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Adventures and Encounters, Europeans in Southeast Asia
• J.M. Gullick
• ANTHOLOGY
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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.
(INS20, $49.50)
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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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Angkor Cities and Temples
• Claude Jacques
• Michael Freeman
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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One of the nicest books of its kind, this is an oversize, gorgeous portrait of the monuments, temples and exquisite sculptures of Angkor. Claude Jacques, who directed much of the site excavation, writes with authority about individual temples, inscriptions and Khmer culture.
(CBD18, $80.00)
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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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Birds of Myanmar
• Kyaw Nyunt Lwin
• Khin Ma Ma Thwin
• Aung Thant
• FIELD GUIDE
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A slim field guide to 350 birds of Burma, featuring 74 full-color plates, descriptive information, and a comprehensive checklist.
(BMA42, $35.00)
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A Bright Shining Lie, John Paul Vann and the Americans in Vietnam
• Neil Sheehan
• HISTORY
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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, $18.95)
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Brother Number One, A Political Biography of Pol Pot
• David Chandler
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The definitive history of the Pol Pot era by the author of the History of Cambodia.
(CBD23, $32.00)
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Buddhist Art and Architecture
• Robert Fisher
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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, $18.95)
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The Buddhist Handbook
• John Snelling
• RELIGION
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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.
(ASA08, $16.95)
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Cambodia and Laos Map
• ITMB
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A full color map of Laos and Cambodia for the traveler.
(LAO07, $11.95)
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Cambodia Map
• Gecko Maps
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A full color map of Cambodia (1:750,000), featuring useful inset maps of Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Angkor on the reverse.
(CBD17, $15.95)
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Cambodia's New Deal
• William Shawcross
• HISTORY
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(CBD14, $9.95)
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Cambodia, A Shattered Society
• Mark W. Mcleod
• Marie Martin
• HISTORY
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A political and cultural history of post-Pol Pot Cambodia.
(CBD22, $65.00)
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Cambodian Culture Since 1975
• May Ebihara
• HISTORY
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A discussion of the fate of Cambodian culture since the violence of Pol Pot's regime.
(CBD21, $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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Collected Short Stories, Volume 4
• W. Somerset Maugham
• LITERATURE
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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, $17.00)
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Culture Smart! Vietnam
• Geoffrey Murray
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(VNM87, $9.95)
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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 Ends of the Earth, A Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy
• Robert D. Kaplan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An insightful, opinionated odyssey to some of the world's poorer and more troubled nations.
(WLD26, $16.00)
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First They Killed My Father, A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
• Loung Ung
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An eye-opening eyewitness account of the atrocities suffered by millions of Cambodians from the perspective of a young girl who survived the reign of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
(CBD13, $13.95)
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Footprint Cambodia Handbook
• Joshua Eliot
• John Colet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guide divided between general overview and practical travel detail.
(SEA23, $23.95)
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Footprint Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos
• Jack O'Tailan
• Claire Boobbyer
• John Colet
• Andrew Spooner
• GUIDEBOOK
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A detailed, practical guide to Bangkok, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, filled with maps, background on attractions, practical information on transportation, food, activities and lodgings, and a handful of well selected photographs.
(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, $14.95)
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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
• Robert Olen Butler
• ANTHOLOGY
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Winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize, this collection of 15 short stories captures the spirit of Vietnam in a juxtaposition of American and Vietnamese perspectives and settings.
(VNM21, $13.00)
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A Guide to Khmer Temples in Thailand and Laos
• Michael Freeman
• GUIDEBOOK
• OUT OF PRINT
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A compact guide to Khmer temples throughout the region, both famous and little-visited, featuring color photography, maps, temple plans and diagrams.
(TLD20, $19.95)
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A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia
• Craig Robson
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive guide to 1,250 birds found in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Features 104 color plates, good descriptive text, range maps and introductory chapters on habitats, conservation and bird watching in the region.
(SEA22, $85.00)
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Hindu Art
• T. Richard Blurton
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A beautifully large paperback of excellent quality, this book is a good introduction to the complexities of Indian painting, sculpture and sacred architecture.
(IDA35, $33.00)
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A History of Cambodia
• David Chandler
• HISTORY
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An excellent, scholarly history from early civilization through the rise of Angkor, French colonial period, Vietnamization of Cambodia, Khmer Rouge and Coup de Force of 1997.
(CBD27, $35.00)
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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, $13.95)
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In Search of Southeast Asia: a Modern History
• David P. Chandler
• David J. Steinberg
• HISTORY
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An outstanding scholarly overview of Southeast Asia's social, economic and political history with contributions by seven experts on the region.
