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1	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 $7.43! new only from $19.77! \| first editions \| SVS
2	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
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 $5.59! new only from $12.47!
7	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
8	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
9	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 $6.12! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
10	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
11 view cover	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 $10.78! new only from $19.34!
12 view cover	Gentleman in the Parlour more books like this by W Somerset Maugham add to wishlist Travel essays concerning Somerset Maugham's trip through the Orient. see all copies from $9.65! new only from $9.65! \| first editions
13 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 $2.70! new only from $26.47! \| first editions \| SVS
14 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 $7.10! new only from $22.67! \| first editions \| 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 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 $13.11! new only from $14.84! \| 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	Living House: An Anthropology of Architecture in South-East Asia more books like this by Roxana Waterson add to wishlist "The Living House", is a pioneering title that has become a classic. It draws on many sources of information, from architects and anthropologists, as well as the author's own first-hand research. The main focus of the book is Indonesia, but the tracing of historical links between architectural forms reveals a much wider field of enquiry, closely ... see all copies from $8.17! new only from $8.17! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Noodle Shop Cookbook more books like this by Jacki Passmore add to wishlist Aims to make it easy for everyone to bring the authentic taste of Asian noodles into their own homes. The book covers everything from the basics, tips for buying and cooking, types of noodles, plus 150 recipes. see all copies from $2.42! new only from $16.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Steinberg: In Search S.E.A.Revi more books like this by David Joel Steinberg (Editor), David P Chandler add to wishlist In Search of Southeast Asia explores the creative process by which Southeast Asians have been adapting their cultures to a world in change. Influences such as climate and ecology, science and technology are linked to the economic, social, political, and cultural dimensions of Southeast Asia's modern transformation. see all copies from $2.61! new only from $26.01! \| SVS
22 view cover	Woven Cargoes: Indian Textiles in the East more books like this by John Guy add to wishlist Here is a visual record of one of the great untold stories of Asian design history: the trade in Indian textiles to Southeast and East Asia. For over 1000 years Indian cloths were traded for spices and the forest and mineral wealth of the East by Asian, Arab and European merchants. Including dazzling chintzes and expensive tie-die silk that was ... see all copies from $14.95! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
23 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
24 view cover	To the Kwai-And Back: War Drawings 1939-1945 more books like this by Ronald Searle add to wishlist In 1939, as an art student, Ronald Searle volunteered for the army, embarking for Singapore in 1941. Within a month of his arrival there, however, he became a prisoner of the Japanese, and after 14 months in a prisoner-of-war camp, was sent north to a work camp on the Burma Railway. In May 1944, he was sent to the notorious Changi Gaol in ... see all copies from $5.97! new only from $21.00! \| first editions
25	My own River Kwai. more books like this by Pierre Boulle add to wishlist see all copies from $2.67! first editions

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