The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum

Title: The Bourne Ultimatum
Author: Robert Ludlum
Type: Fiction
ISBN:
Published: 1990
Comments: I loved the movies and couldn't wait for the third one to be made so I read the book! A bit confusing for a start given that characters in the book had been killed off in the movies, but I thoroughly enjoyed it! Well worth the read if you like spy/covert operation books.

Hokkaido Highway Blues by Will Ferguson

Title: Hokkaido Highway Blues - Hitchhiking Japan
Author: Will Ferguson
Type: Non-fiction
ISBN: 1 84195 288 5
Published: 1998
Comments: An amusing book about hitchhiking the length of Japan (people don't hitchhike in Japan), Canadian Will Ferguson writes well and some of his stories had me laughing out loud. If you've ever traveled to (or intend to) Japan then you'll enjoy this book.

1421 by Gavin Menzies

Title: 1421 - The Year China Discovered The World
Author: Gavin Menzies
Type: Non-fiction
ISBN:0-553-81522-9
Published: 2002
Comments: OMG!! This book is amazing, would just about have to be the fastest I've read a non-fiction book ever! The evidence that GM presents (in such a readable manner) is over whelming. Europeans weren't the first to find a large number of countries they supposedly did... read it to find out more!

Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex

Title: Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex
Author: Nathaniel Philbrick
Type: Non-Fiction
ISBN: 039923795X
Published: 2002
Comments: What a read! Thoroughly engrossing, read this on the flight from Shanghai to Singapore. Awesome. I had little idea about what went on on a whaling ship (strangely enough) but now I do. I know about Nantucket off the coast of mainland America and how to survive by eating ones friends (not recommended!).

It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong

Title: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Author: Lance Armstrong
Type: Non-Fiction
ISBN: 0425179613
Published:
Comments: A really good book! A blow by blow account of how Lance beat cancer and his critics to stage a cycling comeback and win the Tour de France. Loved it. Finished reading this on a flight from Shanghai to Singapore.

Pieces of Blue by Kerry McGinnis

Title: Pieces of Blue
Author: Kerry McGinnis
Type: Non-Fiction
ISBN: 0140295305
Published: 2000
Comments: Read some of this on the flight from Tokyo to Shanghai and the rest while I stayed in Shanghai.

The Infiltrators by Philip Etienne

Title: The Infiltrators: The First Inside Account of Life Deep Undercover with Scotland Yard's Most Secret Unit
Author: Philip Etienne, Martin Maynard, Tony Thompson
Type: Non Fiction
ISBN: ?
Published: ?
Comments: Quite an interesting read, not my usual genre choice but when you have limited English reading material when in a foreign country you try these things.

The Power That Preserves by Stephen Donaldson

Title: The Power That Preserves
Author: Stephen Donaldson
Type: Fiction
ISBN: ?
Published: ?
Comments: A great read from my youth, I purchased a secondhand copy of this in New Zealand and read it on my second trip on the Shinkasen (Bullettrain) from Tokyo to Osaka and back. I then released it into the wild at the East West Bakery & Cafe in Shanghai, China. See www.bookcrossing.com for details.

The Illearth War by Stephen Donaldson

Title: The Illearth War
Author: Stephen Donaldson
Type: Fiction
ISBN: ?
Published: ?
Comments: A great read from my youth, I purchased a secondhand copy of this in New Zealand and read it on a trip on the Shinkasen (Bullettrain) from Tokyo to Osaka and back. I then released it into the wild at the East West Bakery & Cafe in Shanghai, China. See www.bookcrossing.com for details.

Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen Donaldson

Title: Lord Foul's Bane
Author: Stephen Donaldson
Type: Fiction
ISBN: ?
Published: ?
Comments: A great read from my youth, I purchased a secondhand copy of this and read it on the flight from New Zealand to Japan. I then released it into the wild at the East West Bakery in Shanghai, China. See www.bookcrossing.com for details.