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	Adventures and Encounters, Europeans in Southeast Asia • J.M. Gullick • ANTHOLOGY • 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)
	Arts of Southeast Asia • Fiona Kerlogue • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A handsome guide to the art, architecture, textiles and crafts of Southeast Asia. (SEA45, $16.95)
	Brother Number One, A Political Biography of Pol Pot • David Chandler • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The definitive history of the Pol Pot era by the author of the History of Cambodia. (CBD23, $32.00)
	Buddhism and Society, A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes • Melford E. Spiro • RELIGION • This scholarly book, based on field work in the 1960s, is a surprisingly good introduction to the practice -- and impact -- of Buddhism in Burma. Spiro stars out with a clear and useful introduction to Theravada Buddhism. (BMA34, $35.50)
	Buddhist Art and Architecture • Robert Fisher • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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)
	The Buddhist Handbook • John Snelling • RELIGION • 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)
	The Burma Road, The Epic Story of the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II • Donovan Webster • HISTORY • Donovan draws on archival materials, military history, interview and travel in recreating the harrowing events surrounding the building of the 700-mile route across Burma to China. (BMA41, $14.95)
	Burmese Supernaturalism • Melford E. Spiro • RELIGION • In this overview of ancient (and ongoing) Burmese religious tradiitons, Spiro examines folk religions and their relationship to Buddhism. (BMA48, $29.95)
	Cambodia • Michael Freeman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A political and cultural history of Cambodia by writer, photographer and keen observer Michael Freeman. (CBD40, $27.00)
	Cambodia and Laos Map • ITMB • A full color map of Laos and Cambodia for the traveler. (LAO07, $11.95)
	Lonely Planet Myanmar • Joe Cummings • Michael Clark • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide featuring maps, travel information and a good overview of society, culture, history and politics. (BMA20, $23.99)
	Cambodia's New Deal • William Shawcross • HISTORY • (CBD14, $9.95)
	Cambodia, A Shattered Society • Mark W. Mcleod • Marie Martin • HISTORY • A political and cultural history of post-Pol Pot Cambodia. (CBD22, $65.00)
	Cambodian Culture Since 1975 • May Ebihara • HISTORY • A discussion of the fate of Cambodian culture since the violence of Pol Pot's regime. (CBD21, $22.95)
	Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors • Dith Pran • Ben Kiernan • Kim DePaul • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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, $18.00)
	Classical Dance and Theatre in South-East Asia • Jukka O. Miettinen • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An illustrated introduction to disappearing traditions in dance, theater, and puppet theater in Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Java, and Bali. (SEA54, $85.00)
	Collected Short Stories, Volume 4 • W. Somerset Maugham • LITERATURE • 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)
	Culture Shock! Myanmar • Saw Myat Yin • GUIDEBOOK • A lively guide to customs and business etiquette, culture and manners in Burma. (BMA53, $15.95)
	Down the Rat Hole, Adventures Underground on the Burma Frontier • Edith Mirante • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Further tales by the American activist in Burma. (BMA50, $21.95)
	A Dragon Apparent, Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam • Norman Lewis • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • 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)
	The Ends of the Earth, A Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy • Robert D. Kaplan • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An insightful, opinionated odyssey to some of the world's poorer and more troubled nations. (WLD26, $16.00)
	First They Killed My Father, A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers • Loung Ung • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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)
	Flame Tree, A Novel of Modern Burma • Keith Dahlberg • LITERATURE • The dramatic wartime tale of George Daniels, an unassuming teacher in Burma who finds himself in the midst of a war between the Burmese dictatorship and the rebel forces of the hill armies. (BMA45, $15.95)
	Flavors of Burma, Cuisine and Culture from the Land of Golden Pagodas • Ssusan Chan • FOOD • A guide to the culture and traditions of Burma, and especially its food, featuring 76 recipes. (BMA37, $22.50)
	Footprint Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos • Jack O'Tailan • Claire Boobbyer • John Colet • Andrew Spooner • GUIDEBOOK • With practical information on attractions, transportation, food, activities and lodgings. Includes Bangkok. (SEA52, $24.95)
	Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945 • Christopher Bayly • Timothy Harper • HISTORY • A gripping history of Britains WWII campaigns in India, Burma and Malaysia by two Cambridge University historians. (ASA45, $29.95)
	A Fortune-Teller Told Me, Earthbound Travels in the Far East • Tizanio Terzani • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
	The Gate • Francois Bizot • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Bizot, a French ethnologist married to a Khmer woman, tells of his remarkable, chilling years of living in Cambodia during the rise and terror of the Khmer Rouge. (SEA48, $14.00)
