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Arts of Southeast Asia
• Fiona Kerlogue
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A handsome guide to the art, architecture, textiles and crafts of Southeast Asia.
(SEA45, $16.95)
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Back To Mandalay
• Gerry Abbott
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Abbott's memoir of a two-year stint as an English teacher in Mandalay in the late 1980s.
(BMA57, $23.00)
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Birds of Southeast Asia
• Craig Robson
• FIELD GUIDE
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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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Buddhism and Society, A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes
• Melford E. Spiro
• RELIGION
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This scholarly book, based on field work in the 1960s, is a surprisingly good introduction to the practice -- and impact -- of Buddhism in Burma. Spiro stars out with a clear and useful introduction to Theravada Buddhism.
(BMA34, $35.50)
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The Buddhist Handbook
• John Snelling
• RELIGION
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Subtitled, "The Complete Guide to Buddhist Schools, Teaching, Practice and History, " this even-handed book is a concise primer covering the history, philosophical foundation and practice of Buddhism.
(ASA08, $16.95)
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The Burma Road, The Epic Story of the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II
• Donovan Webster
• HISTORY
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Donovan draws on archival materials, military history, interview and travel in recreating the harrowing events surrounding the building of the 700-mile route across Burma to China.
(BMA41, $14.95)
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Burmese Looking Glass
• Edith Mirante
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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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)
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Burmese Supernaturalism
• Melford E. Spiro
• RELIGION
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In this overview of ancient (and ongoing) Burmese religious tradiitons, Spiro examines folk religions and their relationship to Buddhism.
(BMA48, $29.95)
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Classical Dance and Theatre in South-East Asia
• Jukka O. Miettinen
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An illustrated introduction to disappearing traditions in dance, theater, and puppet theater in Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Java, and Bali.
(SEA54, $85.00)
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Collected Short Stories, Volume 4
• W. Somerset Maugham
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Down the Rat Hole, Adventures Underground on the Burma Frontier
• Edith Mirante
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Further tales by the American activist in Burma.
(BMA50, $21.95)
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Flame Tree, A Novel of Modern Burma
• Keith Dahlberg
• LITERATURE
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The dramatic wartime tale of George Daniels, an unassuming teacher in Burma who finds himself in the midst of a war between the Burmese dictatorship and the rebel forces of the hill armies.
(BMA45, $15.95)
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Flavors of Burma, Cuisine and Culture from the Land of Golden Pagodas
• Ssusan Chan
• FOOD
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A guide to the culture and traditions of Burma, and especially its food, featuring 76 recipes.
(BMA37, $22.50)
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Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945
• Christopher Bayly
• Timothy Harper
• HISTORY
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A gripping history of Britains WWII campaigns in India, Burma and Malaysia by two Cambridge University historians.
(ASA45, $29.95)
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A Fortune-Teller Told Me, Earthbound Travels in the Far East
• Tizanio Terzani
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A peripatetic journalist sets off to Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Mongolia, China, Japan and other far-flung destinations in this warm, anecdotal account.
(SEA35, $14.95)
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A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia
• Craig Robson
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive guide to 1,250 birds found in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Features 104 color plates, good descriptive text, range maps and introductory chapters on habitats, conservation and bird watching in the region.
(SEA22, $85.00)
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Himalayan Enchantment, An Anthology
• Frank Kingdon-Ward
• EXPLORATION
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An anthology by the great Himalayan explorer and plant-collector Frank Kingdon-Ward.
(HML03, $19.95)
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In Farthest Burma
• Frank Kingdon-Ward
• EXPLORATION
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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)
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In Search of Southeast Asia: a Modern History
• David P. Chandler
• David J. Steinberg
• HISTORY
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An outstanding scholarly overview of Southeast Asia's social, economic and political history with contributions by seven experts on the region.
(SEA18, $30.00)
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Inroads into Burma, A Travellers' Anthology
• Gerry Abbott
• ANTHOLOGY
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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)
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Insight Guide Southeast Asia
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
• OUT OF PRINT
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A profusely illustrated overview of Southeast Asia, featuring concise essays by well regarded authors on history, politics and culture, as well as hundreds of photos and maps and some limited practical information.
(SEA51, $22.95)
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The Lady: Aung San Suu Kyi
• Barbara Victor
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning dissident Aung San Suu Kyi. This is a balanced and compelling account both of Ms. Kyi's life and of the events of the Burmese junta.
(BMA14, $15.00)
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The Land of the Great Image
• Maurice Collis
• HISTORY
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The tale of the 17th-century Portuguese Friar Manrique and his adventures in the kingdom of Arakan (Rakhine) along the Bay of Bengal.
(BMA38, $19.95)
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Lands of Charm and Cruelty, Travels in Southeast Asia
• Stan Sesser
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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This wonderfully written book is a report on Southeast Asia by a talented foreign corespon-dent. A heart-wrenching portrait of the politics and tremendous potential of what Sesser clearly believes are some of the most fascinating places on Earth. With chapters on Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Burma and Sarawak.
