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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $100, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSEA171)
 
Moon Handbook Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos  •  Michael Buckley
GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 730 PAGES
A great resource for the independent traveler, this guidebook, mostly focused on Vietnam, features a thorough introduction to the land, history and culture, as well as astonishing practical detail on getting around, where to go and where to stay. It has a few unobtrusive color plates, as well as a small fold-out map on the inside back cover. (SEA09, $21.95)
  Moon Handbook Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia  •  J.M. Barwise  •  Nicholas J. White
HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
A compact history of the region, including the Khmer and other ancient kingdoms that produced Borobudur, Angkor and other architectural marvels. The authors include the history of diverse nations from Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia, to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. (SEA36, $14.95)
  A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia
Odyssey Guide Angkor  •  Dawn Rooney
GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 488 PAGES
An indispensable guidebook, encompassing Khmer culture and history; detailed descriptions of the monuments; and practical information about Siem Reap. With temple plans and photographs. This edition includes 10 new temple sites and an additional 180 pages of new information with 86 new photographs along with updated practical details. (CBD05, $27.95)
  Odyssey Guide Angkor
A Dragon Apparent, Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam  •  Norman Lewis
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2003 •  PAPER  • 358 PAGES • FAVORITE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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. Originally published in 1951, this was the first title by John Hatt and the estimable Eland books. (SEA40, $33.95)
  A Dragon Apparent, Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Map  •  Nelles
2006 •  MAP
A convenient, double-sided map of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam at a scale of 1:1,500,000, with city maps of Hanoi, Vientane, Ho Chi Minh City, Luang Prabang, and Phnom Penh. Includes the eastern portion of Thailand and Bangkok. Two Sides. 20x31 inches. (SEA16, $10.95)
  Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Map



Also Recommended
Ancient Angkor  •  Claude Jacques  •  Michael Freeman   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Organized geographically, this indispensable guide to the monuments, architecture, culture, religion and history of Angkor features hundreds of color photographs, site plans and maps. (CBD15, $25.00)
 
 
Culture Shock! Cambodia, A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette  •  Peter North   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (CBD61, $17.99)
 
 
Culture Shock! Laos  •  Robert Cooper   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide to Laotian customs, etiquette and culture, perfect for the business traveler, casual visitor or resident. (LAO13, $15.95)
 
 
Culture Smart! Vietnam  •  Geoffrey Murray   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (VNM87, $13.30)
 
 
Eyewitness Guide Vietnam and Angkor Wat  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An illustrated guide to the culture, history and attractions of Vietnam and Angkor, featuring site diagrams, maps and photographs. (VNM102, $25.00)
 
 
Footprint Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos  •  Jack O'Tailan  •  Claire Boobbyer  •  John Colet  •  Andrew Spooner   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With practical information on attractions, transportation, food, activities and lodgings. Includes Bangkok. (SEA52, $24.95)
 
 
Insight Guide Vietnam  •  Scott Rutherford   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A highly recommended guide to history, culture and popular destinations, featuring essays, informative maps and photographs. (VNM02, $23.95)
 
 
Lonely Planet Cambodia  •  Daniel Robinson  •  Tony Wheeler  •  Chris Taylor   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive practical guide to Cambodia in the hallmark Lonely Planet style featuring maps, a handful of photographs, and a good overview of culture, history and nature. (CBD04, $21.99)
 
 
Lonely Planet Vietnamese Phrasebook  •  Nguyen Xuanthu   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A handy palm-sized guide to pronunciation, grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (VNM20, $8.99)
 
 
A History of Laos  •  Martin Stuart-Fox   • HISTORY  •  A comprehensive, scholarly history of the country, focusing on the modern period and emergence of Laos as a modern nation state. With chapters on the early kingdoms and French Laos. (LAO06, $36.99)
 
 
Fire in the Lake  •  Frances FitzGerald   • HISTORY  •  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, $17.99)
 
