SOLD A Muslim woman discovers her Jewish roots

 

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Mint condition. PB. 264pp. $20 including postage anywhere in Australia.

A classic war-time travelogue

 

Good condition. PB. 224pp. $18 including postage anywhere in Australia.

Hailed as Newby's 'masterpiece', Love and War in the Apennines is the gripping real-life story of Newby's imprisonment and escape from an Italian prison camp during World War II. 

After the Italian Armistice of 1943, Eric Newby escaped from the prison camp in which he'd been held for a year. He evaded the German army by hiding in the caves and forests of Fontanellato, in Italy's Po Valley. 

Against this picturesque backdrop, he was sheltered for three months by an informal network of Italian peasants, who fed, supported and nursed him, before his eventual recapture.

‘Love and War in the Apennines’ is Newby's tribute to the selfless and courageous people who were to be his saviours and companions during this troubled time and of their bleak and unchanging way of life. Of the cast of idiosyncratic characters, most notable was the beautiful local girl on a bike who would teach him the language, and eventually help him escape; two years later they were married and would spend the rest of their lives as co-adventurers. 

Part travelogue, part escape story and part romance, this is a mesmerising account of wisdom, courage, humour and adventure, and tells the story of the early life of a man who would become one of Britain's best-loved literary adventurers.

SOLD Taxi rides and other travel adventures in India's largest city

 

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Very rare book. Mint condition. HB. 301pp. $30 including postage anywhere in Australia.

When Joe Roberts and his wife decided to spend the winter in Calcutta, they wanted to challenge the false impressions that Westerners have of the city. This informative history of the city mixed with the author's personal account intends to recast Calcutta in a positive light.