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Adventures and Encounters, Europeans in Southeast Asia • J.M. Gullick ANTHOLOGY • 1996 • PAPER • 336 PAGES This anthology offers a diverse selection of European accounts of Southeast Asia. The writers range from 16th century explorers and mariners to 19th century naturalists and modern literary travelers. Complemented by engravings and archival photographs. (INS20, $60.00)
After Sorrow, An American Among the Vietnamese • Lady Borton CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1996 • PAPER • 320 PAGES • COMING IN In this remarkable book, the author collects the oral histories of Vietnamese women who lived through the war, taking refuge in the hills, smuggling weapons and mourning the dead. A 25-year resident of the country, Borton lived in three villages at the heart of the war. The women she interviews convey their essential spirit as well the tenacity, courage and resilience it took to survive that era in Vietnamese history. (VNM17, $15.00)
The Age of Wild Ghosts: Memory, Violence, and Place in Southwest China • Erik Mueggler CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2001 • PAPER • 361 PAGES A groundbreaking ethnography of the Yi, 7 million of whom live in China's Yunnan province. It's also an illuminating study of the wages of communism on China's minority peoples. "The age of wild ghosts" is how, in popular parlance, the Yi refer to the last 40-odd years, from the Great Leap Forward of 1958 (and the resultant famine) to the present day. The author, a professor of anthropology, focuses his discussion on the Yi's collective sense of loss, guilt and sadness. (CHN168, $28.95)
An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us • James Carroll BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1997 • PAPER • 279 PAGES 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. Novelist Carroll recounts growing up under the auspicious shadow of his father, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency throughout most of the war. Carroll's decision to become a priest thrills his father, but when he sides with the liberal Catholics and draft resisters, his family relationships are jeopardized. (VNM38, $15.95)
Angkor Map • Dawn Rooney GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER A site plan and pocket guide to Angkor, this folded map, at a scale of 1:40,000, includes inset photographs of major buildings, monuments and carvings. Banteay Sriei, and the temple of Angkor Wat, the Banyon and surroundings are shown at a scale of 1:15,000 on the reverse. With photographs and temple descriptions, it covers 22 key sites in all. With a map of Siem Reap. (CBD16, $12.95)
Argument Without End, In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy • Robert S. McNamara HISTORY • 2000 • PAPER • 512 PAGES The result of a series of meetings with North Vietnamese leaders from 1995-1998, this book with analysis and introductions by McNamara, draws on transcripts and recently declassified documents. (VNM75, $17.00)
The Arts of China • Michael Sullivan ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2008 • PAPER • 352 PAGES A comprehensive survey of Chinese visual arts -- and culture -- through the ages. It's a lively overview, thoroughly illustrated and accessible, covering bronzes, lacquer, ceramics, painting and architecture, from the Neolithic to the modern. With 380 illustrations, half in color. This is the fourth edition of Sullivan's popular textbook, equally appropriate for the serious traveler or general reader. (CHN16, $39.95)
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)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress • Sijie Dai • Ina Rilke LITERATURE • 2002 • PAPER • 208 PAGES A charming, unexpectedly witty, tale of two teenage boys in China sent off to the countryside during Mao's Cultural Revolution. This slim novel celebrates the power of stories and literature and the imagination. (CHN159, $13.95)
Beneath Buddha's Eyes • Tony Anthony LITERATURE • 2002 • HARD COVER • 296 PAGES In this compelling second novel, a love story set in the midst of war, reporter Peter Hill tells of his affair with a colleague in Vietnam, clandestine missions, corruption and making your way during the chaos and horror of the war. The author Tony Anthony was drafted into the Army and assigned to the infantry as a Combat Correspondent in Vietnam. (VNM52, $25.00)
Birds of Myanmar • Kyaw Nyunt Lwin • Khin Ma Ma Thwin • Aung Thant FIELD GUIDE • 2005 • PAPER • 165 PAGES A slim field guide to 350 birds of Burma, featuring 74 full-color plates, descriptive information, and a comprehensive checklist. The Burmese authors and illustrator are associated with BirdLife International. (BMA42, $37.95)
A Bright Shining Lie, John Paul Vann and the Americans in Vietnam • Neil Sheehan HISTORY • 1989 • PAPER • 861 PAGES A political history of the war as seen through the story of one of its soldiers, this prize-winning book is a hard-hitting expose on the failure of American foreign policy in Southeast Asia. (VNM27, $19.95)
Brother Number One, A Political Biography of Pol Pot • David Chandler BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1999 • PAPER • 264 PAGES The definitive history of the Pol Pot era by the author of the History of Cambodia. (CBD23, $43.75)
Buddhist Art and Architecture • Robert Fisher ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1993 • PAPER • 216 PAGES A wide-ranging, illustrated survey of Buddhist art, architecture and iconography in the excellent World of Art series. It includes examples from throughout Asia. (ASA30, $19.95)
The Buddhist Handbook • 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. It gives a basic overview of the teachings and practice of Buddhism, including a who's who of contemporary teachers and list of useful addresses around the world. (ASA08, $19.95)
Cambodia • Michael Freeman CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2004 • PAPER • 224 PAGES A political and cultural history of Cambodia by writer, photographer and keen observer Michael Freeman. (CBD40, $27.00)