(SEA04, $19.00)
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Letters from Burma
• Aun San Suu Kyi
• Heinn Htet
• HISTORY
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A collection of weekly newspaper articles on Burmese culture, daily life and politics written by Burma's Nobel Prize-winning human rights leader.
(BMA49, $16.00)
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Life in the Valley of Death, The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed
• Alan Rabinowitz
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An account of Rabinowitz's fight for the world's largest tiger preserve in Burma's remote and rugged Hukaung Valley -- and his struggle with warlords, corrupt officials and his own mortality.
(BMA54, $25.95)
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The Making of Modern Burma
• Thant Myint-U
• HISTORY
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A well researched and balanced account of political and economic development in 19th and 20th-century Burma with a particular focus on the legacy of British colonial rule.
(BMA21, $32.99)
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Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh
• David Fraser
• Barbara Fraser
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An abundantly illustrated study of the textiles of the Chin peoples of southern and eastern Asia. With more than 600 color illustrations.
(ASA46, $60.00)
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The Naga of Burma: Festivals, Customs and Way of Life
• Jamie Saul
• Dominique Viallard
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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. In this handsomely photographed anthropological study, Jamie Saul presents a well-informed overview of the Naga people, their social structures, religious traditions, art and architectural styles.
(BMA47, $36.00)
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The Naked Tourist, In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall
• Lawrence Osborne
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• NEW
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In this entertaining, wide-ranging account of a six-month journey from Dubai to India, Bangkok, Bali and Papua New Guinea on the Asian Highway, Osborne layers his own adventures with ruminations on the meaning of travel.
(SEA50, $14.00)
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The Politics of Heroin, CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade
• Alfred McCoy
• HISTORY
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An expanded version of McCoy's groundbreaking "The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia."
(LAO09, $32.95)
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It's Easier Than You Think, The Buddhist Way to Happiness
• Sylvia Boorstein
• RELIGION
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A down-to-earth, warm-hearted introduction to the basic teaching of Buddhism.
(GEN264, $13.00)
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Red Dust, A Path Through China
• Ma Jian
• Flora Drew
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An astounding memoir by an urban poet, painter and writer on the road to Tibet. A vagabond, rebel, and Buddhist, Jian abandons his Beijing life for a 3-year southwestern journey through Tibet, Burma, and Guizhou Province.
(CHN150, $15.00)
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The River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong
• Edward Gargan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Soul of the Tiger, Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia
• Jeffrey A. McNeely
• Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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South Southeast
• Steve McCurry
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A remarkable portfolio of images taken in and around Afghanistan, Burma, India Pakistan and other sites in South and Southeast Asia.
(ASA34, $59.95)
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Shwedagon, Golden Pagoda of Myanmar
• Elizabeth Moore
• U Win Pe
• Hansjorg Mayer
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The Shwedagon, the golden Buddhist shrine of Myanmar is the subject of this photographic journey.
(BMA17, $40.00)
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Southeast Asia in the New International Era
• Clark Neher
• HISTORY
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A good general history of the entire region and its place in the world.
(SEA17, $38.00)
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Southeast Asia Map
• Nelles
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A clear, double-sided map of all of southeast Asia at a scale of 1:4,500,000.
(SEA12, $10.95)
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Southeast Asia, A Concise History
• Mary Somers Heidhues
• HISTORY
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A highly readable, illustrated history of Southeast Asia, covering politics, economics, society and culture. With 131 black-and-white illustrations and 11 maps.
(SEA26, $19.95)
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Southeast Asia, From Prehistory to History
• Peter Bellwood
• Ian Glover
• HISTORY
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Geared for students, this popular textbook outlines the cultural history of the region from Neolithic and early metal periods to the major Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms.
(SEA53, $190.00)
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A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia
• J.M. Barwise
• Nicholas J. White
• HISTORY
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A compact history of the region, including the Khmer and other ancient kingdoms that produced Borobudor, Angkor and other architectural marvels.
(SEA36, $14.95)
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Twilight over Burma, My Life as a Shan Princess
• Inge Sargent
• Bertil Lintner
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A memoir (though told in the third person) of Inge Sargent, an Austrian who in 1953 married Sao Kya Seng, the princely leader of Shan, an ethnic enclave in the hill country of northeastern Burma. A fascinating story.
(BMA11, $14.95)
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Visions from the Golden Land: Burma and the Art of Lacquer
• T. Richard Blurton
• Ralph Isaacs
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated survey of the art and history of lacquer in Burma from the collection of the British Museum.
(BMA32, $45.00)
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A Woman's Asia
• Marybeth Bond
• ANTHOLOGY
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These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller.
(ASA49, $17.95)
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A World Overturned, A Burmese Childhood 1933-1947
• Maureen Baird-Murray
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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