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Adventures of a Tibetan Fighting Monk | In 1959 Chinese troops occupied Tibet, sending the Dalai Lama and tens of thousands of Tibetans from all walks of life into exile. This is the life story of Tashi Khedrup, a Dob- dob, "fighting monk",... more >>> |
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After the Wave | Author Tew Bunnag, along with other writers in the tsunami-affected region, was commissioned by the BBC in 2005 to write a short story, subsequently broadcast on the anniversary of the disaster. This ... more >>> |
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Against the Current: the Life of Lain Singh Bangdel | The life of Lain Singh Bangdel (1919-2002), Nepalese writer, painter and art historian, was infused with a deep understanding and empathy for the oppressed of his native land. His artistic works serve... more >>> |
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Agile Hands and Creative Minds | This classed bibliography provides citations to all aspects of the hand-crafted textile traditions of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The initial sections provi... more >>> |
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Angels and Devils: Thai Politics from February `91 to September `92 - a Struggle for Democracy? | A detailed account of the events in Thailand from the military coup in 1991 to the elections in 1992, when the democratic forces, or "angels" as they were popularly referred to, won the election and f... more >>> |
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Angkor and Cambodia in the Sixteenth Century | First English translation of an important study of the records of early Spanish and Portuguese missionaries and adventurers, detailing their interactions with the Khmers. These comprise most of the ve... more >>> |
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Angkor Before and After: a Cultural History of the Khmers | The Khmers were first noticed by the Chinese when they began to occupy neighbouring maritime territories, Champa and Funan; their own recorded history commences with inscriptions from the fifth centur... more >>> |
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Angkor Observed | This is the second book in the series "There Before You". It consists of a selection of early travellers’ impressions of the Khmer empire’s ancient, 12th century capital and the legends that inspired ... more >>> |
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Annals of the Purple City | In an imaginary Portuguese colony on the south coast of China a beautiful Australian woman gradually achieves her own freedom and integrity through her relationships with four men: her indifferent Eng... more >>> |
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Architecture and Its Models in Southeast Asia | This thought provoking study of the development of architecture, and the impact of architectural models on this evolution, in southeast Asia, draws for its early examples primarily from surviving Hind... more >>> |
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Armies of Angkor, The | The Armies of AngkorMilitary Structure and Weaponry of the Khmersby Michel Jacq-Hergoualc"h, translated from the French by Michael SmithiesFirst English edition, 2007. 200 pp., 4 plans and 154 line dr... more >>> |
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Art & Archaeology of Fu Nan: Pre-khmer Kingdom of the Lower Valley | While much has been published on Khmer civilization immediately preceding and during the Angkor period, the origins of this culture, deep in the Mekong Delta, remain relatively obscure. The results of... more >>> |
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Asian Commitment: Travels and Studies in the Indian Sub-continent and South-east Asia | This book is the autobiographical account of the enthusiasms and disillusionments, of the disappointments and enjoyments of an entire, quite extraordinary lifetime. It is an epic story of scholarship ... more >>> |
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Asian Commitment: Travels and Studies in the Indian Sub-continent and Southeast Asia | This book is the autobiographical account of the enthusiasms and disillusionments, of the disappointments and enjoyments of an entire, quite extraordinary lifetime. It is an epic story of scholarship ... more >>> |
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Back to Mandalay: an Inside View of Burma | When the author assumed a two year lecturing position in English language at a college in Mandalay in 1986, little did he realize that he was to witness the lead-up to one the most brutal political cr... more >>> |
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Badi of West Nepal, The | This pioneering monograph on the anthropology of the Badi, an untouchable caste in West Nepal whose livelihood depends on the proceeds of prostitution, served to raise awareness of the risks of their ... more >>> |
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Ballads of Burma | This is a collection of 37 poems (described as "ditties") on 19th-century colonial life in Britain, and originally published in the "Rangoon Gazette" and the "Burma Critic". Some reflect the author"s ... more >>> |
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Bangkok: the Story of a City | A fluent and affectionate portrait not only of the city of Bangkok, known to the Thais as "the city of angels", but also of the dynasty and culture that created it. Cutting through confusion and veile... more >>> |
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Before Kampuchea: Preludes to Tragedy | The year that Milton Osborne judges to have been a turning point in Cambodia’s modern history was 1966, a year he spent working in Phnom Penh and travelling widely in the countryside. He recounts many... more >>> |
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Beyond the Pancake Trench: Road Tales from the Wild East | Vater’s observations on the human condition, as he experiences it firsthand along the less tourist-beaten paths of South and Southeast Asia, result in a no-holds-barred account of life in the region, ... more >>> |
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