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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Eyewitness Guide Vietnam and Angkor Wat
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 312 PAGES
Featuring innovative site diagrams, local maps and hundreds of color photographs, this handy companion introduces the culture, history and attractions of Vietnam. With a chapter on Angkor.
(VNM102, $25.00) |
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The Eaves of Heaven, A Life in Three Wars
• Andrew X. Pham
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2009 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
Pham recounts the story of his father's life during the French occupation, Japanese invasion and the American War, weaving such momentous events with anecdotes from his childhood and details of family, friends, food and daily life.
(VNM120, $16.00) |
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Vietnam, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• John Balaban
• Nguyen Qui Duc
ANTHOLOGY •
1996 •
PAPER
• 239 PAGES
From rain forest and rural countryside to the cities, these 17 stories from Vietnam's finest writers explore Vietnam's landscapes, myths and changing traditions.
(VNM04, $14.95) |
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Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Map
• Nelles
2010 •
MAP
A convenient, double-sided map of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam at a scale of 1:1,500,000, with city maps of Hanoi, Vientiane, Ho Chi Minh City, Luang Prabang, and Phnom Penh. Includes the eastern portion of Thailand and Bangkok.
(SEA75, $13.95) |
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Angkor Map
• Dawn Rooney
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
A site plan and pocket guide to Angkor, this folded map, at a scale of 1:40,000, includes inset photographs of major buildings, monuments and carvings. Banteay Sriei, and the temple of Angkor Wat, the Banyon and surroundings are shown at a scale of 1:15,000 on the reverse. With photographs and temple descriptions, it covers 22 key sites in all. With a map of Siem Reap.
(CBD16, $12.95) |
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Also Recommended
Lonely Planet Vietnamese Phrasebook
• Nguyen Xuanthu
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A handy palm-sized guide to pronunciation, grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler.
(VNM20, $8.99)
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Odyssey Guide Angkor
• Dawn Rooney
• GUIDEBOOK
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The sixth edition of Rooney's indispensable guide to Khmer culture and history. Includes monuments, temple plans, color photographs and practical information about Siem Reap.
(CBD05, $27.95)
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A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia
• J.M. Barwise
• Nicholas J. White
• HISTORY
• COMING IN JUNE
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A compact history of the region, including the Khmer and the various ancient kingdoms that produced Borobudur, Angkor and other architectural marvels.
(SEA36, $14.95)
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Angkor and the Khmer Civilization
• Michael Coe
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This illustrated survey of the society, culture and monuments of the Khmer civilization includes 130 well-integrated engravings, maps, tables, site plans and photographs.
(CBD39, $24.95)
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Fire in the Lake
• Frances FitzGerald
• HISTORY
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A classic historical, political and cultural portrait of a nation at war, this powerful book won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. FitzGerald, a staff writer at the New Yorker and a reporter in Vietnam, presents a vivid image of a revolution.
(VNM12, $18.99)
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Khmer, The Lost Empire of Cambodia
• Thierry Zephir
• HISTORY
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Stunningly compact, this profusely illustrated history of the Khmer, its art, architecture and archaeology, is a splendid introduction to monuments of Angkor.
(CBD12, $15.95)
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Shadows and Wind
• Robert Templer
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A British journalist based in Vietnam, Templer cuts through myth and legend to offer a lively, opinionated portrait of contemporary Vietnam.
(VNM43, $17.00)
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Understanding Vietnam
• Neil Jamieson
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Jamieson's ambitious primer addresses politics, social history, village life, structural renewal, literature and the arts, illuminating the Vietnamese worldview with insight and depth. It's a terrific introduction to Vietnam.
(VNM01, $27.95)
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Vietnam, Rising Dragon
• Bill Hayton
• HISTORY
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The veteran BBC newsman covers the tangled politics, rapidly changing economy, culture, history and people of Vietnam with great insight in this timely portrait of a nation in transition.
(VNM134, $22.00)
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Zen Keys, A Guide to Zen Practice
• Thich Nhat Hanh
• RELIGION
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An overview of Zen Buddhism as practiced in Vietnam, including 43 koans from the 13th century Vietnamese master, Tran Thai Tong, and an opening chapter on daily life in a Zen monastery. Originally published in 1974.
(VNM72, $14.95)
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Angkor Cities and Temples
• Claude Jacques
• Michael Freeman
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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One of the nicest books of its kind, this is a gorgeous, oversized portrait of the monuments, temples and exquisite sculptures of Angkor. Claude Jacques, who directed much of the site excavation, writes with authority about individual temples, inscriptions and Khmer culture.
(CBD18, $80.00)
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Temples of Cambodia, The Heart of Angkor
• Helen Ibbitson Jessup
• Barry Brukoff
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Jessup (Art and Architecture of Cambodia) provides the accompanying essays to this oversized portfolio of dazzling color images by Barry Brukoff, who has been photographing the monuments of Cambodia since 1963.
(CBD73, $65.00)
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A Dragon Apparent, Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
• Norman Lewis
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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A classic account of travels and adventure during the last years of French Indochina, strong on atmosphere and including wonderfully detailed descriptions of local cultures and archaeological treasures. First published in 1951.
(SEA40, $33.95)
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Dispatches
• Michael Herr
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Robert Stone introduces this Everyman's Library edition of Herr's impressionistic, troubling memoir of his time as a war correspondent in Vietnam, called by the New York Times the best book yet to be written about the war.
(VNM03, $24.00)
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The Gods Drink Whiskey
• Stephen T. Asma
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Asma writes with verve and wit in this eye-opening account of his yearlong stint teaching at the Buddhist Institute in Phnom Penh. His account is both an overview of Theravada Buddhism and a down-to-earth portrait of contemporary Cambodia.
(CBD46, $14.99)
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The River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong
• Edward Gargan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A personal, probing chronicle of a 3,000 mile journey on the river from its source in China through Tibet, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.
(SEA33, $15.95)
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The Sacred Willow, Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family
• Duong Van Mai Elliott
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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This vivid family saga, beginning with the author's great-grandfather, captures the life and momentous history of Vietnam over the last 100 years.
(VNM39, $24.99)
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The Quiet American
• Graham Greene
• LITERATURE
• FAVORITE
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A classic, this is the most famous Western work of fiction on Vietnam. Greene writes of a love triangle between a war correspondent, his Vietnamese consort and an optimistic young American during the last days of French rule.
(VNM08, $16.00)
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Vietnam: A Natural History
• Eleanor J. Sterling
• Martha Maud Hurley
• Le Duc Minh
• Joyce Ann Powzyk
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A serious, thorough study of habitats, wildlife, human influence and conservation in Vietnam, featuring a handful of color photographs
(VNM85, $22.00)
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Birds of Southeast Asia
• Craig Robson
• FIELD GUIDE
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This authoritative, masterfully illustrated guide, featuring 140 color plates covering 1,270 species throughout the region, also includes Malaysia, Burma, Borneo and Indonesia.
(SEA49, $35.00)
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