26 books in History - Southeast Asia
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Burma Victory: Imphal, Kohima and the Chindits - March 1944 to May 1945
Written by David Rooney
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
In the final years of World War II, the campaign against Japan stepped up in a series of bloody battles with each side having much to lose. While much of the history of the period focuses on the Pacific Campaign and the American island hopping, this book studies the ‘forgotten war&rsquo... Read more >
Written by David Rooney
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
In the final years of World War II, the campaign against Japan stepped up in a series of bloody battles with each side having much to lose. While much of the history of the period focuses on the Pacific Campaign and the American island hopping, this book studies the ‘forgotten war&rsquo... Read more >
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The Elimination
A survivor of the Khmer Rouge confronts his past and the commandant of the killing fields
Written by Rithy Panh and Christophe Bataille
Translated by John Cullen
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $22.95
From the internationally acclaimed director of S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, a survivor’s autobiography that confronts the evils of the Khmer Rouge dictatorship.
Rithy Panh was only thirteen years old when the Khmer Rouge expelled his family from Phnom Penh in 1975. In the months and years that followed, his entire... Read more >
A survivor of the Khmer Rouge confronts his past and the commandant of the killing fields
Written by Rithy Panh and Christophe Bataille
Translated by John Cullen
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $22.95
From the internationally acclaimed director of S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, a survivor’s autobiography that confronts the evils of the Khmer Rouge dictatorship.
Rithy Panh was only thirteen years old when the Khmer Rouge expelled his family from Phnom Penh in 1975. In the months and years that followed, his entire... Read more >
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The Elimination
A survivor of the Khmer Rouge confronts his past and the commandant of the killing fields
Written by Rithy Panh and Christophe Bataille
Translated by John Cullen
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $13.95
From the internationally acclaimed director of S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, a survivor’s autobiography that confronts the evils of the Khmer Rouge dictatorship.
Rithy Panh was only thirteen years old when the Khmer Rouge expelled his family from Phnom Penh in 1975. In the months and years that followed, his entire... Read more >
A survivor of the Khmer Rouge confronts his past and the commandant of the killing fields
Written by Rithy Panh and Christophe Bataille
Translated by John Cullen
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $13.95
From the internationally acclaimed director of S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, a survivor’s autobiography that confronts the evils of the Khmer Rouge dictatorship.
Rithy Panh was only thirteen years old when the Khmer Rouge expelled his family from Phnom Penh in 1975. In the months and years that followed, his entire... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Facing the Torturer
Written by Francois Bizot
Translated by Charlotte Mandell and Antoine Audouard
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $25.00
Written by Francois Bizot
Translated by Charlotte Mandell and Antoine Audouard
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $25.00
The author of the acclaimed memoir The Gate now gives us a mesmerizing account of his personal relationship with one of the most infamous torturers of the twentieth century, and of his transformative experience observing and participating in that man’s recent trial for war crimes.
In 1971, François Bizot was researching...
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Facing the Torturer
Written by Francois Bizot
Translated by Charlotte Mandell and Antoine Audouard
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $12.99
Written by Francois Bizot
Translated by Charlotte Mandell and Antoine Audouard
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $12.99
The author of the acclaimed memoir The Gate now gives us a mesmerizing account of his personal relationship with one of the most infamous torturers of the twentieth century, and of his transformative experience observing and participating in that man’s recent trial for war crimes.
In 1971, François Bizot was researching...
