India & Subcontinent

India & Subcontinent
Used travel books including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and surrounds.

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A FIELD GUIDE TO INDIAN MAMMALS by Vivek Menon
A rare book for animal spotters in good condition: nice and clean with just a little reading wear. First page has clipped corner to remover former owners name. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $15.00

A GLIMPSE OF ETERNAL SNOWS Jane Wilson-Howarth - A Family's Journey of Love and Loss in Nepal
When Jane Wilson-Howarth's son, David, was diagnosed with serious medical problems, the family faced the tough decision of whether to stay in England, or return to their home at the time, in remote Nepal. This is a moving story of this mother's determination to give her child the best possible chance of enjoying life.

Price: AUD $10.00

A PAKISTANI HOUSE HUSBAND David Vee Rodden - The Beauty and the Chaos
A Pakistani House Husband is Australian author David Vee Rodden's account of his time living as a kept man in Islamabad as his wife works, and their travels all over Pakistan. This book is very hard to find.

Price: AUD $20.00

AFTERNOON RAAG by Amit Chaudhauri
A novel based in contemporary India. Book is in good conditon with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample page and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $7.00

AN INDIAN ATTACHMENT Sarah Lloyd (India)
AN INDIAN ATTACHMENT: Sarah Lloyd spent two years in India with a young Sikh in a remote Punjab village then in the primitive community of a 'holy man'.

Price: AUD $8.00

BALHAM TO BOLLYWOOD Chris England (India)
BALHAM TO BOLLYWOOD is Chris England's account of an acting\cricketing jaunt to a little known part of India, looks like a fun read.

Price: AUD $10.00

BEYOND THE SKY AND THE EARTH A Journey Into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa
A scarce Bhutan travel memoir. This is a used travel book in very good condition: nice and clean with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). 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 $8.00

BOLLYWOOD BOY by Justine Hardy
This looks like a great read for anyone into India and Bollywood films. This is a used book in good condition with light reading wear and age; name inscription on first page; covered with 'contact' plastic. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages - the book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!

Price: AUD $6.00

BOWLING THROUGH INDIA Justin Brown - Five Kiwi Blokes Take on India at Cricket
Bowling Through India looks like a great read, even if you don't like cricket. Five blokes play cricket anywhere they can as they travel India. Nicely presented with lots of great colour photos.

Price: AUD $14.00

BROKEN BANGLES Hanifa Deen (Bangladesh Pakistan)
BROKEN BANGLES: Hanifa Deen travelled through Bangladesh and Pakistan, meeting and talking to Muslim women. She focuses on a young Bangladesh woman who was brutally raped and murdered. Her inside view into the uproar resulting from this murder make this work part detective story and part armchair travel.

Price: AUD $8.00

BUTTER CHICKEN IN LUDHIANA Travels in Small Town India by Pankaj Mishra
This looks like a great India travel memoir, it's quite hard to find too.

Price: AUD $8.00

CAVE IN THE SNOW Vicki Mackenzie - A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment
Diane Perry converted to Buddhism and secluded herself in a remote cave in India for twelve years on intense meditation.

Price: AUD $9.00

CHOMOLUNGMA SINGS THE BLUES Travels round Everest by Ed Douglas
A scarce travel book on the effects of tourism in the Everest region. This is used book in good, used condition: pages are clean and tanning with age; cover is clean with light edge wear. 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 $8.00

CITY OF JOY An epic journey into the soul of humanity by Dominique Lapierres
A novel based in Calcutta, India, later made into the Patrick Swayze film. Book is in good, read condition. Pages are clean and aging lightly. Cover shows some wear and general age. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

CULTURE SHOCK PAKISTAN Karin Mittman & Zafar Ihsan
A hard to find Pakistan culture guide from the very popular Culture Shock series.

Price: AUD $9.00

DARK SHADOWS FALLING Joe Simpson (Mountaineering \ Nepal)
DARK SHADOWS FALLING: in 1992, a climber was left to die by other climbers on Mount Everest, which horrified Joe Simpson who was himself left for dead in Peru in 1985.

Price: AUD $8.00

DASTGAH Mark Mordue - Diary of a Headtrip (Worlwide)
DASTGAH: a cult classic travel book. Mordue invites readers to journey with him from a Rolling Stones concert in Istanbul to conversations with mullahs and junkies in Tehran, as well as many points in between. Mordue chronicles his year long global trip with his girlfriend, Lisa Nicol, exploring countries many Westerners never see and addressing issues of world citizenship in the 21st century.

Price: AUD $10.00

DAUGHTERS OF SHAME Jasvinder Sanghera (India/Pakistan)
DAUGHTERS OF SHAME: Jasvinder Sanghera exposes the plight of women in forced marriages, telling their harrowing and moving stories.

Price: AUD $8.00

DEVI THE BANDIT QUEEN Richard Shears & Isobelle Gidley (India True Crime Biography)
DEVI THE BANDIT QUEEN: Phoolan Devie - Goddess of Flowers - was tortured and raped for 23 days then seeked revenge resulting in a massacre on St Valentines day with the death of twenty villages. Devi went on the run, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.

Price: AUD $9.00

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