of the 1025-mile dog-sled race across North America's frozen wastes by John Balzar
This looks like a great read and it is quite hard to find. Book is in good condition with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

MANGROVES AND MAN-EATERS Dan Freeman - And Other Wildlife Encounters (Worldwide)
Mangroves and Maneaters is Zoologist Dan Freeman's account of his adventures seeking wildlife around the world for research, photography, tourism and film-making.

Price: AUD $15.00

MORRISON OF PEKING Cyril Pearl - The Classic Account of an Australian in China During the Boxer Uprising
The biography of George Ernest 'Chinese' Morrison who live in the great tradition of 19th century explorers and adventurers.

Price: AUD $10.00

MY OLD MAN AND THE SEA David and Daniel Hays - A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn (South America)
David and Daniel Hays sail a tiny boat 30,000 kilometres to the bottom of the world and back.

Price: AUD $8.00

MY QUEST FOR THE YETI Reinhold Messner - Confronting the Himalaya's Deepest Mystery (Nepal India Bhutan Tibet)
A quirky book of respected mountain climber Reinhold Messner's adventures seeking the yeti through Nepal, India, Bhutan and Tibet.

Price: AUD $6.00

PERIPLUS ACTION GUIDES DIVING SOUTHEAST ASIA A Guide to the Best Dive Sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand
This diver's travel guide is from 1999 but still looks handy for trip planning, Periplus Guides are generally excellent.

Price: AUD $6.00

PLAYING THE MOLDOVANS AT TENNIS Tony Hawks
Tony Hawks, travel legend and Grumpy Old Man, travels to Moldova to persuade the national football team to play him at tennis. Why not?

Price: AUD $8.00

RABBIT PROOF FENCE Doris Pilkington / Nugi Garimara (Australia)
Rabbit Proof Fence is the true story of the Aboriginal author's 1,600 kilometre walk across Australia.

Price: AUD $8.00

RACE AROUND THE SPORTS WORLD One man's travels to the greatest sporting events on the planet by Tony Hardy
A great read for sports nuts, a world tour of sporting events. Book is in good condition with light reading wear and age. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

RANULPH FIENNES Mad, bad and dangerous to Know, The Autobiography
A scarce biography by a true adventurer. This is a used book in very good condition, very clean and rarely read with just a little corner wear, a lovely book. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages - the book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!

Price: AUD $12.00

RATTLESNAKE Jordan Goodman - A Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea (Pacific Australia Papua New Guinea)
HMS Rattlesnake was commissioned in 1846 to survey Australia's Great Barrier Reef and to produce the first detailed chart of the New Guinea coast. 'Rattlesnake' presents the story of a great voyage of exploration.

Price: AUD $10.00

RAVEN ROAD Cassandra Pybus (Canada Alaska Siberia)
Raven Road is Cassandra Pybus's epic trek to follow Lillian Alling's route through north-Western Canada, subarctic Alaksa and Siberia.

Price: AUD $10.00

RIDERS TO THE MIDNIGHT SUN From the Black Sea to the Russian Arctic by Marc Llewellyn (Cycling Northern Europe & Russia)
A scarce and popular cycling travel book - the author travels the former Soviet Union by bicycle.

Price: AUD $8.00

RIDING THE MAGIC CARPET Tom Anderson - A Surfer's Odyssey to Find the Perfect Wave (Surfing Worldwide)
RIDING THE MAGIC CARPET is Tom Anderson's surf safari from Jeffrey's Bay in South Africa to Scotland, Indonesia, France, Sri Lanka, Cost Rica and Panama.

Price: AUD $8.00

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