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FRAGRANT RICE Janet De Neefe - My Continuing Affair with Bali
A rare Bali memoir - a tale of passion, marriage and food, includes recipes.
Price: AUD 18.00
FREEDOM FROM FEAR And other writings by Aung San Suu Kyi
A hard to find book by the Burma activist. Book is in ok but not great condition: pages are browning with age, cover is creased and worn. A bit rough but perfectly readable, hard to find and cheap. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD 8.00
FROM BONSAI TO LEVIS An Insider's Account of How the Japanese Live by George Fields
An interesting looking book on Japanese culture. This travel book is used in good condition: pages are clean and ageing lightly, cover shows light wear and has faded a little with age. See photos below for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD 7.50
FROM RICE TO RICHES A Personal Journey Through a Changing China by Jane Hutcheon
This looks like a great read, author was the ABC's China correspondent.
Price: AUD 10.00
FROM THE LAND OF GREEN GHOSTS A Burmese Odyssey by Pascal Khoo Thew
This Burmese memoir looks like an amazing read.
Price: AUD 9.00
FRONTIERS OF HEAVEN A Journey Beyond the Great Wall by Stanley Stewart
A China travelogue from 1996. Book is in good condition with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD 8.00
FUNNY BUSINESS An outsider's year in Japan by Gary Katzenstein
A scarce memoir & travelogue of an American who goes to Japan to work for Sony, gets fired by the legendary Sony boss Akio Morita, then travels rural Japan.
Price: AUD 7.00
GANTSARA Alone Across Mongolia by Ian D. Robinson
The author travels Mongolia by horse. This book is very hard to find.
Price: AUD 15.00
GEISHA Liza Dalby
Published with a new preface, this bestseller offers an intimate glimpse into a unique female community. Liz Dalby, the only non-Japanese woman ever to have trained as a geisha, reveals the realities of geisha life.
Price: AUD 8.00
GEISHA OF GION The Memoir of Iwasaki with Rande Brown
A true memoir of a geisha, looks like a fascinating read.
Price: AUD 8.00
GOOD MORNING HANOI A year on the airwaves in the new Vietnam by Iain Finlay and Trish Clark
I read this book a couple of years ago and highly recommend it, the Aussie authors spend a year in Hanoi doing a radio show and get access to all kinds of everyday life that is out of reach to regular tourists such as myself. The book is in very good condition, very clean and rarely read, aging lightly. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD 12.00
GRUMPY OLD MEN ON HOLIDAY David Quantick - A Manual for the British Malcontent Abroad
A great book for fellow grumpies.
Price: AUD 9.00
GUNS GIRLS GAMBLING GANJA Thailand's illegal economy and public policy by Pasuk Phongpaichit, Sungsidh Piriyarangsan and Nualnoi Treerat
A very hard to find and interesting book on the naughty bits of Thailand written by Thai authors. This is a used book in good, read condition: pages are bright white and clean, some light reading wear and creasing to cover and corners, has probably been read a few times. Some rubbed-out bookseller pencil marks on first page. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD 12.00
HANOI STORIES by Pam Scott
A very hard to find book of stories from the author's eight years in Vietnam. This is a used book in good condition: clean with only light wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - the book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!
Price: AUD 15.00
HELLO MISSUS A Girl's Own Guide to Foreign Affairs by Lynne Minion
A very interesting looking memoir, the author does foreign aid work in East Timor.
Price: AUD 10.00
HERITAGE TRAILS Discover Singapore
A book of great heritage walks in Singapore, illustrated with history, published by the National Heritage Board of Singapore.
Price: AUD 8.00
HIGHER GROUND Stories inspired by the courage and hope of children who survived the 2004 tsunami disaster, written by best selling authors
A book of stories inspired by the 2004 tsunami. This is a used book in good, read condition: clean with some reading wear to corners; rubbed-out bookseller pencil marks on first page. 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 6.00
HIROSHIMA by John Hersey
A popular book following six Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors. This is a used travel book in good, aging condition: pages are browning with age; front cover has marks all over; shows light reading wear. Cover looks grubby but book is perfectly readable and cheap. This book is quite hard to find. 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 9.00
HO CHI MINH ON REVOLUTION Selected Writings 1920-66 Edited by Bernard B Fall
The writings of Uncle Ho in a cool old 1968 paperback edition. Book is in great shape for it's age: pages are clean and tanning with age, cover shows light wear, some spine creasing. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD 8.00
HONG KONG ON A PLATE Frances Bartlett and Ivan Lai
A culinary journey with recipes from some of the world's greatest restaurants.
Price: AUD 10.00





















