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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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TWO GREAT LITTLE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS ON JAPANESE CULTURE Today's Japan & A Look Into Japane See photos & details
TWO GREAT LITTLE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS ON JAPANESE CULTURE Today's Japan & A Look Into Japane
These pocket-sized (15 x 11 cms) 190 page books are great little references for life in Japan. Both books are in excellent condition: clean with little wear and age. See photos for blurbs, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $10.00
UGLY JAPAN UGLY AMERICANS Min Byoung-Chui & Nevitt Reagan See photos & details
UGLY JAPAN UGLY AMERICANS Min Byoung-Chui & Nevitt Reagan
A rare etiquette guide published in Japan.
Price: AUD $8.00
UNDERGROUND The Tokyo gas attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami See photos & details
UNDERGROUND The Tokyo gas attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami
I read this book a while ago and found it to be a fascinating look at the aum cult and the sarin subway gas attacks as well as Japanese culture in general. This is a used hardcover book in good condition: nice and clean with light edge wear to dust jacket; pages are clean and aging lightly; a few age spots on top edge of book. 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
UNTANGLING MY CHOPSTICKS A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto by Victoria Abbott Riccardi See photos & details
UNTANGLING MY CHOPSTICKS A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto by Victoria Abbott Riccardi
A wonderful celebration of Kyoto and Japanese food.
Price: AUD $14.00
UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE IN THE INDIES by P.A. Daum - A Novel (Dutch Indonesia) See photos & details
UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE IN THE INDIES by P.A. Daum - A Novel (Dutch Indonesia)
A novel depicting Dutch colonial life in Indonesia during the nineteenth century.
Price: AUD $12.00
VAGABOND by AP Wolf See photos & details
VAGABOND by AP Wolf
A novel set in Singapore, looks like a cracker of a read, quite debauched. Book is in good condition with light reading wear, some wear to corners, pages tanning with age. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD $8.00
VANISHING JAPAN Elizabeth Kiritani - Traditions Crafts & Culture See photos & details
VANISHING JAPAN Elizabeth Kiritani - Traditions Crafts & Culture
VANISHING JAPAN: journalist Elizabeth Kiritani sets out to record the vanishing phenomena of what was once daily life for the residents of working-class neighborhoods in Japan.
Price: AUD $8.00
VILLAGE JAPAN Everyday Life in a Rural Japanese Community by Malcolm Ritchie See photos & details
VILLAGE JAPAN Everyday Life in a Rural Japanese Community by Malcolm Ritchie
This book is very hard to find and looks like a wonderful read for anyone with an interest in rural Japan. Book is in very good condition: pages are bright white and clean, little reading wear, some rubbed out pencil marks on first page. A very nice copy of a scarce book. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD $12.00
VIRTUAL TIBET Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood by Orville Schell See photos & details
VIRTUAL TIBET Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood by Orville Schell
A scarce book on the West's obsession with Tibet. Book is in good condition with light reading wear and age. See photos for condition, sample pages and cover blurb - enjoy!
Price: AUD $8.00
VOICES FROM THE CITY Susanne Thorbek - Women of Bangkok (Thailand) See photos & details
VOICES FROM THE CITY Susanne Thorbek - Women of Bangkok (Thailand)
Voices from the City is a study of women from Bangkok slums by Danish sociologist Susanne Thorbek. The books looks fairly academic but very readable and interesting.
Price: AUD $10.00
WAITING FOR THE SUN Mary Craig - A Harrowing Story of a Peasant Boy in Occupied Tibet See photos & details
WAITING FOR THE SUN Mary Craig - A Harrowing Story of a Peasant Boy in Occupied Tibet
Aged 24 years old when he left Tibet, Emme-La had never known a time when the Chinese had not ruled his homeland. Slotting his harrowing account into her own knowledge of recent Tibetan history, the author details the experience of mass murder and torture and the total, systematic destruction of a rich and honoured culture.
Price: AUD $8.00
WEEKEND ADVENTURES OUTSIDE TOKYO Tae Moriyama - Travel With a Historical Twist (Japan) See photos & details
WEEKEND ADVENTURES OUTSIDE TOKYO Tae Moriyama - Travel With a Historical Twist (Japan)
This book from 1998 is quite long in the tooth but still looks very handy for anybody spending plenty of time in Tokyo.
Price: AUD $5.00
WHEN DINING WITH TIGERS Roads to Tiananmen by Frank Chan Loh See photos & details
WHEN DINING WITH TIGERS Roads to Tiananmen by Frank Chan Loh
A scarce novel re Tiananmen Square massacre. Book is signed by the author. Book is in good but not great condition: shows some reading wear, pages browning with age, some age spots on end pages and edges of book. See photos for condition and cover blurb - enjoy!
Price: AUD $8.00
WHEN ELEPHANTS FIGHT Vannary Iman - A Cambodian Family's Survival in the Face of Murderous Intent See photos & details
WHEN ELEPHANTS FIGHT Vannary Iman - A Cambodian Family's Survival in the Face of Murderous Intent
A scarce Cambodian memoir. When Elephants Fight is an intricate weaving of family history, national politics and the powerful story of an extraordinary woman who forges a new life for herself out of the carnage of the killing fields.
Price: AUD $10.00
WHERE HEAVEN AND EARTH MEET Christine du Fresne - A Journey Through Central Asia See photos & details
WHERE HEAVEN AND EARTH MEET Christine du Fresne - A Journey Through Central Asia
Where Heaven and Earth Meet documents the Christine du Fresne's journey through central Asia. This book is very hard to find.
Price: AUD $14.00
WHITE BUTTERFLIES Colin McPhedran (Burma / Myanmar - Rare Signed Edition) See photos & details
WHITE BUTTERFLIES Colin McPhedran (Burma / Myanmar - Rare Signed Edition)
White Butterflies documents Colin McPhedran's life and escape from Burma / Myanmar, via India to Australia. This book looks like a fascinating read, it is quite popular and hard to find.
Price: AUD $35.00
WHO GIVES A DAM! James Ritchie - The Bakun Odyssey (Sarawak Malaysia Borneo) See photos & details
WHO GIVES A DAM! James Ritchie - The Bakun Odyssey (Sarawak Malaysia Borneo)
WHO GIVES A DAM!: a rare self-published book by Kuching-based James Ritchie on the controversial Bakun dam project.
Price: AUD $30.00
WHY DID THEY KILL? Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide by Alexander Laban Hinton See photos & details
WHY DID THEY KILL? Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide by Alexander Laban Hinton
A scarce book on the Khmer Rouge genocide.
Price: AUD $12.00
WILD CHINA Natural Wonders of the World's Most Enigmatic Land by Phil Chapman and the BBC Wild China Team See photos & details
WILD CHINA Natural Wonders of the World's Most Enigmatic Land by Phil Chapman and the BBC Wild China Team
A lovely pictorial book from the BBC TV series.
Price: AUD $12.00
WILD SWANS Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang See photos & details
WILD SWANS Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
A classic account of Chinese revolution.
Price: AUD $8.00
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