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* '''[http://hitchwiki.org/en/Hitch-Hiking_by_Mario_Rinvolucri Hitch-Hiking]''' by Mario Rinvolucri. A pound a gallon and more for petrol — cars increasingly have to be shared and hitching is one good way. This book, written by hundreds of thumbers, lays bare the feelings, fantasies and justifications of the roadside. In English.
* '''[http://musiciam.co.uk/martysegal/the_tao_of_hitch-hiking_-_marty_segal.pdf The Tao of Hitch-hiking]''' by Marty Segal. With the hitch-hiker's road as the laboratory, The Proof and Technique of Human Energy Transfer, The Quantum Theory of Fleeting Encounters, Non-electronic Information Highways, The Suppressed Significance of Godel's Theorem, Perfect Recall and Creativity, and dozens of Peoples' Wisdoms fuse into a Science Of Living. In English.
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This is an incomplete overview of [[hitchhiking]] in '''media'''. Please add books you read, and more.
== Books ==
* '''[http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1844033821?ie=UTF8&tag=hitchwiki07-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=1844033821 No Such Thing as a Free Ride?]''' A Collection of Hitchers' Tales. Compiled by Simon and Tom Sykes (Great Britain: Cassell Illustrated, 2005). A 192 pg. compilation of hitch-hiking lore and experience, contributed by more than a hundred, from both sides of the experience, mainly British. A great sampling. In English.
* '''[http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1418429643?ie=UTF8&tag=hitchwiki07-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=1418429643 Derelict Days... Sixty years on the Roadside Path to Enlightenment]''' by [[User:Irvthom|Irv Thomas]]. (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2004). Personal tales from across a 60-year span of American (and some European) hitch-hiking, in a 226-page text. Mostly written at the time of each adventure, these highlight the consciousness-raising aspect of the experience. Included is a newspaper account of the earliest American hitch-hiker on record (1916). In English.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Travels-Road-Dog-Hitchhiking-Americas/dp/1478348461/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351401742&sr=1-1&keywords=travels+with+a+road+dog Travels With A Road Dog: Hitchhiking Along the Roads of the Americas] is a memoir describing the experiences of a young woman who gave away her belongings in the 1990's to hitchhike around the United States, Mexico, the Bahamas and Venezuela. Along the way she picks up a dog for a hitchhiking companion. This memoir describes her journey of road life that lasted almost five years.
* [http://www.autostop.lt/faq/books.html List of books at autostop.lt]
=== Russian ===
* In Russian there are a lot of books about hitchhiking, ''Praktika Volnyh Puteshestvyi'' by Anton Krotov being the most famous and according to many essential reading material for hitchhiking in [[Russia]] - if you read Russian that is.
== News articles ==
Some links to '''hitchhiking in the news media'''. See [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=hitchhiking&btnG=Search+News&num=100 Google News] for some current news items.
* [http://lilydale-yarra-valley-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/hitchhiking-with-help-from-facebook Stranded Warburton hitchhikers get help from Facebook] 18 May 10
* [http://www.utne.com/webwatch/2006_264/news/12261-1.html Hitchhiking My Way Around Cuba]: Cubans are required to pick up hitchhikers, August 31, 2006
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6576347/ What killed hitchhiking?], date unknown
* [http://www.pe.com/business/local/stories/PE_Biz_D_paintings28.2fac574.html High-tech pioneers go hitchhiking across America], August 27, 2006
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6231269 Hitchhiking All 50 States], October 10, 2006
* [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/28/content_5014818.htm Pros and cons for paid hitchhiking], no more "paid hitchhiking" in Nanjing
* [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/09/25/2003329079 Student hitches his way around nation to prove it's friendly], September 25, 2006 <!-- http://english.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?categid=10&recordid=99832 -->
* [http://www.russia-ic.com/travel/travelling/261/ Hitchhiking travel in Russia], October 5, 2006.
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/thumbing-a-lift-used-to-be-a-groovy-way-of-getting-around-so-why-does-noone-hitch-anymore-462741.html William Shaw sets off on a wild, verge-hopping road trip from Land's End to John O'Groats] Sunday, 26 August 2007
== Audio ==
* [http://www.thoughtcrime.org/tour/index.html A Hitchhiker's Audio Tour Of The United States]
== Scientific articles and research ==
* See [[Psychology_of_hitchhiking#Literature_on_this_topic|literature on psychology of hitchhiking]]
== See also ==
* [[Multimedia]] for an overview of different material on hitchhiking
* [[Hitchhiking in movies]]
* [[Music]] about hitchhiking
* [[Video]]s about hitchhiking
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