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MORE THAN HALF THE SKY Leong Liew Geok - Creative Writings by Thirty Singaporean Women (Singapore)

This is the first comprehensive anthology of women's writing in English in Singapore.

Price: AUD $8.00

$MORNINGS IN JENIN Susan Abulhawa (Palestine \ Israel)$ See photos & details

MORNINGS IN JENIN Susan Abulhawa (Palestine \ Israel)

MORNINGS IN JENIN: a novel (fiction) about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, following generations of a Palestinian family removed from their ancestral home in Ein Hod, Israel, sent to a refugee camp.

Price: AUD $8.00

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MULTATULI Max Havelaar or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

A classic novel about Dutch Indonesian in the 1800s.

Price: AUD $10.00

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NEW GUINEA IMAGES IN AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE Edited by Nigel Krauth (Papua New Guinea)

The volume covers more than a century of writing by some of Australia's major prose writers and poets on their New Guinea experience. It traces the gradual process of cross-cultural understanding from the earliest works, which exhibit a total ignorance of New Guinea, to the latest, which shows the results of hard-won physical and psychological exploration.

Price: AUD $8.00

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ON BLACK HILL Bruce Chatwin (Wales)

ON BLACK HILL: a novel by legendary travel writer Bruce Chatwin set in rural Wales.

Price: AUD $8.00

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ON THE ROAD Jack Kerouac (USA)

ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac is the ultimate travel aphrodisiac.

Price: AUD $8.00

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ONE HUNDRED AND ONE WAYS Mako Yoshikawa - Japanese Geisha Novel

A hard to find novel (ficiton). According to Japanese culture, a geisha is taught one hundred and one ways to please a man. Kiki Takehashi is descended from a line of strong willed women. The granddaughter of a geisha, Kiki realises that she has to accept her family heritage before she can hope to understand her own tangled relationships.

Price: AUD $5.00

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OPIUM LORDS Amy McGrath - China 1832 - 42 - The Turbulent Birth of Hong Kong

Opium Lords is a rare and fascinating looking novel (fiction) based on the early colonial history of Hong Kong & China.

Price: AUD $15.00

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OUT Natsuo Kirino (Japan)

OUT: a gritty Japanese crime novel set in Tokyo.

Price: AUD $5.00

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PALACE OF THE PEACOCK by Wilson Harris

A scarce novel - 'the tale of a doomed crew beating their way up-river though the jungles of Guyana, first published in 1960.' Looks like a great read, book is good condition, clean with light wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $10.00

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PEKING PICNIC by Anne Bridge

A scarce novel set in China first published in 1932. This 1989 edition is in good condition with light reading wear and general age. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $6.00

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PHAIC TAN Sunstroke on a Shoestring by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch

One of my favourite books: a great spoof on lonely planet guides, based on an imaginary country in South East Asia. Book is in very good condition: clean with little reading wear and age. First page has some creases. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $6.00

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PRIVATE DANCER Stephen Leather (Thailand Farang / Bar Girl Novel)

PRIVATE DANCER: Stephen Leather's cult classic about an expat falling in love with a Thai bar girl, a fascinating read.

Price: AUD $10.00

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RAJ Gita Mehta (India)

RAJ: Gita Mehta's first novel describes the life of an Indian princess, Jaya Singh, brought up in Royal India in the 1920s, who becomes politically active and is torn between her loyalty to tradition and her admiration for Gandhi. Mehta is also the author of “Karma Cola”.

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RED POPPIES Alai - An Epic Novel of Old Tibet

RED POPPIES: A lively and cinematic twentieth-century epic novel, Red Poppies focuses on the extravagant and brutal reign of a clan of Tibetan warlords during the rise of Chinese Communism.

Price: AUD $9.00

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RING by Koji Suzuki

A popular Japanese novel (fiction).

Price: AUD $6.00

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S.E. ASIA WRITES BACK! Contemporary Writings of the Pacific Rim - Skoob Pacifica Anthology No 1

A scarce anthology of short stories and prose from South East Asia. This is a used book in good condition: pages are nice and clean; cover is clean with general age and light 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 $5.00

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SAN SOMBRERO A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups by Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch and Tom Gleisner.

This is the brilliant follow-up to Molvania and Phaic-Tan. It is a fake and funny travel guide lampooning travel books such as Lonely Planet as well as travellers and the travel scene. Highly recommended. This is a used book in good condition: clean with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition: enjoy!

Price: AUD $7.49

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SARAJEVO MARLBORO Miljenko Jergovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

SARAJEVO MARLBORO: A scarce novel of the Bosnian War.

Price: AUD $9.00

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SAYONARA BAR Susan Barker - Hostess Club Novel Set in Osaka - Japan

A scarce novel (fiction) set in Japan. Mary, a blond graduate from England, has drifted into a job in a hostess lounge in Osaka. She is employed by Mama-san to spend her evenings flirting with rich Japanese salarymen, playing games and taking turns in the karaoke booth. Mary is in love with Yuji, Mama-san's son. But Yuji's loyalty is to the petty Yakuza gangster for whom he works.

Price: AUD $6.00

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