Cambodia Map • Gecko Maps 2005 • MAP A full color map of Cambodia for the traveler at a scale of 1:750,000. With useful inset city and area maps of Phnom Penh, Angkor, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville with restaurants, hotels and attractions. Two Sides. 26x36 inches. (CBD17, $18.95)
Cambodia's New Deal • William Shawcross HISTORY • 1994 • PAPER • 106 PAGES A scholarly survey of Cambodia's political and economic climate. (CBD14, $9.95)
Cambodia, A Shattered Society • Mark W. Mcleod • Marie Martin HISTORY • 1994 • HARD COVER • 383 PAGES A political and cultural history of post-Pol Pot Cambodia for a scholarly audience. (CBD22, $65.00)
Cambodian Culture Since 1975 • May Ebihara HISTORY • 1994 • PAPER • 194 PAGES A scholary collection of articles on Cambodian culture since the violence of Pol Pot's regime in the 1970s. (CBD21, $22.95)
The Cat from Hue, A Vietnam Story • John Laurence BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2002 • PAPER • 864 PAGES Journalist John Laurence's detailed and haunting account of Vietnam War combines his first hand experiences as a correspondent with a historical overview of the war. The cat in the title is Meo, a Vietnamese stray he adopted along the way. (VNM67, $21.99)
CDC's Complete Guide to Health Travel • Charles Ericcson • Kent C. Davis GUIDEBOOK • 1997 • PAPER • 432 PAGES Solid advice for healthy travel around the world by the Center for Disease Control. (TRV01, $15.00)
Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Map • Periplus Maps 2006 • MAP With detailed city maps of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, a Northern Thailand regional map and map of the Golden Triangle. Two Sides. 20x34 inches. (TLD65, $9.00)
Child of War, Woman of Peace • Le Ly Hayslip LITERATURE • 1993 • PAPER • 388 PAGES Further memoirs from the author of "When Heaven and Earth Changed Places." (VNM78, $19.00)
Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors • Dith Pran • Ben Kiernan • Kim DePaul BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1999 • PAPER • 224 PAGES A series of eyewitness testimonies of the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s. Dith Pran, the photojournalist whose story was told in the film The Killing Fields, compiled 29 accounts, all told by people who were children during Khmer Rouge's reign of terror. (CBD33, $19.50)
China Adventure Map • National Geographic 2011 • MAP A double-sided, full-color map of China, at a useful scale of 1:4,375,000, which shows roads and cities. Printed on tear- and water-reistant paper. Two Sides. 39x27 inches. (CHN06, $11.95)
China South Map • Nelles 2005 • MAP A detailed travel map of Southern China, from Taiwan to Hong Kong and the Yunnan Province, at a 1:1,500,000 scale. With city maps of Hon Kong, Macau and Guilin. Two Sides. 20x40 inches. (CHN27, $13.95)
Chinese Art • Mary Tregear ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1997 • PAPER • 216 PAGES A quick, but surprisingly thorough survey of Chinese art, including calligraphy and painting, sculpture and ceramics, as well as garden design, architecture, and various crafts. Part of the "World of Art" series, it is illustrated throughout. (CHN153, $19.95)
The Chinese Kitchen • Eileen Yin-Fei Lo FOOD • 1999 • HARD COVER • 452 PAGES An authoritative and delightful book about food and cultural practices in a very food-oriented culture. "Have you eaten yet?" the Chinese traditionally ask each other when they meet by chance in the street, and here Eileen Yin-Fei Lo has written a cookbook which doubles as an introduction to China itself. It's a compendium not only of recipes (of which there are hundreds, all authentic, all clearly explained), but also of lessons in Chinese history, folkloric tales, and reminiscences of the author's childhood in Guangdong province, where she learned to cook at her grandmother's side. With chapters on Chinese tea and how to stock a Chinese pantry, plus a recipe for the 28-ingredient feast dish known as "Buddha Jump over the Wall", this is a book -- in English! -- that any Chinese cook would want. (CHN134, $39.95)
Chinese Rugs: A Buyer's Guide • Lee Allane GUIDEBOOK • 1994 • PAPER • 144 PAGES A guide to the history, techniques and variety of carpets produced throughout China, including typical motifs and materials. It features a practical guide to price and quality for the prospective buyer. (CHN30, $15.95)
Collected Short Stories, Volume 4 • 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 and other southeast Asian locales, including the well-known tale "The Letter." (SEA01, $18.00)
Concise Flowers of the Himalaya • Oleg Polunin • Adam Stainton FIELD GUIDE • 1998 • PAPER • 424 PAGES • COMING IN A condensed version of the classic "Flowers of the Himalaya," featuring the same 700 color photographs and 315 drawings but with shorter descriptive information. The field guide covers plants occurring from the Nepal-Sikkim border in the southeast to Kashmir in the northwest. Publsihed by Oxford University Press in India. (HML17, $25.00)
Consuming Urban Culture in Contemporary Vietnam • Mandy Thomas • Lisa Drummond CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2003 • HARD COVER • 227 PAGES In this scholarly collection of essays, diverse contributors -- many Vietnamese -- examine everyday life and popular culture in contemporary Vietnam. The editors, who provide a historical background for current developments, include contributions on television, dance, political cartoons movies, short fiction and social issues. (VNM65, $195.00)
The Country of Memory, Remaking the Past in Late Socialist Vietnam • Hue-Tam Ho Tai HISTORY • 2001 • PAPER • 284 PAGES A collection of essays by diverse authors on modern Vietnamese culture and society. (VNM60, $28.95)
Culture Shock! Laos • Robert Cooper GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 211 PAGES A practical guide to Laotian customs, etiquette and culture, perfect for the business traveler, casual visitor or resident. (LAO13, $15.95)
