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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JAPANESE RULES Sebastian Moffett - Why The Japanese Needed Football and How They Got It (Japan)
JAPANESE RULES: an interesting looking book on Japanese culture and soccer.

Price: AUD $8.00

JAVANESE PEASANTS AND THE COLONIAL SUGAR INDUSTRY Impact and Change in a East Java Residency 1830-1940 by RE Elson
A rare academic text. Book is in good condition with general age and scuffing to cover, pages age clean and aging lightly, light reading wear. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and conditiion - enjoy!

Price: AUD $12.00

JIM THOMPSON The Unsolved Mystery by William Warren (Thailand)
A scarce book on the mysterious death of the American Thai silk rich magnate.

Price: AUD $12.00

KICKING DOGS Collin Piprell - Surviving Bangkok's Boom - Thai Style
A scarce novel by a popular Thai expat writer.

Price: AUD $9.00

KIJANA THE REAL STORY Jesse Martin (Australia / Southeast Asia)
KIJANA is the sequel to Jesse Martin's best-selling Lionheart. Jesse and friends sail Australia, Indonesia and up to Thailand.

Price: AUD $8.00

LADY OF ISAN Michael Schemmann - The True Story of a Mixed Marriage from Northern Thailand
A rare book on the marriage between a farang and a rice farmer's daughter from Isaan, Thailand, looks like compelling reading.

Price: AUD $20.00

LAST POST The End of an Empire in the Far East by John Keay
A fascinating looking history book. This is a used book in very good condition: nice and clean; pages tanning lightly with age; rarely read. 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

LAST YEAR IN HONG KONG Robert Elegant
A scarce novel (fiction) set in the final days before the Hong Kong handover.

Price: AUD $9.00

LAZY MAN IN CHINA Helene Chung Martin
Beijing is a fascinating and most exotic place in a repressive and sinister sort of way.' Lazy Man in China is a witty, perceptive, self-deprecating take on China, drawn from letters written by John Martin to family, friends and colleagues, edited and updated by his partner, former Beijing correspondent Helene Chung.

Price: AUD $10.00

LEAVING MOTHER LAKE Namu & Christine Mathieu - A Childhood at the Edge of the World (Tibet \ China)
Leaving Mother Lake is author Namu's memoir of growing up in the borderlands between Tibet and China.

Price: AUD $9.00

LETTERS FROM BURMA Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar)
LETTERS FROM BURMA: For the last decade of Burma's traumatic history, Aung San Suu Kyi-winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize-has been the inspirational leader of attempts to restore democracy to her country. In these fifty-two pieces, originally written for a Japanese newspaper and begun soon after her release from house arrest, she paints a vivid, poignant yet fundamentally optimistic picture of her native land.

Price: AUD $8.00

LIFE IN HANOI Pam Scott - Local and Expat Stories in Vietnam's Capital
Life in Hanoi is a series of stories of the amazing expats who live in Hanoi. This book is quite hard to find and looks like a great read for anybody into Vietnam.

Price: AUD $14.00

LIVING THAI WAYS Michael Keller - Do's and Don'ts & Short Stories
This book looks like a great read for anybody into Thailand and Thai culture.

Price: AUD $12.00

LONELY PLANET BANGKOK CITY GUIDE - 2006 Edition (Thailand)
This 2006 Edition isn't the latest edition but it's still a nifty planning tool and it's cheap.

Price: AUD $9.00

LONELY PLANET BANGKOK Joe Bindloss - Citiescape (Thailand)
A cute little (14x14cms) nifty gifty hardcover book of photos and lovely pieces about life in Bangkok.

Price: AUD $8.00

LONELY PLANET BEST OF BEIJING The Ultimate Pocket Guide and Map
A handy dandy city guide. Book is in good condition with light wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

LONELY PLANET HONG KONG CITIESCAPE Andrew Burke
A lovely little (14x14cms) hardcover book of photos and pieces about everyday life in Hongkers.

Price: AUD $8.00

LONELY PLANET INDONESIAN PHRASEBOOK With Two-Way Dictionary
A nifty pocked-sized Bahasia Indonesia phrasebook by Lonely Planet.

Price: AUD $9.00

LONELY PLANET JAPANESE PHRASEBOOK
A very handy pocket-size phrasebook with 2000-word two-way dictionary. Book is in very good condition, clean with little age and wear. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $9.00

LONELY PLANET PHUKET ENCOUNTER (Thailand) - 2008 1st Edition
LONELY PLANET PHUKET ENCOUNTER: a nifty pocket sized book of inspiration. This pared-down number is ideal for quick trips - it's less accommodation, more neighbourhood highlights and the best of local knowledge.

Price: AUD $8.00