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Embers of War
The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
Written by Fredrik Logevall
Format: Hardcover, 864 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $40.00
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR • A GLOBE AND MAIL “BEST READS” SELECTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE
The struggle for Vietnam occupies a central place in the history of the twentieth century. Fought over a period of three decades... Read more >
The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
Written by Fredrik Logevall
Format: Hardcover, 864 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $40.00
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR • A GLOBE AND MAIL “BEST READS” SELECTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE
The struggle for Vietnam occupies a central place in the history of the twentieth century. Fought over a period of three decades... Read more >
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Embers of War
The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
Written by Fredrik Logevall
Format: eBook, 864 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $14.99
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR • A GLOBE AND MAIL “BEST READS” SELECTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE
The struggle for Vietnam occupies a central place in the history of the twentieth century. Fought over a period of three decades... Read more >
The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
Written by Fredrik Logevall
Format: eBook, 864 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $14.99
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR • A GLOBE AND MAIL “BEST READS” SELECTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE
The struggle for Vietnam occupies a central place in the history of the twentieth century. Fought over a period of three decades... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
The NVA and Viet Cong
Written by Kenneth Conboy
Illustrated by Simon McCouaig
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Price: $14.95
In 1940 Japan placed Vietnam under military occupation, restricting the local French administration to a figurehead authority. Seizing the opportunity, the Communists organised a Vietnamese independence league, the Viet Minh, whose armed forces became known as the PAVN (more commonly known to the West as the Vietcong, or NVA) and prepared... Read more >
Written by Kenneth Conboy
Illustrated by Simon McCouaig
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Price: $14.95
In 1940 Japan placed Vietnam under military occupation, restricting the local French administration to a figurehead authority. Seizing the opportunity, the Communists organised a Vietnamese independence league, the Viet Minh, whose armed forces became known as the PAVN (more commonly known to the West as the Vietcong, or NVA) and prepared... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Army of the Republic of Vietnam 1955-75
Written by Gordon Rottman
Illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro
Format: eBook, 458 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $13.99
Rottman's latest title discusses the original reorganization of Vietnam forces, from the original colonial structure implemented by the French into the first national army of Vietnam. Complete with a detailed history of the command structure and orders of battle, Rottman sheds light on the little known divisional histories of the army... Read more >
Written by Gordon Rottman
Illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro
Format: eBook, 458 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $13.99
Rottman's latest title discusses the original reorganization of Vietnam forces, from the original colonial structure implemented by the French into the first national army of Vietnam. Complete with a detailed history of the command structure and orders of battle, Rottman sheds light on the little known divisional histories of the army... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Samurai Armies 1550-1615
Written by Stephen Turnbull
Illustrated by Richard Hook
Format: eBook, 86 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $13.99
In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firearms the Japanese had ever seen: simple matchlock muskets called arquebuses. They proved a decisive addition to the Japanese armoury, as for centuries the samurai had fought only with bow, sword and spear. In 1575, during the... Read more >
Written by Stephen Turnbull
Illustrated by Richard Hook
Format: eBook, 86 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $13.99
In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firearms the Japanese had ever seen: simple matchlock muskets called arquebuses. They proved a decisive addition to the Japanese armoury, as for centuries the samurai had fought only with bow, sword and spear. In 1575, during the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
USN F-4 Phantom II vs VPAF MiG-17/19
Vietnam 1965-73
Written by Peter Davies
Illustrated by Jim Laurier
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: December 20, 2011
Price: $15.95
The Vietnam War placed unexpected demands upon American military forces and equipment.The principal US naval fighter, the McDonnell F-4 Phantom, had originally been designed to defend the Fleet from air attack at long range. However, its tremendous power and bomb-carrying capacity made it an obvious candidate for the attack mission in... Read more >
Vietnam 1965-73
Written by Peter Davies
Illustrated by Jim Laurier
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: December 20, 2011
Price: $15.95
The Vietnam War placed unexpected demands upon American military forces and equipment.The principal US naval fighter, the McDonnell F-4 Phantom, had originally been designed to defend the Fleet from air attack at long range. However, its tremendous power and bomb-carrying capacity made it an obvious candidate for the attack mission in... Read more >
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Monsoon
The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Written by Robert D. Kaplan
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $17.00
The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Written by Robert D. Kaplan
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $17.00
On the world maps common in America, the Western Hemisphere lies front and center, while the Indian Ocean region all but disappears. This convention reveals the geopolitical focus of the now-departed twentieth century, but in the twenty-first century that focus will fundamentally change. In this pivotal examination of the countries known...
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Scorched Earth
Legacies of Chemical Warfare in Vietnam
Written by Fred A. Wilcox
Introduction by Noam Chomsky
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $23.95
Scorched Earth is the first book to chronicle the effects of chemical warfare on the Vietnamese people and their environment, where, even today, more than 3 million people—including 500,000 children—are sick and dying from birth defects, cancer, and other illnesses that can be directly traced to Agent Orange/dioxin exposure. Weaving first-person... Read more >
Legacies of Chemical Warfare in Vietnam
Written by Fred A. Wilcox
Introduction by Noam Chomsky
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $23.95
Scorched Earth is the first book to chronicle the effects of chemical warfare on the Vietnamese people and their environment, where, even today, more than 3 million people—including 500,000 children—are sick and dying from birth defects, cancer, and other illnesses that can be directly traced to Agent Orange/dioxin exposure. Weaving first-person... Read more >
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eBook.
