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1	Saving Fish from Drowning more books like this by Amy Tan (Read by) add to wishlist Amy Tan's fifth novel takes a group of travelers and strands them in the jungles of Myanmar when a bridge they are crossing collapses. There, they tangle with a local tribe who declare one of their party a god who can save them from the ruthless militarist regime. The tourists include an expert on tropical plants, a famous dog trainer, a teenage ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Bridge Over the River Kwai more books like this by Pierre Boulle add to wishlist 1942: Boldly advancing through Asia, the Japanese need a train route from Burma going north. In a prison camp, British POWs are forced into labor. The bridge they build will become a symbol of service and survival to one prisoner, Colonel Nicholson, a proud perfectionist. Pitted against the warden, Colonel Saito, Nicholson will nevertheless, out ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.29! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Burmese days more books like this by George Orwell add to wishlist Orwell wrote this novel after his experiences in Burma, where, instead of going to university, he served for five years working for the British government as a member of the Indian Imperial Police--a post he resigned because he felt he could no longer support the repressive colonial system. In BURMESE DAYS, Orwell's insights into Burmese culture ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.64! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Elephant Run more books like this by Roland Smith add to wishlist In this thrilling journey through the jungles of Burma, Smith explores the far-reaching effects of World War II, while introducing readers to the fascinating world of wild timber elephants and their "mahouts." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.32! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Burma Road: The Epic Story of the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II more books like this by Donovan Webster add to wishlist "The Burma Road" tells the sprawling, hilarious, tragic, and largely unknown stories of the China-Burma-India theater of operations from the perspective of the soldiers who fought and died there, and whose recollections bring a forgotten chapter of World War II into sharp focus. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions
6	The Glass Palace more books like this by Amitav Ghosh add to wishlist Beginning in 1885, this saga of Burma and Malaya encapsulates 115 years of history in the story of Rajkumar, who is 11 years old when the English invade his country. The boy grows up, becomes wealthy as a teak trader, and never ceases in his devotion to the beautiful and elusive Dolly, whom he glimpsed and fell in love with when they were children ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Verse by the Side of the Road: The Story of the Burma-Shave Signs and Jingles more books like this by Frank Rowsome add to wishlist The story of the Burma-Shave signs and jingles. All 600 of the roadside rhymes are indexed. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| SVS
8	Piano Tuner more books like this by D Mason add to wishlist During the Anglo-Burmese Wars of the 1880s, a London piano tuner named Edgar Drake is recruited to tune the piano for an army surgeon in Burma. What he finds when he gets there--about the surgeon, about Burma's political situation, and about himself--is a revelation both to the piano tuner and to the reader. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson more books like this by Dr. Courtney Anderson add to wishlist This compelling story of unwavering faith traces the conflicts of Judson's early life to the hardships he endured in Burma. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $15.21! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Finding George Orwell in Burma more books like this by Emma Larkin add to wishlist In the 1920s, George Orwell spent five years in Burma working as a policeman for the British colonial government--an experience he found profoundly distasteful, and that fueled his loathing for totalitarianism in any form, even the relatively benign colonialism of his own country. Emma Larkin (a pseudonym) sees Orwell's Burmese experience as vital ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey more books like this by Pascal Khoo Thwe add to wishlist The author, who was born in 1967, recounts his life from his childhood in a Burmese mountain tribe to his experiences in Mandalay studying English, to student life in Cambridge. Along the way, he provides a harrowing picture of the changes that overcame Burma after the political upheavals that transformed it into the repressive country of Myanmar. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Stone of Heaven: Unearthing the Secret History of Imperial Green Jade more books like this by Adrian Levy, Cathy Scott-Clark add to wishlist The dark history of a precious gemstone, this book looks back to the historic ravages that jadeite created in the wake of its discovery. Found in only one earthly spot--Burma--this gem has held the rapacious appetites of people such as Kublai Khan. Today, jadeite is mined in horrific conditions, with heroin as the main commodity and AIDS rampant ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.09! \| first editions
