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Daughter Of The River: An Autobiography
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of autobiographical literature, Daughter of the River chronicles the harrowing yet...
Ching Chong China Girl: From fruitshop to foreign correspondent
$10.00 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...
Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong
'Vivid, atmospheric, packed with brilliant story-telling' - Humphrey Hawksley, former BBC Beijing, Hong Kong and Asia Correspondent'[An] entertaining guide, rich in anecdote and understanding for an early globalised world that...
The Hong Kong Widow: The haunting gothic thriller
1953. Mei's 'gift' of speaking to ghosts is one that she has endeavoured to bury while fighting to survive as a refugee in post-war, post-revolution Hong Kong. When former silent...
Ching Chong China Girl (SIGNED)
$45.00 AUD
Author: Helene ChungBinding: SoftbackPublished: ABC Books, Sydney, 2008Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedChing Chong China Girl is a poignant exploration of identity and cultural heritage. Helene Chung shares...
Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong
'Vivid, atmospheric, packed with brilliant story-telling' - Humphrey Hawksley, former BBC Beijing, Hong Kong and Asia Correspondent'[An] entertaining guide, rich in anecdote and understanding for an early globalised world that...
Who is Afraid of Yin Jiulong?: Digging the Past to Design the Future
This illustrated book retraces the renowned and eclectic Chinese designer Yin Jiulong, featuring his prolific body of work spanning his twenty-year career. This is the first comprehensive monograph on Yin...
Fighting Stars: Stardom and Reception in Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema
Fighting Stars provides a rich and diverse account of the emergence and legacies of Hong Kong martial arts cinema stars. Tracing the meanings and influence of stars such as Bruce...
Zhang Hongtu: Expanding Visions of a Shrinking World
In this book, leading art experts, art historians, and critics review the life, career, and artistic development of New York based Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu. A pioneer in contemporary Chinese...
Zhang Hongtu: Expanding Visions of a Shrinking World
In this book, leading art experts, art historians, and critics review the life, career, and artistic development of New York based Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu. A pioneer in contemporary Chinese...
The Record Year 2: A Guide To The Year's Gramophone Records Including A Complete Guide To Long-Playing Records
$20.00 AUD
Author: Edward Sackville-West And Desmond Shawe-Taylor With Andrew PorterBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, London, 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe Record Year...
Bold Venture: The American Bombing of Japanese-Occupied Hong Kong, 1942-1945
$15.00 AUD
Author: Steven K Bailey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Bold Venture tells an important and riveting untold wartime story of the American airmen who flew combat missions over Hong...
Lion Attack!: I'm trying to be honest and I want you to know that
Lion Attack!is a startlingly original, ambitious work about a young man trying to navigate contemporary Australia and his own life. Part romance, part tragi-comedy, and part social critique, it is...
Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks
From Charlamagne Tha God, host of the morning radio phenomenon The Breakfast Club , and founder and CEO of iHeartRadio's Black Effect Podcast Network, a rundown on how small talk...
Stand Strong: You can overcome bullying (and other stuff that keeps
No bully can define who you are. With no arms, no legs and no defence, Nick Vujicic has been a bully's target and knows what it feels like to be...
Happy Healthy Strong: The secret to staying fit for life
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'It's a great place to start if you're set to get fighting fit' - New! Magazine 'This woman will change how you exercise forever' - YOU Magazine FEEL-GOOD FOOD AND...
The Fishmonger's Son: The expert guide to buying, preparing and
What is the best type of fish to use for a curry or stir-fry or to cook on the barbecue? What should we look for when buying fresh fillets at...
Own It!: Honouring and Amplifying Accountability
There's an epidemic of underperformance plaguing teams and organisations and it's caused by issues with accountability. Activity but no progress, meetings with no follow-up, confused responsibilities, impossible demands, missed milestones,...
The Lying Ape: An Honest Guide to a World of Deception
We tell an average of six lies a day, psychologists believe. So the next time you speak to someone, the chances are that you will be lied to. Or that...
Carrying on Under Fire and in Captivity: Stories from the Australian
Out of the darkest days of Australia's history comes the following stories, diary entries and reflections of over sixty medical men and women who, during the time of heavy fighting...
Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia
Another instalment in Louise Rennison's hilarious "Confessions of Georgia Nicolson" series.
Night Feeds and Morning Songs: Honest, fierce and beautiful poems
The perfect gift for Mother's Day! For those at any and all stages of motherhood.'I read every single poem and wished that I'd had this book when I was pregnant,...
Amulets and Talismans: Simple Techniques for Creating Meaningful
Making Jewelry with MeaningThe things you collect - the ticket stubs, the coins, the pieces of shell from a beach - hold meaning and significance, reminding you not only where...
Paying For Roads: The Economics Of Traffic Congestion
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the intersection of public policy and everyday life sits one of the most persistent and costly problems...
Sleeper 13: The first gripping, must-read beginning of the
Smuggled to the Middle East as a child. Trained as one of the most elite insurgents of his generation. Forced to do things no one should, for a cause he...
Destroying Mara Forever: Buddhist Ethics Essays in Honor of Damien Keown
Author: John PowersFormat: Paperback, 152mm x 229mm, 442g, 320 pagesPublished: Shambhala Publications Inc, United States, 2010A thought-provoking collection of essays on Buddhist ethics by some of the leading thinkers in...
Hooking Up with Mr Wrong
$10.00 AUD
College was supposed to be the start of something new ... and boy, was it! I saw my college experience in my head: studying for my dream job in one...
New Architecture in the Emerging World:Projects by Andrew Bromber:
This is a monograph on nearly a decade's worth of work by Andrew Bromberg, chief designer at the worlds largest privately owned architecture firm, AEDAS. Bromberg has become one of...
Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying
This work features stories including: "Death of an Old Man", "An African story", "A Piece of Cake", "Madame Rosette", "Katina", "Yesterday was Beautiful", "They Shall not Grow", "Beware of the...
Tibetan Relaxation: Kum Nye Massage and Movement - A Yoga for Healing
Discover the first illustrated guide to the yogic practice of Kum Nye by Lama Tarthang Tulka encompassing breathing techniques, massage and stretching exercises. The book covers more than 70 Tibetan...
Not Quite Men, No Longer Boys
Kenny was barely nineteen years old, a wide-eyed Aboriginal kid from the bush, when he left Australia for a tour of duty in Vietnam. From the fleshpots of Saigon to...
Asian Design Destinations
Luxury resorts on stilts, a bar that looks like a UFO on the streets of Bangkok, and an underground museum. What do these places have in common? They are establishing...
Hubert Who?
How can a man who achieved so much be so little remembered? Explorer, pioneer aviator, war photographer, naturalist, meteorologist, author, student of the paranormal, and secret agent; loyal lieutenant to...
Strike Eagle: Flying the F-15E in the Gulf War
The time - January 1991. The place - the skies over Baghdad. Around the world, people are glued to their TV screens as, for the first time in history, CNN...
Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
As with his previous book, "Round Ireland With a Fridge", this book is the result of an strange bet with comedian Arthur Smith. This time, Hawks bets he can find...