(SEA18, $30.00)
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Insight Guide Southeast Asia
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
• OUT OF PRINT
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A profusely illustrated overview of Southeast Asia, featuring concise essays by well regarded authors on history, politics and culture, as well as hundreds of photos and maps and some limited practical information.
(SEA51, $22.95)
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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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Lonely Planet Cambodia
• Daniel Robinson
• Tony Wheeler
• Chris Taylor
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN SEPTEMBER
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A comprehensive practical guide to Cambodia in the hallmark Lonely Planet style featuring maps, a handful of photographs, and a good overview of culture, history and nature.
(CBD04, $21.99)
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Lonely Planet Vietnam
• Robert Storey
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive practical guide to Vietnam geared for independent travelers.
(VNM14, $23.99)
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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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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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The Naked Tourist, In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall
• Lawrence Osborne
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• NEW
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In this entertaining, wide-ranging account of a six-month journey from Dubai to India, Bangkok, Bali and Papua New Guinea on the Asian Highway, Osborne layers his own adventures with ruminations on the meaning of travel.
(SEA50, $14.00)
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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, $14.00)
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Odyssey Guide Angkor, Cambodia's Wondrous Khmer Temples
• Dawn Rooney
• GUIDEBOOK
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An indispensable guidebook, encompassing Khmer culture and history; detailed descriptions of the monuments; temple plans and color photographs; and practical information about Siem Reap. This revised edition includes 10 new temple sites, 86 new photographs, and 180 pages of new information.
(CBD05, $24.95)
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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, $13.95)
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Passage to Vietnam, Through the Eyes of Seventy Photographers
• Rick Smolan
• Jennifer Erwit
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Great photography combined with insightful commentary on modern Vietnam.
(VNM15, $70.00)
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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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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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The Politics of Heroin, CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade
• Alfred McCoy
• HISTORY
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An expanded version of McCoy's groundbreaking "The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia."
(LAO09, $32.95)
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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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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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The River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong
• Edward Gargan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A personal, probing chronicle of a 3,000-mile journey on the river from its source in China through Tibet, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia to the Mekong delta in Vietnam.
(SEA33, $14.95)
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Shadows and Wind
• Robert Templer
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A British journalist based in Vietnam, Templer cuts through myth and legend to offer a lively, opinionated portrait of contemporary Vietnam.
(VNM43, $16.00)
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Shooting at the Moon, The Story of America's Clandestine War in Laos
• Roger Warner
• HISTORY
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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)
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Sihanouk: Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness
• Milton Osborne
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A critical biography of one of Southeast Asia's most important and intriguing leaders of the 20th century.
(CBD20, $17.95)
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The Sorrow of War, A Novel of North Vietnam
• Bao Ninh
• LITERATURE
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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, $14.00)
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Soul of the Tiger, Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia
• Jeffrey A. McNeely
• Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A meditation on the role of animals and nature in the societies of Southeast Asia. With dark humor, the authors wax philosophical about conservation issues throughout the region.
(SEA02, $18.95)
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Southeast Asia in the New International Era
• Clark Neher
• HISTORY
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A good general history of the entire region and its place in the world.
(SEA17, $38.00)
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Southeast Asia, A Concise History
• Mary Somers Heidhues
• HISTORY
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A highly readable, illustrated history of Southeast Asia, covering politics, economics, society and culture. With 131 black-and-white illustrations and 11 maps.
(SEA26, $19.95)
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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, $24.95)
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The Tale of Kieu, Bilingual Edition
• Huynh Thong
• LITERATURE
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A cornerstone of Vietnamese literature, this much-loved epic poem was written in the early 19th-century by a Vietnamese ambassador to the Chinese court.
(VNM22, $21.00)
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The Things They Carried
• Tim O'Brien
• LITERATURE
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O'Brien captures the daily life of a soldier in Vietnam.
(VNM32, $13.95)
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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 Map
• ITMB
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A detailed travel map of Vietnam at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
(VNM05, $10.95)
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Vietnam Now, A Reporter Returns
• David Lamb
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An insightful portrait of contemporary Vietnam by an experienced reporter. The author interweaves 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, 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, A History
• Stanley Karnow
• HISTORY
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This blockbuster book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author is history at its best: masterfully researched, well written and comprehensive.
(VNM10, $21.00)
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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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When Broken Glass Floats, Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
• Chanrithy Him
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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, $14.95)
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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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The Wisdom of the Buddha
• Jean Boisselier
• RELIGION
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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)
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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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