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America's Lost War: Vietnam, 1945-1975
• Charles E. Neu
• HISTORY
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A history of the Vietnam War based on the popular course by Brown University professor of American foreign relations Charles E. Neu.
(VNM69, $21.95)
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America's Miracle Man In Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, Religion, Race, And U.S. Intervention In Southeast Asia 1950-1957
• Seth Jacobs
• HISTORY
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This diplomatic and cultural history draws on archives, private papers, novels, newspapers, radio broadcasts and more to show how, in the 1950s, U.S. policymakers conceived of Cold War anticommunism as a crusade against an adversary dangerous as much for its atheism as for its military might.
(VNM117, $26.95)
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An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us
• James Carroll
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Winner of the National Book Award, this is the tragic story of an American family whose beliefs and familial bonds are shattered by the raging Vietnam war.
(VNM38, $15.00)
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Apocalypse Now, The Complete Dossier
• Francis Ford Coppola
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In Coppola's classic adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, a battle weary captain is sent on a top secret mission to "terminate the command" of renegade Colonel Kurz in the jungles of Cambodia.
(CBD51, $19.99)
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Argument Without End, In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy
• Robert S. McNamara
• HISTORY
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The result of a series of meetings between the former secretary of defense and North Vietnamese leaders from 1995-1998.
(VNM75, $17.00)
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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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ARVN, Life and Death in the South Vietnamese Army
• Robert K. Brigham
• HISTORY
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The first book dedicated solely to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) focuses on troop morale and motivation within the context of traditional Vietnamese society and culture, and the paranoid political regime that made unrealistic demands upon its soldiers without giving them the training, equipment, leadership and ideology they needed to succeed.
(VNM115, $29.95)
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Beneath Buddha's Eyes
• Tony Anthony
• LITERATURE
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A love story set during the Vietnam war.
(VNM52, $25.00)
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The Best and the Brightest
• David Halberstam
• HISTORY
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Halberstam's masterful epic tale of the policymaking, outsized egos and infuriating blunders that got the United States embroiled in the Vietnam war.
(VNM101, $18.00)
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The Boat
• Nam Le
• LITERATURE
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The heart-rending stories from diverse locations (Vietnam, Australia, Colombia, Iran) in this debut collection are told with remarkable skill and mastery.
(VNM123, $22.95)
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CDC's Complete Guide to Health Travel
• Kent C. Davis
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(TRV01, $14.95)
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Child of War, Woman of Peace
• Le Ly Hayslip
• LITERATURE
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(VNM78, $19.00)
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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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Close Quarters
• Larry Heinemann
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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(VNM94, $26.95)
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Consuming Urban Culture in Contemporary Vietnam
• Mandy Thomas
• Lisa Drummond
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A collection of scholarly essays on examine everyday life and culture in modern Vietnam.
(VNM65, $195.00)
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The Country of Memory, Remaking the Past in Late Socialist Vietnam
• Hue-Tam Ho Tai
• HISTORY
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A collection of essays by diverse authors on modern Vietnamese culture and society.
(VNM60, $24.95)
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Culture Shock! Vietnam
• Claire Ellis
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• OUT OF PRINT
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A lively introduction to modern Vietnamese culture and manners with a focus on customs and etiquette.
(VNM19, $13.95)
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Culture, Ritual and Revolution in Vietnam
• Shaun Kingsley Malarney
• HISTORY
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A scholarly monograph, based on field work and archival material, of the revolutionary campaign to transform scoiety in northern Vietnam.
(VNM61, $49.00)
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Distant Road: Selected Poems of Nguyen Duy
• Nguyen Duy
• Kevin Bowen
• Ba Chung Nguyen
• LITERATURE
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A selection of poems. Born in Thanh Hoa in 1948, Duy served with distinction in the North Vietnamese Army.
(VNM76, $15.95)
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Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation
• Carl Bielefeldt
• RELIGION
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Drawing on the work of famous thirteenth century Zen master Dogen Kigen, Bielefeldt offers insight into modern Zen study and practice.
(REL37, $24.95)
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A Dragon Apparent, Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
• Norman Lewis
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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A classic account of travels and adventure during the last years of French Indochina, strong on atmosphere and including wonderfully detailed descriptions of local cultures and archaeological treasures. First published in 1951.
(SEA40, $33.95)
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Dumb Luck, A Novel
• Trong Phung Vu
• LITERATURE
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The first translation of a major work from the influential Vietnamese satirist Trong Phung Vu, who died, aged 27, in 1939. Regarded as Vu's masterwork, this clever novel skewers the feverish rush towards modernization in late colonial Vietnam.
(VNM108, $20.95)
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Earth and Water, Encounters in Vietnam
• Edith Shillue
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Shillue, an English professor, reflects on the people, culture and history of the country in this meditative account of experiences and encounters in Vietnam as a teacher and traveler in the 1990s.