Culture, Ritual and Revolution in Vietnam • Shaun Kingsley Malarney HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 224 PAGES This is a recently published monograph by an associate professor of cultural anthropology at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan, who has written on a variety of topics including transformations of wedding and funeral practices, local politics, commerce and entrepreneurship. Based on both field work in northern Vietnam and archival materials, the study looks at the impact of the revolutionary campaign to transform Vietnamese society. A volume in the Univeristy of Hawaii Press Anthropology in Asia series. (VNM61, $49.00)
Distant Road: Selected Poems of Nguyen Duy • Nguyen Duy • Kevin Bowen • Ba Chung Nguyen LITERATURE • 1999 • PAPER • 257 PAGES A selection of poems, including those about the Vietnamese War. Born in Thanh Hoa in 1948, Duy served with distinction in the North Vietnamese Army. (VNM76, $15.95)
Earth and Water, Encounters in Vietnam • Edith Shillue BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1997 • PAPER • 234 PAGES A meditative account of experiences and encounters in Vietnam as a teacher and traveler in the 1990s. IN this lovely memoir, Shillue, an English professor, reflects on the people, culture and history of the country, interweaving her time living with a family and teaching in Saigon with her travels to Nam Ha Province (where she taught in a village school) and journeys throughout the country. (VNM79, $24.95)
The Ends of the Earth, A Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy • Robert D. Kaplan TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 1997 • PAPER • 476 PAGES Kaplan, a veteran foreign correspondent and wonderful writer, journeys though much of the third world in this far-ranging, insightful report on sociopolitics, the future and other big topics. Organized geographically, he hops from West Africa to the Nile, Balkans, Central Asia, China and Southeast Asia. Two large sections are devoted to Iran and the former Soviet republics of Central Asia. (WLD26, $16.00)
The Ethnography of Vietnam's Central Highlanders: A Historical Contextualization, 1850-1990 • Oscar Salemink HISTORY • 2003 • HARD COVER • 368 PAGES In this scholarly monography Salemink examines representation of the Montagnards since 1850, tracing changes in ethnography over a key period. Salemink, an anthropologist who collected oral histories in the Central Highlands for this study, is program officer for social sciences and humanities at the Ford Foundation in Hanoi. A volume in the University of Hawaii Press Anthropology of Asia series. (VNM64, $52.00)
The Explorer's Garden, Rare and Unusual Perennials • Daniel Hinkley • Roy Lancaster NATURAL HISTORY • 2009 • PAPER • 380 PAGES Legendary proprietor of Heronwood Nursery in the Pacific Northwest, author of its willfully eccentric catalogue and renowned plant-explorer, Daniel Hinkley introduces some of his remarkable finds in the Himalayas, Yunnan and other exotic locations around the world in this handsomely produced tour of his nursery and garden. With 250 color photographs and an introduction by fellow plant-explorer Roy Lancaster. (NAT28, $24.95)
A Field Guide to the Birds of China • John MacKinnon • Karen Phillipps FIELD GUIDE • 2000 • PAPER • 586 PAGES A comprehensive field guide to the birds of China, featuring 128 color plates illustrating 1,300 species of birds, with introductory chapters on the history of ornithology in China, biogeography and conservation. Range maps are organized on adjacent pages to the illustrations. The book also includes a list of endemic, threatened and endangered species. Principal author John MacKinnon has also written "Wild China", "A Photoguide to the Birds of China" and "A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Bali." (CHN85, $124.00)
Fields of Fire • James Webb LITERATURE • 2000 • PAPER • 360 PAGES The first novel from former marine and Vietnam vet James Webb, a harrowing story of a platoon deep in the Vietnamese jungle. First published in 1978, it remains one of the most realistic and challenging novels on the war. (VNM68, $19.95)
First They Killed My Father, A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers • Loung Ung BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2001 • PAPER • 240 PAGES By the age of eight, Loung Ung had survived the deaths of both her parents and two sisters at the hands of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge. Loung Ung and her brother were eventually rescued by humanitarian workers and brought to the U.S., and here she retells the harrowing story of those brutal years spent in Cambodia as a young girl. Written in the present tense, it's an eye-opening eyewitness account of the atrocities suffered by millions of Cambodians from the perspective of a survivor. (CBD13, $14.99)
Footprint Laos Handbook • Jack O'Tailan GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • PAPER • 344 PAGES A sturdy practical guide in the British Footprint series, featuring in-depth practical information, 42 sketch maps and an overview of history and culture. (LAO10, $23.95)
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, $16.00)
Fragments of the Present, Searching for Modernity in Vietnam's South • Philip Taylor HISTORY • 2000 • PAPER • 237 PAGES 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)
The Gate • Francois Bizot BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2004 • PAPER • 304 PAGES In this chilling account Bizot, a French ethnologist married to a Khmer woman, tells of his remarkable, terrifying years during the reign of the Khmer Rouge. Bizot is the only Westerner imprisoned by the Khmer Rouge to have been released alive. (SEA48, $14.00)
