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	Lonely Planet Myanmar  •  Joe Cummings  •  Michael Clark GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 428 PAGES A practical guide to Burma featuring 66 maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and good information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. It also includes 32 pages of color photographs. (BMA20, $23.99)
	Finding George Orwell in Burma  •  Emma Larkin TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES An American journalist fluent in Burmese, Emma Larkin (a pseudonym) masterfully interweaves her travels in the footsteps of the British colonial officer with interviews and an astute, moving history of modern Burma. (BMA40, $15.00)
	Ancient Pagan  •  Donald Stadtner  •  Michael Freeman GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 286 PAGES • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE An illustrated guide to the art and culture of the ancient Buddhist city on the Irrawaddy with color photographs by Michael Freeman throughout. Organized by temple group, 33 monuments are covered in detail. With site plans and maps. The author, a professor of Art History at the University of Texas, specializes in Indian and Burmese art. (BMA43, $25.00)
	Burmese Days  •  George Orwell LITERATURE •  1989 •  PAPER  • 287 PAGES No one evokes the modern political world with greater clarity, insight, and sharp observation than Orwell. The master satirist and essayist drew upon his experiences as an officer in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma for this famous novel about English soldiers in Burma during the last days under British rule. (BMA03, $14.00)
	Myanmar (Burma) Map  •   Nelles MAP A convenient double-sided map of Burma at a scale of 1:1,500,000, with an inset of Rangoon. (BMA02, $10.95)

	Culture Shock! Myanmar  •  Saw Myat Yin   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A lively guide to customs and business etiquette, culture and manners in Burma. (BMA53, $15.95)
	Lonely Planet Burmese Phrasebook  •   Lonely Planet   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A palm-size dictionary and guide to the Burmese language for travelers with common phrases. (BMA36, $7.99)
	Blooming in the Desert, Favorite Teachings of the Wildflower Monk Taungpulu Sayadaw  •  Anne Teich  •  Andrew Harvey   • RELIGION  •  A collection of the straightforward teachings of the venerable Burmese monk Taungpulu Sayadaw, as recorded by Anne Teich (who also provides an overview of Buddhist practices and history). (BMA35, $11.95)
	Freedom from Fear and Other Writings  •  Aun San Suu Kyi  •  Michael Aris   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Writings by and about Burma's Nobel Prize-winning human rights leader with an essential history of her role in Burmese politics. (BMA08, $16.00)
	It's Easier Than You Think, The Buddhist Way to Happiness  •  Sylvia Boorstein   • RELIGION  •  A down-to-earth, warm-hearted introduction to the basic teaching of Buddhism. (GEN264, $13.00)
	The River of Lost Footsteps, Histories of Burma  •  Thant Myint-U   • HISTORY  •  In this stimulating and important book, Myint-U (grandson of the UN Secretary General and author of The Making of Modern Burma) looks at Burmese history as a lens for understanding Myanmar today. (BMA51, $15.00)
	The Trouser People, A Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire  •  Andrew Marshall   • HISTORY  •  A probing, insightful travelogue. Marshall travels and interviews people in today's Burma, including refugees, rebels and villagers in the remote mountain regions. (BMA28, $16.00)
	The Voice of Hope  •  Aun San Suu Kyi   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Leader of Burma's struggle for democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi speaks her mind with wisdom and humor on personal, religious and political topics in this new edition of conversations with Alan Clements. The dialogues are especially enlightening on the notion of politically engaged Buddhism. (BMA09, $18.95)
	What the Buddha Taught  •  Walpola Sri Rahula   • RELIGION  •  A classic account of Therevada 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, $13.00)
	Shwedagon, Golden Pagoda of Myanmar  •  Elizabeth Moore  •  U Win Pe  •  Hansjorg Mayer   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  The Shwedagon, the golden Buddhist shrine of Myanmar is the subject of this photographic journey. (BMA17, $40.00)
