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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DISCOVER SHITAMACHI Enbutsu Sumiko - A Walking Guide to the Other Tokyo
DISCOVER SHITAMACHI - this 1984 alternative walking guide to Tokyo is out of date but very still interesting for holiday planning (we've used it), plus rare, signed and cheap.
Price: AUD $9.00
DOG MAN Martha Sherrill - An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain (Japan)
Dog Man is the true story of Morie Sawataishi's consuming passion for dogs saved a legendary breed from extinction and led him to a difficult, more soulful way of life in the wilds of Japan's remote snow country.
Price: AUD $15.00
DOS AND DON'TS IN THE PHILIPPINES Maida Pineda
A hard-to-find etiquette guide to the Philippines.
Price: AUD $15.00
EAST IS WEST John Delp - Travels in Asia and the Pacific (Worldwide - Signed by Author)
EAST IS WEST: Prolific traveller John Delp shares his travels all around the world. This book is quite rare.
Price: AUD $8.00
EAST TIMOR TOO LITTLE TOO LATE Lansell Taudevin
EAST TIMOR TOO LITTLE TOO LATE - Lansell Taudevin provides a history of East Timor with the focus on the Indonesian invasion of 1975 and Australia's troubled relationship. The author was in charge of the Australia's major aid project in East Timor from 1996 to 1999 and has travled widely around the island.
Price: AUD $8.00
EAT PRAY LOVE One Woman's Search For Everything by Elizabeth Gilbert (Italy India Bali)
EAT PRAY LOVE - Elizabeth Gilbert's best-seller that inspired the Julia Roberts movie. The author gets divorced in her thirties and travels Rome, India and Bali.
Price: AUD $5.00
EMBRACING THE DRAGON Polly Greeks - A Woman's Journey Along The Great Wall of China
In EMBRACING THE DRAGON Polly Greeks walks the entire length of the Great Wall of China, and falls in love.
Price: AUD $14.00
ENKOP AI My Life with the Maasai by Catherine Oddie
A popular and controversial muzungu memoir: the author is a whitey who shacked up with a Masai warrior in Kenya.
Price: AUD $10.00
ETHNIC MINORITIES IN VIETNAM
A very scarce Vietnamese published book (in English).
Price: AUD $15.00
ETIQUETTE GUIDE TO JAPAN Know the Rules that Make A Difference by Boye De Mente
A handy-dandy guide to getting on in Japan. A country where it is polite to slurp your noodles is number one in my books. Book is in good condition, clean with light reading wear, clean bright white pages. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD $7.00
FACES OF HACHIKO A Novel of Present-Day Japan by Ian Middleton
A scarce novel based in Japan. Book is in good conditon. Pages are white and clean with a few light age spots. Rear cover is a bit grubby but front cover looks good. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $6.00
FACTORY GIRLS Leslie T Chang - Voices from the Heart of Modern China
A fascinating look at the lives of Chinese factory workers, both an saddening and uplifting book, highly recommended.
Price: AUD $9.00
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
FIGHTING SPIRIT OF EAST TIMOR The Life of Martino Da Costa Lopes by Rowena Lennox
A scarce biography of the legendary East Timor activist. Book is signed by the author Rowena Lennox and also has a gift message on the first page. Book is used in good condition with clean white pages, only light reading wear, some minor marks on the edges of the book. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $10.00
FINDING SANTANA Jill Jolliffe - A Perilous Journey In Search of An East Timorese Guerrilla Hero (East Timor / Indonesia)
In FINDING SANTANA Jill Jolliffe tells of her clandestine journey across the Indonesian archipelago pursued by Suharto's Indonesian secret police.
Price: AUD $10.00
FIRE UNDER THE SNOW Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner by Palden Gyatso
A scarce and fascinating biography. Book is in good condition with little wear, pages are tanning lightly with age. A few age spots. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD $9.00
FOLLOW THAT ELEPHANT Wanderings of an amateur naturalist in Asia by George Hangay
A very hard-to-find travel memoir. Book has been read several times and shows some wear to the cover and corners, pages are clean and aging lightly. Some age spots along edges of book. Owners name inscription on first page. Not mint but a good reading copy of a scarce book. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $9.00
FOOTSTEPS Pramoedya Ananta Toer (Indonesia)
A vivid tale of conflict and fragile love set against the struggle to create an Indonesian nation. This book is quite hard to find.
Price: AUD $9.00
FOR A HOUSE MADE OF STONE The extraordinary story of a young village woman who ended up on trial for murder by Gina French
A scarce and interesting Philippines\true crime memoir.
Price: AUD $8.00
FOR THE LOVE OF MY SON Margaret Davis
A true story - the author's son was murdered in the Philippines by his former prostitute wife.
Price: AUD $9.00





















