Europe & UK

Europe & UK
We love Europe, we just can't afford to go there (dang mortgage!). So buy heaps of our books from our fine range of secondhand travel books covering such fine destinations as France, Italy, England, Ireland, Germany, Holland, Finland, Denmark, Turkey, Spain and more.

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LONELY PLANET SPANISH PHRASEBOOK With Two-Way Dictionary
A handy-dandy pocket sized phrase book.

Price: AUD $9.00

LONELY PLANET STOCKHOLM ENCOUNTER Cristian Bonetto - 2007 Edition - (Sweden)
LONELY PLANET STOCKHOLM ENCOUNTER is a nifty pocket sized city guide to Sweden's capital.

Price: AUD $8.00

LONELY PLANET TURKISH PHRASEBOOK With Two-Way Dictionary (Turkey)
A nifty pocket sized Turkish phrase book from Lonely Planet.

Price: AUD $9.00

LONELY PLANET WESTERN EUROPE PHRASEBOOK
A handy pocked sized language guide covering six languages: Basque, Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Portuguese, Scottish Gaelic, Spanish, Welsh. This is a used book in good, used condition: pages are white and clean; corners have curled a bit from used; cover shows wear and age; looks like it has travelled. 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

LOOKING FOR OSMAN Eric Lawlor - One Man's Travels Through the Paradox of Modern Turkey
In Turkish lore, Osman is the consummate knave and con man. This rogue, and the old Turkey he embodies, are the focus of this pungent and poetic explorations of the region where Europe gives way to Asia, a country that surpasses all our expectations of the exotic.

Price: AUD $9.00

LORCA'S GRANADA Ian Gibson - A Practical Guide
Lorca's Granada looks like an interesting read for anybody into Spanish travel and literature - "Aims to provide the reader with a guide to Granada by looking at the sites relevant to the poet Lorca's life. This book takes the visitor from Federico Garcia Lorca's birthplace in the village of Fuente Vaqueros, to the site of his assassination at the beginning of the Civil War."

Price: AUD $10.00

LOVE AND WAR IN THE APENNINES by Eric Newby
A classic true story by a legendary writer. Book is in good condition with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample page and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

MERMAID SINGING Charmian Clift - Kalymnos Greek Islands Memoir (Greece)
MERMAID SINGING is author Charmian Clift's account of moving to the Greek Island of Kalymnos in the 1950s. This book is quite hard to find.

Price: AUD $10.00

MICHENER'S IBERIA James A Michener - Spanish Travels and Reflections Volume 2 (Spain)
MICHENER'S IBERIA - A Spain travelogue by the acclaimed historical fiction writer, James A Michener. Includes some great photos.

Price: AUD $8.00

MIDNIGHT IN SICILY by Peter Robb - isbn 187598920X
A hard to find and popular book on Italy and the mafia. This is a used travel book in good, read condition: has been read a few times; pages are clean and browning with age; cover is clean with wear around the edges and some spine creasing. A bit worn but a good cheap, clean 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 $7.00

MISS SMILLA'S FEELING FOR SNOW by Peter Hoeg
A most excellent novel which delves heavily into Danish and Greenland culture, highly recommended.

Price: AUD $5.00

MOLVANIA A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch
An hilarious spoof on travel guide books, highly recommended. I keep a copy of each of the books from this series by my bed, they are just so funny and cheer me up on 'brown' days. This is a used book in very good condition, nice and clean with only very light reading wear, pages are bright white and clean. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and conditoin - enjoy!

Price: AUD $7.49

MOON METRO PARIS - Maps & Guidebook
A guide book with lots of nifty fold-out maps. This 2002 edition may be bit old but still a nifty planning guide and is nice and cheap.

Price: AUD $8.00

MUSTN'T GRUMBLE An accidental return to England by Joe Bennett
An Englishman returns home after eighteen years away, looks like a great read. Book is in good condition with light reading wear and age. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $9.00

MY 'DAM LIFE Three Years in Holland by Sean Condon
This book is very hard to find and looks like a cracker of a read, Sean Condon is a great Australian author. This is a used book in good condition with clean white pages and light reading wear. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $9.00

MY HEART'S IN THE LOWLANDS Liz Curtis Higgs - Ten Days in Bonny Scotland
MY HEART'S IN THE LOWLANDS: novelist Liz Curtis Higgs takes you on a journey through Scotland, in particular Dumfries and Galloway.

Price: AUD $9.00

NEITHER HERE NOR THERE Bill Bryson - Travels in Europe
From Scandinavia to Turkey, Bryson retraces his youthful, solo backpacking expedition that eventually landed him in England for 20 years. His experience lends wit to this slightly ethnocentric tour of greater Europe.

Price: AUD $8.00

NEW EUROPE Michael Palin
A 20 country tour through Europe with Michael Palin.

Price: AUD $9.00

NO NEWS AT THROAT LAKE Lawrence Donegan (Ireland)
A journalist's account of his year working in a tiny town in Ireland.

Price: AUD $5.00

NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND Bill Bryson
Notes from a Small Island is another Bill Bryson modern travel classic on Britain.

Price: AUD $6.00