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In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology    by Brad Olsen
Price: $9.90 USD. . Published on January 13, 2009. .

This compendium celebrates the wild side of contemporary travel -- revealing, humorous, sometimes naughty stories by acclaimed authors. Indeed, a book to heat up the gypsy blood in all of us. This lively compilation applauds the roving prose of Simon Winchester, Tim Cahill, Marybeth Bond, Jeff Greenwald, Robert Young Pelton, Richard Bangs, Phil Trupp, Paul McHugh, and Don George.
Voyagers and Voyeurs - Travels in 19th Century France    by Nigel Woodhead
Price: $6.99 USD. 257610 words. Published by FishesEye Publishing on December 29, 2009. .

A treasure-chest from the golden age of travel. Annotated, humorous highlights from over 100 eye-witness accounts (diaries, journals, collected letters, reports, travel guides) written between 1750 & 1918. By some of the most famous English and American authors of the 18th and 19th centuries, plus a host of eccentric parsons, antiquarians and ladies of independent spirit. A huge read!
Buccaneers and Bathing Huts... Tales of Pirates, Tourists, Wrecks & Recipes    by Nigel Woodhead
Price: $4.99 USD. 106030 words. Published by FishesEye Publishing on January 12, 2010. .

A humorous, gastronomic voyage down the European Atlantic coast, in search of the legacy of “day raiders”, in the widest sense of the term, through the ages: Vikings, English monarchs, pirates and corsairs, bohemians, tourists…. Then-and-now sketches of the major pirate ports, and humorous insights into present-day relations between the English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Why I Don't Read Fiction    by James Cuomo
Price: $3.95 USD. 11230 words. Published on January 16, 2010. .

A collection of anecdotes, close calls, and other ephemera in the life of a musician. The action takes place in Algeria, USSR, Texas, Madagascar, New York, France; Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Illinois and Okinawa. Twelve musical pieces are included in this ebook. This book was the joint winner in the 2009 Lord Mayor's Creative Writing awards in Melbourne.
Uneasy Rider - Confessions of a Reluctant Traveller    by Allie Sommerville
Price: $2.50 USD. 56090 words. Published on March 1, 2010. .

The antidote-to-travel book! A European Odyssey where brakes fail on mountain passes... a witch curses... Germans travel in a Tardis. Ever thought a trip around Europe in a second-hand camper van would be fun? Then this has been written for you. If not, just sit back and enjoy the ups and downs of the ride. Find out how to avoid getting stuck in a Spanish 'white town' and robbed in Rome - twice!
The Hitchers of Oz    by Tom/Simon Sykes
Price: $12.99 USD. 73240 words. Published by Dr David Reiter on April 3, 2010. .

World famous actor Sam Neill and rap legend Chuck D rub shoulders with writers like J P Donleavy and Carmel Bird. Physicists, business leaders, publishers, political activists, soldiers, poets, athletes and comic book creators are brought together by their common experience of hitching a ride sometime in the past.
Return to my Native Land    by Ian C. Dawkins Moore
Price: Free! 66230 words. Published on April 4, 2010. .

As a young man, I traveled in West Africa in search of my identity. I am a man of color, who was born in England. I visited West Africa in he mid-seventies before that area exploded into violence, and witnessed the displacement of its people. This story is about my encounters with real people in Africa and my personal observations of my time there.
The Town filled with fluff -綿毛の街-    by Masayuki Amano
Price: $0.99 USD. 360 words. Published by A.I.M. Corporation Limited  on June 25, 2010. .

風花のように舞い続ける綿毛が、心の中にいくつも空いた穴を埋めてくれるかのように、車の窓から入りこんで来た。 2つの街の紀行をドラマ仕立てに綴った2つの短編。文中の写真がストーリーをバックアップする。
Oceanborne Madness??? A self-alleged Alien's view about Humanity    by André Schwartz
Price: $15.95 USD. 46590 words. Published on October 19, 2010. .

A humorous look at ourselves to discover, how, why and what we are doing along with some suggestions how to change toward a higher awareness of individuality and responsibility.
Traveling Light    by Colleen Friesen
Price: $2.99 USD. 14260 words. Published on February 22, 2011. .

Prepare to dive into other worlds as award-winning travel writer Colleen Friesen takes you on her world-wide adventures. Her travel stories can be reflective, contemplative or snort-out-loud funny, but one thing is for sure, they are always compelling. Read Traveling Light and engage with the world in a new way.