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Cambodia   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $94, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCBD29)		  
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 Cambodia
Odyssey Guide Angkor  •  Dawn Rooney
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 496 PAGES
An indispensable guidebook, encompassing Khmer culture and history; detailed descriptions of the monuments; and practical information about Siem Reap. With temple plans and photographs. This edition includes 10 new temple sites and an additional 180 pages of new information with 86 new photographs along with updated practical details. (CBD05, $27.95)		   Odyssey Guide Angkor
The River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong  •  Edward Gargan
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2003 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
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. Gargan, a veteran correspondent and bureau chief for the New York Times, spent a year traveling the river. (SEA33, $15.95)		   The River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong
The Gods Drink Whiskey  •  Stephen T. Asma
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
Asma, a university professor and a Buddhist, writes with verve and humor of his stint teaching at the Buddhist Institute in Phnom Penh. The book is both an introduction to Theravada Buddhism and a portrait of contemporary Cambodia. He confesses in his preface quite pointedly that it is his mission to take "California" out of Buddhism and his earthy account of his (mis)adventures is refreshingly free of cant and high-minded prattle. He is also acutely aware of his position as a western scholar in a Buddhist country (albeit one where Buddhism was outlawed by the repugnant Khmer Rouge). (CBD46, $14.99)		   The Gods Drink Whiskey
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 Map



Also Recommended

Ancient Angkor  •  Claude Jacques  •  Michael Freeman   • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN MARCH  •  Organized geographically, this indispensable guide to the monuments, architecture, culture, religion and history of Angkor features hundreds of color photographs, site plans and maps. (CBD15, $25.00)
 		  
Footprint Cambodia Handbook  •  Andrew Spooner   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, practical guide packed with history, sightseeing information and essential travel details. (SEA23, $24.95)
 		  
National Geographic Cambodia  •  Trevor Ranges   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An abundantly illustrated guide to the country, with essays on history and culture and color maps. (CBD68, $25.95)
 		  
To Cambodia With Love  •  Andy Brouwer   • GUIDEBOOK  •  In this insightful guide, Brouwer presents 50 writers on the history, culture and attractions of Cambodia, including Khmer specialist Dawn Rooney (Odyssey Guide Angkor) and memoirist Loung Ung (First They Killed My Father). (CBD71, $21.95)
 		  
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, $38.00)
 		  
A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia  •  J.M. Barwise  •  Nicholas J. White   • HISTORY • COMING IN MARCH  •  A compact history of the region, including the Khmer and the various ancient kingdoms that produced Borobudur, Angkor and other architectural marvels. (SEA36, $14.95)
 		  
Cambodia After the Khmer Rouge, Inside the Politics of Nation Building  •  Evan R. Gottesman   • HISTORY  •  Gottesman, deputy director of the ABA Cambodia Law and Democracy Project in the 1990s, traces the far-ranging impact of the Khmer regime from its ouster in 1979 to the signing of the peace accord in 1991. (CBD55, $26.00)
 		  
Phnom Penh, A Cultural History  •  Milton Osborne   • HISTORY  •  As a one-time resident of Phnom Penh and an authority on Southeast Asia, Milton Osborne provides a colorful account of the troubled history and appealing culture of Cambodia's capital city. (CBD58, $16.95)
 		  
Pictoral Cambodian Textiles Traditional Celebratory: Traditional Celebratory Hangings  •  Gillian Green   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  The spectacular antique hand-woven silk cloth featured in this richly illustrated survey illuminates the culture of Cambodia in its narration of daily life, rites, and festivals. (CBD59, $35.00)
 		  
The Mekong, Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future  •  Milton Osborne   • HISTORY  •  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)
 		  
Art & Architecture of Cambodia  •  Helen Ibbitson Jessup   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Jessup includes not just Angkor Wat and Banteay Srei but also lesser-known recent discoveries in the surrounding jungle in this illustrated overview in the World of Art series. (CBD41, $16.95)
 		  
Masterpieces of the National Museum of Cambodia  •  Helen Ibbitson Jessup   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A collection of 80 of Cambodia's sculptural treasures, with extended, multilingual captions for each work as well as a historical preface, a chronology and bibliography. Photographs are in full color. (CBD64, $25.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
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, $43.75)
 		  
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, $13.99)
 		  
Golden Bones, An Extraordinary Journey from Hell in Cambodia to a New Life in America  •  Sichan Siv   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Siv shows determination and hope in this gripping memoir of his family and idyllic childhood in Pochentong, terrors of the Khmer Rouge and escape to freedom in America. (CBD62, $14.99)
 		  
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, $16.95)
 		  
The Gate  •  Francois Bizot   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A French ethnologist married to a Khmer woman, Bizot tells of his time in Cambodia during the rise and terror of the Khmer Rouge. (SEA48, $14.00)
 		  
The Road of Lost Innocence  •  Somaly Mam   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Sold into servitude by her grandfather, Mam recounts the experiences of her early life, her awakening as an activist -- and work to rescue thousands of women and children in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. (CBD65, $15.00)
 		  
The King's Last Song, A Novel  •  Geoff Ryman   • LITERATURE  •  Ryman interweaves the story of a modern day archaeologist with the tale of 12th-century King Jayavarman VII in this sweeping historical novel. (CBD67, $16.00)
 		  
Soul of the Tiger, Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia  •  Jeffrey A. McNeely  •  Paul Spencer Sochaczewski   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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, $18.99)
 		  
Birds of Southeast Asia  •  Craig Robson   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This authoritative, masterfully illustrated guide, featuring 140 color plates covering 1,270 species throughout the region, also includes Malaysia, Burma, Borneo and Indonesia. (SEA49, $35.00)
 		  
The Killing Fields  •  Roland Joffe    •  The Academy Award winning true story of New York Times reporter Schanberg and his Cambodian assistant Dith Pran and their time in Cambodia during the war years. (CBD52, $19.98)
 		  
 
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