(VNM79, $24.95)
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The Ethnography of Vietnam's Central Highlanders: A Historical Contextualization, 1850-1990
• Oscar Salemink
• HISTORY
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This scholarly monography examines the ethnographic representation of minorty groups in Vietnam's Central Highlands.
(VNM64, $52.00)
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Family Tightrope, The Changing Lives of Vietnamese Americans
• Nazli Kibria
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Using ethnographic techniques to profile a community of Vietnamese immigrants in Philadelphia, Kibria challenges the conventional wisdom about Vietnamese-Americans' cultural assimilation.
(VNM109, $30.95)
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Fields of Fire
• James Webb
• LITERATURE
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A harrowing story of a platoon deep in the Vietnamese jungle, first published in 1978.
(VNM68, $18.95)
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Fodor's See It Vietnam
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, well-illustrated of Vietnam and its attractions. With good information on what to see and where to eat, sleep, and shop.
(VNM84, $24.95)
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Footprint Vietnam
• Claire Bobbyer
• GUIDEBOOK
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A detailed, comprehensive guide in the Footprint series. With practical information of accommodations, food, events and sights. Perfect for the independent traveler.
(SEA61, $24.95)
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Footprint Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos
• Jack O'Tailan
• Claire Boobbyer
• John Colet
• Andrew Spooner
• GUIDEBOOK
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With practical information on attractions, transportation, food, activities and lodgings. Includes Bangkok.
(SEA52, $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, $16.00)
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Fragments of the Present, Searching for Modernity in Vietnam's South
• Philip Taylor
• HISTORY
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In this wide-ranging anthropological study, based on a field work in a Mekong delta village, Taylor looks at southern Vietnam's postwar history, economic and social change and the contrast between urban and rural life.
(VNM62, $34.00)
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Frommer's Vietnam, inluding Angor Wat
• Charles Agar
• GUIDEBOOK
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An excellent practical guide geared towards the independent traveler.
(VNM111, $22.99)
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Frommer's Vietnam, inluding Angor Wat
• Charles Agar
• GUIDEBOOK
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An excellent practical guide geared towards the independent traveler.
(VNM111, $22.99)
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Full Metal Jacket
• Stanley Kubrick
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Kubrick follows a young marine from boot camp to the 1968 Tet Offensive in this two-segment Vietnam epic.
(VNM97, $19.96)
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The Green Berets
• Ray Kellogg
• John Wayne
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A grizzled army colonel assembles a team of elite Green Berets in South Vietnam to capture a Viet Cong general in this gung-ho thriller starring John Wayne.
(VNM99, $12.97)
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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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Heaven and Earth
• Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone's film of a young Vietnamese villager who marries a U.S. marine after the war, based on the memoir by Le Ly Hayslip memoir.
(VNM100, $19.97)
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Hitchhiking Vietnam, A Woman's Solo Journey in an Exclusive Land
• Karin Muller
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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With honesty, humor and insight, Muller recounts a seven-month journey in Vietnam -- sometimes by motorbike, often by foot -- across 6,400 miles from the Mekong Delta to the Chinese border.
(VNM125, $24.95)
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In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War
• Tobias Wolff
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A vivid memoir of novelist Tobais Wolff's tour of duty in Vietnam.
(VNM34, $15.00)
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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, $32.00)
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Insight Compact Guide Vietnam
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This lavishly illustrated compact guide includes excellent color maps and thoughtful short essys on history, culture and attractions.
(VNM131, $9.95)
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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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Insight Pocket Guide Hanoi
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handy full-color guide to the city with a pull-out map. Features recommendations for dining, shopping and sightseeing with an overview of the city's highlights.
(VNM71, $13.95)
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Insight Pocket Guide Vietnam
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A slim illustrated guide and separate pull-out map.
(VNM86, $13.95)
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Into the Vietnamese Kitchen, Ancient Foodways, Modern Flavors
• Andrea Quynhgiao Nguyen
• FOOD
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Sophisticated yet simple, the recipes in this book include steamy pho noodle soups infused with the aromas of fresh herbs and lime; rich clay-pot preparations of catfish, chicken, and pork; classic banh mě sandwiches; and an array of Vietnamese charcuterie.
(VNM124, $35.00)
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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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Land of the Ascending Dragon, Rediscovering Vietnam
• Paul Martin
• HISTORY
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A handsome oversize volume surveying Vietnam's rich history and hopeful future.
(VNM25, $32.00)
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Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram
• Dang Thuy Tram
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The posthumously published diary of a 27-year-old Vietcong woman doctor (it was found by a U.S. soldier), this searing book offers insight into the lives of the people of North Vietnam during the war.
(VNM132, $12.95)
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Lonely Planet Hanoi & Halong Bay Encounter
• Lonely Planet
• 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.
