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Anna and the King
Andy Tennant
1999
DVD
This is the fourth adaptation of the diaries of Anna Leonowens, the widowed British governess who came to Siam with her young son in 1860 with the purpose of tutoring the King's formidable clan of children and wives. First there was Margaret Landon's 1944 novel, then a non-musical stage version, followed by the celebrated Rogers & Hammerstein musical "The King and I," and most recently, this 1999 version, starring Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat, which focuses as much on the turbulent political climate of nineteenth-century Siam as it does on the chemistry between Anna and the King.
(TLD56, $14.98) |
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Arts of Southeast Asia
Fiona Kerlogue
ART & ARCHITECTURE
2004
PAPER
224 PAGES
A handsome guide to the art, architecture, textiles and crafts of Southeast Asia, featuring 183 illustrations, 102 in color. Organized thematically, this concise book includes chapters on Hindu, Buddhist and indigenous art. A volume in the World of Art series.
(SEA45, $16.95) |
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Bangkok Haunts
John Burdett
MYSTERY
2008
PAPER
368 PAGES
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
2004
MAP
A colorful map guide to shopping, restaurants, hotels and attractions.
(TLD50, $12.95) |
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Bangkok Tattoo
John Burdett
MYSTERY
2006
PAPER
Burdett plumbs the dark side of Bangkok in this mesmerizing murder mystery starring Royal Thai Police detective, Sonchai Jitpleecheep. Second in the series.
(TLD78, $13.95) |
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Birds of Southeast Asia
Craig Robson
FIELD GUIDE
2005
PAPER
304 PAGES
A compact field guide to the birds of Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia in the outstanding series of Princeton Field Guides. The book features 140 color plates covering 1,270 species, concise text and range maps. This is the field edition of Robson's masterful Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia.
(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
2008
HARD COVER
274 PAGES
Darwing on extensive research, Morgan portrays Anna Leonowens, of musical fame, as not only the first foreigner in the royal harem of Siam but also a world traveler and an independent woman.
(TLD84, $24.95) |
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Buddha
Karen Armstrong
RELIGION
2004
HARD COVER
240 PAGES
A concise, thought-provoking biography of the Buddha in the Penguin Lives series, written by one of the foremost experts on world religions. A member of the Association of Muslim Social Services in Jerusalem, Karen Armstrong is a former Roman Catholic nun who teaches Judaism. Her many books include: A History of God; Islam, a Short History; and Jerusalem: One City Three Faiths. She has also written a biography of Mohammed.
(REL09, $14.00) |
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Chiang Mai Shopping
Nancy Chandler
2001
MAP
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
1993
HARD COVER
228 PAGES
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
2007
PAPER
230 PAGES
This guide takes the independent traveler on a tour of the islands' history and natural attractions as well as pointing the way to the best places to stay--from charming huts on secluded beaches to swank villas with infinity pools. Detailed maps, color photos, and an engaging insightful text make this post-tsunami guide an indispensable companion for anyone visiting or thinking of visiting these islands.
(TLD81, $24.95) |
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Eyewitness Guide Thailand
Philip Cornwel-Smith
Deni Brown
GUIDEBOOK
2004
PAPER
504 PAGES
A compact illustrated guide to Thailand, featuring color photographs, excellent maps and a regional overview of the country's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date.
(TLD26, $25.00) |
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Eyewitness Top 10 Bangkok Travel Guides
Eyewitness Travel Guides
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2008
PAPER
128 PAGES
A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions.
(TLD82, $12.00) |
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Fieldwork
Mischa Berlinski
LITERATURE
2007
HARD COVER
320 PAGES
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
2007
PAPER
569 PAGES
A popular, practical guide.
(TLD42, $23.95) |
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The Food of Thailand, A Journey for Food Lovers
Kay Halsey
FOOD
2006
PAPER
296 PAGES
This culinary journey guides readers through Bangkok's markets to the seafood freshly cooked on the beaches of the Gulf of Thailand, to the sweet-makers of Phetchaburi province to the rice-growing hill tribes of the northern region.
(TLD89, $34.95) |
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Footprint Diving the World, A Guide to the World's Coral Seas
Beth Tierney
Shaun Tierney
GUIDEBOOK
2006
PAPER
350 PAGES
An inviting, beautifully illustrated guide to 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
2007
PAPER
751 PAGES
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
2002
PAPER
371 PAGES
Grounded for a year, the peripatetic journalist (Italian-born, writing in German, and based in India) sets off by any other means to complete his rounds through Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Mongolia, China, Japan and other far-flung destinations. The result is this warm, anecdotal account of the character of the region. It's got to be the book most recommended to us on contemporary Asia.
(SEA35, $14.95) |
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Genders and Sexualities in Modern Thailand
Peter Jackson
Nerida Cook
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
2000
PAPER
289 PAGES
A well-edited collection of 15 essays by noted scholars on issues of gender, sexuality and culture in Thailand, covering gender roles, marriage and sexual identity. The authors, who rely variously on interviews, historical research and popular accounts, tackle serious issues of prostitution, AIDS, and class.