Giant Pandas in the Wild, Saving an Endangered Species • Lu Zhi NATURAL HISTORY • 2002 • HARD COVER • 128 PAGES • COMING IN In this important new book, Dr. Lu Zhi offers an indepth portrait of the giant panda and international conservation efforts to protect the panda and its habitat in China. A researcher since 1985 and former coordinator of WWF's panda program in China, Dr. Zhi chronicles the social lives and population dynamics of 20 individuals in a number of reserves, both in text and photographs. With a foreword by Claude Martin, Director General of WWF-International, and excellent color photos by George Schaller and Lu Zhi. (CHN173, $35.00)
Hindu Art • T. Richard Blurton ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1993 • PAPER • 239 PAGES A beautifully illustrated large paperback of excellent quality, this book is a good introduction to the complexities of Indian painting, sculpture and sacred architecture. The author is a curator at the British Museum. (IDA35, $35.00)
A History of Cambodia • David Chandler HISTORY • 2007 • PAPER • 312 PAGES An excellent, scholarly history from early civilization through the rise of Angkor, shift to Phnom Penh, French colonial period, Vietnamization of Cambodia, the rise and fall of the Khmer Rouge and Coup de Force of 1997. In a third, expanded edition, Chandler is frank in his criticism of political regimes since WWII. He has also written "Brother Number One, A Political Biography of Pol Pot." (CBD27, $38.00)
Ho Chi Minh, A Life • William Duiker BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2001 • PAPER • 695 PAGES Dissident, revolutionary, communist, Ho Chi Minh returned from exile to lead North Vietnam's defiant break with colonial France. Duiker charts in convincing detail Ho Chi Minh's long march from the son of a scholar in the rural provinces to idealist student in heady 1920s Paris to rebel and determined revolutionary. Ho Chi Minh died in 1969. The book is hard going, not enlivened by much in the way of anecdote, but definitive -- and well worth the effort for travelers interested in the fundamentals of the Vietnamese drive to oust the French from Indo-China. (VNM45, $19.99)
In Exile from the Land of Snows, The Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Occupation • John Avedon CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1994 • PAPER • 391 PAGES • COMING IN The lives of the Tibetan people at home and in exile since the Chinese takeover in 1950. Avedon (who accompanied the Dalai Lama on his first American tour) interviewed over 100 people in Dharamsala and Tibet for this new classic. After introductory sections on ancient Tibet and the Chinese occupation, Avedon tackles how the nation was thrust into the 20th century by the loss of its sovereignty. It's a masterful, passionate tribute to the people and culture of Tibet. It's also useful in understanding Nepal today. (TBT04, $16.95)
In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War • Tobias Wolff BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1995 • PAPER • 221 PAGES A vivid memoir of his tour of duty in Vietnam, Wolf deploys his characteristic wit and insight on the experiences of a hapless young man over his head in a strange country under sometimes horrifying circumstances. He interweaves telling anecdotes, personal history and meditation. Part three of the book is a telling acount of returning home. (VNM34, $15.00)
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, $34.00)
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)
Insight Pocket Guide Hanoi • Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2005 • PAPER • 96 PAGES 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)
It's Easier Than You Think, The Buddhist Way to Happiness • Sylvia Boorstein RELIGION • 1997 • PAPER • 145 PAGES Boorstein -- a practitioner of Buddhist meditation, psychotherapist and Jewish grandmother to boot -- here relates the basic tenets of Buddhism in her warmly engaging, anecdotal style. It's a good introduction to Buddhist teachings by a self-deprecating master. (GEN264, $13.00)
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)
The Killing Fields • Roland Joffe 1984 • DVD Haing S. Ngor won an Oscar for his role as Dith Pran, the Cambodian assistant to a New York Times reporter who experiences the horrors of the Khmer Rouge. Based on a true story, it's a harrowing portrait of Cambodia in the early 1970s, where political unrest and the specter of the Vietnam War ultimately led to genocide . (CBD42, $19.98)
Laos and Cambodia Map • ITMB 2006 • MAP A full color map of Laos and Cambodia for the traveler at a scale of 1:1, 200,000. With an index, and small inset maps of central Phnom Penh and Vientiane. Two Sides. 26x39 inches. (LAO07, $12.95)
Laos Map • Periplus Maps MAP A traveler's map of Laos, with topographical relief at a scale 1: 200,000. Prepared by the World Mapping Project. Two Sides. (LAO11, $9.00)
Lonely Planet Bangkok • Andrew Burke GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • 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, $19.99)
Lonely Planet Cambodia • Lonely Planet GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 376 PAGES A comprehensive practical guide to Cambodia in the hallmark Lonely Planet style featuring maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. With a section of color photographs and excellent travel information. Geared for the independent traveler. (CBD04, $23.99)
Lonely Planet Discover China • Lonely Planet GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 448 PAGES Focusing on must-see and memorable places and experiences, this all color guide by the discerning editors at Lonely Planet, featuring hundreds of color photographs and maps, includes suggested tours and itineraries along with not-to-be-missed places to stay, eat, shop and see. (CHN674, $27.99)
Lonely Planet Laos • Justine Vaisutis • Andrew Burke GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 332 PAGES This practical guide to Laos by Lonely Planet features maps, a 60-page overview of culture, history and nature and plenty of information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. With color photographs and excellent travel information by the intrepid Joe Cummings. (LAO02, $23.99)
