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INDOCHINA
Cambodia
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/LO3361. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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Lonely Planet Cambodia
Daniel Robinson
Tony Wheeler
Chris Taylor
GUIDEBOOK
2008
PAPER
374 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, $21.99) |
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Odyssey Guide Angkor, Cambodia's Wondrous Khmer Temples
Dawn Rooney
GUIDEBOOK
2006
FLEXI-BOUND
488 PAGES
COMING IN NOVEMBER
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) |
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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, $14.95) |
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The Gods Drink Whiskey, Stumbling Toward Enlightenment in the Land of the Tattered Buddha
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, $14.95) |
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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.
(CBD17, $15.95) |
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Ancient Angkor
Claude Jacques
Michael Freeman
GUIDEBOOK
COMING IN JANUARY
An expert overview of the monuments, architecture, culture, religion and history of Angkor, written by a leading authority, featuring 350 color photographs.
(CBD15, $25.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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, $24.00) |
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Khmer, The Lost Empire of Cambodia
Thierry Zephir
HISTORY
Stunningly compact, this profusely illustrated history of the Khmer Empire, its art, architecture and archaeology, is a splendid introduction to monuments of Angkor.
(CBD12, $12.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Civilization of Angkor
Charles Higham
HISTORY
A concise history of the origins, development and rise of the kingdom of Angkor by a leading archaeologist. It's an up-to-date, accessible overview of the civilization from prehistory through the fall of Angkor in 1431.
(CBD26, $21.95) |
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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) |
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Angkor, Celestial Temples of the Khmer Empire
Joe Ortner
Ian Mabbett
John Sanday
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A striking collection of 240 photographs with accompanying essays on the architecture, history and meaning of Angkor. Handsomely produced and packaged in a slipcover by the art publisher Abbeville.
(CBD31, $95.00) |
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Art & Architecture of Cambodia
Helen Ibbitson Jessup
ART & ARCHITECTURE
This compact, illustrated volume in the "World of Art" series focuses on the breathtaking Hindu and Buddhist temples of Cambodia and the Khmer civilization.
(CBD41, $16.95) |
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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) |
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A Pilgrimage to Angkor
Pierre Loti
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
This classic turn-of-the-century account by the French novelist and traveler exudes fascination with the temples, relief carvings and culture of Angkor.
(CBD35, $17.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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, $18.95) |
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Birds of Southeast Asia
Craig Robson
FIELD GUIDE
COMING IN OCTOBER
Featuring 140 color plates, authoritative text and range maps.
(SEA49, $35.00) |
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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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