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Playing with Fire
Pakistan at War with Itself
Written by Pamela Constable
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $28.00
A volatile nation at the heart of major cultural, political, and religious conflicts in the world today, Pakistan commands our attention. Yet more than six decades after the country’s founding as a Muslim democracy, it continues to struggle over its basic identity, alliances, and direction. In Playing with Fire, acclaimed journalist... Read more >
Pakistan at War with Itself
Written by Pamela Constable
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $28.00
A volatile nation at the heart of major cultural, political, and religious conflicts in the world today, Pakistan commands our attention. Yet more than six decades after the country’s founding as a Muslim democracy, it continues to struggle over its basic identity, alliances, and direction. In Playing with Fire, acclaimed journalist... Read more >
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eBook.
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Playing with Fire
Pakistan at War with Itself
Written by Pamela Constable
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $16.99
A volatile nation at the heart of major cultural, political, and religious conflicts in the world today, Pakistan commands our attention. Yet more than six decades after the country’s founding as a Muslim democracy, it continues to struggle over its basic identity, alliances, and direction. In Playing with Fire, acclaimed journalist... Read more >
Pakistan at War with Itself
Written by Pamela Constable
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $16.99
A volatile nation at the heart of major cultural, political, and religious conflicts in the world today, Pakistan commands our attention. Yet more than six decades after the country’s founding as a Muslim democracy, it continues to struggle over its basic identity, alliances, and direction. In Playing with Fire, acclaimed journalist... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
Love Like Hate
A Novel
Written by Linh Dinh
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $16.95
Linh Dinh is already one of the secret masters of short fiction. Love Like Hate is something like a traditional cross-cultural novel that's been shocked into life by Dinh's uncanny ability to tell us stories we didn't even know we wanted to hear. -- Ed Park, editor of The Believer
In Love... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Linh Dinh
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $16.95
Linh Dinh is already one of the secret masters of short fiction. Love Like Hate is something like a traditional cross-cultural novel that's been shocked into life by Dinh's uncanny ability to tell us stories we didn't even know we wanted to hear. -- Ed Park, editor of The Believer
In Love... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Night, Again
Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam
Edited by Linh Dinh
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $14.95
A couple's scheme to get rich by killing their father backfires, leaving them in charge of a cripple. In heaven, a baby, dead through neglect, tells his playmates: "Life down there is just one long sleep." A young soldier, saved by a stranger, can never again find her to thank her... Read more >
Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam
Edited by Linh Dinh
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $14.95
A couple's scheme to get rich by killing their father backfires, leaving them in charge of a cripple. In heaven, a baby, dead through neglect, tells his playmates: "Life down there is just one long sleep." A young soldier, saved by a stranger, can never again find her to thank her... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
In Our Image
America's Empire in the Philippines
Written by Stanley Karnow
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 24, 2010
Price: $13.99
Traces the history of the Philippines, discusses the influence of Spain and the United States, and looks at the problems facing the Philippines today. Read more >
America's Empire in the Philippines
Written by Stanley Karnow
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 24, 2010
Price: $13.99
Traces the history of the Philippines, discusses the influence of Spain and the United States, and looks at the problems facing the Philippines today. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Love Like Hate
A Novel
Written by Linh Dinh
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $16.95
Linh Dinh is already one of the secret masters of short fiction. Love Like Hate is something like a traditional cross-cultural novel that's been shocked into life by Dinh's uncanny ability to tell us stories we didn't even know we wanted to hear. -- Ed Park, editor of The Believer
In Love... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Linh Dinh
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $16.95
Linh Dinh is already one of the secret masters of short fiction. Love Like Hate is something like a traditional cross-cultural novel that's been shocked into life by Dinh's uncanny ability to tell us stories we didn't even know we wanted to hear. -- Ed Park, editor of The Believer
In Love... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Thai Street Food
Written by David Thompson
Format: Hardcover, 372 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $60.00
Thai Street Food transports readers straight into the bustling heart of Thailand’s colorful street stalls and markets--from the predawn rounds of monks fanning out along the aisles to the made-to-order stalls ablaze in neon and jammed with hungry locals after dark. Featuring nearly 100 authentic dishes plus lavish photography accompanying every... Read more >
Written by David Thompson
Format: Hardcover, 372 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $60.00
Thai Street Food transports readers straight into the bustling heart of Thailand’s colorful street stalls and markets--from the predawn rounds of monks fanning out along the aisles to the made-to-order stalls ablaze in neon and jammed with hungry locals after dark. Featuring nearly 100 authentic dishes plus lavish photography accompanying every... Read more >
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Burmese Lessons
A true love story
Written by Karen Connelly
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2010
Price: $27.95
Orange Prize–winner Karen Connelly’s compelling memoir about her journey to Burma, where she fell in love with a leader of the Burmese rebel army.
