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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
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Loung Ung
Life in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge is told in personal terms in this memoir by a woman who was only a child during those years of terror. Loung Ung recalls the loss of family and her everyday struggle for survival in a military camp for children.
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When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
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Chanrithy Him
In this memoir of life under the Khmer Rouge, a Cambodian who was a child at the time recalls the terror and loss endured by her family and the devastating cost to Cambodian society under the Pol Pot regime. She also recalls the bonds formed among families and strangers and acts of kindness in a time of devastation.
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Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
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Angelina Jolie
Three years ago, award-winning actress Angelina Jolie took on a radically different role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Here are her memoirs from her journeys to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Ecuador, where she lived and worked and gave her heart to those who suffer the world's most ...
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Finding Moon
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Tony Hillerman
Newspaperman Moon Mathias has settled into a predictable routine when he receives a phone call on April 12, 1975 that changes his life. Within days, Moon crosses the Pacific to Southeast Asia where, in the midst of a war, he searches for his dead brother's young son, and in the process, finds his best self.
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Lonely Planet Cambodia
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Nick Ray
This guide includes accommodation and places to eat for every budget. It contains coverage of what to do and see in the region, tips on getting the best out of your visit, and how to get off the beaten track.
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The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
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Somaly Mam, Ruth Marshall
After being sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather at the age of 12, Mam suffered the brutality and horrors of human trafficking until she managed to escape. Here she recounts her early life and tells the story of her harrowing fight against the corrupt forces that steal the lives of these girls.
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Terrify No More: Young Girls Held Captive and the Daring Undercover Operation to Win Their Freedom
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Gary A Haugen, Gregg Hunter
"Terrify No More" focuses on the dramatic rescue of dozens of young sex slaves in a small village outside of Phnom Pehn, and uses flashbacks to tell the stories of many other victims who were given a second chance at life by the International Justice Mission.
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Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of Cambodia
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William Shawcross
In Sideshow, journalist Shawcross presents the first full-scale investigation of the secret and illegal war the United States fought with Cambodia from 1969 to 1973, paving the way for the Khmer Rouge massacres of the mid-70s.
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To Destroy You is No Loss: The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family
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Joan D. Criddle
To Destroy You Is No Loss is the story of the harrowing ordeal that followed the forced evacuation of Phnom Penh in 1975, of the loyalty and love that sustained Teeda Butt Mam and her family through four years of forced labor and their triumphant, incredibly daring escape. 8 pages of black-and-white photographs.
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Lonely Planet Vietnam
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Nick Ray
The Lonely Planet Country Guides are the complete country guides for independent travellers. They feature inspirational colour highlights sections, easy-to-use grid-referenced maps and insightful history, culture, food and environment chapters by specialised contributors.
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Tragedy of Cambodian History: Politics, War, and Revolution Since 1945
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David P Chandler
The political history of Cambodia between 1945 and 1979, which culminated in the devastating revolutionary excesses of the Pol Pot regime, is one of unrest and misery. This book by David P. Chandler is the first to give a full account of this tumultuous period. Drawing on his experience as a foregin service officer in Phnom Penh, on interviews, ...
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Into Cambodia
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Keith William Nolan
This is combat narrative at its best. Nolan has mastered the soldier's slang and weaves it expertly into the account...full of combat anecdotes detailing battlefield leadership successes and failures.--Military Review
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The River's Tale: A Year on the Mekong
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Edward A Gargan
This travelogue charts the year spent by Edward Gargan, a former New York Times correspondent, travelling down the Mekong River from the Tibetan plateau to the Vietnamese Delta. His reflections combine a traveler's distance with a lover's insights into the cultural and economic status of the region. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
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Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors
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Dith Pran, Kim Depaul (Editor), Professor Ben Kiernan (Introduction by)
Dith Pran, the photojournalist made famous in the book and movie THE KILLING FIELDS, collects testimony from those who witnessed and survived the genocide in the 1970s under Pol Pot's regime. Most of the survivors were children who now live in the United States.
