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Things: A Story of the Sixties with A Man Asleep
Two brilliant, witty and subversive stories from the modern master - cult classics for the 60s generation Things- A Story of the Sixties is the story of a young couple...
Wok On: Deliciously balanced Asian meals in 30 minutes or less
Winner for the UK in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2020 in the Easy Recipes category. 'As always, Ching's recipes are not only deliciously healthy but easy enough for anyone...
Goodbye, Things: On Minimalist Living
The best-selling phenomenon from Japan that shows how living with the bare minimum leads to a happier life 'Throw it away now. It'll be your start of everything...' Fumio Sasaki...
The God of Small Things: Winner of the Booker Prize
Author: Arundhati Roy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 The Asian literary phenomenon of the 90s. More magical than Mistry, more of a rollicking good read than Rushdie,...
These Foolish Things: A Memoir
Few people can say they have shaped the cultural landscape of the last four decades while crossing paths with some of the most extraordinary personalities on the planet. But then,...
Things a Map Won't Show You: Stories from Australia and Beyond
Sometimes funny, sometimes dramatic, always compelling, this collection featuring both established writers and emerging talent will broaden your horizons and excite your imagination. An unforgettable collection of short fiction, poetry...
My Thirty-Three Years' Dream: The Autobiography Of Miyazaki Tōten
$50.00 AUD
Author: Miyazaki TōtenBinding: HardbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ discoloured with some markings. Light denting to spine of board (cloth). Pages yellowing...
First Things Last (SIGNED)
$250.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: DJ: faded, in mylar. From one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes First Things Last, a poetry...
Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia
$10.00 AUD
An insightful and comprehensive look at Asia on the rise-a "masterful job of describing Asia's anguish and ambition" ( The Washington Post Book World ) - f rom the Pulitzer...
Secondhand Asian & Pacific History Bargain Book Box SP2972
$110.00 AUD
Secondhand Asian & Pacific History Bargain Book Box SP2972 Fifteen books on the history and politics of Japan, China, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia — drawing on scholarship from Melbourne...
The Nothing
Author: Hanif Kureishi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 One night, when I am old, sick, right out of semen, and don't need things to get any worse, I hear...
Things That Matter
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageUnknown
The Truth of Things (2) - Pike
Family bonds are tested when a fishing expedition nosedives into near tragedy in this second Truth of Things novella from Carnegie Medal winner Anthony McGowan. When Nicky spots a glint...
Egyptian Things: Translating Egypt to Early Imperial Rome
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more . After the deaths of Antony...
In Pursuit Of Contemporary East Asian Culture
$55.00 AUD
Author: Tang, Xiaobing; Snyder, SteveBinding: HardbackPublished: Westview Press, 1996Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the dynamic and evolving cultural landscape of East Asia, focusing on...
The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
Author: James M. Zimmerman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 In May 1923, when Shanghai publisher and reporter John Benjamin Powell bought a first-class ticket for the Peking Express, he...
I'll Bake!: Something delicious for every occasion
Author: Liberty Mendez Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 There are moments in life when only cake will do. In I'll Bake!, classically trained pastry chef Liberty Mendez shares the...
Taman Indera Malay Decorative Arts and Pastimes
$60.00 AUD
Author: Mubin SheppardBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the rich and diverse decorative arts and pastimes of the Malay culture,...
The Yellow Lady: Australian Impressions of Asia
$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Treasures Of Asia: Chinese Painting
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the lyrical ink-washed landscapes of the Song dynasty to the bold, expressive brushwork of the Ming masters, Treasures of Asia: Chinese Painting presents a...
The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Truth of Things (4) - Lark
Nature's fury tests a brother's courage and a dog's loyalty in this Carnegie Medal winning ending to the story of the beloved brothers of the Truth of Things series. WINNER...
Dumplings and Noodles: Bao, Gyoza, Biang Biang, Ramen - and Everything in Between
Author: Pippa Middlehurst Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Dumplings and Noodles takes the traditional techniques for homemade dough and hand rolling and makes them relevant to modern home cooks,...
Soviet Policies In China: 1917-1924
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Previous owner annotations / underlining. At the dawn of the Soviet era, the Bolshevik revolution sent shockwaves far beyond...
Behind the Myth: Business, Money and Power in South East Asia
Twenty years of headlong economic growth made the free marketeering Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) the world's fastest growing region from the 1960s to the 1980s. However, the...
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Author: Hans Rosling Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 *the #1 Sunday Times bestseller * instant New York Times bestseller * an Observer 'best brainy book of the decade' *...
Across Twentieth Parallel: A Narrative Study Of The Countries Of South-east Asia And Australia (SIGNED)
$40.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description...
The Nothing
$12.00 AUD
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The Matter of Everything: Twelve Experiments that Changed Our World
The astonishing story of twentieth-century physics, told through the twelve experiments that changed our world A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: NEW SCIENTIST * WATERSTONES * SUNDAY TIMES 'A...
The Everything Pressure Cooker Cookbook
Pressure cookers will boost flavor and cut cooking time a whopping 70 percent - but only if you know how to use them. In this cookbook, author Pamela Rice Hahn...
Genealogy In A Changing Society: Proceedings Of The First Australasian Congress On Genealogy And Heraldry
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark gathering of minds converged in Melbourne at Easter 1977 to shape the future of...
Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and
Gold Medal Winner--Tops Sales World's Best Sales and Marketing Book "Fast, fun and immensely practical." -JOE SULLIVAN, Founder, Flextronics "Move over Neil Strauss and game theory. Pitch Anything reveals the...
A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took
What is space? What is time? Where did the universe come from? The answers to mankind's most enduring questions may lie in science's greatest enigma: black holes. A black hole...
The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence In All Things
$15.00 AUD
Author: Leighton FordBinding: HardbackPublisher: IVP Books, 2008Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis profound spiritual guide, The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence In All Things, presents a...
An Answer for Everything: 200 Infographics to Explain the World
What's the best book ever written? What would happen if we all stopped eating meat? What's the secret to living past 110? And what actually is the best thing since...
Something Nasty in the Slushpile
Most publishers keep a "slushpile" - the stack of unsolicited manuscripts which contains a large percentage of preposterous or frightening book proposals, which might just conceal that one jewel of...
Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China
"Astonishing...Brings to life a thriving - and rather civilized - empire" - The Telegraph "sparkles with energy, insight and passion... difficult to put down." Nicholas Morton, BBC History Magazine Control...
Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
A FINANCIAL TIMES HIGHLIGHT FOR 2026 'The most important reappraisal of modern China to appear in years' PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed From renowned,...
A Year Amongst the Persians: Impressions as to the Life, Character and
The book titled A Year Amongst the Persians: Impressions as to the Life, Character and by the author Edward Granville Browne. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...
India: A Short History
India has had many histories. To pilgrims from ancient China, India was the birthplace of the Buddha; to Alexander the Great it was a land of clever naked philosophers and...
Almost Nothing Happened
Paris. August. One long summer of nothing. 48 hours of everything. From the inimitable Meg Rosoff comes a chaotic and irresistible new YA. 17-year-old Callum is facing an unfortunate truth:...
Clothing and Landscape in Victorian England: Working-Class Dress and Rural Life
Author: Rachel WorthFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 256 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2018In the context of this rapidly changing world, Rachel Worth explores the ways in which the...