Lonely Planet Vietnamese Phrasebook • Nguyen Xuanthu LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2010 • PAPER • 284 PAGES A handy palm-sized guide to pronunciation, grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (VNM20, $8.99)
Look What Came From China! • Miles Harvey CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1999 • PAPER • 32 PAGES • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) A slim guide to China, its products, animals, food, tools, crafts and inventions, with color photographs and accompanying text. For children ages 4-8. (CHN155, $6.95)
Lost Soldiers • James Webb LITERATURE • 2002 • PAPER • 464 PAGES A sequel to the novelist (and Vietnam Vet) James Webb's Fields of Fire. (VNM70, $7.99)
The Lover • Marguerite Duras LITERATURE • 1998 • PAPER • 117 PAGES A haunting tale of coming-of-age in Indochina during the 1930s, beautifully evoking the period and place and the complex emotions of a young girl, her family, and her wealthy Chinese lover. (CBD09, $12.00)
The Mekong, Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future • Milton Osborne HISTORY • 2001 • PAPER • 320 PAGES 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. Osborne has also written an account of the 19th-century search for the source of the Mekong (SEA29). (SEA28, $16.00)
The Naked Tourist, In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall • Lawrence Osborne TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2007 • PAPER • 256 PAGES "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, $20.00)
National Geographic China • Damian Harper GUIDEBOOK • 2012 • PAPER • 400 PAGES A generously illustrated guide to China with the usual National Geographic attention to maps and photographs, covering the big cities and the Yangtze, as well as southern, western and northeastern China in unusual depth. Harper writes with authority in a lively, opinionated style; no surprise, since he is also the co-author of three guides on the region for Lonely Planet. With a 50-page appendix of practical travel information. (CHN163, $27.95)
Novel without a Name • Thu Huong Duong LITERATURE • 1996 • PAPER • 304 PAGES 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)
The Other Side of Heaven, Postwar Fiction by Vietnamese and American Writers • Truong Vu • Le M. Khue • Wayne Karlin ANTHOLOGY • 1995 • PAPER • 420 PAGES Writers from both sides of the Vietnam War have contributed to this anthology, which offers insight into understanding the divided nation. It's also a good opportunity to read contributions by writers not generally translated into English. (VNM42, $19.95)
Paradise of the Blind • Duong Thu Huong LITERATURE • 2002 • PAPER • 270 PAGES 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. Born in 1947 and living in Hanoi, Duong Thu Huong writes as a participant and witness to changing Vietnam. Paradise of the Blind is an exquisite portrait of three Vietnamese women struggling to survive in a society where subservience to men is expected and Communist corruption crushes every dream. Through the eyes of Hang, a young woman in her twenties who has grown up amidst the slums and intermittent beauty of Hanoi, we come to know the tragedy of her family as land reform rips apart their village. When her uncle Chinh's political loyalties replace family devotion, Hang is torn between her mother's appalling self-sacrifice and the bitterness of her aunt who can avenge but not forgive. Only by freeing herself from the past will Hang be able to find dignity -- and a future. (VNM30, $13.99)
Passions of the Cut Sleeve, The Male Homosexual Tradition in China • Bret Hinsch LITERATURE • 1992 • PAPER • 256 PAGES A well written, scholarly survey of the traditions of same-sex male love across 3,000 years of Chinese literature -- much livlier than the title would indicate. Hinsch draws from dynastic histories, erotic novels, popular Buddhist tracts, love poetry, legal cases, and joke books in this fascinating overview. (CHN167, $26.95)
Perspectives on the Yi of Southwest China • Stevan Harrell CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2001 • PAPER • 334 PAGES A scholarly, cross-disciplinary study of the Yi people, noteworthy for its comprehensive ethnographic approach and for the diversity of its contributors, who are of western, Yi and Chinese backgrounds. (CHN169, $29.95)
Phase Line Green, The Battle for Hue, 1968 • Nicholas Warr HISTORY • 1999 • PAPER • 255 PAGES A powerful and personal account of a U.S. Marine's experience in the Battle of Hue, a brutal, month-long battle to capture a strategically important North Vietnamese citadel. Nicholas wrote this account in 1983, 15 years after the events described. Available in this print-on-demand edition only. (VNM36, $19.00)
Photographic Guide to Birds of the Himalayas • Bikram Grewal FIELD GUIDE • 1999 • PAPER • 144 PAGES A pocket guide to 250 birds found from the foothills up to high elevations ranging from the Hindu Kush and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh in the Eastern Himalayas. With brief descriptive information, maps and 260 full-color illustrations. (HML31, $15.95)
Pimsleur Quick & Simple Vietnamese • Pimsleur Language Method LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2005 • AUDIO CD Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Vietnamese, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. The Pimsleur method emphasizes the use of listening skills without reading materials (so there isn't a book to follow along). It's advertised as "Totally audio: hear it, learn it, speak it." (VNM81, $19.95)
The Plant Hunters • Tyler Whittle EXPLORATION • 1997 • PAPER • 288 PAGES • COMING IN With the very-Victorian subtitle "Being an Examination of Collecting, with an Account of the Careers and the Methods of a Number of Those Who have Searched the World for Wild Plants," this classic book first published in 1970 is an excellent introduction to the great early plant explorers -- and the origins of some popular garden plants. The rather old-fashioned author, who wrote a dozen books for adults and children mostly about botany, was a born storyteller and his tales of collecting in Yunnan, Patagonia and the Himalayas make for fascinating reading. (NAT29, $16.95)
