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Lonely Planet Laos
Joe Cummings
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 332 PAGES
This practical guide to Laos by Lonely Planet features maps, a 60-page overview of culture, history and nature and plenty of information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. With color photographs and excellent travel information by the intrepid Joe Cummings.
(LAO02, $21.99)
The Mekong, Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future
Milton Osborne
HISTORY 2001 PAPER 320 PAGES
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. Osborne has also written an account of the 19th-century search for the source of the Mekong (SEA29).
(SEA28, $16.00)
Laos Map
Periplus Maps
MAP
A traveler's map of Laos, with topographical relief and city insets, at a variety of scales.
(LAO11, $8.95)
Culture Shock! Laos
Stephen Mansfield
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide to Laotian customs, etiquette and culture, perfect for the business traveler, casual visitor or resident.
(LAO13, $13.95)
Footprint Laos Handbook
Jack O'Tailan
GUIDEBOOK
A sturdy practical guide in the British Footprint series, featuring in-depth practical information, 42 sketch maps and an overview of history and culture.
(LAO10, $23.95)
Insight Compact Guide Laos
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A slim illustrated guide.
(LAO15, $7.95)
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, $32.99)
A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia
J.M. Barwise
Nicholas J. White
HISTORY
A compact history of the region, including the Khmer and other ancient kingdoms that produced Borobudor, Angkor and other architectural marvels.
(SEA36, $14.95)
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 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, $20.00)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Anne Fadiman
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
The editor of American Scholar, Fadiman gracefully documents the encounter between two worldviews, in an intimate portrait of a Hmong refugee family in California.
(VNM31, $15.00)
Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992
Jane Hamilton-Merritt
HISTORY
A portrait of the Hmong, their role in America's clandestine war in Laos during the Vietnam era and their persecution and plight in Laos since being abandoned by America in 1975.
(LAO12, $27.95)
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, $13.00)
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 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)
River Road to China, The Search for the Source of the Mekong, 1866-73
Milton Osborne
EXPLORATION
An excellent modern account of a 19th-century French expedition 4,000 miles from Vietnam and Cambodia into unknown regions of China in search of the source of the Mekong.
(SEA29, $16.00)
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, $14.95)
Travels in the East
Donald Richie
Stephen Mansfield
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
The unmatchable, exuberant Richie (who winningly writes "New countries are like new clothes") muses on Egypt, India, Bhutan, Mongolia, China, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Thailand, Yap, Korea, and Japan in this kaleidoscope of travel essays.
(ASA63, $14.95)
Adventures and Encounters, Europeans in Southeast Asia
J.M. Gullick
ANTHOLOGY
This anthology offers a diverse selection of European accounts of Southeast Asia. The writers range from 16th century explorers and mariners to 19th century naturalists and modern literary travelers.
(INS20, $49.50)
Collected Short Stories, Volume 4
W. Somerset Maugham
LITERATURE
Maugham can evoke turn-of-the-century colonial Asia like no other. This collection of stories features many set in Malaysia and other southeast Asian locales, including the well-known tale "The Letter."
(SEA01, $17.00)
Curse of the Pogo Stick
Colin Cotterill
LITERATURE
A pogo stick brings a curse down upon a Hmong village in this sophisticated and thrilling mystery set in contemporary Laos.
(LAO18, $24.00)
Soul of the Tiger, Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia
Jeffrey A. McNeely
Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
NATURAL HISTORY
A meditation on the role of animals and nature in the societies of Southeast Asia. With dark humor, the authors wax philosophical about conservation issues throughout the region.
(SEA02, $18.95)
Birds of Southeast Asia
Craig Robson
FIELD GUIDE
A compact field guide to the birds of Southeast Asia, featuring 140 color plates covering 1,270 species, accompanied by concise text and range maps.
(SEA49, $35.00)
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