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A PATCH OF PARADISE Gaia Grant - A woman's search for real life in Bali (Indonesia)

A PATCH OF PARADISE is popular and scarce Bali expat memoir. Gaia Grant is an Australian who built a life and a successful business in Bali.

Price: AUD $20.00

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ALMOST FRENCH A New life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull (France)

ALMOST FRENCH: Sarah Turnbull's most popular France travel memoir, our best selling travel book.

Price: AUD $5.00

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BANGKOK OLD HAND Collin Piprell

A scarce book of Thailand expat yarns, looks like a great read.

Price: AUD $12.00

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BUYING A PROPERTY IN SPAIN Harvey Holtom, John Howell & Nick Rider

An informative guidebook for anybody seeking to live the good life in Spain. This book is from 2005 and aimed at a British audience but still looks very useful for anybody making a big investment.

Price: AUD $14.00

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CHINESE TAKEWAY Peter Dorney - Hilarious Culture Chaos as Aussie Teachers Take Up Work in Tropical Singapore

CHINESE TAKEAWAY is fun looking novel inspired by Singapore expat Peter Dorney's two decades of living in Southeast Asia.

Price: AUD $9.00

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COMPLETE NOTES FROM SINGAPORE The Omnibus Edition by Neil Humphries

A very hard to find 3-in-1 edition including: Notes from an Even Smaller Island, Scribbles from the Same Island and Final Notes from a Great Island. These are most excellent books on Singapore written by a pommy expat - very funny and informative. Book is very good condition: nice and clean and rarely read. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $19.00

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DANCING GIRL Thordis Simonsen - Themes and Improvisations in a Greek Village Setting

Dancing Girl is a hard to find Greece travel\expat memoir, this book is quite hard to find.

Price: AUD $9.00

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DRIVEN Richard Broinowski - A Diplomat's Auto-Biography (Worldwide)

DRIVEN: A memoir by a distinguished Australian former diplomat, with a particular focus on the cars he has loved and driven in Australia and his postings in Asia, the Middle East, North and Central America. This makes for an entertaining look at various cultures (their driving behaviour, traffic conditions and road rules) and his career as ambassador.

Price: AUD $14.00

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DRIVING OVER LEMONS Chris Stewart - An Optimist in Andalucia (Spain)

A popular rural Spanish travel\expat memoir, interestingly the author was a former drummer from Genesis, preceding Phil Collins.

Price: AUD $8.00

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EXTRA VIRGIN Annie Hawes - Amongst the Olive Groves of Liguria (Italy)

EXTRA VIRGIN - Two English sisters move to the olive growing regon of Liguria, North Western Italy.

Price: AUD $8.00

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FIFA 192 The true story behind the legend of the Brunei National Football Team by Stanley Park

A rare book with some home truths about football and expat life. This is a used book in good condition with nice clean white pages; light wear to cover. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive.

Price: AUD $10.00

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GETTING ALONG WITH THE CHINESE FOR FUN AND PROFIT Fred Schneiter

Quite and interesting and entertaining book on China for Western travellers and expats.

Price: AUD $12.00

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GOOD MORNING HANOI A year on the airwaves in the new Vietnam by Iain Finlay and Trish Clark

I read this book a couple of years ago and highly recommend it, the Aussie authors spend a year in Hanoi doing a radio show and get access to all kinds of everyday life that is out of reach to regular tourists such as myself. The book is in very good condition, very clean and rarely read, aging lightly. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $12.00

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GULF STATES & SAUDI ARABIA A SURVIVAL HANDBOOK by Bob Hughes and Graeme Chesters

This expat guide book from 2003 will have some out of date information but still looks like a handy resource for anyone moving to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar or United Arab Emirates. This is a used book in good condition with nice clean white pages and light reading wear to cover. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

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HARDSHIP POSTING VOLUME 1 Stuart Lloyd - True Tales of Expat Misadventure in Asia

HARDSHIP POSTING VOLUME 1: a great collection of expat yarns from Asia compiled and edited by Stuart Lloyd.

Price: AUD $14.00

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HELLO MISSUS A Girl's Own Guide to Foreign Affairs by Lynne Minion

A very interesting looking memoir, the author does foreign aid work in East Timor.

Price: AUD $10.00

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ITALIAN NEIGHBOURS Tim Parks - An Englishman in Verona (Italy)

An Italian travel memoir by a popular travel writer.

Price: AUD $8.00

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JAPAN: IT'S NOT ALL RAW FISH Don Maloney

A Collection from Never The Twain...? A Weekly Japan Times column from the 1970s.

Price: AUD $8.00

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LIFE IN HANOI Pam Scott - Local and Expat Stories in Vietnam's Capital

Life in Hanoi is a series of stories of the amazing expats who live in Hanoi. This book is quite hard to find and looks like a great read for anybody into Vietnam.

Price: AUD $14.00

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MADAM ARE YOU BACK? Living in Nigeria by Debbie Cashmore

A rare self published memoir by an Australian expat of her time in Nigeria. Has a few pages of black and white photos and some great yarns. Book measures 26 x18 cms. In good condition with clean white pages, light corner wear. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $12.00

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