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The Voice of Hope
by Aung San Suu Kyi  Publisher Comments "The dialogues [in The Voice of Hope] express Aung San Suu Kyi's humor, erudition, wisdom and accessibility, and demonstrate why she has become a world spiritual leader."-The New York Times Book Review "Reading this book, one can well understand why...
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From Land of Green Ghosts : a Burmese Odyssey (02 Edition)
by Pascal Khoo Thwe Publisher Comments In 1988, Dr. John Casey, a professor visiting Burma, meets a waiter in Mandalay with a passion for the works of James Joyce, and the encounter changes both their lives. Pascal, a member of the Kayan Padaung tribe, was the first member of his community to...
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Finding George Orwell in Burma
by Emma Larkin 
Powells.com Staff Pick While tracing Orwell's early career in Burma and its impact on his writing, Larkin provides a harrowing glimpse into how current day Burma hauntingly mirrors the worlds Orwell wrote about in 1984 and Animal Farm. Recommended by Robin, Powell's City of...
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Buddhas of Burma
by Jean Pier Grandjean Publisher Comments With more than two thousand years of Buddhist history, Burma (the country now called Myanmar) is heir to one of the richest traditions of Buddhist art in the world--images of the Buddha are almost everywhere one turns, from huge monumental statues to...
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Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Prisoner of Conscience
by Justin Wintle Publisher Comments "The trouble is that I know too much."—Aung San Suu Kyi Burma is a country where, as one senior UN official puts it, "just to turn your head can mean imprisonment or death." Aung San Suu Kyi is considered to be Burma's best hope for freedom, and...
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Finding George Orwell in Burma (04 Edition)
by Emma Larkin Publisher Comments In one of the most intrepid travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma's underground teahouse intellectuals call simply the...
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Chasing the Dragon Into the Heart Of
by Christopher R. Cox Publisher Comments A reporter's journey into Burma to interview the mysterious drug lord, Khun Sa....
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The Lady: Aung San Suu Kyi: Nobel Laureate and Burma's Prisoner
by Barbara Victor Publisher Comments Now in paperback, the first full account of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s role in the struggle against Burma’s military junta. Included is a new afterword by the author, which covers events from the time of the original...
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Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on the Burma Frontier
by Edith Mirante Publisher Comments A memoir of the author's journeys among the brave indigenous peoples of some of Asia's most remote and violent regions, knowledgeably obsessed with Burma's struggle for freedom. American artist-activist Mirante breaks laws and infiltrates borders in...
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The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma
by Thant Myint U Publisher Comments For nearly two decades Western governments and a growing activist community have been frustrated in their attempts to bring about a freer and more democratic Burma—through sanctions and tourist boycotts—only to see an apparent slide...
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Through the Jungle of Death: A Boy's Escape from Wartime Burma
by Stephen Brookes Publisher Comments A GRIPPING SURVIVOR STORY OF ONE FAMILY' S FLIGHT FROM BURMA DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION As uplifting a testimonial to human courage as any to emerge from World War II.-- Daily Mail (London) A tale of hair-raising adventure, survival, love and loss...
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Freedom From Fear Revised Edition
by Aung San Suu Kyi Synopsis Aung San Suu Kyi, human rights activist and leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, was detained in 1989 by the ruling military junta and remains under house arrest in Rangoon. This collection of writings reflects Suu Kyi's hopes and fears for...
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Letters from Burma
by Aung San Suu Kyi Synopsis A collection of fifty-two pieces by Burmese human rights and democracy leader Aung San Sui Kyi taken from her weekly Japanese newspaper column. Illustrated by Burmese artists, the pieces describe the political, cultural and social scene in Burma today...
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The Voice of Hope
by Aung San Suu Kyi Synopsis In Burma, while thousands of political prisoners are detained and tortured, and thousands more flee the country to escape poverty and forced labor, a woman of delicate appearance and fierce determination leads her nation's struggle for freedom. They...
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The Trouser People: A Modern-Day Explorer Tracks the Victorian Adventurer Who Taught Burma to Play the Empire's Game
by Andrew Marshall
Publisher Comments Part travelogue, part history, part reportage, The Trouser People is a vivid account of two adventures, a century apart, into the heart of Burma. Sir George Scott was a largely-forgotten Victorian adventurer who hacked, bullied, and charmed his way...
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The Pa-O: Rebels and Refugees
by Russ Christensen
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The Great Po Sein: A Chronicle of the Burmese Theater
by Kenneth Sein
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Burma: Prospects for a Democratic Future
by Robert Rotberg Synopsis Since Burma's current military rulers took power in 1989, this pivotal, troubled, and bitterly divided Southeast Asian nation has rejected important opportunities for political and economic liberalization. This book examines the origins and consequences...
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Politics, Personality, and Nation Building: Burma's Search for Identity
by Lucian W. Pye
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Burmas Struggle Against British
by Ni Ni Myint
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