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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $71, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSEA118)
 
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)
  Insight Guide Laos & Cambodia
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)
  Khmer, The Lost Empire of Cambodia
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)
  The River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong
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)
  Angkor Map
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)
  Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Map



Also Recommended
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)
 
 
Footprint Cambodia Handbook  •  Joshua Eliot  •  John Colet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, practical guide packed with history, sightseeing information and essential travel details. (SEA23, $23.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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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