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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/LO8988. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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Insight Guide Laos & Cambodia
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2003
PAPER
This beautiful guide features wonderful photographs and essays prepared by experts on Laos and Cambodia's attractions, history, culture and nature. With dozens of excellent color maps.
(SEA44, $23.95) |
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Khmer, The Lost Empire of Cambodia
Thierry Zephir
HISTORY
1998
PAPER
128 PAGES
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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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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Angkor Map
Dawn Rooney
Paisarn Piemmettawat
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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Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Map
Nelles
2006
MAP
A convenient, double-sided map of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam at a scale of 1:1,500,000, with city maps of Hanoi, Vientane, Ho Chi Minh City, Luang Prabang, and Phnom Penh.
(SEA16, $10.95) |
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A Guide to Khmer Temples in Thailand and Laos
Michael Freeman
GUIDEBOOK
COMING IN
A compact guide to Khmer temples throughout the region, both famous and little-visited, featuring color photography, maps, temple plans and diagrams.
(TLD20, $19.95) |
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Footprint Cambodia Handbook
Joshua Eliot
John Colet
GUIDEBOOK
A compact, practical guide packed with history, sightseeing information and essential travel details.
(SEA23, $23.95) |
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Lonely Planet Laos
Joe Cummings
GUIDEBOOK
This practical guide to Laos by Lonely Planet features maps, a 60-page overview of culture, history and nature and plenty of information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing.
(LAO02, $21.99) |
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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 the ancient kingdoms that produced Borobudur, Angkor and other architectural marvels.
(SEA36, $14.95) |
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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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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Anne Fadiman
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
The editor of American Scholar, Fadiman gracefully documents the encounter between two worldviews, in an intimate portrait of a Hmong refugee family in California.
(VNM31, $15.00) |
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What the Buddha Taught
Walpola Sri Rahula
RELIGION
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, $13.00) |
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World Religions: Eastern Traditions
Willard G. Oxtoby
RELIGION
A clear and insightful introduction to Eastern religions by a team of scholars, covering Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist and East Asian traditions. Scholarly, but still rewarding for the general reader.
(ASA07, $64.95) |
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Angkor Cities and Temples
Claude Jacques
Michael Freeman
ART & ARCHITECTURE
COMING IN JANUARY
One of the nicest books of its kind, this is a gorgeous, oversized portrait of the monuments, temples and exquisite sculptures of Angkor. Claude Jacques, who directed much of the site excavation, writes with authority about individual temples, inscriptions and Khmer culture.
(CBD18, $80.00) |
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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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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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Collected Short Stories, Volume 4
W. Somerset Maugham
LITERATURE
Maugham can evoke turn-of-the-century colonial Asia like no other. This collection of stories features many set in Malaysia and other southeast Asian locales, including the well-known tale "The Letter."
(SEA01, $17.00) |
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A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia
Craig Robson
FIELD GUIDE
A comprehensive guide to 1,250 birds found in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Features 104 color plates, good descriptive text, range maps and introductory chapters on habitats, conservation and bird watching in the region.
(SEA22, $85.00) |
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