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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $62, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSEA134)		  
Insight Guide Thailand  •  Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 432 PAGES
This handsome guide brings Thailand to life in hundreds of color photographs and vividly written essays by a team of experts. Panoramic in scope, the book takes us from the crowded streets of modern Bangkok to the beaches to the rural north. With some practical travel information and basic details about Thailand's major attractions. (TLD16, $23.99)		   Insight Guide Thailand
Art & Architecture of Cambodia  •  Helen Ibbitson Jessup
ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES
This compact, illustrated volume in the "World of Art" series focuses on the breathtaking Hindu and Buddhist temples of Cambodia and the Khmer civilization. Helen Ibbitson Jessup, curator of Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia, includes both well-known sites like Angkor Wat and Banteay Srei and lesser-known recent discoveries in the surrounding jungle. With 195 illustrations, 96 in color. (CBD41, $16.95)		   Art & Architecture of Cambodia
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)		   Angkor Map
Thailand Map  •  National Geographic Society
2011 •  MAP
A detailed relief map of Thailand , with index, at the scale of 1:1,1,300,000. Printed on tear-resistant, waterproof paper, this National Geographic Adventure Map uses the excellent World Mapping Project cartography. Two Sides. 20x31 inches. (TLD24, $11.95)		   Thailand Map



Also Recommended

A History of Cambodia  •  David Chandler   • HISTORY  •  An excellent, scholarly history from early civilization through the rise of Angkor, French colonial period, Vietnamization of Cambodia, Khmer Rouge and Coup de Force of 1997. (CBD27, $38.00)
 		  
A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia  •  J.M. Barwise  •  Nicholas J. White   • HISTORY • COMING IN MARCH  •  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)
 		  
Chang, A Drama of the Wilderness  •  Merian C. Cooper  •  Ernest B. Schoedsack   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A long-lost 1926 quasi-documentary of rural life, filmed on location in Thailand, by the team that later made King Kong. (TLD59, $29.95)
 		  
The Civilization of Angkor  •  Charles Higham   • HISTORY • COMING IN  •  A concise history of the origins, development and rise of the kingdom of Angkor by a leading archaeologist. It's an up-to-date, accessible overview of the civilization from prehistory through the fall of Angkor in 1431. (CBD26, $24.95)
 		  
What the Buddha Taught  •  Walpola Sri Rahula   • RELIGION  •  A classic account of Theravada Buddhism by a respected monk and scholar from Sri Lanka. Provides translations from original texts with explanations for Western readers. A good foundation for any visitor to Southeast Asia. (SEA41, $14.95)
 		  
Angkor Cities and Temples  •  Claude Jacques  •  Michael Freeman   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • COMING IN MARCH  •  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)
 		  
The Arts of Thailand  •  Steve Van Beek  •  Luca Invernizzi   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A beautifully illustrated and authoritative introduction to Thai art. Includes full-color photographs, a glossary, maps, and site plans. (TLD30, $39.95)
 		  
Aspects of the Embassy to Siam 1685  •  Chevalier de Chaumont  •  Abbe de Choisy  •  Michael Smithies  •  Jacques Dumaray   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The ambassador to Siam under Louis the XIV records the scandalous goings-on in the court of King Narai. With three short reports by the Abbe de Choisy, a gambling transvestite priest sent along to help convert the king to Christianity. (TLD62, $17.95)
 		  
Brother Number One, A Political Biography of Pol Pot  •  David Chandler   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The definitive history of the Pol Pot era by the author of the History of Cambodia. (CBD23, $43.75)
 		  
First They Killed My Father, A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers  •  Loung Ung   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An eye-opening eyewitness account of the atrocities suffered by millions of Cambodians from the perspective of a young girl who survived the reign of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. (CBD13, $13.99)
 		  
Phra Farang: An English Monk in Thailand  •  Phra Peter Pannapadipo   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Phra Peter Pannapadipo (AKA Peter Robinson) writes with candor and humor of his transformation from London businessman to novice Buddhist monk. (TLD60, $16.00)
 		  
When Broken Glass Floats, Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge  •  Chanrithy Him   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Chanrithy Him, who as a girl lost her parents and five siblings to the Khmer Rouge, explains that she wrote this moving account in an effort to "be worthy of the suffering" that she and her family endured. (CBD32, $15.95)
 		  
Letters from Thailand, A Novel  •  Botan  •  Susan Fulop Kepner   • LITERATURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A prize-winning novel, first published in 1969 and here newly translated into English. Taking the form of a series of letters back home to his mother, the novel follows the fate of Tan Suang U, a Chinese immigrant in Bangkok at the close of World War II, who marries, raises a family, and runs a successful business. The novel, among its many pleasures, depicts daily life in Bangkok's thriving Chinatown. (TLD45, $19.95)
 		  
Birds of Thailand  •  Craig Robson   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, comprehensive guide with 128 color plates by a team of illustrators. Robson is also the author of the authoritative Birds of Southeast Asia. (TLD41, $35.00)
 		  
 
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