Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The Pocket Essential Hitchhiker’s Guide	M. J Simpson	Don't panic! Everything you need to know about cult author Douglas Adams and his most famous creation, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is in here. From its unlikely start as a BBC radio serial …	OL15170349W
Hitchhiking Vietnam	Karin Muller	The author, an American woman, tells the story of her seven-month adventure hitchhiking through Vietnam in search of villages and people untouched by the encroaching commercialism of the Western worl…	OL15836982W
Risks	David Rees	Two 15-year-old boys split up while hitchhiking on a weekend trip to London in order to facilitate catching rides. One of them never reaches their destination.	OL1649870W
A wanted man	Lee Child	Hitching a ride to Virginia in a car with three strangers, Jack Reacher finds himself unwittingly involved in a massive conspiracy that makes him a threat.	OL16646027W
Carsick	John Waters	John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads 'I'm Not Psycho', he hitchhikes across America from Baltimore to San Francisco, br…	OL17062634W
Did You Hear What Happened to Andrea?	Gloria D. Miklowitz	*At fifteen, Andrea Cranston has everything -- good friends, a loving family, a summer job, a boyfriend. But her world falls apart in an instant -- she is raped.*** Not only is she shocked by the p…	OL1873928W
Tell tale	Jeffrey Archer	Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to find out Who Killed the Mayor? and the pretentious schoolboy in A Road to Damascus, whose d…	OL19716706W
Into the Wild	Jon Krakauer	In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 i…	OL1974546W
The long hitch home	Jamie Maslin	Tasmania to London. One end of the globe to the other. 800 hitchhiking rides. 18 thousand miles. Four seasons. Three continents. 19 countries. How many rides does it take to hitch from Tasmania to Lo…	OL19996385W
The road is open	Michael Burns Haggerty	"In 1978, Jimmy and Michael, two long time friends from Buffalo, NY, engage in a cross-country hitch-hiking adventure throughout The United States to look for George, Michael's brother, who mysteriou…	OL24173322W
Alle Verhalen	Roald Dahl	Contains: From [Kiss Kiss](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16248853W/Kiss_Kiss) [Landlady](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504259W/Landlady) [William and Mary](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL…	OL24208237W
The boy who longed for a lift	Norma Farber	A boy gets tired of walking and accepts lifts from many sources, but the one from his father as he arrives home is the best.	OL2654849W
The hitchhiker	Tony Lee	Full colour, graphic novel adaptations of some of the most hauntingly entertaining Horowitz short stories! Jacob is in the car when his dad stops to pick up a stranger in the rain. Who is he? And why…	OL27273909W
Silk Road	Kenneth Canatsey	In a bohemian odyssey set in the 1960s, a young man just out of college backpacks around the world, sampling hash, sex, and illumination as the Vietnam War rages. A rich, exotic journey that will lea…	OL27308357W
Completely Unexpected Tales [25 stories]	Roald Dahl	Contains: [Tales of the Unexpected](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL45877W) [More Tales of the Unexpected](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL45849W)	OL45795W
The Best of Roald Dahl	Roald Dahl	The Best of Roald Dahl is a collection of 25 of Roald Dahl's short stories. This collection brings together Dahl’s finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparal…	OL45879W
The hitchhikers	Thompson, Paul	Two troubled teenagers meet while hitchhiking to California for a better life.	OL6441248W