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Angkor and the Khmer Civilization (Ancient Peoples and Places)
by Michael D. Coe  Publisher Comments A timely synthesis written by the eminent archaeologist Michael D Coe, coinciding with intensified interest in Angkor following the recent coming of peace and renewed access to Cambodia, and drawing on the latest archaeological research. New in paperback....
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First They Killed My Father : a Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (06 Edition)
by Loung Ung Publisher Comments One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to...
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When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
by Chanrithy Him 
Publisher Comments In this mesmerizing story, finalist for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Chanrithy Him vividly recounts her trek through the hell of the "killing fields." She gives us a child's-eye view of a Cambodia where rudimentary labor camps for both adults and...
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Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind
by Loung Ung Publisher Comments When Loung Ungcame to America in 1980 as a ten-year-old Cambodian refugee, she had already survived years of hunger, violence, and loss at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, a story she told in her critically acclaimed bestseller, First They Killed My Father....
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Discoveries: Khmer (Discoveries)
by Thierry Zephir Publisher Comments Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed...
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Angkor: A Tour of the Temples
by Luca Invernizzi Tettoni Synopsis All the major temples in the Angkor complex are described in this pictorial guide, starting with Angkor Wat and the monuments within Angkor Thom, and moving out to the temples in the surrounding landscape. Commissioned photographs show temples in their...
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Gate (02 Edition)
by Francois Bizot Publisher Comments In 1971 a young French ethnologist named Francois Bizot was taken prisoner by forces of the Khmer Rouge who kept him chained in a jungle camp for months before releasing him. Four years later Bizot became the intermediary between the now victorious Khmer...
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by Loung Ung
Publisher Comments From a childhood survivor of Cambodia's brutal Pol Pot regime comes an unforgettable narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit. Until the age of five, Lounge Ung...
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Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare
by Philip Short Publisher Comments “The text sparkles with shrewdly plausible inferences mortared into a compelling narrative . . . [Short] is excellent at coining pithy summations of political motives that ring humanly true.”—The New York Times Book Review (front page) &...
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Angkor
by Jean Pier Grandjean Publisher Comments The great temple complex of Angkor Wat, the architectural gem of the Khmer dynasty, was built between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. It rises 200 feet from the Cambodian jungle floor like a gigantic mandala, its walls adorned throughout with scenes...
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Cambodia
by Marie Alexandrine Martin Synopsis The history of modern Cambodia has been one of invasion, occupation, political chaos, and genocidal terror. Marie Martin traces the evolution of post-World War II Cambodian politics and society, examining the disintegration of a once-peaceful nation...
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by Loung Ung
Publisher Comments Chapter One phnom penhApril 1975 Phnom Penh city wakes early to take advantage of the cool morning breeze before the sun breaks through the haze and invades the country with sweltering heat. Already at 6 A.M. people in Phnom Penh are rushing and bumping...
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Dancing in Shadows: Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge, and the United Nations in Cambodia (Asian Voices)
by Benny Widyono Synopsis This fascinating book recounts the remarkable tale of a career UN official caught in the turmoil of international and domestic politics swirling around Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. First as a member of the UN transitional authority and...
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Facing Death in Cambodia
by Peter Maguire Synopsis The Khmer Rouge regime took control of Cambodia by force of arms, then committed the most brazen crimes since the Third Reich: at least 1.5 million people murdered between 1975 and 1979. Yet no individuals were ever tried or punished. This book is the...
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Cambodia After the Khmer Rouge: Inside the Politics of Nation Building
by Evan R Gottesman Publisher Comments This fascinating book tells of the events and personalities that shaped Cambodian history during the turbulent period following the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979 and explains how the legacy of this period continues to influence events in...
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The Gate
by Francois Bizot Publisher Comments A literary and historical tour de force: what one man saw and did in a land of pristine beauty on the eve of one of the twentieth century?s most barbaric spectacles. In 1971, François Bizot was a young French scholar of Khmer pottery and Buddhist...
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Voices from S-21
by David Chandler Publisher Comments The horrific torture and execution of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge during the 1970s is one of the century's major human disasters. David Chandler, a world-renowned historian of Cambodia, examines the Khmer Rouge phenomenon...
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How Pol Pot Came To Power 2ND Edition
by Ben Kiernan Publisher Comments How did Pol Pot, a tyrant comparable to Hitler and Stalin in his brutality and contempt for human life, rise to power? This authoritative book explores what happened in Cambodia from 1930 to 1975, tracing the origins and trajectory of the Cambodian...
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We Shared the Peeled Orange: The Letters of Dr. Louis Braile
by Louis E Braile Synopsis "We Shared the Peeled Orange" is uniquely the story of Dr. Braile and his amazing life of service to people forced to flee their homes because of war and oppression---the world's refugees. But this collection of letters is also a window through which we...
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Remembering Cambodia (Not Just a Good Food Guide)
by Robert James Elliott Publisher Comments This book is a personal pictorial essay of a Southeast Asian country the photographer and author have come to know and love. Showing a country on the rise, Remembering Cambodia reveals a land ripe for discovery....
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