Secondhand travel books from the home of Bintang beer and Hello Kitty, what more can we say? Dig our handpicked range of second hand books from Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Java, Bali, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand. Vietnam. And more!
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PERIPLUS EDITIONS SULAWESI THE CELEBES Toby Alice Volkman & Ian Caldwell (Indonesia)
PERIPLUS EDITIONS SULAWESI THE CELEBES: these Periplus Travel Guides focus on culture, history and geography rather than hotels and restaurant recommendations. These books are very highly recommended to travellers wishing to get under the skin of their destinations.
Price: AUD $20.00
PHAIC TAN Sunstroke on a Shoestring by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch
One of my favourite books: a great spoof on lonely planet guides, based on an imaginary country in South East Asia. Book is in very good condition: clean with little reading wear and age. First page has some creases. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD $6.00
PLAYING CHOPSTICKS Sally Hammond - Travels Through China
A China travel and foodie memoir, includes Hong Kong, Macau, Tibet, The Great Wall and Beijing.
Price: AUD $8.00
PRINCESS MASAKO Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne The tragic true story of Japan's Crown Princess by Ben Hills
A scarce Japanese royal biography. Book is in good condition, has been read a few times, some reading wear to the corners, clean white pages. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD $9.00
PRIVATE DANCER Stephen Leather (Thailand Farang / Bar Girl Novel)
PRIVATE DANCER: Stephen Leather's cult classic about an expat falling in love with a Thai bar girl, a fascinating read.
Price: AUD $10.00
RAFFLES Maurice Collis - Thomas Stamford Raffles Biography (Singapore)
A biography of the famous founder of Singapore, Sir Thomas Stamford Faffles, after whom the famous Raffles Hotel was named. This book is quite hard to find.
Price: AUD $8.00
RAIN IN MY HEART Memories of children and war in South Vietnam by Barbara Ferguson
A very scarce Vietnam War memoir, the author is an Australian teacher who did humanitarian work with Vietnamese kiddies for eight years from 1967. Book is in very good condition, clean with light reading wear. Book is signed by author with a gift message (to Norman) on the first page. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $9.00
RED DUST Ma Jian - A Path Through China
In 1983, Ma Jian turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. Here, he writes about his disillusion with the Communist system and an extraordinary journey that he made around China in search of himself and his country.
Price: AUD $7.00
RED POPPIES Alai - An Epic Novel of Old Tibet
RED POPPIES: A lively and cinematic twentieth-century epic novel, Red Poppies focuses on the extravagant and brutal reign of a clan of Tibetan warlords during the rise of Chinese Communism.
Price: AUD $9.00
RESISTANCE Naldo Rei - A Childhood Fighting For East Timor
A hard-to-find memoir of an East Timor freedom fighter. Naldo Rei was just six months when Indonesia invaded East Timor om December 1975. He spent the first three years of his life in the jungle, where his family had fled for safety. An unforgettable true story of courage and survival.
Price: AUD $15.00
RETURN TO TIBET Heinrich Harrer - Tibet After the Chinese Occupation (China)
A follow-up the the bestselling Seven Years in Tibet, which inspired the Brad Pitt film of the same name.
Price: AUD $8.00
RIVER ROAD TO CHINA Milton Osborne - The Search for the Source of the Mekong 1866-73 (China & Southeast Asia)
RIVER ROAD TO CHINA: in 1866 six Frenchmen embarked on a two year journey following the Mekong River through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Burma and China.
Price: AUD $10.00
ROMANCING VIETNAM Inside the boat country by Justine Wintle
A scarce Vietnam travel memoir. Book is in ok but not great condition, a little worn and age but cheap and hard-to-find. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $8.00
ROME IN THE EAST The transformation of an Empire by Warwick Ball
A scarce history/archeology book. This is a used large softcover book in very good condition: very clean with just a little corner wear; clean white pages. A nice copy of a rare book. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!
Price: AUD $25.00
S.E. ASIA WRITES BACK! Contemporary Writings of the Pacific Rim - Skoob Pacifica Anthology No 1
A scarce anthology of short stories and prose from South East Asia. This is a used book in good condition: pages are nice and clean; cover is clean with general age and light wear. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!
Price: AUD $5.00
SAYONARA BAR Susan Barker - Hostess Club Novel Set in Osaka - Japan
A scarce novel (fiction) set in Japan. Mary, a blond graduate from England, has drifted into a job in a hostess lounge in Osaka. She is employed by Mama-san to spend her evenings flirting with rich Japanese salarymen, playing games and taking turns in the karaoke booth. Mary is in love with Yuji, Mama-san's son. But Yuji's loyalty is to the petty Yakuza gangster for whom he works.
Price: AUD $6.00
SCARRING THE EARTH Joyce Wylie - A Journey Across Tibet
SCARRING THE EARTH is a scarce self published Tibetan travel memoir.
Price: AUD $8.00
SCRIBBLES FROM THE SAME ISLAND by Neil Humphries
A great book on Singapore by an English expat. The sequel to Notes from an Even Smaller Island. This series is highly recommended by this South-East-Asia buff. Book is in very good condition with clean white pages, minor reading wear. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD $10.00





















