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. ...
Buddhism, one of the great religions of the world whose followers today are numbered in hundreds of millions, owes its origin to the inspiration and teachings of one man, Prince Siddhartha, who preached in India over 2,500 years ago and became known as the Buddha, "the enlightened one". Here Patricia Herbert tells the story of the Buddha's life as ...
Burma, also called Myanmar, is located in South-eastern Asia between Bangladesh and Thailand, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Typical meals include rice, curries, salads, vegetables, and side dishes such as cucumber and tomato slices eaten with traditional Burmese fish sauce (Ngi-Pi-Yae) and Fried Shrimp with Shrimp Paste ...
The mystery does not always end when the crime has been solved. Indeed, the most insolvable problems of crime and punishment are not so much who committed the crime, but how to see that justice is done. Now, in this illuminating volume, one of America's great legal thinkers, Norval Morris, addresses some of the most perplexing and controversial ...
Wendy Law-Yone opens her first novel with the phrase of a survivor, "Living things prefer to go on living." A young woman and her older half-brother are expelled from their home in Burma by a savage political coup. Sent to elusive safety in America, the motherless siblings find themselves engulfed by the indifference, hypocrisy, and cruelty of an ...
Here is information on the history of the Burmese cat, its special behavior traits, and how to keep it as a healthy and contented pet. Information on selection, feeding, and health care is supplemented with dozens of full-color photos and informative line drawings.
The Burmese is a sleek and wise-looking cat, an ancient breed who shares its origins with the Siamese. For current owners or those exploring this fine cat, the book covers history, character, the standard, selection, general care, health, exhibiting and more.
The author introduces a fascinating, little-known Southeast Asian cuisine to the Western kitchen. With clear instructions, a glossary of ingredients, and a wealth of serving tips, Under the Golden Pagoda offers a comprehensive look at a unique and flavorful culinary tradition. Illustrated.
This dictionary is a comprehensive list and account of grammatical forms, providing a much needed supplement to the standard Burmese-English dictionaries, where the grammatical forms receive scant attention.
Hideyuki Takano takes us on a journey into the Wa State at the very heart of the 'Golden Triangle'--a remote land with a head-hunting past, traditional hill tribes, drugs and guerrilla warfare. This book follows his seven months in a traditional Wa mountain village, his participation in the complete cycle of opium cultivation and gives insights ...
This is the only Burmese phrasebook available. It will help you discover the food and culture through the language; decipher the beautiful script with the easy-to-use pronunciation guide; and the two-way dictionary and Burmese language finder will assist for easy conversation.
Today over 2000 Palaung - a group of mountain peoples speaking Mon-Khmer - live in a handful of villages north of Chiang Mai in Thailand. They fled from Burma in the 1980s to escape the fighting between communist insurgents and Burmese army troops. Though granted sanctuary, in the late 1990s many of the Palaung in Thailand found themselves ...
Burmese glass, developed by the Mt. Washington glass company in 1885, was named by Queen Victoria because the shaded colors reminded her of a sunset in Burma. Fenton introduced Burmese in 1970 and continues to produce it. This beautiful book includes 719 color photographs of fine examples. Each caption has a ware number, size, year of production, ...
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