The Silent Service

The Silent Service

By
Ion L. Idriess
Ion L. Idriess
1944 • 372 pages

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768 books

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Daren
Daren
Sea of Poppies
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
The Return of the King
Slumdog Millionaire
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Across the Nightingale Floor

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16 books

Gibraltar

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A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales
The Forgotten Path
Landfalls: On the Edge of Islam from Zanzibar to Alhambra
Desert Drive: A zine about crossing the Sahara
Half-Safe: Across the Atlantic by Jeep
The Innocents Abroad
On the Shores of the Mediterranean

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51 books

Papua New Guinea

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Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate Vol 1
In Papua New Guinea
The Dugum Dani: A Papuan Culture in the Highlands of West New Guinea
Nawok! The New Zealand Expedition to New Guinea's Highest Mountains
The Vanished People
Prowling Through Papua
The Glass Cannon: A Bougainville Diary 1944-45

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119 books

Military

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The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
Travels in American Iraq
Inside the Global Jihad
The Art of War in the Middle Ages: A.D. 378–1515
Revolt in the Desert

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115 books

Italy

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Who Wanders Alone
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
A View of the World: Selected Journalism
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Islands Ahead
Ghosts of the Rialto

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74 books

Greece

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The Lost Empire of Atlantis: An Ancient Mystery Revealed
Who Wanders Alone
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Corner Seat
Greece and the Islands
Islands Ahead
Captive Kiwi

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251 books

Australia

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Crocodile Country
Discovery: The Quest for the Great South Land
Forty Yarns and a Song
Ice Bird
We Ended in Bali
The Lizard Eaters
The Five Pound Look

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16 books

Solomon Islands

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A History of the Pacific Islands
The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Pacific Journeys
Adventuring in Coral Seas
Solomon Time: Adventures in the South Pacific
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific

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85 books

Indonesia

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My Life with the Headhunters
Piracy, Turtles and Flying Foxes
The Surgeon's Log
We Ended in Bali
The Dugum Dani: A Papuan Culture in the Highlands of West New Guinea
The Five Pound Look
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers

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103 books

Iran

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Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
Lifting the Veil: Life in Revolutionary Iran
Unveiled: Love and Death among the Ayatollahs
The Shah's Last Ride
Two Wings of a Nightingale: Persian Soul, Islamic Heart
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge

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66 books

Malaysia

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Where the Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder
With My Back to the East
The Surgeon's Log
We Ended in Bali
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Mulu: The rain forest
First Overland

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48 books

Singapore

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Where the Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder
Return Ticket
First Overland
Eastern Journey
High-Ho to London: Incidents and interviews on a leisurely journey by air from Australia to Britain
Tiger for Breakfast
Crossing the Shadow Line

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8 books

Uruguay

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The Tender Traveller
The Pampas and the Andes
Sailing Alone Around the World
The Purple Land
The Silent Service
In the Line of Fire
Beggars on Golden Stools: A Journey Through Latin America

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50 books

Argentina

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To Infinity and Beyond: What Che Guevara Started, Someone Had to Finish
Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Voyage in the Beagle
The Tender Traveller
The Pampas and the Andes

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21 books

Philippines

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Piracy, Turtles and Flying Foxes
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Round the World in Seventy Days
The Tesseract
In Search of Moby Dick : Quest for the White Whale
Filipinescas
Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny about This?"

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13 books

Somalia

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Ox Travels: Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers
Hostage: A Year at Gunpoint with Somali Gangsters
Pirates of the 21st Century: How Modern-Day Buccaneers are Terrorising the World's Oceans
Off The Map
The Horn of Africa: Travels in British Somaliland
Inside Africa
The Silent Service

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20 books

Senegal

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Story of the Niger
Lost Kingdoms Of Africa
The Search for the Niger
People of the Mirage
Africa Dances
The quest for Timbuctoo
Beyond the Devil's Teeth : Journeys in Gondwanaland

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38 books

Libya

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Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond
Children of Allah: Between the Sea and Sahara
The Search for the Niger
Middle East Journey
Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East
The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara
The quest for Timbuctoo

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19 books

Sierra Leone

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Story of the Niger
Travels in the White Man's Grave
The quest for Timbuctoo
Beyond the Devil's Teeth : Journeys in Gondwanaland
Ox Travels: Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers
Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit
In Search of a Character

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2,746 books

Owned

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Two Under the Indian Sun
Sailing with Mohammed
Beowulf
Slowly Down the Ganges
One Lonely Night
Killer Mine
The Snake

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9 books

Malta

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High-Ho to London: Incidents and interviews on a leisurely journey by air from Australia to Britain
Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767
The Jukebox Queen of Malta
Give Me the World
The Silent Service
Spitfires & Spots
Seven League Boots

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346 books

Uk

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Infiltrators: Guns Drugs Deception And Murder Duty Calls
Love & Peace with Melody Paradise
Vurt
Falling Out of Cars
Man and Boy
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

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424 books

Multi Continent

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In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
The Wrong Way Home
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
The Bonesetter's Daughter
On The Road To Damascus

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526 books

History

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In Xanadu: A Quest
The Age of Kali
Autobiography of a geisha
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
Fragmentation of the Middle East: The Last Thirty Years
Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People

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293 books

Australian Author

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The Carpet Wars: Ten Years in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
The Wrong Way Home
Blossoms and Shadows
On The Road To Damascus
Broken Bangles
Travels in American Iraq
Behind the Veil: An Australian Nurse in Saudi Arabia