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Buddhism, A Very Short Introduction

by Damien Keown

• RELIGION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 152 PAGES

One of a series of very brief, authoritative introductions by Oxford University Press with chapters on The Buddha, Karma, the Mahayana, Buddhism in Asia, Buddhist practices and ethics. (ASA53, $11.95)

Angkor, Heart of an Asian Empire

by Bruno Dagens

• ARCHAEOLOGY
• 1995
• PAPER
• 191 PAGES

An excellent guide to the site, this shirt-pocket encyclopedia of discovery features hundreds of color photographs, illustrations and maps. (CBD01, $15.95)

Eyewitness Guide Bali and Lombok

by Jean Couteau

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• FLEXI-BOUND
• 240 PAGES

A highly visual guide to the history, culture, arts and attractions of Bali with hundreds of photographs, excellent maps and select hotel and restaurant listings. (BAL20, $23.00)

Fodor's Bangkok's 25 Best

by Sylvie Franquet | Anthony Sattin

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2009
• PAPER
• 128 PAGES

This slim guide to Bangkok includes an excellent pullout map of the center of the city along with essential information on its highlights. (TLD40, $11.99)

Southeast Asia Map

by Nelles

• MAP

A clear, double-sided map of all of Southeast Asia at a scale of 1:4,500,000. (SEA12, $13.95)

 

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Angkor Map

by Dawn Rooney

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2007
• PAPER

A site plan and pocket guide to the city of Angkor at a scale of 1:40,000. (CBD16, $12.95)

Eyewitness Guide Malaysia & Singapore

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2010
• PAPER
• 367 PAGES

A visually stunning guide to Singapore and surroundings, featuring hundreds of photographs and illustrations, detailed city maps, and information on history, culture and attractions. (SGP12, $25.00)

Fodor's Singapore's 25 Best

by Fodor's

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2009
• PAPER
• 128 PAGES

This pocket guide and map includes information on essential highlights, including sightseeing, walking itineraries, restaurants and shopping. (SGP07, $11.99)

Frommer's Singapore Day by Day

by Heidi Sarna

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2009
• PAPER

A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring remarkably good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. With a separate foldout map of the city center. (SGP20, $12.99)

Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & the Greater Mekong

by Nick Ray

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2012
• PAPER
• 564 PAGES

This compact practical guide covers the entire Mekong from the heights of Yunnan to Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. (SEA63, $24.99)

A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia

by J.M. Barwise | Nicholas J. White

• HISTORY
• 2012
• PAPER
• 352 PAGES
• COMING IN OCTOBER

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)

Island of Bali

by Miguel Covarrubias | Adrian Vickers

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2008
• PAPER
• 417 PAGES

First published in 1937, this classic portrait of Bali captures the life, traditional culture and customs of the Balinese people. (BAL03, $25.00)

Phnom Penh, A Cultural History

by Milton Osborne

• HISTORY
• 2008
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

As a one-time resident of Phnom Penh and an authority on Southeast Asia, Milton Osborne provides a colorful account of the troubled history and appealing culture of Cambodia's capital city. (CBD58, $16.95)

Ricelands, The World of South-east Asian Food

by Michael Freeman

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2008
• PAPER
• 240 PAGES

Freeman's engrossing portrait of the land, people and cuisine of Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia and the Philippines features 250 color photos. (SEA79, $35.00)

Shadows and Wind

by Robert Templer

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 1999
• PAPER
• 398 PAGES

A British journalist based in Vietnam, Templer cuts through myth and legend to offer a lively, opinionated portrait of contemporary Vietnam. (VNM43, $17.00)

Vietnam, Rising Dragon

by Bill Hayton

• HISTORY
• 2011
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES

The veteran BBC newsman covers the tangled politics, rapidly changing economy, culture, history and people of Vietnam with great insight in this timely portrait of a nation in transition. (VNM134, $22.00)

Art & Architecture of Cambodia

by Helen Ibbitson Jessup

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2004
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES

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

by Fiona Kerlogue

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2004
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES

