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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CHINA INC Ted C. Fishman - The Relentless Rise of the Next Great Superpower (China)
CHINA INC: this eye-opening look at China's growing economic might, by journalist Ted Fishman, explains how the profound shift in the global economic order will affect us all.
Price: AUD $5.00
CHINA POP How Soap Operas, Tabloids and Bestsellers are Transforming China by Jianying Zha
Good, read condition with nice clean pages, some wear to corners. See photos for cover blurb and condition.
Price: AUD $8.00
CHINA THROUGH THE SLIDING DOOR John Gittings
John Gittings has been reporting on China for 30 years, writing about its remarkable transformation from Maoist communism to a market-led economy. In this journalstic anthology he conveys both the magnitude of this change and its incompleteness - as evidenced by the 1989 Beijing Massacre.
Price: AUD $6.00
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
CHING CHONG CHINA GIRL Helene Chung - From Fruitshop to Foreign Correspondence (Australia / China)
CHING CHONG CHINA GIRL: Australian-born Chinese Helene Chung's autobiography, tracing her childhood in 1950's Tasmania to becoming the first non-white reporter on Australian TV and a foreign correspondent. This book is quite hard to find.
Price: AUD $15.00
CITIES OF THE HOT ZONE Greg Sheridan - A Southeast Asian Adventure (Malaysia/Indonesia/Vietnam/Singapore/Hong Kong)
CITIES OF THE HOT ZONE: Greg Sheridan travels South-East Asia with his Malaysian born wife and their three sons.
Price: AUD $8.00
CITY OF LINGERING SPLENDOUR John Blofeld - An Account of Old Peking's Exotic Pleasures
City of Lingering Splendor is an account of author John Blofeld's three years spent in Peking, China in the 1930s.
Price: AUD $8.00
CITY WALKS: WASHINGTON D.C. - 50 Adventures on Foot - Boxed Card Set (USA)
A box of 50 cards each with a different walk in Washington DC, a great find for the urban hiker.
Price: AUD $8.00
COLLINS JAPANESE PHRASE BOOK & DICTIONARY Plus Photoguides to Signs & Food - 2004 Edition
COLLINS JAPANESE PHRASE BOOK & DICTIONARY: a pocket sized Japanese language phrasebook.
Price: AUD $8.00
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
CONSUL IN PARADISE W.A.R. Woods - Sixty Eight Years in Siam
The author was sent to Thailand is a consular officer in 1896 and stayed for Sixty Eight Years. This book is quite hard to find and looks like an interesting read.
Price: AUD $10.00
CULTURE SHOCK KOREA A Guide to Customs and Etiquette
A hard to find book on Korea from the most excellent Culture Shock! series.
Price: AUD $9.00
CULTURE SHOCK MALAYSIA Heidi Munan - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
A most excellent and popular primer on Malaysian culture.
Price: AUD $9.00
CULTURE SHOCK MYANMAR Sow Myat Yin - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette (Burma)
CULTURE SHOCK MYANMAR is a popular guide to not sticking your foot in it in Mynanmar/Burma.
Price: AUD $9.00
CULTURE SHOCK PHILIPPINES Alfredo & Grace Roces - A Guide to Customs and Etiquette
A most excellent guide to getting along in the Philippines.
Price: AUD $9.00
CULTURE SHOCK SINGAPORE John Meriweather Craig - A Guide to Customs and Etiquette
A most excellent primer on Singapore culture.
Price: AUD $9.00
CULTURE SHOCK THAILAND by Robert & Nanthapa Cooper
A popular and hard-to-find guide to Thai culture.
Price: AUD $9.00
DAVE BARRY DOES JAPAN by Dave Barry
Dave Barry Does Japan is a laugh out loud travel memoir by one of the funniest writers around.
Price: AUD $9.00
DERAILED IN UNCLE HO'S VICTORY GARDEN Return to Vietnam and Cambodia by Tim Page
A scarce travel memoir: the author is a war photographer returning to Vietnam after 20 years. Book is in good condition: clean with light wear, pages aging lightly, a few grubby shelf marks on outer edge of book. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD $9.00
DESTINATION SAIGON Walter Mason - Adventures in Vietnam
DESTINATION SAIGON: a Vietnam travelogue by Australian author, Walter Mason.
Price: AUD $10.00





