When Karen Connelly goes to Burma in 1996 to gather information for a series of articles, she discovers a place of unexpected beauty and generosity. She also... Read more >
A true love story
Written by Karen Connelly
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2010
Price: $27.95
Orange Prize–winner Karen Connelly’s compelling memoir about her journey to Burma, where she fell in love with a leader of the Burmese rebel army.
When Karen Connelly goes to Burma in 1996 to gather information for a series of articles, she discovers a place of unexpected beauty and generosity. She also... Read more >
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Burmese Lessons
A true love story
Written by Karen Connelly
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2010
Price: $21.99
Orange Prize–winner Karen Connelly’s compelling memoir about her journey to Burma, where she fell in love with a leader of the Burmese rebel army.
When Karen Connelly goes to Burma in 1996 to gather information for a series of articles, she discovers a place of unexpected beauty and generosity. She also... Read more >
A true love story
Written by Karen Connelly
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2010
Price: $21.99
Orange Prize–winner Karen Connelly’s compelling memoir about her journey to Burma, where she fell in love with a leader of the Burmese rebel army.
When Karen Connelly goes to Burma in 1996 to gather information for a series of articles, she discovers a place of unexpected beauty and generosity. She also... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Voice of Hope
Conversations with Alan Clements
Written by Aung San Suu Kyi
Contribution by Alan Clements
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $18.95
Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Prize Laureate, mother of two, and devout Buddhist, is one of the most inspiring examples of spiritually infused politics and fearless leadership that the world has ever seen. Daughter of the martyred Burmese national hero who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in the 1940s, Aung San... Read more >
Conversations with Alan Clements
Written by Aung San Suu Kyi
Contribution by Alan Clements
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $18.95
Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Prize Laureate, mother of two, and devout Buddhist, is one of the most inspiring examples of spiritually infused politics and fearless leadership that the world has ever seen. Daughter of the martyred Burmese national hero who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in the 1940s, Aung San... Read more >
The Gate
Written by Francois Bizot
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
In 1971 a young French ethnologist named Francois Bizot was taken prisoner by forces of the Khmer Rouge who kept him chained in a jungle camp for months before releasing him. Four years later Bizot became the intermediary between the now victorious Khmer Rouge and the occupants of the besieged French... Read more >
Written by Francois Bizot
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
In 1971 a young French ethnologist named Francois Bizot was taken prisoner by forces of the Khmer Rouge who kept him chained in a jungle camp for months before releasing him. Four years later Bizot became the intermediary between the now victorious Khmer Rouge and the occupants of the besieged French... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Night, Again
Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam
Edited by Linh Dinh
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2006
Price: $14.95
A couple's scheme to get rich by killing their father backfires, leaving them in charge of a cripple. In heaven, a baby, dead through neglect, tells his playmates: "Life down there is just one long sleep." A young soldier, saved by a stranger, can never again find her to thank her... Read more >
Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam
Edited by Linh Dinh
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2006
Price: $14.95
A couple's scheme to get rich by killing their father backfires, leaving them in charge of a cripple. In heaven, a baby, dead through neglect, tells his playmates: "Life down there is just one long sleep." A young soldier, saved by a stranger, can never again find her to thank her... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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