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Anna and the King
• Andy Tennant
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The true story of Anna Leonowens, who was sent to tutor the King of Siam's many children and wives in 1860, starring Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat.
(TLD56, $14.98)
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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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Bangkok Haunts
• John Burdett
• MYSTERY
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The riveting sequel to Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Tattoo, once again featuring Royal Thai Police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep.
(TLD76, $13.95)
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Bangkok Shopping
• Nancy Chandler
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A colorful map guide to shopping, restaurants, hotels and attractions.
(TLD50, $12.95)
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Bangkok Tattoo
• John Burdett
• MYSTERY
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Burdett plumbs the dark side of Bangkok in this mesmerizing murder mystery starring Royal Thai Police detective, Sonchai Jitpleecheep.
(TLD78, $13.95)
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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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Bombay Anna, The Real Story and Remarkable Adventures of the King and I Governess
• Susan Morgan
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Anna Leonowens, of musical fame, was not just the first foreigner in the royal harem of Siam but also a traveler and an independent woman.
(TLD84, $24.95)
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Buddha
• Karen Armstrong
• RELIGION
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A concise, thought-provoking biography of the Buddha in the Penguin Lives series, written by one of the foremost experts on world religions.
(REL09, $14.00)
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Chiang Mai Shopping
• Nancy Chandler
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A colorful map guide to shopping, restaurants, hotels and attractions.
(TLD49, $10.95)
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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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Exploring Phuket & Phi Phi
• Oliver Hargreave
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated, authoritative overview of the history, culture and attractions of Phuket in the excellent series of Odyssey guides.
(TLD81, $24.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Thailand
• Philip Cornwel-Smith
• Deni Brown
• GUIDEBOOK
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A superb on-the-ground guide to Thailand.
(TLD26, $25.00)
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Eyewitness Top 10 Bangkok Travel Guides
• Eyewitness Travel Guides
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions.
(TLD82, $12.00)
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Fieldwork
• Mischa Berlinski
• LITERATURE
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This cleverly plotted thriller, set in Thailand, revolves around the murder investigation by an anthropology student not coincidentally named Mischa Berlinski.
(TLD80, $24.00)
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Fodor's Thailand
• Fodors
• GUIDEBOOK
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A popular, practical guide.
(TLD42, $23.95)
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Footprint Diving the World, A Guide to the World's Coral Seas
• Beth Tierney
• Shaun Tierney
• GUIDEBOOK
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An inviting, beautifully illustrated guide, covering 220 dive sites in 19 countries with chapters on Australia and the Pacific, Mexico and Honduras, Egypt, East Africa and the Maldives, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Micronesia. Featuring the diving couple's favorite destinations, the book includes a planning guide, practical tips and listing of dive centers, hotels, restaurants and live-aboards.
(OCE102, $29.95)
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Footprint Thailand Handbook
• Andrew Spooner
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular British series.
(TLD67, $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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Genders and Sexualities in Modern Thailand
• Peter Jackson
• Nerida Cook
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A scholarly collection of articles on issues of gender, sexuality and culture in Thailand.
(TLD44, $27.50)
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A Guide to Khmer Temples in Thailand and Laos
• Michael Freeman
• GUIDEBOOK
• OUT OF PRINT
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A compact guide to Khmer temples throughout the region, both famous and little-visited, featuring color photography, maps, temple plans and diagrams.
(TLD20, $19.95)
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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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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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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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Insight Pocket Guide Bangkok
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This convenient, slim volume features color photographs, many maps, good descriptions of major points of interest, and other practical information.
(TLD03, $13.95)
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Insight Pocket Guide Phuket
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guide featuring a full-color pullout map.
(TLD33, $12.95)
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Jewelry of Southeast Asia
• Anne Richter
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An analysis of Southeast Asia's jewelry tradition, spanning from the Neolithic and Bronze Age to the present.
(SEA25, $75.00)
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The King and I
• Walter Lang
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The classic Rogers & Hammerstein musical set about a British schoolteacher sent to tutor the King of Siam's many children and wives in 1860.
(TLD55, $19.98)
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Knopf Guide Thailand
• Knopf Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact visual guide to Thailand.
