Asia

Asia
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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IN THE POND Ha Jin (China)
IN THE POND: a novel (fiction) presenting a close, unsentimental depiction of life in a small Chinese factory town.

Price: AUD $8.00

IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES Gracia Burnham ( Kidnapping of American Missionaries The Philippines)
A gripping account of the kidnapping of two American missionaries and their year of terror in the Philippine Jungle. Book has a religious angle.

Price: AUD $5.00

IN THE TIME OF MADNESS Richard Lloyd Parry
A most interesting looking book on Indonesia by British foreign correspondent Richard Lloyd Parry.

Price: AUD $8.00

INDIAN & MALAY ETIQUETTE Raelene Tan - A Matter of Course (Singapore, Malaysia)
A concise to guide to Indian and Malay etiquette by an Australian Singapore expat, etiquette instructor and food writer. Seems to focus a lot on matters of eating. Measures 18 x 11.5 cms - large pocket size.

Price: AUD $7.00

INDONESIA An Eyewitness Account by Michael Maher (ABC Jakarta Foreign Correspondent)
A scarce book by an ABC Jakarta foreign correspondent.

Price: AUD $14.00

INDONESIA An Eyewitness Account by Michael Maher (ex-library)
A scarce book by an ABC Jakarta foreign correspondent.

Price: AUD $5.00

INSIDE STORY Peter Lloyd - From ABC Foreign Correspondent to Singapore Prisoner #12988
INSIDE STORY documents ABC journo Peter Lloyd's jailing in Singapore for drug possession.

Price: AUD $9.00

INSIDE THE RED MANSION Oliver August - On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man (China \ True Crime)
INSIDE THE RED MANSION: a journey into the dark heart of China in search of it's enemy number one, Lai Changxing, formerly one of the richest men in the country.

Price: AUD $7.00

INSIDE THE TREASURE HOUSE Catriona Bass - A Time in Tibet
The author was one of a handful of Westerners who were allowed into Tibet for a brief moment during the 1980s. This book covers the 18 months that she worked there, making friends with Chinese and Tibetans from whom she learned the daily reality of a cross-cultural tension. Soon after her departure all foreigners were expelled, many of her friends were imprisoned, and Tibetan freedom was again overcome by martial law and military repression.

Price: AUD $8.00


INTO THE HEART OF BORNEO by Redmond O'Hanlon (Malaysia)
INTO THE HEART OF BORNEO is a travel classic. Authorr Redmond O'Hanlon and James Fenton set out to rediscover the lost rhinoceros of Borneo in Batu Tiban.

Price: AUD $9.00

INVENTING JAPAN Ian Buruma - From Empire to Economic Miracle
A very readable and hard-to-find book on modern Japanese history. The story of modern Japan, from first 'opening' to the West with Admiral Perry's Black Ships in 1853, through World War II, to Japan's emergence as a Western-style democracy and economic power at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Price: AUD $9.00

INVISIBLE TRADE II Gerrie Lim - Secret Lives and Sexual Intrigue in Singapore
INVISIBLE TRADE II: An incisive expose of the hidden, upscale escort industry in Singapore, this fascinating read introduces the women who work in it, the men who pay for it and how an entire industry is able to successfully thrive behind closed doors.

Price: AUD $12.00

IT TOOK FOUR YEARS FOR THE RISING SUN TO SET Joaquin L Garcia
A very scarce book on the Japanese occupation of Manila, Philippines in World War II.

Price: AUD $18.00

J-ROCK GROUPIES 200 Photos of unique Japanese girls
A rare & hellbento book of great Japanese fashionistas.

Price: AUD $10.00

JAKARTA Kerry B. Collison (Indonesia)
JAKARTA: a novel set in post-Soeharto Indonesia.

Price: AUD $5.00

JAN WONG'S CHINA Reports from a Not so Foreign Correspondent
I'm a sucker for books by foreign correspondents, this looks like a rippa.

Price: AUD $7.00


JAPAN POP! Timothy J. Craig Editor - Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture
JAPAN POP!: a fascinating look at various forms of Japanese popular culture: pop song, jazz, enka, karaoke, manga, video games, tv, films and idols.

Price: AUD $6.00

JAPAN: IT'S NOT ALL RAW FISH Don Maloney
A Collection from Never The Twain...? A Weekly Japan Times column from the 1970s.

Price: AUD $8.00