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1421 Gavin Menzies - The Year China Discovered The World

In 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. But by the time they returned home, Zhu Di had lost control and China was turning inwards, leaving the records of their discoveries to be forgotten for centuries.

Price: AUD $12.00

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1434 Gavin Menzies - The Year A Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance

A popular history book. 'In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was also Chinese advances in science, art, and technology that formed the basis of the European Renaissance and our modern world.'

Price: AUD $12.00

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A COMPANY OF PLANTERS John Dodd - Confessions of a Colonial Rubber Planter in 1950s Malaysia

This looks like a most excellent read and it is quite hard to find.

Price: AUD $9.00

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A FORTUNE-TELLER TOLD ME Earthbound Travels in the Far East by Tiziano Terzani

A fun looking Asia travel memoir by an Asia correspondent covering Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia.

Price: AUD $5.00

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A LAND WITHOUT EVIL Stopping the genocide of Burma's Karen People by Benedict Rogers

A hard to find book on the plight of the Karen tribe. This is a used book in good, read condition: pages are clean and ageing lightly; light wear around the edges and corners. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages - the book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!

Price: AUD $10.00

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A LEAF IN THE BITTER WIND Ting-Xing Ye - A Memoir (China)

A LEAF IN THE BITTER WIND: Ting-Xing Ye's memoir of China during the cultural revolution.

Price: AUD $5.00

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A NOCTURNE AND OTHER MALAYAN STORIES AND SKETCHES Frank Swettenham - Selected and Introduced by William R Roff

This looks like a great read for anybody interested in life in Malaysia\British Malay around the turn of the last century. This book is quite rare and attracts prices of US$100-200 on the big book sites, ie Amazon and Abebooks. Our price is a nice price.

Price: AUD $30.00

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A PATCH OF PARADISE Gaia Grant - A woman's search for real life in Bali (Indonesia)

A PATCH OF PARADISE is popular and scarce Bali expat memoir. Gaia Grant is an Australian who built a life and a successful business in Bali.

Price: AUD $20.00

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A SEASON IN RED Kirsty Needham - My Great Leap Forward in China

The author's account of the wilder side of Beijing.

Price: AUD $8.00

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A SUPERFICIAL JOURNEY THROUGH TOKYO AND PEKING Peter Quennell - 1932 Classic Travel Book

First published in 1932, a Superficial Journey Through Tokyo and Peking is author Peter Quennell's account of his year spent in Japan, mostly Tokyo and Kyoto, and a visit to Peking, China.

Price: AUD $9.00

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A WALKING TOUR OF BANGKOK 9 exciting itineries to explore the city by G Byrne Bracken

Bangkok is a great city to walk around, I just go wandering for hours there. This is a nifty book of walks, a few years old but still full of great ideas. Book is in good condition with little reading wear, aging lightly. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $10.00

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A WAVERING GRACE Gavin Young - A Vietnamese Family in War and Peace (Vietnam)

A WAVERING GRACE: legendary travel writer Gavin Young's history of Madame Bong and her relatives, which reveals the realities of the Vietnam War.

Price: AUD $8.00

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ALL ELEVATIONS UNKOWN Sam Lightner Jr - An Adventure in the Heart of Borneo

Combining an edge-of-your-seat adventure story with a fascinating, little-known piece of World War II history, one of the world's most accomplished rock climbers recalls his ascent of a mountain in the heart of one of the Earth's last uncharted pockets.

Price: AUD $14.00

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ALL OVER THE MAP Morgan McFinn - Sojourns in Southeast Asia and Beyond (Worldwide)

ALL OVER THE MAP: a rare travel slacker's cult classic by the author of the beach bungalow bum book Out of The Loop.

Price: AUD $10.00

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ALL THE WRONG PLACES Adrift in the Politics of Asia by James Fenton

An offbeat looking travel book by a foreign correspondent. The book covers Vietnam, Kampuchea\Cambodia, The Philippines and Korea. This is a used book in good, aging condition: book shows light wear, pages are browning with age, cover shows light reading wear and has faded a bit with age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $6.00

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AMONG INSURGENTS Shelby Tucker - Walking Through Burma (Myanmar)

In AMONG INSURGENTS, author Shelby Tucker treks through the jungle hill country of northern Burma.

Price: AUD $8.00

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AMONG THE WHITE MOONFACES Memoirs of a Nonya Feminist by Shirley Geok-lin Lim

Malaysia. Very hard to find. Good condition with clean white pages. Mild reading wear to edges and corners. See photos for cover blurb and condition.

Price: AUD $9.00

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AN EMPIRE OF THE EAST Norman Lewis - Travels in Indonesia

AN EMPIRE OF THE EAST by Norman Lewis is a hard-to-find travel classic. Lewis travels from the northern tip of Sumatra all the way down to East Timor and the highlands of Irian Jaya.

Price: AUD $5.00

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AN ILLUSTRATED TO HOW TO BOOK ON KOREAN FOOD (Korea)

A fun, comic style pocket sized book on cooking Korean food, with tips on etiquette and food language. Government published.

Price: AUD $5.00

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ANGELS OF ACEH The Compelling Story of Operation Tsunami Assist by Sophie York

A memoir about an Australian medical team dealing with the aftermath of the Tsunami in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Book is in good condition, nice and clean with just a little wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00