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Any good books you'd recommend?
Aside from " The HU Book of Ripping Yarns" does anyone have any books they'd recommend, for the non-travelling traveller? They could be technical like Adventure Motobiking or inspirational like Jupiter's Travels, or somewhere in between.
I suddenly realised my parents are going back to the UK for ten days and so will have access to London's finest bookshops, so just time to text them a list.
And, also while we're here, any must read bike mags? I can send them into WHSmiths too, and they can pick me up some "loo-reading".
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Round Ireland With a Fridge by Tony Hawks. He's also written A Piano in the Pyrenees, but not read that one yet.
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Mccarthy's bar by Pete McCarthy.
He tries to visit as many bars with his name that he can, and there are a lot! Very funny.
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I'm too modest to say whether it's good or not, but may I recommend my book? A strictly limited edition, I now have just one copy remaining - the rest sold or spoken for.
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without a doubt, 3 cups of tea.
Check it for yourself, I did.
about Greg Mortensen, but he did not write it.
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Thanks for the suggestions so far. Yes that thread existed, and I was torn between digging it up, and starting a new one, but I figured it was over a year old and there'd be a whole load more books and magazines out since the last post.
If a mod wants to merge them then feel free I guess.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexlebrit
any must read bike mags?
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There is absolutely no such thing in this universe.
However, that is not a prob: three cups of tea will work, just fine.
Trust me, or whatever.
Try the website, to dip your toe in the water.
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Laugh Out Load
The "Sex Lives of Cannibals" is a laugh out loud travelouge. Very entertaining!
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Dan Walsh's "These are the days that must happen to you" that and "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad which is roughly centered around overland travel....
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ONE MAN CARAVAN" Robert Fulton's 1932-33 ride on a Douglas, leaving London and heading east,all the way to Japan and then by ship to his home country the US.
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Dan Walsh's book is fantastic and very funny. Definately worth a read.
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Hi, can I suggest Sonny Barger's "Freedom: Credos from the Road"? As the long serving leader of the original Hells Angels M/C Club, he writes of an original take on how to live and what to get out of life. It's not about how to hit somene out with a bottle, as some might expect. ( For that, just remember to follow through!) Linzi.
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