(VNM104, $11.99)
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Lost Soldiers
• James Webb
• LITERATURE
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A sequel to the novelist (and Vietnam Vet) James Webb's Fields of Fire.
(VNM70, $7.99)
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The Lover
• Marguerite Duras
• LITERATURE
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A haunting tale of coming-of-age in Indochina during the 1930s, beautifully evoking its setting and the complex emotions of a young girl, her family and her wealthy Chinese lover.
(CBD09, $11.00)
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The Mekong, Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future
• Milton Osborne
• HISTORY
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A cultural history of the great river from prehistory to European exploration, colonial tensions and modern challenges. It's an engaging introduction to the history of Southeast Asia.
(SEA28, $16.00)
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Modernity and Re-Enchantment, Religion in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam
• Phili Taylor
• RELIGION
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With case studies on diverse religious practices.
(VNM128, $95.00)
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Monkey Bridge
• Lan Cao
• LITERATURE
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The affecting novel a young girl's coming-of-age in Falls Church's Little Saigon in the aftermath of the Vietnam war.
(VNM130, $15.00)
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Moon Handbook Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
• Michael Buckley
• GUIDEBOOK
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This guidebook, mostly focused on Vietnam, features a thorough introduction to the land, history and culture, as well as astonishing practical detail on getting around, where to go and where to stay.
(SEA09, $21.95)
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My Detachment
• Tracy Kidder
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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(VNM95, $29.95)
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The Naked Tourist, In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall
• Lawrence Osborne
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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, $14.00)
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National Geographic Vietnam
• Jim Sullivan
• GUIDEBOOK
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This guide to Vietnam, published in the National Geographic attractive visual style, features hundreds of photographs, full color maps and good information on history, nature, culture and travel in Vietnam.
(VNM93, $22.95)
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No Man's Land
• Duong Thu Huong
• LITERATURE
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An evocative novel from the author of Memories of a Pure Spring in which a Vietnamese woman is torn between her new life with a loving husband and her duty to the maimed soldier who has returned from the dead to claim her.
(VNM107, $14.95)
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Novel without a Name
• Thu Huong Duong
• LITERATURE
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From celebrated dissident author Duong Thu Huong, this lyrical novel tells the story of a North Vietnamese solider who clings to memories of his childhood in the hard times of war.
(VNM23, $15.00)
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The Other Side of Heaven, Postwar Fiction by Vietnamese and American Writers
• Truong Vu
• Le M. Khue
• Wayne Karlin
• ANTHOLOGY
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An anthology of fiction, with contributions from both sides of the experience of the Vietnam War.
(VNM42, $17.95)
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Paradise of the Blind
• Duong Thu Huong
• LITERATURE
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A tale of contemporary life set in the 1980s, this popular Vietnamese novel -- one of the few translated into English -- captures life in an extended family and the struggle for economic well being in a difficult society.
(VNM30, $13.99)
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Patriots, The Vietnam War Remembered From All Sides
• Christian G. Appy
• HISTORY
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A vivid oral history spanning the history of the Vietnam conflict and a diversity of views.
(VNM129, $18.00)
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Phase Line Green, The Battle for Hue, 1968
• Nicholas Warr
• HISTORY
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A powerful and personal account of a U.S. soldier's experience in the Battle of Hue.
(VNM36, $19.00)
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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia
• Morten Strange
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact photographic guide to almost 700 species of birds in the region, featuring concise descriptions and distribution maps.
(SEA39, $37.00)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Vietnamese
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Vietnamese, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(VNM81, $19.95)
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Platoon, Special Edition
• Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone's semi-autobiographical masterpiece depicts the horrors of the Vietnam War in gritty realism through the eyes of a young recruit.
(VNM98, $14.98)
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The Quiet American
• Phillip Noyce
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Michael Caine stars as a British journalist stationed in Vietnam in the 1950s who becomes friends with a seemingly harmless American (Brendan Fraser).
(VNM59, $29.99)
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Reporting Vietnam, American Journalism 1959-1975
• Ward Just
• ANTHOLOGY
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A riveting selection of contemporary newspaper and magazine reports and books by American journalists. This paperback edition draws from the original two-volume Library of America hardcover edition.
(VNM77, $35.00)
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River Road to China, The Search for the Source of the Mekong, 1866-73
• Milton Osborne
• EXPLORATION
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An excellent modern account of a 19th-century French expedition 4,000 miles from Vietnam and Cambodia into unknown regions of China in search of the source of the Mekong.
(SEA29, $16.00)
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Rough Guide Vietnam
• Jan Dodd
• GUIDEBOOK
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This practical guide in the excellent British series includes an excellent historical and cultural overview.
