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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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THE SEARCH FOR SHANGRI-LA A Journey into Tibetan History by Charles Allen See photos & details
THE SEARCH FOR SHANGRI-LA A Journey into Tibetan History by Charles Allen
A scarce Tibet travel memoir.
Price: AUD $10.00
THE SEARCH FOR THE PANCHEN LAMA Isabel Hilton (Tibet \ China) See photos & details
THE SEARCH FOR THE PANCHEN LAMA Isabel Hilton (Tibet \ China)
In May 1995, a Tibetan boy was taken from his home by Chinese security services. In this text, Isabel Hilton tells the inside story of how this boy became the innocent prize in a battle between the Chinese regime and Tibet's exiled religious leader, the Dalai Lama.
Price: AUD $6.00
THE SHORE BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL Hideyuki Takano - A Report From Inside Burma's Opium Kingdom See photos & details
THE SHORE BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL Hideyuki Takano - A Report From Inside Burma's Opium Kingdom
The Shore Beyond Good and Evil looks like a fascinating looking read: author and adventurer Hideyuki Takano spends seven months in a mountain village for the complete cycle of opium production.
Price: AUD $15.00
THE SILK ROAD Past and Present by Che Muqi (China) See photos & details
THE SILK ROAD Past and Present by Che Muqi (China)
The author journeys along the Silk Road in China.
Price: AUD $12.00
THE SLAVES OF THE COOL MOUNTAINS Alan Winnington (China) See photos & details
THE SLAVES OF THE COOL MOUNTAINS Alan Winnington (China)
In the late 1950's foreign correspondent Alan Winnington travelled to Yunnan province after hearing reports of slaves being freed, and spent several months with the headhunting Wa and the slave-owning Norsu and Jingpaw.
Price: AUD $10.00
THE SMILING BUDDHA Margaret Jones See photos & details
THE SMILING BUDDHA Margaret Jones
A novel set in Thailand by the late great Australian foreign correspondent, Margaret Jones.
Price: AUD $8.00
THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Cultures by Anne Fadiman See photos & details
THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Cultures by Anne Fadiman
A scarce book about a Hmong refugee from Laos with epilepsy in California. Book is in good condition, clean with light wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $8.00
THE STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF JIM THOMPSON and stories of other expats in South East Asia See photos & details
THE STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF JIM THOMPSON and stories of other expats in South East Asia
A scarce book on extraordinary expats in South-East Asia. This is a used travel book in very good condition: nice and clean with light wear to corners; minor dog ears. 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 $10.00
THE SUN IN MY EYES Josie Dew - Two-Wheeling East (Cycling Japan) See photos & details
THE SUN IN MY EYES Josie Dew - Two-Wheeling East (Cycling Japan)
A hard to find Japan cycling travel book.
Price: AUD $6.00
THE THIRD SEX Richard Totman - Kathoey Thailand's Ladyboys See photos & details
THE THIRD SEX Richard Totman - Kathoey Thailand's Ladyboys
THE THIRD SEX: a scarce book on Thailand's ladyboys.
Price: AUD $15.00
THE THORN OF LION CITY Lucy Lum - A Memoir (Singapore) See photos & details
THE THORN OF LION CITY Lucy Lum - A Memoir (Singapore)
THE THORN OF LION CITY: Lucy Lum's memoir of wartime Singapore.
Price: AUD $10.00
THE TIME IN BETWEEN David Bergen See photos & details
THE TIME IN BETWEEN David Bergen
A novel (fiction) set in Vietnam.
Price: AUD $6.00
THE TROUSER PEOPLE Andrew Marshall - A Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire (Myanmar) See photos & details
THE TROUSER PEOPLE Andrew Marshall - A Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire (Myanmar)
THE TROUSER PEOPLE by Andrew Marshall is part travelogue, part history, part reportage, this book is an account of Sir George Scott, the Victorian adventurer who hacked, bullied and charmed his way through uncharted jungle to help establish British colonial rule in Burma.
Price: AUD $10.00
THE YAMATO DYNASTY The secret history of Japan's Imperial family by Sterling Seagrave See photos & details
THE YAMATO DYNASTY The secret history of Japan's Imperial family by Sterling Seagrave
A scarce history in good condition with light reading wear. Pages tanning at edges with age. Covered with protective plastic. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD $9.00
THREE MOONS IN VIETNAM Maria Coffey - A Haphazard Journey by Boat and Bicycle See photos & details
THREE MOONS IN VIETNAM Maria Coffey - A Haphazard Journey by Boat and Bicycle
THREE MOONS IN VIETNAM: Maria Coffey and her husband travelled by leaky fishing boats, tiny sampans and on rickety bicycles from the Mekong Delta to Halong Bay.
Price: AUD $4.00
THROUGH THE JUNGLE OF DEATH Stephen Brookes - A Boy's Escape From Wartime Burma (Myanmar) - Hardcover First Edition See photos & details
THROUGH THE JUNGLE OF DEATH Stephen Brookes - A Boy's Escape From Wartime Burma (Myanmar) - Hardcover First Edition
A very hard to find wartime Burma memoir, a lovely hardcover first edition.
Price: AUD $15.00
TIBET Behind the Ice Curtain ~ The first eye-witness account of Chinese oppression in the forbidden kingdom by Vanya Kewley See photos & details
TIBET Behind the Ice Curtain ~ The first eye-witness account of Chinese oppression in the forbidden kingdom by Vanya Kewley
A scarce book on nasty business. Book is in good conditon with some reading wear to cover and corners, pages are tanning with age, a few age spots, creased spine. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $8.00
TIBET Tiley Chodag - The Land And The People See photos & details
TIBET Tiley Chodag - The Land And The People
A scarce book on Tibet and Tibetan culture. Please note book has student markings and underlinings throughout. Priced accordingly. Note this book was printed in China in 1988...
Price: AUD $6.00
TIME OUT BANGKOK & BEACH ESCAPES - 2007 Edition See photos & details
TIME OUT BANGKOK & BEACH ESCAPES - 2007 Edition
This 2007 Bangkok city and beach guide is a bit out of date but still good for trip planning, and it's cheap!
Price: AUD $7.00
TIME OUT SINGAPORE - 2007 Edition See photos & details
TIME OUT SINGAPORE - 2007 Edition
TIME OUT SINGAPORE: this 2007 edition guide book is getting a bit out of date but it's still handy for trip research and it's cheap.
Price: AUD $7.00
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