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Arts of Southeast Asia  •  Fiona Kerlogue   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A handsome guide to the art, architecture, textiles and crafts of Southeast Asia. (SEA45, $16.95)
 
 
Coral Reef Fishes  •  Ewald Lieske  •  Robert Myers   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This compact handbook features 2,500 illustrations of shallow-water fishes around the world. (DIV05, $24.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Give Us This Day  •  Sidney Stewart   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Captured in Bataan in 1942, Stewart endured three years in captivity, recounted in this harrowing, now-classic tale of human will. (SEA19, $13.95)
 
 
The Great Hill Stations of Asia  •  Barbara Crossette   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A modern tour of the mountain enclaves of colonial Asia -- appreciative, magnificently researched and engaging. (ASA13, $16.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook  •  Hua-Yuan L. Mowry  •  Justin Ben-Adam Rudelson   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A handy phrasebook for Mandarin basics. This guide focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (CHN72, $8.99)
 
 
Sea Change, A Message of the Oceans  •  Sylvia Earle   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A tribute to our watery planet -- and real-life adventure story by Sylvia Earle, a World Wildlife Fund national council member and diving pioneer. (OCE01, $13.95)
 
 
The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean  •  Paddy Ryan  •  Peter Atkinson   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The best-selling, take-along guide to coral reefs, coral reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indo-Pacific. With 200 color photographs. (DIV18, $19.95)
 
 
Insight Guide East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan  •   Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An illustrated guide to the history, culture and traditions of China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan featuring 250 color photographs and 16 maps. (ASA27, $24.95)
 
 
Song for the Blue Ocean, Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas  •  Carl Safina   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A grand tour of our blue planet, divided geographically, this book is an excellent resource -- fascinating to read and full of hope. It combines a personal journey, hundreds of interviews with fisherman and scientists around the world, and a tour of important watery habitats. (OCE09, $18.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Southeast Asia Map  •   Nelles    •  A clear, double-sided map of all of Southeast Asia at a scale of 1:4,500,000. (SEA12, $10.95)
 
 
 




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