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Among the Believers, An Islamic Journey
• V.S. Naipaul
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A tenchant account set against the backdrop of Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran.
(ISL17, $16.00)
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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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Beyond Belief, Islamic Excursions Among the Converted People
• V.S. Naipaul
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Revisiting his "Among the Believers", Naipaul returns to the Islamic nations of Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia and Iran.
(ASA14, $15.00)
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Explorer Kuala Lumpur, The Complete Residents' Guide
• Explorer Publishing
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive practical guide to the region. It also includes a healthy amount of historical, natural and cultural information.
(INS107, $24.95)
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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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The Honourable Schoolboy
• John Le Carre
• LITERATURE
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Le Carre at his best, with British Secret Service agent George Smiley at work among the backstreets of Hong Kong, and across Asia. A riveting cold war spy story that is suffused in Hong Kong atmosphere.
(HKG01, $15.00)
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Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide
• Gerald Allen
• Roger Steene
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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This comprehensive identification guide to coral reef fishes and invertebrates from Hawaii to the Red Sea features 1,800 color photographs.
(DIV48, $40.00)
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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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Knopf Mapguide Singapore
• Knopf Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN APRIL
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A practical and handy passport-sized guide to the city, featuring fold-out maps.
(SGP19, $10.95)
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Lonely Planet Malay Phrasebook
• Susan Keeney
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A palm-sized handy guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler.
(MSA17, $7.99)
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Lonely Planet Singapore Encounter
• Matt Oakley
• GUIDEBOOK
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This lively shirt pocket guide to the city, jammed with personal recommendations and photographs, also includes a pull-out map.
(SGP17, $11.99)
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Riska, Memories of a Dayak Girlhood
• Riska Orpa Sari
• Linda Spalding
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A captivating, personal account of growing up in the rain forest of Kalimantan
(BRN21, $16.95)
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Rough Guide Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei
• Rough Guide
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, practical guide to the region in the British series.
(MSA18, $21.99)
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Rough Guide Music Malaysia
• Various Artists
• MUSIC
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A carefully chosen sampling of the diverse sounds of Malaysia.
(MSA19, $14.95)
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Singapore Pocket Guide
• Berlitz Pocket Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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(SGP06, $8.95)
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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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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, 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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Video Night in Kathmandu, and Other Reports from the Not-So-Far East
• Pico Iyer
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Iyer brings enormous wit and humor to these classic essays on travel to places including Bali, Hong Kong and Bangkok.
(ASA02, $14.95)
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Wallpaper City Guide Singapore
• Wallpaper Magazine
• GUIDEBOOK
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A stylish, thin (it fits in your back pocket) city guide compiled by the design magazine Wallpaper's local reporters. Well-organized, with chapter tabs, many photographs and of-the-moment recommendations.
(SGP14, $8.95)
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West Malaysia Map
• Nelles
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A colorful double-sided shaded relief map of West Malaysia, including Singapore.
(MSA04, $10.95)
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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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