	The Gods Drink Whiskey, Stumbling Toward Enlightenment in the Land of the Tattered Buddha • Stephen T. Asma • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Asma writes with verve and wit in this eye-opening account of his yearlong stint teaching at the Buddhist Institute in Phnom Phen. His account is both an overview of Theravada Buddhism and a down-to-earth portrait of contemporary Cambodia. (CBD46, $14.95)
	A Guide to Khmer Temples in Thailand and Laos • Michael Freeman • GUIDEBOOK • OUT OF PRINT • 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)
	Himalayan Enchantment, An Anthology • Frank Kingdon-Ward • EXPLORATION • An anthology by the great Himalayan explorer and plant-collector Frank Kingdon-Ward. (HML03, $19.95)
	Hindu Art • T. Richard Blurton • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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)
	A History of Cambodia • David Chandler • HISTORY • 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)
	In Buddha's Land • Moe Min • RELIGION • This beautiful, illustrated portrait of monuments, monasteries and rituals is both a striking visual overview of Buddhism as practiced in Burma, and a splendid introduction to the country. (BMA52, $35.00)
	In Search of Southeast Asia: a Modern History • David P. Chandler • David J. Steinberg • HISTORY • An outstanding scholarly overview of Southeast Asia's social, economic and political history with contributions by seven experts on the region. (SEA18, $30.00)
	In the Land of the Blue Poppies, The Collected Plant Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon-Ward • Frank Kingdon-Ward • Tom Christopher • Jamaica Kincaid • ANTHOLOGY • Tom Christopher experts excerpts from intrepid Kingdon-Ward's fascinating accounts of plant-hunting adventures in Tibet, Burma and the Himalayas in the early 20th century. (ASA35, $19.00)
	Insight Guide Laos & Cambodia • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This beautiful guide features wonderful photographs and essays prepared by experts on Laos and Cambodia's attractions, history, culture and nature. (SEA44, $23.95)
	Insight Guide Southeast Asia • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • OUT OF PRINT • 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)
	It's Easier Than You Think, The Buddhist Way to Happiness • Sylvia Boorstein • RELIGION • A down-to-earth, warm-hearted introduction to the basic teaching of Buddhism. (GEN264, $13.00)
	Jewelry of Southeast Asia • Anne Richter • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An analysis of Southeast Asia's jewelry tradition, spanning from the Neolithic and Bronze Age to the present. (SEA25, $75.00)
	The Killing Fields • Roland Joffe • The true story of Dith Pran, the Cambodian assistant to a New York Times reporter who experienced the horrors of the Khmer Rouge. (CBD42, $19.98)
	The Lady: Aung San Suu Kyi • Barbara Victor • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning dissident Aung San Suu Kyi. This is a balanced and compelling account both of Ms. Kyi's life and of the events of the Burmese junta. (BMA14, $15.00)
	The Land of the Great Image • Maurice Collis • HISTORY • The tale of the 17th-century Portuguese Friar Manrique and his adventures in the kingdom of Arakan (Rakhine) along the Bay of Bengal. (BMA38, $19.95)
	Lands of Charm and Cruelty, Travels in Southeast Asia • Stan Sesser • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • This wonderfully written book is a report on Southeast Asia by a talented foreign corespondent. A heart-wrenching portrait of the politics and tremendous potential of what Sesser clearly believes are some of the most fascinating places on Earth. With chapters on Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Burma and Sarawak. (SEA04, $19.00)
	Letters from Burma • Aun San Suu Kyi • Heinn Htet • HISTORY • A collection of weekly newspaper articles on Burmese culture, daily life and politics written by Burma's Nobel Prize-winning human rights leader. (BMA49, $16.00)
	Life in the Valley of Death, The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed • Alan Rabinowitz • NATURAL HISTORY • An account of Rabinowitz's fight for the world's largest tiger preserve in Burma's remote and rugged Hukaung Valley -- and his struggle with warlords, corrupt officials and his own mortality. (BMA54, $25.95)
	Lonely Planet Burmese Phrasebook • Lonely Planet • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A palm-size dictionary and guide to the Burmese language for travelers with common phrases. (BMA36, $7.99)
	Lonely Planet Cambodia • Daniel Robinson • Tony Wheeler • Chris Taylor • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	The Lover • Marguerite Duras • LITERATURE • 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)
	The Making of Modern Burma • Thant Myint-U • HISTORY • A well researched and balanced account of political and economic development in 19th and 20th-century Burma with a particular focus on the legacy of British colonial rule. (BMA21, $32.99)
	Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh • David Fraser • Barbara Fraser • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An abundantly illustrated study of the textiles of the Chin peoples of southern and eastern Asia. With more than 600 color illustrations. (ASA46, $60.00)
	Moon Handbook Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos • Michael Buckley • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Myanmar (Burma) Map • Nelles • A double-sided map of Burma at a scale of 1:1,500,000, with an inset of Rangoon. (BMA02, $10.95)
	The Naga of Burma: Festivals, Customs and Way of Life • Jamie Saul • Dominique Viallard • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • . In this handsomely photographed anthropological study, Jamie Saul presents a well-informed overview of the Naga people, their social structures, religious traditions, art and architectural styles. (BMA47, $36.00)