	A World Overturned, A Burmese Childhood 1933-1947  •  Maureen Baird-Murray   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The author relates a most eventful childhood, taking in her mother's Burmese village, her time at an English convent, and the Japanese occupation of Burma. (BMA30, $13.95)
	Back To Mandalay  •  Gerry Abbott   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Abbott's memoir of a two-year stint as an English teacher in Mandalay in the late 1980s. (BMA57, $23.00)
	Burmese Looking Glass  •  Edith Mirante   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A moving story of resistance in the highlands by a dedicated writer with the soul of a poet and the passion of a revolutionary. Deported to Thailand in 1988, Mirante was the first westerner to march with the rebels. (BMA05, $12.00)
	From the Land of Green Ghosts, a Burmese Odyssey  •  Pascal Khoo Thwe   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The young Burmese author, a member of a remote hill-tribe in the Shan hills, captures the traditions and challenges of the Padaung people in this astonishing memoir. (BMA29, $13.95)
	Golden Earth, Travels in Burma  •  Norman Lewis   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The classic, mesmerizing account of the people and country of Burma as recorded by the author during a visit shortly after independence in 1951. (BMA33, $29.95)
	In Farthest Burma  •  Frank Kingdon-Ward   • EXPLORATION  •  A loving reprint of the famed climber, scholar, botanist and all-around explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward's chronicle of his travels along the eastern Irrawaddy River in Burma. (BMA46, $26.95)
	Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Prisoner of Conscience  •  Justin Wintle   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  (BMA55, $27.95)
	The Gentleman in the Parlour: A Record of a Journey from Rangoon to Haiphong  •  Somerset Maugham   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Maugham's much-loved portrait of the land and people of Burma circa 1925. (SEA05, $18.00)
	Under the Dragon, A Journey Through Burma  •  Rory MacLean  •  William Dalrymple   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • COMING IN AUGUST  •  A reprint of Maclean's incisive 1999 account of travels through the beleaguered country. (BMA56, $15.95)
	In the Land of the Blue Poppies, The Collected Plant Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon-Ward  •  Frank Kingdon-Ward  •  Tom Christopher  •  Jamaica Kincaid   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Tom Christopher experts excerpts from intrepid Kingdon-Ward's fascinating accounts of plant-hunting adventures in Tibet, Burma and the Himalayas in the early 20th century. (ASA35, $19.00)
	Inroads into Burma, A Travellers' Anthology  •  Gerry Abbott   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A selection of writings on Burma, from the classic and religious to the travel narrative to the modern, covering almost four centuries of Burmese history. (BMA12, $25.95)
	Saving Fish from Drowning  •  Amy Tan   • LITERATURE  •  Tan interweaves history, incident and magic in this beguiling novel of Americans on tour who disappear into the jungles of Burma. (BMA44, $14.95)
	The Glass Palace  •  Amitav Ghosh   • LITERATURE  •  An epic novel of war, love and history in Burma, India and Malaysia, following the lives and fortunes of one family over three generations. (IDA173, $14.95)
	The Piano Tuner  •  Daniel Mason   • LITERATURE  •  In this transporting first novel, a mild-mannered tradesman is seduced by late Victorian Burma. Mason's complex, absorbing tale dives into the world of 19th-century colonial Burma, its traditions, trappings, personalities and politics. (BMA31, $14.95)
	Beyond the Last Village, A Journey of Discovery in Asia's Forbidden Wilderness  •  Alan Rabinowitz   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An engaging account of conservation and research in Burma, where Rabinowitz discovered a new species of deer and helped to establish Hkakabo Razi National Park, Burma's largest protected area. (BMA22, $35.00)
	Birds of Myanmar  •  Kyaw Nyunt Lwin  •  Khin Ma Ma Thwin  •  Aung Thant   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A slim field guide to 350 birds of Burma, featuring 74 full-color plates, descriptive information, and a comprehensive checklist. (BMA42, $35.00)

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