13 view cover	Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II more books like this by George MacDonald Fraser add to wishlist George MacDonald Fraser--beloved for his series of "Flashman" historical novels--offers an action-packed memoir of his experiences in Burma during World War II. Fraser was only 19 when he arrived there in the war's final year, and he offers a first-hand glimpse at the camaraderie, danger, and satisfactions of service. A substantial Epilogue, ... see all copies from $4.84! new only from $9.37! \| SVS
14 view cover	The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma more books like this by Thant Myint-U add to wishlist The author tells the story of modern Burma, in part through a telling of his own family's history, in an interwoven narrative that is by turns lyrical, dramatic, and appalling. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
15 view cover	Incident at Badamaya more books like this by Dorothy Gilman add to wishlist In the wilds of 1950s Burma, the teenage orphan of an American missionary sets out to meet her destiny in a wild jungle teeming with armed insurgents. Captured by Red Chinese forces, she makes friends with a fellow prisoner--a mysterious Burmese puppet master who holds the secret to her mystical gifts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma more books like this by Thant Myint-U add to wishlist The author tells the story of modern Burma, in part through a telling of his own family's history, in an interwoven narrative that is by turns lyrical, dramatic, and appalling. see all copies from $4.24! new only from $4.47! \| signed copies \| SVS
17 view cover	Forged in Honor more books like this by Leonard B Scott add to wishlist "FAST PACED AND LEAN, this book shares a trait with all Scott books, in that he never allows himself to become so fascinated by the soldier's hardware that he forgets the men who wield it". --Southern Book Trade After the American Embassy in Burma is bombed, retired Special Forces colonel Joshua Hawkins is recalled to active duty by order of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Burma-Shave: The Rhymes, the Signs, the Times more books like this by Bill Vossler add to wishlist A history of the popular advertising campaign, and an anthology of the rhymes that were place along the roadsides as part of that campaign. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99!
19 view cover	Tanner on Ice: The New Evan Tanner Novel more books like this by Lawrence Block add to wishlist Where has Evan Tanner, world-renowned adventurer of the '60s and '70s, been all these years? In a deep freeze, of course. Carefully thawed and back on his feet, Tanner is once again traversing the globe in search of international intrigue, this time going undercover in Burma where he comes across covert revolutionaries, fearless drug lords, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20	The road past Mandalay : a personal narrative more books like this by John Masters add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00! first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Codebreaker in the Far East more books like this by Alan Stripp add to wishlist Codebreaker in the Far East is the first book to describe how Bletchley Park and its Indian and Far Eastern outposts broke a series of Japanese codes and cipher systems of dazzling variety and complexity. Their achievements made a major contribution to the Allied victory in Burma, and probably helped to shorten and win the war, perhaps by two or ... see all copies from $3.90! new only from $15.95! \| first editions
22 view cover	Freedom from Fear and Other Writings: Revised Edition more books like this by Aung San Suu Kyi, Aung, Aung San Suu Kyi add to wishlist Aung San Suu Kyi, human-rights activist and leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, was detained in 1989 by SLORC, the ruling military junta. . This collection of writings reflects Aung San Suu Kyi's greatest hopes and fears for her people and her concern about the need for international cooperation, and gives poignant and humorous ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.19! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Harp of Burma Harp of Burma more books like this by Michio Takeyama, Howard Hibbett add to wishlist A company of Japanese troops are losing a desperate campaign against British forces in the tropical jungles of Burma. In the midst of the overwhelming challenges they face, they discover the power of music to make even the toughest situation tolerable. see all copies from $2.19! new only from $9.00! \| first editions
24 view cover	Fire in the Night: Wingate of Burma, Ethiopia, and Zion more books like this by John Bierman, Colin Smith add to wishlist A biography of Orde Charles Wingate, a charismatic and eccentric World War II general. His overriding passion was for Zionism, a cause embraced when posted to British-ruled Palestine in 1936. He led many campaigns, the most famous conducted behind enemy lines in Burma against the Japanese. see all copies from $6.41! new only from $79.95! \| first editions
25 view cover	Beyond the Last Village: A Journey of Discovery in Asia's Forbidden Wilderness more books like this by Alan Rabinowitz add to wishlist Takes the reader on a journey of exploration, danger and discovery in the southeast edge of the Himalayas. As we travel through this lost world, we meet the Rawang, a former slave group, the Taron, a solitary enclave of the world's only pygmies of Asian ancestry, and Myanmar Tibetans. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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