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)
The Politics of Ritual and Remembrance, Laos Since 1975 • Grant Evans HISTORY • 1999 • PAPER • 216 PAGES An anthropologist by training, author Grant Evans looks at he transformation of Laotian society since the 1975 revolution in this important book. Evans is a professor at the University of Hong Kong. (LAO14, $22.00)
The Quiet American • Phillip Noyce 2003 • DVD A subtle and beautiful adaptation of Graham Greene's novel. Michael Caine stars as Thomas Fowler, a British journalist stationed in Vietnam in the 1950s, on the cusp of the Vietnam War. His friendship with the seemingly quiet American Alden Pyle (Brendan Fraser) takes a turn for the dangerous when Pyle falls in love with Fowler's young Vietnamese mistress (Do Thi Hai Yen), and his political motives become clear. (VNM59, $29.99)
Religions of China, The World as a Living System • David L. Overmyer RELIGION • 1998 • PAPER • 125 PAGES This brief primer, geared for a general audience, covers the religions of China from early beliefs to Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. (CHN154, $16.50)
Religions of Tibet in Practice • Donald S. Lopez, Jr. RELIGION • 2007 • PAPER • 421 PAGES A collection of 36 essays and translated texts by scholars of Tibetan Buddhism, including selections on prayers, pilgrimages, death and ritual. It is a scholarly overview of the culture and religion of Tibet, organized thematically and accessible to the general reader. (TBT16, $28.95)
Reporting Vietnam, American Journalism 1959-1975 • Ward Just ANTHOLOGY • 2000 • PAPER • 858 PAGES 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)
River Road to China, The Search for the Source of the Mekong, 1866-73 • Milton Osborne EXPLORATION • 1999 • PAPER • 247 PAGES 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. With a selection of 19th-century engravings and color illustrations from the expedition. Originally published in 1975. (SEA29, $16.95)
Rough Guide Cambodia • Beverley Palmer GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 376 PAGES A practical, comprehensive travel guide to Cambodia in the British series. Features a detailed look at Phnom Penh and Angkor, tips for traveling to the rural villages, an overview of the country after the fall of the Khmer Rouge and 24 maps. (CBD34, $21.99)
Shooting at the Moon, The Story of America's Clandestine War in Laos • Roger Warner HISTORY • 1997 • PAPER • 436 PAGES Soldiers, diplomats, Hmong villagers and CIA strategists are all depicted fully in this engrossing, well-reported history of the secret war in Laos. (LAO05, $24.95)
Sihanouk: Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness • Milton Osborne BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1994 • PAPER • 304 PAGES Osborne follows, with a critical eye, the roller-coaster career of this important Asian leader -- from king to exile to king again -- and shows him as an energetic and determined, but also self-absorbed, individual. (CBD20, $17.95)
The Sorrow of War, A Novel of North Vietnam • Bao Ninh LITERATURE • 1996 • PAPER • 213 PAGES A powerful novel by a former North Vietnamese soldier, this short book captures the appalling conditions of war, alternating vivid scenes from the front lines with flashbacks from the protagonist's rural youth. (VNM07, $15.00)
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, $18.99)
Southeast Asia in the New International Era • Clark Neher HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 288 PAGES A good general history of the entire region and its place in the world. Written by a seasoned scholar, the book is now in its third edition. (SEA17, $39.00)
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)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down • Anne Fadiman CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1998 • PAPER • 352 PAGES The title refers to the Hmong explanation for seizures. It's the story of a child with epilepsy, the daughter of Hmong refugees in California and a tragedy wrought by cultural mistranslation. Fadiman, the editor of American Scholar, got to know her loving family and the hard-working doctors that cared for Lia, and gracefully documents the clash between best interests. It's a sympathetic look at the Hmong culture, history and worldview that reveals much about ours as well. (VNM31, $15.00)
Stay Alive, My Son • Pin Yathay BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2000 • PAPER • 256 PAGES A harrowing account of life in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge and particularly the evacuations of Phnom Penh, written by an engineer for the Ministry of Public Works. (CBD44, $24.95)
Street Without Joy • Bernard B. Fall HISTORY • 1994 • PAPER • 408 PAGES A vivid account of the French defeat in Vietnam, originally published in 1961. (VNM18, $27.95)
The Tale of Kieu, Bilingual Edition • Huynh Thong LITERATURE • 1987 • PAPER • 211 PAGES A masterpiece of Vietnamese literature, written in the early 19th-century by a Vietnamese ambassador to the Chinese court. This edition, translated and annotated by Huynh Sanh Thong, renders the narrative poem in modern blank verse. The much-celebrated poem, based on a Chinese novel, shows East Asian classical and Vietnamese folk influences. (VNM22, $22.00)
Thailand Map • National Geographic Society 2011 • MAP A detailed relief map of Thailand , with index, at the scale of 1:1,1,300,000. Printed on tear-resistant, waterproof paper, this National Geographic Adventure Map uses the excellent World Mapping Project cartography. Two Sides. 20x31 inches. (TLD24, $11.95)