A handsome guide to the art, architecture, textiles and crafts of Southeast Asia. (SEA45, $16.95)

Borobudur

by John Miksic

• ARCHAEOLOGY
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 157 PAGES

A professor at the University of Singapore, Miksic includes stunning reproductions of the intricately carved reliefs of the ninth-century monument in this invaluable overview. (INS08, $49.95)

Temples of Cambodia, The Heart of Angkor

by Helen Ibbitson Jessup | Barry Brukoff

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 256 PAGES

Jessup (Art and Architecture of Cambodia) provides the accompanying essays to this oversized portfolio of dazzling color images by Barry Brukoff, who has been photographing the monuments of Cambodia since 1963. (CBD73, $65.00)

A Dragon Apparent, Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

by 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. First published in 1951. (SEA40, $33.95)

A House in Bali

by Colin McPhee

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2000
• PAPER
• 213 PAGES

A warm tribute to the people, culture and, especially, the music of Bali of the 1930s. It's a literary classic, originally published in 1944. (BAL15, $20.00)

First They Killed My Father, A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

by Loung Ung

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2001
• PAPER
• 240 PAGES

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, $15.99)

Revolt in Paradise

by K'tut Tantri

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1989
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

The stunning account of K'tut Tantri's life in Java as a young artist and later as a resistance fighter for Indonesian independence. (INS113, $24.95)

The Eaves of Heaven, A Life in Three Wars

by Andrew X. Pham

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2009
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Pham recounts the story of his father's life during the French occupation, Japanese invasion and the American War, weaving such momentous events with anecdotes from his childhood and details of family, friends, food and daily life. (VNM120, $16.00)

The Gods Drink Whiskey

by Stephen T. Asma

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2006
• PAPER
• 288 PAGES

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)

The Road of Lost Innocence

by Somaly Mam

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2009
• PAPER
• 205 PAGES

Sold into servitude by her grandfather, Mam recounts the experiences of her early life, her awakening as an activist -- and work to rescue thousands of women and children in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. (CBD65, $15.00)

The Sacred Willow, Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family

by Duong Van Mai Elliott

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2000
• PAPER
• 506 PAGES

This vivid family saga, beginning with the author's great-grandfather, captures the life and momentous history of Vietnam over the last 100 years. (VNM39, $24.99)

Collected Short Stories, Volume 4

by W. Somerset Maugham

• LITERATURE
• 1995
• PAPER
• 464 PAGES

Maugham can evoke turn-of-the-century colonial Asia like no other. This collection of stories features many set in Malaysia, Borneo and other southeast Asian locales, including the well-known tale "The Letter." (SEA01, $18.00)

Dragon House

by John Shors

• LITERATURE
• 2009
• PAPER
• 354 PAGES

A compassionate story about opening a center for Vietnamese street children in modern Ho Chi Minh City, propelled by Shors's vibrant characters. (VNM142, $15.00)

The Quiet American

by Graham Greene

• LITERATURE
• 2004
• PAPER
• 180 PAGES
• 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, $16.00)

Vietnam, A Traveler's Literary Companion

by John Balaban | Nguyen Qui Duc

• ANTHOLOGY
• 1996
• PAPER
• 239 PAGES

From rain forest and rural countryside to the cities, these 17 stories from Vietnam's finest writers explore its landscapes, myths and changing traditions. (VNM04, $14.95)

The Malay Archipelago

by Alfred Russel Wallace

• NATURAL HISTORY
• 2008
• PAPER
• 515 PAGES

A contemporary of Darwin, the great British naturalist describes his wanderings throughout Borneo, Java, Bali, Lombok, the Moluccas, New Guinea and remote islands from 1854 to 1862 in this classic of natural history and travel. (INS06, $25.00)

Birds of Southeast Asia

by Craig Robson

• FIELD GUIDE
• 2005
• PAPER
• 304 PAGES

This authoritative, masterfully illustrated guide, featuring 140 color plates covering 1,270 species throughout the region, also includes Malaysia, Burma, Borneo and Indonesia. (SEA49, $37.50)

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