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Arts of Southeast Asia

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)

Birds of Southeast Asia

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, $35.00)

Buddhism and Society, A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes


by Melford E. Spiro

  • RELIGION
  • 1982
  • PAPER
  • 560 PAGES

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)

The Buddhist Handbook

The Buddhist Handbook


by John Snelling

  • RELIGION
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 345 PAGES

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, $19.95)

The Burma Chronicles

The Burma Chronicles


by Guy Delisle

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Posted to Burma with his Doctors Without Borders wife and young son, Delisle captures the absurdities, challenges and routines of everyday life in Burma in bold black-and-white panels in this droll graphic travelogue, his third. (BMA58, $16.95)

Burma, The State of Myanmar

Burma, The State of Myanmar


by David I. Steinberg

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

Steinberg brings readers up to date on the recent release of political prisoners, economic and military conditions, United Nations actions, and the complex, ever-changing relationship between Thailand and Myanmar in this portrait of contemporary Burma. (BMA63, $29.95)

Burmese Supernaturalism

Burmese Supernaturalism


by Melford E. Spiro

  • RELIGION
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 300 PAGES

In this overview of ancient (and ongoing) Burmese religious tradiitons, Spiro examines folk religions and their relationship to Buddhism. (BMA48, $29.95)

Collected Short Stories, Volume 4

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)

Flame Tree, A Novel of Modern Burma

Flame Tree, A Novel of Modern Burma


by Keith Dahlberg

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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)

Humanitas III, The People of Burma

Humanitas III, The People of Burma


by Fredric Roberts

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 120 PAGES

Third in a series of stunning collections by Roberts in South Asia, these 120 full color photographs feature temples, scenes of everyday life, and, especially, people. A beautiful portrait of Burma and its rich culture. (BMA69, $50.00)

In Farthest Burma

In Farthest Burma


by Frank Kingdon-Ward

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

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)

In Search of Southeast Asia: a Modern History

In Search of Southeast Asia: a Modern History


by David P. Chandler | David J. Steinberg

  • HISTORY
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 590 PAGES

An outstanding scholarly overview of Southeast Asia's social, economic and political history with contributions by seven experts on the region. (SEA18, $32.00)

In the Land of the Blue Poppies

In the Land of the Blue Poppies


by Frank Kingdon-Ward | Tom Christopher | Jamaica Kincaid

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 242 PAGES

Expert Tom Christopher presents 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)

It's Easier Than You Think, The Buddhist Way to Happiness

It's Easier Than You Think, The Buddhist Way to Happiness


by Sylvia Boorstein

  • RELIGION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 145 PAGES

A down-to-earth, warm-hearted introduction to the basic teaching of Buddhism. (GEN264, $13.00)

The Lady: Aung San Suu Kyi


by Barbara Victor

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 296 PAGES

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, $17.00)

The Land of the Great Image

The Land of the Great Image


by Maurice Collis

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER

The tale of the 17th-century Portuguese Friar Manrique and his adventures in the kingdom of Arakan (Rakhine) along the Bay of Bengal. Collis includes a chapter on the history of Goa. (BMA38, $19.95)

Lands of Charm and Cruelty, Travels in Southeast Asia

Lands of Charm and Cruelty, Travels in Southeast Asia


by Stan Sesser

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 306 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

This wonderfully written book is a report on Southeast Asia by a talented foreign corespondent. A heart-wrenching portrait of the politics and 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)

Life in the Valley of Death, The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed

Life in the Valley of Death, The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed


by Alan Rabinowitz

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 250 PAGES

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, $26.00)

The Making of Modern Burma

The Making of Modern Burma


by Thant Myint-U

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 291 PAGES

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, $41.00)

Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh


by David Fraser | Barbara Fraser

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER

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)

The Naga of Burma: Festivals, Customs and Way of Life


by Jamie Saul | Dominique Viallard

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 212 PAGES

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)

The Naked Tourist, In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall

The Naked Tourist, In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall


by Lawrence Osborne

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Osborne is not just interested in travel, but also in the reasons why we travel, layering his own entertaining adventures on the road from Dubai to India, Bangkok, Bali and beyond with ruminations on Shangri-La, The Grand Tour and our conceptions of the exotic and primitive. (SEA50, $20.00)

Perfect Hostage, A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Prisoner of Conscience

Perfect Hostage, A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Prisoner of Conscience


by Justin Wintle

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 464 PAGES

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 Politics of Heroin, CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade


by Alfred McCoy

  • HISTORY
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 634 PAGES

An expanded version of McCoy's groundbreaking "The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia." (LAO09, $32.95)

The Promise


by Pearl S. Buck

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A novel set in China and Burma during World War II, focused around a group of Chinese soldiers sent to rescue a British-American platoon. (CHN660, $11.95)

Quartered Safe Out Here, A Harrowing Tale of World War II


by George MacDonald Fraser

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 231 PAGES

MacDonald Frasier's action-packed, gripping memoir of his service as a young man in Burma at the end of WWII. With a substantial epilogue by Frasier for this 1995 edition. (BMA62, $14.95)

Red Dust, A Path Through China

Red Dust, A Path Through China


by Ma Jian | Flora Drew

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 324 PAGES

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, $16.00)

The River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong

The River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong


by Edward Gargan

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

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)

Shwedagon, Golden Pagoda of Myanmar

Shwedagon, Golden Pagoda of Myanmar


by Elizabeth Moore | U Win Pe | Hansjorg Mayer

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

The Shwedagon, the golden Buddhist shrine of Myanmar, is the subject of this photographic journey. (BMA17, $40.00)

Smile as they Bow


by Nu Nu Yi

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 146 PAGES

Set during the Burmese Taungbyon Festival, this mesmerizing tale moves seamlessly among several colorful characters. At center stage is Daisy Bond, the gay transvestite nakadaw who channels spirits for festival attendees, and Min, the object of his obsessive affection. Nominated for the Man Asian Literary Prize. (BMA59, $21.95)

South Southeast

South Southeast


by Steve McCurry

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

A remarkable portfolio of striking photographs taken in and around Afghanistan, Burma, India, Pakistan and other sites in South and Southeast Asia over a long career. Saturated with color, light and evocative of daily life. (ASA34, $65.00)

Southeast Asia in the New International Era


by Clark Neher

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A good general history of the entire region and its place in the world. (SEA17, $39.00)

Southeast Asia Map

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)

Southeast Asia, A Concise History

Southeast Asia, A Concise History


by Mary Somers Heidhues

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

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)

A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia

A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia


by J.M. Barwise | Nicholas J. White

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES
  • COMING IN MARCH

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)

Visions from the Golden Land: Burma and the Art of Lacquer

Visions from the Golden Land: Burma and the Art of Lacquer


by T. Richard Blurton | Ralph Isaacs

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER

An illustrated survey of the art and history of lacquer in Burma from the collection of the British Museum. (BMA32, $45.00)

The Weeping Goldsmith, Discoveries in the Secret Land of Myanmar

The Weeping Goldsmith, Discoveries in the Secret Land of Myanmar


by W. John Kress | Wade Davis

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 288 PAGES

Smithsonian botanist Kress has spent the last nine years in Burma, a biological hotspot loaded with gingers -- his specialty and namesake of this vivid tale of scientific exploration, beautifully illustrated with 200 of his photographs. (BMA61, $185.00)

A Woman's Asia

A Woman's Asia


by Marybeth Bond

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 310 PAGES

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)

A World Overturned, A Burmese Childhood 1933-1947

A World Overturned, A Burmese Childhood 1933-1947


by Maureen Baird-Murray

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

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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