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1	Serpentine more books like this by Thomas Thompson add to wishlist This acclaimed book reconstructs the bizarre, bloody journey of a mesmerizing but sinister young man named Charles Sobhraj. Journeying back and forth over half the globe - from the boulevards of Paris to the slopes of Mount Everest to the underbellies of Bangkok and Hong Kong - Sobhraj left in his wake a trail of baffling mystery and inexplicable ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade more books like this by Professor Alfred W McCoy add to wishlist The first book to prove CIA and U.S. government complicity in global drug trafficking, The Politics of Heroin includes meticulous documentation of dishonesty and dirty dealings at the highest levels from the Cold War until today. Maintaining a global perspective, this groundbreaking study details the mechanics of drug trafficking in Asia, Europe ... see all copies from $6.12! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Beach more books like this by Alex Garland add to wishlist A young man backpacking in Southeast Asia meets a French couple, and together they follow a dead man's map to "the beach," a fabled island unspoiled by the tourist trade. Haunted by increasingly violent dreams about the dead man, he finds that, once there, the idyllic paradise slowly begins to shatter, giving way to escalating horror and depravity ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	East Asia: A New History more books like this by Rhoads Murphey add to wishlist This accessible text offers a comprehensive history of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, including coverage of everyday life, women and gender-related issues, and the environment--topics often neglected in other texts. Throughout his distinguished career, author Rhoads Murphey has inspired within students an appreciation for the rich and unique ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $49.00! \| SVS
5	The Art of Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Burma, Java, Bali more books like this by Philip S Rawson add to wishlist Briefly discusses the history of styles of painting, sculpture, and architecture in the countries of Southeast Asia. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
6	Southeast Asia: A Concise History more books like this by Mary Somers Heidhues, Mary F. Somers Heidhues add to wishlist Southeast Asia has always been one of the world's most vital crossroads, a melting-pot of cultures, religions and peoples. It has seen the rise and fall of many mighty empires, whose leaders left behind monumental temples and shrines like the Khmer temples of Angkor in Cambodia, the Javanese Buddhist shrine of Borobudur and the pagodas of Burma. ... see all copies from $5.69! new only from $12.47! \| SVS
7	A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East more books like this by Tiziano Terzani add to wishlist On the advice of a Chinese fortune teller he met in 1976, Terzani spent 1993 travelling through the Far East via land transportation rather than air transportation, and thereby escaped a helicopter crash. This account of his experiences during that fateful year has the straightforward tone expected of a correspondent, with a few spiritual musings ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.59! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Lands of Charm and Cruelty: Travels in Southeast Asia more books like this by Stan Sesser add to wishlist South-east Asia is a place of ancient cultural traditions and of great religious relics and works of art. But it is also a place of tyranny and repression, where governments dismiss democracy and human rights as indulgences of the West, and view the most severe ecological degradation as a small price to pay for economic growth. Memorable images ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Gentleman in the Parlour more books like this by W Somerset Maugham add to wishlist Best Known for his novels and plays, Somerset Maugham also produced the most delightfully engaging and absorbing non-fiction, of which The Gentleman in the Parlour is a prime example. First published in 1935 it is the account of a journey the author took from Rangoon to Haiphong. Whether by river to Mandalay, on horse through the mountains and ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $17.55! \| first editions
10	The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia more books like this by Professor James C Scott add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! new only from $19.23!