(TLD57, $26.95)
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Little Angels, Real Life Stories of Thai Novice Monks
• Phra Peter Pannapadipo
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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(TLD63, $13.45)
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Lonely Planet Bangkok
• Joe Cummings
• GUIDEBOOK
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This comprehensive, practical guide includes a good overview of history and attractions, dozens of color maps, and even a section on Thai language.
(TLD19, $17.99)
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Lonely Planet Bangkok Encounter
• 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.
(TLD77, $11.99)
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Lonely Planet Bangkok Encounter
• 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.
(TLD77, $11.99)
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Lonely Planet Ko Samui Encounter
• China Williams
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN SEPTEMBER
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This lively shirt pocket guide to the city, jammed with personal recommendations and photographs, also includes a pull-out map.
(TLD85, $12.99)
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Lonely Planet Phuket Encounter
• Adam Skolnick
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN SEPTEMBER
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This lively shirt pocket guide to the city, jammed with personal recommendations and photographs, also includes a pull-out map.
(TLD86, $12.99)
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Lonely Planet Thai Phrasebook
• Joe Cummings
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A handy pocket phrasebook, covering pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler in Thailand.
(TLD46, $7.99)
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Lonely Planet Thailand's Islands and Beaches
• China Williams
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact practical guide in the popular series with chapters on Bangkok, Gulf and Andaman coasts.
(TLD48, $21.99)
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Lonely Planet, Diving and Snorkeling Thailand
• Tim Rock
• GUIDEBOOK
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This practical, illustrated guide to 75 underwater sites in Thailand features a short overview of marine life, color photographs and excellent maps.
(TLD58, $24.99)
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Miles from Nowhere, A Round the World Bicycle Adventure
• Barbara Savage
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A beginning cyclist covers 23,000 miles and 25 countries in two years.
(BCY02, $16.95)
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Moon Thailand
• Suzanne Nam
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN NOVEMBER
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A practical guide in the popular series.
(TLD88, $21.95)
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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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National Geographic Traveler Thailand
• Carl Parkes
• Phil Macdonald
• GUIDEBOOK
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This guide to Thailand, published in the National Geographic attractive visual style, features hundreds of photographs, full color maps, and useful information on history, nature, culture, and travel.
(TLD51, $27.95)
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Phra Farang: An English Monk in Thailand
• Phra Peter Pannapadipo
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Phra Peter Pannapadipo (AKA Peter Robinson) writes with candor and humor of his transformation from London businessman to novice Buddhist monk.
(TLD60, $16.00)
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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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Richard Bangs' Adventures With Purpose, Dispatches from the Front Lines of Earth
• Richard Bangs
• EXPLORATION
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Hair-raising jaunts to far-flung corners of the world, including Libya, Bosnia, Ethiopia, and Rwanda.
(WLD127, $16.95)
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Rough Guide Music Thailand
• Various Artists
• MUSIC
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A carefully chosen sampling of the diverse sounds of Thailand. Includes the lukthung style from the central region, and the vibrant and pulsating morlam from the northeast region.
(TLD75, $14.95)
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Rough Guide Thailand
• Paul Gray
• Lucy Ridout
• GUIDEBOOK
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This opinionated, thorough travel guide with region-by-region descriptions is an excellent choice.
(TLD12, $25.99)
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The Size of the World
• Joan Silber
• LITERATURE
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Set in wartime Vietnam, Thailand and Florida in the 1920s, Mexico, WWII Sicily and present-day Indiana, Joan Silber's loosely linked stories illuminate the difficulty of finding one's place in the world in just 300 heartfelt pages. Drawing on her travels in Asia (her characters often circle back to Thailand), Silber brings a depth of experience in the region to her richly imagined tales.
(WLD143, $23.95)
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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 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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Time Out Bangkok, And Beach Escapes
• Philip Cornwel-Smith
• GUIDEBOOK
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An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine.
(TLD64, $19.95)
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Travels in the East
• Donald Richie
• Stephen Mansfield
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Wallpaper City Guide Bangkok
• 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.
(TLD74, $8.95)
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What the Buddha Taught
• Walpola Sri Rahula
• RELIGION
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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)
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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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World Religions: Eastern Traditions
• Willard G. Oxtoby
• RELIGION
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A clear and insightful introduction to Eastern religions by a team of scholars, covering Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist and East Asian traditions. Scholarly, but still rewarding for the general reader.
(ASA07, $62.95)
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