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  • A Record of Cambodia

    The Land and Its People

    by Zhou Daguan, Peter Harris (Translator) ...
    Translated, with an introduction and notes, by Peter HarrisOnly one person has given us a first-hand account of the civilization of Angkor. This is the Chinese envoy, Zhou Daguan, who visited Angkor in 1296–97 and wrote A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People after his return to China. To this day, Zhou’s description of the royal palace, sacred buildings, women, traders, slaves, hill people, ... Read more

    $28.17 CAD

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    Chanrithy Him felt compelled to tell of surviving life under the Khmer Rouge in a way "worthy of the suffering which I endured as a child."In the Cambodian proverb, "when broken glass floats" is the time when evil triumphs over good. That time began in 1975, when the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia and the Him family began their trek through the hell of the "killing fields." In a mesmerizing ... Read more

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  • Lucky Child

    A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind

    by Loung Ung ...
    After enduring years of hunger, deprivation, and devastating loss at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, ten-year-old Loung Ung became the "lucky child," the sibling chosen to accompany her eldest brother to America while her one surviving sister and two brothers remained behind. In this poignant and elegiac memoir, Loung recalls her assimilation into an unfamiliar new culture while struggling to ... Read more

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  • A Short History of South-East Asia

    Edited by Peter Church ...
    The success of the first four editions shows that this book fills a vacuum for readers who wish to learn about the countries of South-East Asia. Recent years have seen a number of important developments all of which are covered here. With the global climate becoming more uncertain and the threat of terrorism spilling over, this book will aid readers' knowledge of this region by addressing its ... Read more

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  • A History of Modern Indonesia

    by Adrian Vickers ...
    Since the Bali bombings of 2002 and the rise of political Islam, Indonesia has frequently occupied media headlines. Nevertheless, the history of the fourth largest country on earth remains relatively unknown. Adrian Vickers' book, first published in 2005, traces the history of an island country, comprising some 240 million people, from the colonial period through revolution and independence to the ... Read more

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  • The Brave Ones

    East Timor, 1999

    by John Birmingham ...
    Series Book 5 - Short Blacks
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    The Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckmann—the Man Who Escaped from Bataan, Raised a Filipino Army against the Japanese, and Became the True "Father" of Army Special Forces

    by Mike Guardia ...
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    by Milton Osborne ...
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  • Muay Thai Training Exercises

    The Ultimate Guide to Fitness, Strength, and Fight Preparation

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    Edited by Jayne Werner, George Dutton, John Whitmore ...
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    Sources of Vietnamese Tradition provides an essential guide to two thousand years of Vietnamese history and a comprehensive overview of the society and state of Vietnam. Strategic selections illuminate key figures, issues, and events while building a thematic portrait of the country's developing territory, politics, culture, and relations with neighbors. The volume showcases Vietnam's remarkable ... Read more

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  • Such a Lovely Little War

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    by Marcelino Truong ...
    Translated by David Homel ...
    Marcelino Truong: Marcelino Truong is an illustrator, painter, and author. Born the son of a Vietnamese diplomat in 1957 in the Philippines, he and his family moved to America (where his father worked for the embassy) and then to Vietnam at the outset of the war. He earned degrees in law at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, and English literature at the Sorbonne. He has authored many ... Read more

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