 
Shooting at the Moon, The Story of America's Clandestine War in Laos  •  Roger Warner   • HISTORY  •  Soldiers, diplomats, Hmong villagers and CIA strategists are all depicted fully in this engrossing, well-reported history of the secret war in Laos. (LAO05, $24.95)
 
 
The Civilization of Angkor  •  Charles Higham   • HISTORY  •  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, $21.95)
 
 
The Mekong, Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future  •  Milton Osborne   • HISTORY  •  A cultural history of the great river from prehistory to European exploration, colonial tensions and modern challenges. It's an engaging introduction to the history of Southeast Asia. (SEA28, $16.00)
 
 
The Politics of Ritual and Remembrance, Laos Since 1975  •  Grant Evans   • HISTORY  •  Social anthropologist Evans looks at the transformation of Laotian society since the 1975 revolution in this important book. (LAO14, $22.00)
 
 
Understanding Vietnam  •  Neil Jamieson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  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 the single best introduction to Vietnam. (VNM01, $25.95)
 
 
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, $14.00)
 
 
Angkor Cities and Temples  •  Claude Jacques  •  Michael Freeman   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  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)
 
 
Art & Architecture of Cambodia  •  Helen Ibbitson Jessup   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Jessup includes not just Angkor Wat and Banteay Srei but also lesser-known recent discoveries in the surrounding jungle in this illustrated overview in the World of Art series. (CBD41, $16.95)
 
 
Arts of Southeast Asia  •  Fiona Kerlogue   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A handsome guide to the art, architecture, textiles and crafts of Southeast Asia. (SEA45, $16.95)
 
 
A Record of Cambodia, The Land and Its People  •  Zhou Daguan   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A contemporary of Marco Polo, Zhou left this invaluable record of customs and life at the Angkor temple complex during the height of the Khmer empire. This new translation by Peter Harris includes modern color photographs. (CBD60, $25.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Gods Drink Whiskey  •  Stephen T. Asma   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Asma writes with verve and wit in this eye-opening account of his yearlong stint teaching at the Buddhist Institute in Phnom Phen. His account is both an overview of Theravada Buddhism and a down-to-earth portrait of contemporary Cambodia. (CBD46, $14.95)
 
 
The River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong  •  Edward Gargan   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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)
 
 
The Sacred Willow, Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family  •  Duong Van Mai Elliott   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A vivid family saga, beginning with the author's great-grandfather, that captures the life and momentous history of Vietnam over the last 100 years. (VNM39, $24.99)
 
 
Vietnam, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  John Balaban  •  Nguyen Qui Duc   • ANTHOLOGY  •  These 17 stories from Vietnam's finest modern writers explore the country's landscapes, mythology and changing traditions. (VNM04, $14.95)
 
 
Disco for the Departed  •  Colin Cotterill   • MYSTERY  •  The third mystery in the series explores the seamy criminal underworld of 1977 communist Laos. (LAO19, $12.00)
 
 
The Coroner's Lunch  •  Colin Cotterill   • MYSTERY  •  The first in Colin Cotterill's wonderful Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery series follows the septuagenarian national coroner of Laos as he navigates both the criminal underworld of communist Laos and the spiritual world of his ancestors. (LAO21, $13.00)
 
 
The Quiet American  •  Graham Greene   • LITERATURE • FAVORITE  •  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, $15.00)
 
 
Thirty-three Teeth  •  Colin Cotterill   • MYSTERY  •  Dr. Siri heads to the old royal capital of Luang Prabang, where he gets mixed up with not only communists and killings but also ghosts in this second book in the atmospheric series. (LAO20, $13.00)
 
 
A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia  •  Craig Robson   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive guide to 1,250 birds found in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Features 104 color plates, good descriptive text, range maps and introductory chapters on habitats, conservation and bird watching in the region. (SEA22, $85.00)
 
 
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia  •  Morten Strange   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact photographic guide to almost 700 species of birds in the region, featuring concise descriptions and distribution maps. (SEA39, $37.00)
 
 
Birds of Southeast Asia  •  Craig Robson   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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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