11 view cover	East Asia at the Center: Four Thousand Years of Engagement with the World more books like this by Professor Warren I Cohen add to wishlist A common misconception holds that Marco Polo "opened up" a closed and recalcitrant "Orient" to the West. However, this sweeping history covering 4,000 years of international relations from the perspective of China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia shows that the region's extensive involvement in world affairs began thousands of years ago. In a ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $29.00! \| SVS
12 view cover	History of Indian and Indonesian art more books like this by Ananda K Coomaraswamy add to wishlist Over 400 illustrations illuminate classic study of Indian art from earliest Harappa finds to early 20th century. Provides philosophical, religious and social insights. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $26.47! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War 2 more books like this by Laurence Rees, Professor Akira Iriye (Foreword by) add to wishlist In the tradition of the best-selling Rape of Nanking, a provocative examination of Japanese atrocities during World War II. "Another stunning slice of history from Laurence Rees. "-Daily Telegraph. The question is as searing as it is fundamental to the continuing debate over Japanese culpability in World War II and the period leading up to it: ... see all copies from $7.64! new only from $22.67! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Buddhist World of Southeast Asia more books like this by Donald K Swearer add to wishlist see all copies from $10.80! new only from $26.34! \| SVS
15 view cover	Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia more books like this by Mark Borthwick add to wishlist The Asia-Pacific region now looks set to become a major economic and political global force. Focusing on both southeast and northeast Asia, this highly illustrated volume examines the broad, cross-cutting themes of regional history, emphasizing the interactions between cultures and nations. Spanning the whole history of the Pacific Asia, from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Vets more books like this by Stephen Leather add to wishlist Hong Kong is going back to the Chinese, but not before one man tries to pull off the most daring robbery of them all. Using the hard-bitten skills of four Vietnam veterans, Colonel Joel Tyler is about to rake in the millions, and throw the international community into chaos at one of the most crucial moments of world history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	War in the Blood: Sex, Politics and AIDS in Southeast Asia more books like this by Chris Beyrer add to wishlist From Thailand's open debate about and readiness to deal with its HIV problem to the relationship between the Burmese regime and the drug trade, this book investigates the way that the HIV epidemic has taken its course in seven countries of Southeast Asia. The author shows how the cultural and political landscapes of these countries have affected ... see all copies from $5.10! new only from $11.49! \| SVS
18	Pacific & Southeast Asian Cooking more books like this by Rafael Steinberg add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Malay Archipelago more books like this by Alfred R Wallace add to wishlist Alfred Russel Wallace deserves equal billing with Charles Darwin for his independently drawn but parallel conclusions on the theory of evolution. Darwin himself called Wallace 'generous and noble' and referred favourably to his work in later editions of "The Origin of Species". "The Malay Archipelago" is an extraordinarily accessible book. There ... see all copies from $12.68! new only from $14.19! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Living House: An Anthropology of Architecture in South-East Asia more books like this by Roxana Waterson add to wishlist This is a text which presents a picture of the house within the social and symbolic worlds of the South-East Asian peoples. It draws on many sources of information, from both architects and anthropologists, as well as the author's own first-hand research. The main focus of this text is Indonesia, but the tracing of historical links between ... see all copies from $8.17! new only from $8.17! \| first editions
21 view cover	The war diaries of Weary Dunlop : Java and the Burma-Thailand railway 1942-1945 more books like this by E. E. Dunlop add to wishlist More than 40 years ago Sir Edward Dunlop, then a Lieutenant-Colonel, began these diaries at the start of his imprisonment by the Japanese in Java and on the Burma-Thailand railway. His meticulous observations of prison camp life were concealed all through the war, and by the time peace came in 1945, he carried with him a unique record of the lives ... see all copies from $11.88! new only from $32.13! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	The Southeast Asia Cookbook more books like this by Ruth Law add to wishlist Over 300 recipes from Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and other Southeast Asian countries. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $53.34! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	James McNair Cooks Southeast Asian more books like this by James McNair add to wishlist McNair explores Southeast Asia in these 70 recipes inspired by the cuisine of Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and the Philippines. Selected recipes include Fresh Spring Rolls; Coconut Noodles, Bangkok Style; Spice Island Salad; Pineapple Shrimp Curry; Tapioca Pudding with Tropical Fruits; and Vietnamese Coffee. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.98! \| first editions
24 view cover	Terrific Pacific Cookbook more books like this by Anya Von Bremzen, Mr. John Welchman add to wishlist Over 260 recipes as well as numerous travel and food essays, and pantry suggestions from the award winning team of von Bremzen and Welchman. Featured recipes include Shrimp and Shiitake Ravioli with Lemongrass-Lime Oil, Gingered Salmon Parcels, Pepper-Crusted Pork Tenderloin with Pineapple Raisin Chutney, Orange Cake with Passion Fruit Icing, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia more books like this by Nicholas Tarling (Editor) add to wishlist In these four volumes, now published in paperback, twenty-two scholars of international reputation consider the whole of mainland and island Southeast Asia from Burma to Indonesia. Each volume has a new preface which points to the relationships with the other volumes. The prefaces also comment on some of the research into and thinking about the ... see all copies from $19.50! new only from $32.01! \| first editions

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