(TLD44, $27.50) |
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A Guide to Khmer Temples in Thailand and Laos
Michael Freeman
GUIDEBOOK
1998
PAPER
320 PAGES
COMING IN
A compact guide to Khmer temples throughout the region, both famous and little-visited, featuring color photography, maps, temple plans and diagrams. It includes many remarkable sites near the border with Cambodia that are open to the public for the first time.
(TLD20, $19.95) |
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A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia
Craig Robson
FIELD GUIDE
2000
HARD COVER
504 PAGES
A comprehensive guide and handbook to the 1,250 species of birds found in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia -- the first in a decade. It 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
1988
PAPER
590 PAGES
Written by seven historians of Asia, this scholarly overview of the social, economic and political history of Southeast Asia is an excellent introduction to the region. A popular text for courses on modern Southeast Asian history, the organizing theme of the book is the region's cultural adaptation to change. Parts 2, 4 & 5 are organized by country.
(SEA18, $30.00) |
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Insight Guide Southeast Asia
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2003
PAPER
302 PAGES
COMING IN
A profusely illustrated overview of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and the Phillippines, 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
2001
PAPER
136 PAGES
This convenient, slim volume features color photographs, many maps (including a handy fold-out map of the city), good short descriptions of major points of interest, and other practical information.
(TLD03, $13.95) |
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Insight Pocket Guide Phuket
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
1999
PAPER
112 PAGES
This convenient, slim volume features color photographs, many maps (including a handy fold-out map), good short descriptions of major points of interest, and other practical information.
(TLD33, $12.95) |
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Jewelry of Southeast Asia
Anne Richter
ART & ARCHITECTURE
2000
HARD COVER
304 PAGES
An in-depth analysis of Southeast Asia's jewelry tradition that spans from the Neolithic and Bronze Age to the present, complemented by 350 full-color illustrations. Richter showcases more than 300 prized pieces and provides insightful commentary.
(SEA25, $75.00) |
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The King and I
Walter Lang
1956
DVD
The classic Rogers & Hammerstein musical adaptation of Margaret Landon's 1944 novel "Anna and the King of Siam," based on the diaries of Anna Leonowens. Deborah Kerr stars as the British schoolteacher who came to Siam (now Thailand) with her son in 1860 to tutor the King's many children and wives. Here is Yul Brynner's unforgettable performance as the stern, unsmiling King of Siam, whose facade can only be melted by a rousing chorus of "Shall We Dance."
(TLD55, $19.98) |
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Knopf Guide Thailand
Knopf Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2005
PAPER
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
2005
PAPER
(TLD63, $13.45) |
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Lonely Planet Bangkok
Joe Cummings
GUIDEBOOK
2008
PAPER
290 PAGES
This comprehensive, practical guide includes a good overview of history and attractions, dozens of color maps, and even a section on Thai language.
(TLD19, $18.99) |
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Lonely Planet Bangkok Encounter
Lonely Planet Publications
GUIDEBOOK
2007
PAPER
216 PAGES
With a section of not-to-be-missed highlights and a calendar of annual events, this lively pocket guide organized by neighborhood includes suggested side trips, along what to see and where to shop, eat, drink and play. With a double-sided pullout map.
(TLD77, $11.99) |
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Lonely Planet Bangkok Encounter
Lonely Planet Publications
GUIDEBOOK
2007
PAPER
216 PAGES
With a section of not-to-be-missed highlights and a calendar of annual events, this lively pocket guide organized by neighborhood includes suggested side trips, along what to see and where to shop, eat, drink and play. With a double-sided pullout map.
(TLD77, $11.99) |
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Lonely Planet Ko Samui Encounter
China Williams
GUIDEBOOK
2008
PAPER
With a section of not-to-missed highlights and a calendar of annual events, this lively pocket guide organized by neighborhood includes suggested side trips, along what to see and where to shop, eat, drink and play. With a double-sided pullout map.
(TLD85, $12.99) |
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Lonely Planet Phuket Encounter
Adam Skolnick
GUIDEBOOK
2008
PAPER
With a section of not-to-missed highlights and a calendar of annual events, this lively pocket guide organized by neighborhood includes suggested side trips, along what to see and where to shop, eat, drink and play. With a double-sided pullout map.
(TLD86, $12.99) |
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Lonely Planet Thai Phrasebook
Joe Cummings
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
2008
PAPER
258 PAGES
A handy pocket phrasebook, covering pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler in Thailand.
(TLD46, $8.99) |
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Lonely Planet Thailand's Islands and Beaches
China Williams
GUIDEBOOK
2006
PAPER
468 PAGES
A compact practical guide in the popular series with chapters on Bangkok, Gulf of Thailand and Andaman coasts. With information on beach resorts, national parks and adventure activities in popular Phuket and other holiday destinations.