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Angkor: Celestial Temples of the Khmer Empire
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Jon Ortner (Text by), Kerya Chau Sun (Afterword by), Ian Mabbett (Text by)
Built between the 9th and the 13th centuries by a succession of 12 Khmer kings, Angkor spreads over 120 square miles in South-East Asia and includes scores of major architectural sites. In 802, when construction began on Angkor Wat, financed by wealth from rice and trade, Jayavarman II took the throne, initiating an unparalleled period of artistic ...
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The Elephant Walk Cookbook: The Exciting World of Cambodian Cuisine from the Nationally Acclaimed Restaurant
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Longteine de Monteiro, Katherine Neustadt
Longteine De Monteiro, the owner of three Cambodian restaurants, and Katherine Neustadt, a food writer, bring a book on Cambodian cuisine, featuring dishes with a rich interweaving of cultural influences and fresh, light flavors. Color photos and illustrations.
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Killing fields, living fields : an unfinished portrait of the Cambodian Church - the Church that would not die
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Don Cormack
The Cambodian Church was first planted among the rice farmers of North-West Cambodia in the mid-1920s. Growth was slow and painful. This work tells the story through the lives and testimonies of a handful of strategic Christians.
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Civilization of Angkor
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Charles Higham
In the late sixteenth century a mythical encounter was reported during an elephant hunt in the dense north of the Tonle Sap, or Great Lake of central Cambodia. King Satha of Cambodia and his retainers were beating a path through the undergrowth when they were halted by stone giants and a massive wall. The King, the fable reported, ordered six ...
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Swimming to Cambodia
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Spalding Gray
"It took courage to do what Spalding did-courage to make theatre so naked and unadorned, to expose himself in this way and fight the demons in public. In doing so, he entered our hearts-my heart-because he made his struggle my struggle. His life became my life."-Eric Bogosian "Virtuosic. A master writer, reporter, comic and playwright. Spalding ...
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Cambodia: A Report from a Strickened Land
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Henry Kamm
Based on his observations over three decades, Henry Kamm, Pulitzer Prize-winning NEW YORK TIMES Southeast Asia correspondent, unravels the complexities of Cambodia. Kamm's invaluable document--a factual and personal account of its troubled history-- gives the Western reader the first clear understanding of this magic land's past and present.
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Angkor: An Introduction to the Temples
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Dawn F Rooney
Essential information on where to stay and how to get there make up the practical side of this guide but the first part contains background details on Khmer history and religion. The second part is a monument by monument guide to the sites themselves.'
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The Last Battle: The Mayaguez Incident and the End of the Vietnam War
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Ralph Wetterhahn
This post-Vietnam War history tells of the 1975 capture of the USS Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge and the disastrous and failed rescue mission that cost 41 American soldiers their lives. THE LAST BATTLE reveals that three Marines were inadvertently left behind, and that, for 20 years, the Pentagon refused to admit this. Wetterhan is a military ...
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The Rough Guide to Cambodia
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Steven Martin, Beverley Palmer
Make the most of your time with "The Rough Guide to Cambodia", the definitive companion to this increasingly popular destination. It features a full-colour section that introduces Cambodia's highlights, from the world-renowned spires of Angkor Wat to the stunning tropical beaches of Sihanoukville. Using informed accounts, it helps you clue-up on ...
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The Deceivers
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Harold Robbins, Junius Podrug
Podrug delivers a tale of ruthless power, international intrigue, and unbridled passions in the classic tradition of Harold Robbins.
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The Clay Marble
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Minfong Ho
It's 1980, and 12-year-old Dara, her mother, and her older brother, Sarun, escape from war-torn Cambodia and find sanctuary in a refugee settlement on the Thailand border. Sarun falls in love with another refugee named Nea, and Dara befriends Nea's cousin, Jantu. When the refugee camp is bombed and Dara and Jantu are separated from their families, ...
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