Thailand, A Short History • David K. Wyatt HISTORY • 2004 • PAPER • 352 PAGES An excellent introduction to the history of the country from prehistory up to the 21st century.The author, a professor of history at Cornell, brought his 1984 original up to date for this revised second edition. With 13 newly revised maps and 24 black-and-white photographs. (TLD01, $26.00)
The Things They Carried • Tim O'Brien LITERATURE • 2009 • PAPER • 246 PAGES National Book Award-winner O'Brien captures the daily life of a soldier in Vietnam in this loosely structured, powerful collection of stories. Twentieth anniversary edition. (VNM32, $14.95)
Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China • Arthur Waley RELIGION • 1982 • PAPER • 216 PAGES An elegantly written, classic introduction to traditional Chinese philosophy. Waley, who provides lyrical translations, discusses three great threads in this slim book: Daoism, Realism and the writings of Meniscus (closely related to Confucianism). Originally published in 1953, Waley's entertaining anecdotes, evident humor and aphorisms, enliven the text. The first section is entitled In the Realm of Nothing Whatever. (CHN164, $18.95)
The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Liberation from Understanding the In Between • Robert Thurman CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1994 • PAPER • 275 PAGES A key text as presented by Robert Thurman for a western audience. This edition of the Tibetan guidebooks to dying or "the between" -- written in the 8th or 9th century by Padma Sambhava -- is introduced and translated by Thurman. It's is a spiritual guide to the afterlife, helpfully augmented by Thurman's commentary as well as an overview of Tibetan history and beliefs. With a chapter on Tibet, its history, Buddhist traditions and present plight. Part Two of the book is a translation of prayers. (TBT06, $18.00)
To Hanoi and Back, The U.S. Air Force and North Vietnam, 1966-1973 • Wayne Thompson • Richard P. Hallion HISTORY • 2000 • PAPER • 360 PAGES A detailed history of the American air campaign in the Vietnam War. (VNM57, $31.95)
To What End? • Ward Just HISTORY • 2000 • PAPER • 208 PAGES 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)
Tragedy of Cambodian History: Politics, War and Revolution since 1945 • David Chandler HISTORY • 1993 • PAPER • 408 PAGES A scholarly history of Cambodian politics and society from World War II to the late 1970s, covering the Vietnam War and the rise of the Khmer Rouge. The author, a professor and noted historian, draws from his own experiences as a foreign service officer in Phnom Penh. (CBD45, $28.00)
Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992 • Jane Hamilton-Merritt HISTORY • 1999 • PAPER • 608 PAGES A portrait of the Hmong, their role in America's clandestine war in Laos during the Vietnam era and their persecution and plight in Laos since being abandoned by America in 1975. The author, a reporter during the Vietnam War, has worked for decades on behalf of the Laotian mountain people. (LAO12, $35.00)
Travelers' Tales Thailand • Larry Habegger • James O'Reilly ANTHOLOGY • 2002 • PAPER • 488 PAGES • COMING IN A wide-ranging anthology of mostly contemporary writing, mixing travelogue, journalism, essays and fiction. Its 50 well chosen selections include Pico Iyer, Norman Lewis and other celebrated writers on Asia. This is the volume that launched the award-winning series. Organized around broad themes, it's an entertaining, brief glimpse into Thai culture and life. With a section of practical travel information. (TLD04, $18.95)
The Travels of Marco Polo • Marco Polo • Ronald Lantham TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 1975 • PAPER • 380 PAGES The memories of a 13th-century journey to China along the Silk Road, maybe the most famous travel account ever, as edited by Ronald Lantham. Describing exotic plants, birds, precious gems, silks, and spices with a merchant's eye, this superb geographer recounts his 20 years of travel and return to Venice in 1295. (CAS05, $15.00)
Up Country • Nelson Demille LITERATURE • 2003 • PAPER • 880 PAGES A Tom Clancy-Style military thriller, rich in historical detail, geography and intrigue. Demille, a Vietnam veteran, follows the fate of his career army protagonist (also the main character in "The General's Daughter") on a trip back in 1997. (VNM46, $7.99)
Vanishing Histories, 100 Endangered Sites from the World Monuments Fund • Colin Amery ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2001 • HARD COVER • 207 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE A stunning portrait of 100 threatened archaeological and cultural monuments around the world from Angkor, Pompeii, and Mesa Verde to lesser known buildings and sites, all listed by the World Monuments Fund. Organized geographically, each building or site gets at least a full page, usually two. Founded in 1996, the New York-based organization is dedicated to publicizing, preserving and protecting endangered examples of historic art and architecture around the world. (GEN219, $60.00)
A Viet Cong Memoir • Truang Nhu Tang BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1986 • PAPER • 350 PAGES 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, as much about his life as about the Viet Cong campaign. Not only does it provide a unique perspective on the war, the book is a compelling personal tale. (VNM11, $15.95)
Vietnam Map • ITMB 2005 • MAP A sturdy, double-sided map of Vietnam, at a good scale (1:1,000,000), including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh and the Hue region. With index. Two Sides. 39x25 inches. (VNM05, $12.95)
Vietnam Now, A Reporter Returns • David Lamb CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2003 • PAPER • 288 PAGES An insightful portrait of contemporary Vietnam by an experienced reporter (The Africans, The Arabs). The author interweaves stories of Vietnam today with his own experiences and memories as a young reporter for UPI during the war. Lamb, who reported from Vietnam in 1968, returned in 1997 as a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. (VNM47, $17.00)