(VNM103, $21.99)
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Sacred War, Nationalism and Revolution in a Divided Vietnam
• William J. Duiker
• HISTORY
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A history of the Vietnam War, from the perspective of North Vietnam. Bolstered by new research, quotes, and contemporary Vietnamese documents, this books provides a compelling complement to the American narrative of the war.
(VNM106, $46.25)
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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, $39.00)
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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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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, $200.00)
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
• Anne Fadiman
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The editor of American Scholar, Fadiman gracefully documents the encounter between two worldviews, in an intimate portrait of a Hmong refugee family in California.
(VNM31, $15.00)
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Street Without Joy
• Bernard B. Fall
• HISTORY
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A vivid account of the French defeat in Vietnam.
(VNM18, $27.95)
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To Hanoi and Back, The U.S. Air Force and North Vietnam, 1966-1973
• Wayne Thompson
• Richard P. Hallion
• HISTORY
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A detailed history of the American Air campaign in the Vietnam War.
(VNM57, $31.95)
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To What End?
• Ward Just
• HISTORY
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Reports from Vietnman in 1966-1967 by the Washington Post reporter and novelist, reissued on the 25th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.
(VNM73, $14.00)
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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 the various ancient kingdoms that produced Borobudur, Angkor and other architectural marvels.
(SEA36, $14.95)
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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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Two Cakes Fit for a King, Folktales from Vietnam
• Nguye Nguyen
• LITERATURE
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These 10 illustrated popular folktales, passed down through oral tradition, illuminate Vietnamese culture, tradition and history.
(VNM119, $16.95)
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A Viet Cong Memoir
• Truang Nhu Tang
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A candid, revealing story of a revolutionary life, wonderfully free of cant. This telling memoir by the former Viet Cong Minister of Justice, now living in exile in Paris, gives a detailed report from the inside of the Viet Cong.
(VNM11, $15.95)
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Vietnam Now, A Reporter Returns
• David Lamb
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An insightful portrait of contemporary Vietnam by Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent and National Geographic writer. Lamb intereweaves stories of Vietnam today with his own experiences and memories as a young reporter for UPI during the war.
(VNM47, $17.00)
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Vietnam Rising, Culture and Change in Asia's Tiger Cub
• William Ratliff
• HISTORY
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Ratliff looks at cultural, political, and economic change in Vietnam from a business perspective.
(VNM127, $15.95)
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Vietnam Today: A Guide to a Nation at a Crossroads
• Mark Ashwill
• Thai Ngoc Diep
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A practical guide to the politics, culture and getting along in contemporary Vietnam.
(VNM80, $27.95)
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The Vietnam War, A Concise International History
• Mark Atwood Lawrence
• HISTORY
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An admirably focused history of the war, its beginnings, and global consequences.
(VNM105, $18.95)
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Vietnam, A Book of Changes
• Mitch Epstein
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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80 marvelous photographs that capture the people and culture of Vietnam.
(VNM06, $35.00)
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Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Map
• Nelles
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A double-sided map at a scale of 1:1,500,000.
(SEA16, $10.95)
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Vietnam, The Necessary War
• Michael Lind
• HISTORY
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A reinterpretation of America's most disastrous military conflict by Michael Lind, a political journalist and fellow at the New America Foundation. Lind challenges the received wisdom, suggesting that the disaster in Indochina was a just and winnable war.
(VNM74, $15.00)
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Vietnam: A Natural History
• Eleanor J. Sterling
• Martha Maud Hurley
• Le Duc Minh
• Joyce Ann Powzyk
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A serious, thorough study of habitats, wildlife, human influence and conservation in Vietnam, featuring a handful of color photographs
(VNM85, $22.00)
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Vietnamese, A Language Map
• Kristine K. Kershul
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers.
(VNM82, $7.95)
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Vietnamese, Start Speaking Today
• Language/30
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A 90-minute crash course in Vietnamese featured on CD and phrasebook.
(VNM58, $24.95)
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War Letters, Stories of Courage, Longing and Sacrifice
• Robert Kenner
• HISTORY
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A dramatic presentation of letters home, produced by PBS.
(WAR77, $19.98)
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We Were Soldiers Once...and Young, Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
• Harold G. Moore
• HISTORY
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This devastating account of the battles against the North Vietnamese at the Ia Drang Valley, November, 1965, presents a picture of men facing the ultimate challenge--and dealing with it in ways they would have found unimaginable only a few hours earlier.
(VNM116, $18.00)
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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
• Jay Wurts
• Le Ly Hayslip
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A moving account of life in a Viet Cong village and the horrors of the war, struggling to survive in the Saigon black market and adjustment to life in the United States with her American husband. Hayslip founded the East Meets West Foundation.
(VNM41, $16.00)
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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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Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & the Greater Mekong
• Nick Ray
• GUIDEBOOK
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This compact practical guide covers the entire Mekong from the heights of Yunnan to Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
(SEA63, $24.99)
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