Secret Women's Business

Secret Women's Business
Travel books for ladies.

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700 DAYS IN EL SALVADOR Michele Gierk - An Australian Woman's Unexpected Journey from Suburbia to Guerilla War
700 Days in El Salvador is very hard to find and looks like compelling reading for anybody into Central America.

Price: AUD $15.00

A GIRL'S OWN ADVENTURE Jacqueline Tomlins - Across Africa Any Way Any How
A GIRL'S OWN ADVENTURE is an Africa travelogue by two thirty-something gals. This book is very popular, we've sold quite a few copies.

Price: AUD $8.00

A LADY'S VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD Ida Pfeiffer
A LADY'S VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD: a classic travel memoir originally published in 1851. This book is very hard to find.

Price: AUD $8.00

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

A SHOPPER'S GUIDE TO PARIS FASHION Alicia Drake
This 1997 guide is out of date but still a handy resource for trip planning and it's cheap!

Price: AUD $5.00

A THOUSAND COLOURED DREAMS Josephine Abaijah - The Story of a Young Girl Growing Up in Papua (Papua New Guinea - PNG)
A THOUSAND COLOURED DREAMS is Josephine Abaijah's dramatised memoir. Josphine was the first woman Papua New Guinea House of Assembly and founder/leader of Papua Besena which seeked Papuan independance from New Guinea.

Price: AUD $15.00

A WOMAN UNKNOWN Voices from a Spanish Life by Lucia Graves
The author grew up in Majorca, looks like an interesting read for anybody into Spain. This is a used book in good condition: cover is clean with light wear and creasing; pages are clean and tanning at the edges with age. 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

ALMOST FRENCH A New life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull (France)
ALMOST FRENCH: Sarah Turnbull's most popular France travel memoir, our best selling travel book.

Price: AUD $5.00

ALONG THE INCA ROAD Karin Muller - A Woman's Journey Into An Ancient Empire (South America)
In Along the Inca Road Karin Muller chronicles her eventful journey along the Inca Road's more than 3,000 mile length.

Price: AUD $8.00

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

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

AUNG SAN SUU KYI THE VOICE OF HOPE Conversations with Alan Clements (Burma \ Myanmar)
AUNG SAN SUU KYI has suffered constant harrassment and abuse from the Burmese authorities, but she is still determined to continue her struggle for human rights and democracy. This is a collection of 12 interviews conducted by American journalist and former Buddhist monk, Alan Clements.

Price: AUD $8.00

BAD GIRLS OF JAPAN edited by Laura Miller and Jan Bardsley
BAD GIRLS OF JAPAN: a scarce book on Japanese culture. Book has some faults condition-wise but it's rare and cheap.

Price: AUD $8.00

BEHIND THE VEIL Lydia Laube - An Australian Nurse in Saudi Arabia
BEHIND THE VEIL: Lydia Laube's classic Saudi Arabia travelogue.

Price: AUD $8.00

BELLA TUSCANY The Sweet Life in Italy by Frances Mayes
An uber popular travel memoir. This is a used travel book in very good condition: nice and clean with little wear; pages tanning with age. 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

BITE OF THE MANGO Mariatu Kamara with Susan McClelland - An Astounding True Story of Courage, Resilience and Hope
The civil war in Sierra Leone took a brutal toll on young Mariatu Kamara. Heavily armed soldiers attacked her village, torturing her brutally and killing many of the people she loved. During this senseless violence, they cut off both her hands. This is the incredible true story of her courage, resilience and journey of recovery.

Price: AUD $8.00

BOUND FOR VIETNAM Lydia Laude - An Intrepid Traveller's Tale (China & Vietnam)
BOUND FOR VIETNAM covers cult travel author Lydia Laude's journey from South China to Vietnam.

Price: AUD $10.00

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

CAT CHAT Helene Thornton - A Love Affair with Cats and France
CAT CHAT: author Helene Thornton moves to a small village in Provence and finds love and Bebe the pussycat.

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