Vietnam Today: A Guide to a Nation at a Crossroads • Mark Ashwill • Thai Ngoc Diep CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2004 • PAPER • 188 PAGES A practical guide to politics, culture and getting along in contemporary Vietnam geared for both business people and travelers. With short chapters on geography, demographics, politics, economy and business, history and changes since the war, cultural differences and tips for working with the Vietnamese, nd how the Vietnamese view us. (VNM80, $27.95)
Vietnam, A History • Stanley Karnow HISTORY • 1997 • PAPER • 768 PAGES This blockbuster book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author is history at its best: masterfully researched, well written and comprehensive. In this magisterial work, Karnow draws on interviews and archives to put the ordeal of the Vietnam war into perspective, offering clarity, analysis and focus. (VNM10, $22.00)
Vietnam, The Necessary War • Michael Lind HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 314 PAGES A reinterpretation of America's most disastrous military conflict by Michael Lind, a political journalist and fellow at the New America Foundation. Lind challenges received wisdom, suggesting that the disaster in Indochina was a just and winnable war. (VNM74, $20.99)
Vietnam: Journeys of Body, Mind, and Spirit • Nguyen Van Huy • Laurel Kendall CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2003 • PAPER • 303 PAGES A marvelously illustrated portrait of culture and society in contemporary Vietnam. The book, published in conjunction with an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History, features informed essays by diverse contributors with accompanying color photographs. Produced in collaboration with the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, where Nguyan Van Huy is director. Laurel Kendall is curator of the Asian Ethnographic Collections at AMNH. (VNM66, $50.00)
Vietnamese, A Language Map • Kristine K. Kershul LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2002 • PLASTIC CARD This durable foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (VNM82, $7.95)
Vietnamese, Start Speaking Today • Language/30 LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • AUDIO CD A 90-minute crash course in Vietnamese with a CD and phrasebook packaged in a vinyl sleeve. Geared for travelers, the course follows the foreign service method -- which focuses on dialogues and useful sentences instead of individual words. In each case, an English phrase is spoken once, and repeated in Vietnamese twice. Topics include introductions, transportation, business and health. (VNM58, $24.95)
Waiting • Ha Jin LITERATURE • 2000 • PAPER • 308 PAGES A spare, haunting story of of an ineffectual military doctor who tries for 18 years to divorce his peasant wife so he can marry a more sophisticated nurse at his military hospital. Along the way, the story is greatly evocative of quotidian life in China during the Cultural Revolution and after. Though the main characters are not all that likeable, and the story is somewhat tragic, Ha Jin succeeds utterly in communicating the travails of finding love in China during these years. Winner of the National Book Award. (CHN80, $15.00)
War Letters, Stories of Courage, Longing and Sacrifice • Robert Kenner HISTORY • 2002 • DVD Produced for PBS, this hour-long documentary dramatizes letters home from the American Revolution to Persian Gulf, Directed by Robert Kenner and narrated by Joan Allen, Edward Norton, Bill Paxton, Giovanni Ribisi, David Hyde Pierce among others. (WAR77, $19.98)
When Broken Glass Floats, Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge • Chanrithy Him BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2001 • PAPER • 330 PAGES Chanrithy Him, who as a girl lost her parents and five siblings to the Khmer Rouge, explains that she wrote this moving account in an effort to "be worthy of the suffering" that she and her family endured. (CBD32, $15.95)
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places • Jay Wurts • Le Ly Hayslip BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1993 • PAPER • 368 PAGES The author recounts her personal experiences of the horrors of war. She maintains a profoundly humane perspective throughout her ordeals, never succumbing to the temptations of blame, self-pity or cynicism. It's a moving account of life in a Viet Cong village, struggling to survive in the Saigon black market and adjustment to life in the United States, where she founded the East Meets West Foundation. (VNM41, $17.00)
The Wisdom of the Buddha • Jean Boisselier RELIGION • 1994 • PAPER • 191 PAGES A pocket-size primer of Buddhism, this book is an illustrated history of the sixth-century Indian prince and his quest for enlightenment. With 207 illustrations, 160 in full color. (IDA55, $12.95)
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)
World Religions: Eastern Traditions • Willard G. Oxtoby RELIGION • 2010 • 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, $84.95)
Yangzi River Map • Richard Perry Hayman 2003 • MAP A full-color, comprehensive map of the Yangzi River from its source in the Himalayas down to Shanghai and the East China Sea. Ten maps are featured in all, including orientation maps of all China, several detailed maps of the Three Gorges area plus the cities of Shanghai, Chongqing, and Wuhan. The 4,000-mile-long course of the river is broken into two main maps of the Upper and Lower Yangzi, each at a 1:1,000,000 scale. The double-sided map, which features hypsometric shaded relief derived from USGS data, unfolds to 27 x 39 inches. Two Sides. 27x39 inches. (CHN177, $14.95)
Zen Keys, A Guide to Zen Practice • Thich Nhat Hanh RELIGION • 1994 • PAPER • 198 PAGES An overview of Zen Buddhism as practiced in Vietnam, including 43 koans from the 13th century Vietnamese master, Tran Thai Tong, and an opening chapter on daily life in a Zen monastery. Originally published in 1974. (VNM72, $14.95)

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