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WILDERNESS TRAVEL
Vietnam & Cambodia
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 5 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXVNM40) |
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Eyewitness Guide Vietnam and Angkor Wat
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 312 PAGES
Featuring innovative site diagrams, local maps and hundreds of color photographs, this handy companion introduces the culture, history and attractions of Vietnam. With a chapter on Angkor.
(VNM102, $25.00) |
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Understanding Vietnam
• Neil Jamieson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1995 •
PAPER
• 428 PAGES
Jamieson's ambitious primer addresses politics, social history, village life, structural renewal, literature and the arts, illuminating the Vietnamese worldview with insight and depth. It does just what the title promises -- it illuminates the Vietnamese and their worldview.
(VNM01, $27.95) |
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Vietnam, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• John Balaban
• Nguyen Qui Duc
ANTHOLOGY •
1996 •
PAPER
• 239 PAGES
• COMING IN FEBRUARY
From rain forest and rural countryside to the cities, these 17 stories from Vietnam's finest writers explore Vietnam's landscapes, myths and changing traditions.
(VNM04, $14.95) |
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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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Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Map
• Nelles
2010 •
MAP
A convenient, double-sided map of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam at a scale of 1:1,500,000, with city maps of Hanoi, Vientiane, Ho Chi Minh City, Luang Prabang, and Phnom Penh. Includes the eastern portion of Thailand and Bangkok.
(SEA75, $13.95) |
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Also Recommended
Ancient Angkor
• Claude Jacques
• Michael Freeman
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN MARCH
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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)
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The Treasures of Angkor
• Marilia Albanese
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia
• J.M. Barwise
• Nicholas J. White
• HISTORY
• COMING IN MARCH
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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)
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America's Lost War: Vietnam, 1945-1975
• Charles E. Neu
• HISTORY
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A history of the Vietnam War based on the popular course by Brown University professor of American foreign relations Charles E. Neu.
(VNM69, $21.95)
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Angkor and the Khmer Civilization
• Michael Coe
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This illustrated survey of the society, culture and monuments of the Khmer civilization includes 130 well-integrated engravings, maps, tables, site plans and photographs.
(CBD39, $24.95)
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Fire in the Lake
• Frances FitzGerald
• HISTORY
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A classic historical, political and cultural portrait of a nation at war, this powerful book won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. FitzGerald, a staff writer at the New Yorker and a reporter in Vietnam, presents a vivid image of a revolution.
(VNM12, $18.99)
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Shadows and Wind
• Robert Templer
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A British journalist based in Vietnam, Templer cuts through myth and legend to offer a lively, opinionated portrait of contemporary Vietnam.
(VNM43, $17.00)
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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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What the Buddha Taught
• Walpola Sri Rahula
• RELIGION
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A classic account of Theravada Buddhism by a respected monk and scholar from Sri Lanka. Provides translations from original texts with explanations for Western readers. A good foundation for any visitor to Southeast Asia.
(SEA41, $14.95)
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Art & Architecture of Cambodia
• Helen Ibbitson Jessup
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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Sanctuary, The Temples of Angkor
• Steve McCurry
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A selection of 100 stunning color photographs of the monks and the monuments of Angkor, the extraordinary carvings, and the forest surrounding the temples by a popular Magnum photographer.
(CBD28, $35.00)
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A Dragon Apparent, Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
• Norman Lewis
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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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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Catfish and Mandala, A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
• Andrew X. Pham
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Much more than the story of a road trip, this book combines the author's family history with his many and often-gritty adventures by bicycle through foreign lands including Mexico, Japan and, notably, Vietnam.
(VNM50, $16.00)
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Dispatches
• Michael Herr
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Robert Stone introduces this Everyman's Library edition of Herr's impressionistic, affecting memoir of his time as a war correspondent in Vietnam, called by the New York Times the best book yet to be written about the war.
(VNM03, $24.00)
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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 River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong
• Edward Gargan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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.
(SEA33, $15.95)
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The Sacred Willow, Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family
• Duong Van Mai Elliott
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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This vivid family saga, beginning with the author's great-grandfather, captures the life and momentous history of Vietnam over the last 100 years.
(VNM39, $24.99)
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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
• Robert Olen Butler
• ANTHOLOGY
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Winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize, this collection of 15 short stories captures the spirit of Vietnam through a juxtaposition of American and Vietnamese perspectives and settings.
(VNM21, $14.00)
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The Quiet American
• Graham Greene
• LITERATURE
• FAVORITE
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A classic, this is the most famous Western work of fiction on Vietnam. Greene writes of a love triangle between a war correspondent, his Vietnamese consort and an optimistic young American during the last days of French rule.
(VNM08, $16.00)
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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia
• Morten Strange
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact photographic guide to almost 700 species of birds in the region, featuring concise descriptions and distribution maps.
(SEA39, $38.95)
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