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These 5 items are available for $95, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXBMA34)

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)
The Voice of Hope  •  Aung San Suu Kyi CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2008 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES With the active cooperation of Alan Clements, the activist and daughter of the martyred Burmese hero speaks her mind on personal, religious and political topics. Originally from Britain, Clements lived for six years in Burma as a monk and these dialogues are especially enlightening on the notion of politically engaged Buddhism. The book takes it shape from wide-ranging discussions over nine months. (BMA09, $18.95)
In Buddha's Land  •  Moe Min RELIGION •  2007 •  HARD COVER  • 208 PAGES This beautiful, illustrated portrait of monuments, monasteries and rituals is both a striking visual overview of Buddhism as practiced in Burma, and a splendid introduction to the country. (BMA52, $35.00)
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)
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) uses 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)
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, $13.00)
Finding George Orwell in Burma  •  Emma Larkin   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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)
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)
Perfect Hostage, A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Prisoner of Conscience  •  Justin Wintle   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A portrait of the Burmese activist minister and non-violence advocate describes the factors that contributed to her house arrest in 1989, her work to promote non-aggressive civil resistance, and her receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. (BMA55, $27.95)
The Burma Chronicles  •  Guy Delisle   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • COMING IN SEPTEMBER  •  Delisle's graphic travelogues combine bits of droll expatriate life with incisive political commentary. In this one, he takes on the censorship and concealment of the Burmese dictatorship. (BMA58, $19.95)
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  •  Maclean's perceptive and heartbreaking portrait of contemporary Burma, originally published in 1999, focuses on the ordinary people he met on travels from Rangoon and Mandalay to Pagan and the Golden Triangle. (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)
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)