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Riding The Trains In Japan: Travels In The Sacred And Supermodern East
Patrick Holland

$29.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

Arriving late in Kyoto Patrick Holland cannot find a room for the night. Homeless and disorientated and in a place where loitering is not encouraged his only solution is to ride the trains. The train journey is the start... Buy or find out more 


Shanti Bloody Shanti: An Indian Odyssey
Aaron Smith

$25.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

Fleeing his shady Australian past, Aaron Smith travels to India and encounters a murder mystery, witnesses the tragic death of a friend, dodges terrorist attacks and a revolution and befriends a colourful cast of fellow ... Buy or find out more 



Waiting For A Wide Horse Sky
Elaine Kennedy

$29.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

One woman’s unexpected story from South Korea. An exhilarating true tale of friendship, danger, and the possibility of new beginnings.

The plight of migrant factory workers in South Korea leads Katoomba-based author El... Buy or find out more 


The Mary Smokes Boys
Patrick Holland

$24.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

Grey’s mother dies giving birth to his sister Irene and the tragedy haunts his life in the small town of Mary Smokes. Grey prays that his mother will be returned to him in some form, so he might protect her from the worl... Buy or find out more 



Small Indiscretions: Stories Of Travel In Asia
Felicity Castagna

$29.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

A traveller becomes a Monroe impersonator in the casinos of Macau. An obsessive son of Australians living in Jakarta confronts his strange rituals. A young woman is trapped in the boredom of her father’s ministry in exot... Buy or find out more 


The Comfort Of Water: A River Pilgrimage
Maya Ward

$32.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

‘In these darkening times, we can sense the stories we most need: stories of our country and the power that it holds. Very few books deal with such things. This is one.’ Nicolas Rothwell

This is the joyful yet heartb... Buy or find out more 



Single White Female In Hanoi
Carolyn Shine

$29.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

Sydney-based musician Carolyn Shine moves to Hanoi virtually on a whim, expecting to find romance and available culture. She's in for some big surprises. Funny, warm and engaging, her travel memoir introduces us to a cas... Buy or find out more 


Tales From The Cancer Ward
Paul Cox

$29.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

To be vulnerable is to live. In Tales from the Cancer Ward renowned filmmaker Paul Cox celebrates the beauty and fragility of life. The unexpected message of illness that he is delivered leaves him feeling utterly alone ... Buy or find out more 



I Hate Martin Amis Et Al
Peter Barry

$29.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

It is 1995. Milan Zorec, an aspiring yet rejected novelist, travels from England to Bosnia to join the Serbian forces as a sniper in Sarajevo, in the final months of the longest siege in history. Hes determined to find a... Buy or find out more 


The English Class
Ouyang Yu

$32.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

'an utterly authentic story which deepens our understanding of both Chinese and Australian culture, an epic journey across languages and cultures, recounted with all Ouyang Yu’s compelling honesty and passion.’ Alex Mill... Buy or find out more 



Iran: My Grandfather
Ali Alizadeh

$29.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

A vanished, tattered black and white photograph, taken in Tehran in 1946. The image of a sombre and inscrutable middle-aged man called Salman Fuladvand, a lieutenant and controversial police chief under Iran’s second las... Buy or find out more 


The Well In The Shadow: A Writer's Journey Through Australian Literature
Chester Eagle

$29.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

Award-winning Australian author Chester Eagle journeys through Australian literature offering engaging essays on the works of writers including Miles Franklin, Patrick White, George Johnston, Beverley Farmer, Helen Garne... Buy or find out more 



Lemniscate
Gaynor McGrath

$29.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

One woman’s adventurous search for love, meaning and connection.

In the ‘70s travel scenes of Afghanistan, India and Thailand, Elsie discovers adventure, friendship and freedom. After three years she returns to her wel... Buy or find out more 


The History Of The Great War
Peter McConnell

$5.00 – Hardcover book / Transit Lounge

It is 1914 and Bairnsdale, Australia, is filled with the news of a war in far off places. Ida Hallam, a young shop assistant, has fallen in love with Ralph Mitton a land surveyor, but Ralph is caught up in the romance an... Buy or find out more 



Vinyl Inside
Rachel Matthews

$29.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

You’re destined to fall in love with this quirky, bittersweet story of Elsie and Sterling and caravan park life in the ‘80s.

What happens when the daughter you thought you would never see again turns up twenty years ... Buy or find out more 


India Vik
Liz Gallois

$29.95 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

"Unlike many who write of India, Liz Gallois is not interested in nostalgia, even if some of her characters suffer from that condition. The India she offers us in India Vik speaks in many voices, is acutely observed and ... Buy or find out more 



The New Angel
Ali Alizadeh

$0.00 – Paperback book /

The New Angel is the moving story of Bahram and Fereshteh (Persian for 'angel') growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the Iran- Iraq war. At its centre this is a love story between two adolescents at odds ... Buy or find out more 


Tarab: Travels With My Guitar
Carl Cleves

$0.00 – Paperback book / Transit Lounge

From the Sudan to Northern New South Wales, Tarab is an epic, mesmerizing tale of high adventure and the search for meaning. Carl Cleves escapes national service in Belgium to live in South Africa at the height of the Ap... Buy or find out more 



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