(TLD48, $21.99) |
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Lonely Planet, Diving and Snorkeling Thailand
Tim Rock
GUIDEBOOK
2007
PAPER
176 PAGES
This practical, illustrated guide to 75 diving and snorkeling 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
1985
PAPER
340 PAGES
The adventures of a beginning cyclist and her husband who cover 23,000 miles and 25 countries in two years. The personal, unpretentious writing captures the colorful characters that cross the path of this young couple and the flavor of the countries they traverse. Sadly, Barbara Savage died in a cycling accident training for the triathlon upon her return home as the book was going to press.
(BCY02, $16.95) |
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Moon Thailand
Suzanne Nam
GUIDEBOOK
2008
PAPER
600 PAGES
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
2007
PAPER
256 PAGES
NEW
"It came upon me suddenly," Osborne reports, "like a mental disorder unknown to psychiatry: the desire to stop everything in normal life, to uproot, leave." And so he does, taking off on a six-month journey from Dubai to India, Bangkok, Bali and Papua New Guinea on the "Asian Highway." Osborne is not just interested in travel, but also in the reasons why we travel, layering his own entertaining adventures with ruminations on Shangri-La, The Grand Tour, the exotic and primitive.
(SEA50, $14.00) |
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National Geographic Traveler Thailand
Carl Parkes
Phil Macdonald
GUIDEBOOK
2006
PAPER
400 PAGES
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
2005
PAPER
356 PAGES
Phra Peter Pannapadipo (AKA Peter Robinson) writes with candor and humor of his transformation from London businessman to novice Buddhist monk. Pannapadipo has also written Little Angels, the story of novice Buddhist monks in rural Thailand.
(TLD60, $16.00) |
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The Politics of Heroin, CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade
Alfred McCoy
HISTORY
1991
PAPER
634 PAGES
An expanded version of McCoy's groundbreaking "The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia." This second edition includes the relationship between drug merchants, and intelligence and law enforcement agencies from Southeast Asia, to Central America and Afghanistan. The author is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin.
(LAO09, $32.95) |
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Richard Bangs' Adventures With Purpose, Dispatches from the Front Lines of Earth
Richard Bangs
EXPLORATION
2007
PAPER
400 PAGES
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
2003
AUDIO CD
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
2006
PAPER
966 PAGES
This sturdy comprehensive travel guide in the British series includes an excellent historical and cultural overview of Thailand along with extensive listings. An excellent choice.
(TLD12, $25.99) |
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The Size of the World
Joan Silber
LITERATURE
2008
HARD COVER
In this richly imagined novel-in-stories, Silber explores connections between cultures and countries, and the power of place to change a person's life. Drawing on historical events from wartime Vietnam to colonial Thailand, Mexico and 9/11-era United States, her loosely linked chapters follow travelers, immigrants and ex-pats as they leave home for adventures into the foreign, forever changed in unexpected ways. Silber, who has traveled extensively in Asia, grounds her globe-spanning narrative with the personal yearnings, hopes and fears of each character. Her prose, heartfelt yet unsentimental, creates a textured portrait of a complex world, in which the distance between countries are often smaller than the distance between people.
(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
1995
PAPER
432 PAGES
A wide-ranging meditation on the role of animals and nature in the complex human societies of Southeast Asia, originally published in 1988. The authors wax philosophical -- and sometimes blackly humorous -- about conservation issues throughout the region. They argue for effective community-based conservation building on traditional relationships between people and the environment
(SEA02, $18.95) |
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Southeast Asia Map
Nelles
MAP
A clear, double-sided map of all of southeast Asia from Burma, Vietnam and Thailand to Hong Kong, the Philippines and Indonesia at a scale of 1:4,500,000.
(SEA12, $10.95) |
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Southeast Asia, A Concise History
Mary Somers Heidhues
HISTORY
2001
PAPER
192 PAGES
A lively, illustrated history of Southeast Asia, covering the politics, economics, society and culture of Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines. 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
2004
PAPER
384 PAGES
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
2007
PAPER
256 PAGES
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
2007
PAPER
180 PAGES
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
2006
PAPER
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
1972
PAPER
151 PAGES
A classic account of Theravada Buddhism by a respected monk and scholar from Sri Lanka. The venerable Walpola Sri Rahula, who taught at Northwestern, was instrumental introducing Buddhism as it is practiced in Burma, Thailand, Laos and Sri Lanka to the United States. First published in 1959 (and still widely taught), the book introduces Sanskrit and Pali terms, and provides translations from relevant original texts with explanations for Western readers. Drawing on the words of Buddha.
(SEA41, $13.00) |
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A Woman's Asia
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. Featuring selections from Jan Morris, Pamela Logan and Alison Wright.
(ASA49, $17.95) |
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World Religions: Eastern Traditions
Willard G. Oxtoby
RELIGION
2002
PAPER
515 PAGES
A clear and insightful introduction to Eastern religions by a team of scholars. It's a handsomely produced concise overview of Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist, and East Asian traditions, as rewarding for the general reader as the student. This second edition features additional suggested reading, photographs, glossary and thought-provoking review questions.
(ASA07, $64.95) |
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