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WILDERNESS TRAVEL
Angkor & the Jungle Temples of Cambodia
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Lonely Planet Cambodia
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
2010
PAPER
376 PAGES
A comprehensive practical guide to Cambodia in the hallmark Lonely Planet style featuring maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. With a section of color photographs and excellent travel information. Geared for the independent traveler.
(CBD04, $23.99) |
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Odyssey Guide Angkor
Dawn Rooney
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
496 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) |
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A History of Cambodia
David Chandler
HISTORY
2007
PAPER
312 PAGES
An excellent, scholarly history from early civilization through the rise of Angkor, shift to Phnom Penh, French colonial period, Vietnamization of Cambodia, the rise and fall of the Khmer Rouge and Coup de Force of 1997. In a third, expanded edition, Chandler is frank in his criticism of political regimes since WWII. He has also written "Brother Number One, A Political Biography of Pol Pot."
(CBD27, $38.00) |
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Cambodia Map
Gecko Maps
2005
MAP
A full color map of Cambodia for the traveler at a scale of 1:750,000. With useful inset city and area maps of Phnom Penh, Angkor, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville with restaurants, hotels and attractions. Two Sides. 26x36 inches.
(CBD17, $18.95) |
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Also Recommended
Ancient Angkor
Claude Jacques
Michael Freeman
GUIDEBOOK
COMING IN MARCH
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) |
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Angkor Map
Dawn Rooney
GUIDEBOOK
A site plan and pocket guide to the city of Angkor at a scale of 1:40,000.
(CBD16, $12.95) |
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Eyewitness Guide Vietnam and Angkor Wat
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
Featuring innovative site diagrams, local maps and hundreds of color photographs, this handy companion introduces the culture, history and attractions of Vietnam.
(VNM102, $25.00) |
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Footprint Cambodia Handbook
Andrew Spooner
GUIDEBOOK
A compact, practical guide packed with history, sightseeing information and essential travel details.
(SEA23, $24.95) |
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Lonely Planet Angkor Wat & Siem Reap Encounter
Nick Ray
GUIDEBOOK
This lively shirt pocket guide is jammed with personal recommendations, photographs and a pull-out map.
(CBD57, $12.99) |
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Angkor and the Khmer Civilization
Michael Coe
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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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) |
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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) |
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Of Gods, Kings, and Men: The Reliefs of Angkor Wat
Jaroslav Poncar
ARCHAEOLOGY
One hundred, full-page panoramic photographs bring readers within the very walls of Angkor, where scenes from the great Indian epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, carved onto the walls depict the dharmic history of the cosmos.
(CBD56, $62.95) |
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Sanctuary, The Temples of Angkor
Steve McCurry
ARCHAEOLOGY
A selection of 100 stunning color photographs of the monks and the monuments of Angkor, the extraordinary carvings, and the forest surrounding the temples by a popular Magnum photographer.
(CBD28, $35.00) |
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A Dragon Apparent, Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
Norman Lewis
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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. First published in 1951.
(SEA40, $33.95) |
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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) |
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The Gate
Francois Bizot
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A French ethnologist married to a Khmer woman, Bizot tells of his time in Cambodia during the rise and terror of the Khmer Rouge.
(SEA48, $14.00) |
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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 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
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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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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