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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCBD37) |
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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) |
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Angkor, Heart of an Asian Empire
• Bruno Dagens
ARCHAEOLOGY •
1995 •
PAPER
• 191 PAGES
A pocket-size encyclopedia of discovery, featuring hundreds of color photographs, illustrations and maps. It's an excellent guide to discovery, exploration and study at the site.
(CBD01, $15.95) |
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Angkor Map
• Dawn Rooney
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
A site plan and pocket guide to Angkor, this folded map, at a scale of 1:40,000, includes inset photographs of major buildings, monuments and carvings. Banteay Sriei, and the temple of Angkor Wat, the Banyon and surroundings are shown at a scale of 1:15,000 on the reverse. With photographs and temple descriptions, it covers 22 key sites in all. With a map of Siem Reap.
(CBD16, $12.95) |
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Also Recommended
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, $18.95)
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Footprint Cambodia Handbook
• Andrew Spooner
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, practical guide packed with history, sightseeing information and essential travel details.
(SEA23, $24.95)
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Lonely Planet Angkor Wat & Siem Reap Encounter
• Nick Ray
• GUIDEBOOK
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This lively shirt pocket guide is jammed with personal recommendations, photographs and a pull-out map.
(CBD57, $12.99)
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To Cambodia With Love
• Andy Brouwer
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Angkor / Icon
• Michael Freeman
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A palm-sized overview of the site, featuring 100 color photographs by Michael Freeman, author of numerous books on Southeast Asia.
(CBD38, $12.95)
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The Civilization of Angkor
• Charles Higham
• HISTORY
• COMING IN
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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, $24.95)
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Of Gods, Kings, and Men: The Reliefs of Angkor Wat
• Jaroslav Poncar
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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One hundred, full-page panoramic photographs bring readers within the very walls of Angkor, where scenes from the great Indian epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, carved onto the walls depict the dharmic history of the cosmos.
(CBD56, $62.95)
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Temples of Cambodia, The Heart of Angkor
• Helen Ibbitson Jessup
• Barry Brukoff
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Jessup (Art and Architecture of Cambodia) provides the accompanying essays to this oversized portfolio of dazzling color images by Barry Brukoff, who has been photographing the monuments of Cambodia since 1963.
(CBD73, $65.00)
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A Record of Cambodia, The Land and Its People
• Zhou Daguan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A contemporary of Marco Polo, Zhou left this invaluable record of customs and life at the Angkor temple complex during the height of the Khmer empire. This new translation by Peter Harris includes modern color photographs.
(CBD60, $26.95)
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The Gods Drink Whiskey
• Stephen T. Asma
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Asma writes with verve and wit in this eye-opening account of his yearlong stint teaching at the Buddhist Institute in Phnom Penh. His account is both an overview of Theravada Buddhism and a down-to-earth portrait of contemporary Cambodia.
(CBD46, $14.99)
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The King's Last Song, A Novel
• Geoff Ryman
• LITERATURE
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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)
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