	The Naked Tourist, In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall • Lawrence Osborne • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • NEW • 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, our conceptions of the exotic and primitive. (SEA50, $14.00)
	The Politics of Heroin, CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade • Alfred McCoy • HISTORY • An expanded version of McCoy's groundbreaking "The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia." (LAO09, $32.95)
	Red Dust, A Path Through China • Ma Jian • Flora Drew • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An astounding memoir by an urban poet, painter and writer on the road to Tibet. A vagabond, rebel, and Buddhist, Jian abandons his Beijing life for a 3-year southwestern journey through Tibet, Burma, and Guizhou Province. (CHN150, $15.00)
	River Road to China, The Search for the Source of the Mekong, 1866-73 • Milton Osborne • EXPLORATION • 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)
	Rough Guide Cambodia • Beverley Palmer • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, comprehensive travel guide to Cambodia in the British series. (CBD34, $29.99)
	Sacred Angkor, The Carved Reliefs of Angkor Wat • Vittorio Roveda • GUIDEBOOK • This richly illustrated guide to the meaning of the intricate relief carvings at Angkor works both as an on-the-ground site guide and an invaluable tool to understanding Buddhist and Hindu mythology. With 260 exceptionally clear color photographs and detailed site plans. New edition. (CBD06, $30.00)
	Sihanouk: Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness • Milton Osborne • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A critical biography of one of Southeast Asia's most important and intriguing leaders of the 20th century. (CBD20, $17.95)
	The Sorrow of War, A Novel of North Vietnam • Bao Ninh • LITERATURE • 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)
	South Southeast • Steve McCurry • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A remarkable portfolio of striking photographs taken in and around Afghanistan, Burma, India, Pakistan and other sites in South and Southeast Asia over a long career. Saturated with color, light and evocative of daily life. (ASA34, $59.95)
	Southeast Asia in the New International Era • Clark Neher • HISTORY • A good general history of the entire region and its place in the world. (SEA17, $38.00)
	Southeast Asia, A Concise History • Mary Somers Heidhues • HISTORY • 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)
	Southeast Asia, From Prehistory to History • Peter Bellwood • Ian Glover • HISTORY • Geared for students, this popular textbook outlines the cultural history of the region from Neolithic and early metal periods to the major Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms. (SEA53, $190.00)
	Stay Alive, My Son • Pin Yathay • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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, $21.95)
	Tragedy of Cambodian History: Politics, War and Revolution since 1945 • David Chandler • HISTORY • A scholarly history of Cambodian politics and A scholarly history of Cambodian politics and society from World War II to the late 1970s. The author draws from his own experiences as a foreign service officer in Phnom Penh. (CBD45, $26.00)
	A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia • J.M. Barwise • Nicholas J. White • HISTORY • A compact history of the region, including the Khmer and other ancient kingdoms that produced Borobudur, Angkor and other architectural marvels. (SEA36, $14.95)
	The Treasures of Angkor • Marilia Albanese • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, illustrated guide to the history, art and architecture of Angkor. With suggested itineraries, site plans and notes on visiting individual temples. (CBD48, $24.95)
	Twilight over Burma, My Life as a Shan Princess • Inge Sargent • Bertil Lintner • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A memoir (though told in the third person) of Inge Sargent, an Austrian who in 1953 married Sao Kya Seng, the princely leader of Shan, an ethnic enclave in the hill country of northeastern Burma. A fascinating story. (BMA11, $14.95)
	Vanishing Histories, 100 Endangered Sites from the World Monuments Fund • Colin Amery • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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. (GEN219, $60.00)
	Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Map • Nelles • A convenient, double-sided map at a scale of 1:1,500,000. (SEA16, $10.95)
	Visions from the Golden Land: Burma and the Art of Lacquer • T. Richard Blurton • Ralph Isaacs • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated survey of the art and history of lacquer in Burma from the collection of the British Museum. (BMA32, $45.00)
	When Broken Glass Floats, Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge • Chanrithy Him • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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)
	The Wisdom of the Buddha • Jean Boisselier • RELIGION • 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 • 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)
	A World Overturned, A Burmese Childhood 1933-1947 • Maureen Baird-Murray • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The author relates a most eventful childhood, taking in her mother's Burmese village, her time at an English convent, and the Japanese occupation of Burma. (BMA30, $13.95)
	World Religions: Eastern Traditions • Willard G. Oxtoby • RELIGION • A clear and insightful introduction to Eastern religions by a team of scholars, covering Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist and East Asian traditions. Scholarly, but still rewarding for the general reader. (ASA07, $62.95)

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