Cambodia: A Journey through the Land of the Khmer [Hardcover]

Cambodia: A Journey through the Land of the Khmer [Hardcover]

Cambodia: A Journey through the Land of the Khmer [Hardcover]

Author: Kraig Lieb, Tom Vater Publisher: Purple Moon Publications Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2014 Hardcover: 192 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1495105881 ISBN-13: 978-1495105883 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 0.9 x 11.4 inches Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Cambodia: a Journey through the Land of the Khmer throws the doors to this small Southeast Asian kingdom wide open and invites both visitors and armchair travelers on a trip through the history and landscape of Cambodia while introducing the country s people, their unique and resilient culture and colorful festivals. Cambodia s temples are legendary the Angkor Empire ruled much of Southeast Asia from the 10th to the 15th century and its ancient monuments left to us today are a sublime dream in stone, a Herculean effort in craftsmanship and a tour de force of the imagination. From the world famous Angkor Wat, the largest religious building in the world, to the gigantic capital city of Angkor Thom and to lesser known ruins of Beng Melea and Ko Ker, hidden deep in the Cambodian jungle, acclaimed Lonely Planet photographer Kraig Lieb has scoured Cambodia s architectural treasures for more than twenty years to cover all aspects of one of Asia s greatest civilizations and most intensely productive cultures. But there s more to Cambodia: a Journey through the Land of the Khmer than architectural splendour. The book is also a journey through the kingdom s countryside which is almost as dreamlike as its monuments traditional farm and river life carries on as it has done for hundreds of years, people live by the rhythms of nature and season. Cambodia s smaller cities and towns as well as its beaches, stretching from Thailand in the West to Vietnam in the East, have been barely discovered. Beyond the temples, Kraig Lieb takes us on a visual journey to the most attractive corners of Cambodia s capital Phnom Penh, called the Pearl of Asia by the French - a bustling, attractive city crammed with colonial and modernist architecture, busy temples and thriving street markets. Cambodia: a Journey through the Land of the Khmer brings the kingdom to life, presenting festivals and lively street scenes, sumptuous rural vistas and a close look into the country s tragic recent history. Asia-based writer Tom Vater wrote an insightful text to accompany the images.

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Author: Kraig Lieb, Tom Vater Publisher: Purple Moon Publications Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2014 Hardcover: 192 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1495105881 ISBN-13: 978-1495105883 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 0.9 x 11.4 inches Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Cambodia: a Journey through the Land of the Khmer throws the doors to this small Southeast Asian kingdom wide open and invites both visitors and armchair travelers on a trip through the history and landscape of Cambodia while introducing the country s people, their unique and resilient culture and colorful festivals. Cambodia s temples are legendary the Angkor Empire ruled much of Southeast Asia from the 10th to the 15th century and its ancient monuments left to us today are a sublime dream in stone, a Herculean effort in craftsmanship and a tour de force of the imagination. From the world famous Angkor Wat, the largest religious building in the world, to the gigantic capital city of Angkor Thom and to lesser known ruins of Beng Melea and Ko Ker, hidden deep in the Cambodian jungle, acclaimed Lonely Planet photographer Kraig Lieb has scoured Cambodia s architectural treasures for more than twenty years to cover all aspects of one of Asia s greatest civilizations and most intensely productive cultures. But there s more to Cambodia: a Journey through the Land of the Khmer than architectural splendour. The book is also a journey through the kingdom s countryside which is almost as dreamlike as its monuments traditional farm and river life carries on as it has done for hundreds of years, people live by the rhythms of nature and season. Cambodia s smaller cities and towns as well as its beaches, stretching from Thailand in the West to Vietnam in the East, have been barely discovered. Beyond the temples, Kraig Lieb takes us on a visual journey to the most attractive corners of Cambodia s capital Phnom Penh, called the Pearl of Asia by the French - a bustling, attractive city crammed with colonial and modernist architecture, busy temples and thriving street markets. Cambodia: a Journey through the Land of the Khmer brings the kingdom to life, presenting festivals and lively street scenes, sumptuous rural vistas and a close look into the country s tragic recent history. Asia-based writer Tom Vater wrote an insightful text to accompany the images.

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The Golden Lands: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam [Hardcover]

The Golden Lands: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam [Hardcover]

The Golden Lands: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam [Hardcover]

Author: Vikram Lall Publisher: Abbeville Press Publishing Date: 2014 Hardcover: 280 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0789211947 ISBN-13: 978-0789211941 Format: Hardcover Series: Architecture of the Buddhist World Product Dimensions: 13 x 10.5 x 1.1 inches Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds Buy at Amazon

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A groundbreaking survey of the Buddhist architecture of Southeast Asia, abundantly illustrated with new color photography and 3-D renderings

Over the course of its 2,500-year history, Buddhism has found expression in countless architectural forms, from the great monastic complexes of ancient India to the fortified dzongs of Bhutan, the rock-carved temple grottoes of China, the wooden shrines of Japan, and the colorful wats of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. Architecture of the Buddhist World, a projected six-volume series by the noted architect and scholar Vikram Lall, represents a new multidisciplinary approach to this fascinating subject, showing how Buddhist thought and ritual have interacted with local traditions across the Asian continent to produce masterpieces of religious architecture.

The first volume in the series, The Golden Lands, is devoted to Southeast Asia, home to many of the most spectacular Buddhist monuments. Following a general introduction to the early history of Buddhism and its most characteristic architectural forms (the stupa, the temple, and the monastery), Lall examines the Buddhist architecture of Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos in turn. For each country, he provides both a historical overview and case studies of noteworthy structures. Lall’s concise and accessible text is illustrated throughout with new color photography, as well as 3-D architectural renderings that make even the most complex structures easily comprehensible.

The monuments that Lall considers in The Golden Lands range from the modest Bupaya stupa, constructed in Bagan, Myanmar, in the third century AD, to the vast complex of Borobudur in Central Java, the world’s largest Buddhist monument; his achievement is to place them all within a single panorama of history, religion, and artistic innovation.

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Author: Vikram Lall Publisher: Abbeville Press Publishing Date: 2014 Hardcover: 280 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0789211947 ISBN-13: 978-0789211941 Format: Hardcover Series: Architecture of the Buddhist World Product Dimensions: 13 x 10.5 x 1.1 inches Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds Buy at Amazon

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A groundbreaking survey of the Buddhist architecture of Southeast Asia, abundantly illustrated with new color photography and 3-D renderings

Over the course of its 2,500-year history, Buddhism has found expression in countless architectural forms, from the great monastic complexes of ancient India to the fortified dzongs of Bhutan, the rock-carved temple grottoes of China, the wooden shrines of Japan, and the colorful wats of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. Architecture of the Buddhist World, a projected six-volume series by the noted architect and scholar Vikram Lall, represents a new multidisciplinary approach to this fascinating subject, showing how Buddhist thought and ritual have interacted with local traditions across the Asian continent to produce masterpieces of religious architecture.

The first volume in the series, The Golden Lands, is devoted to Southeast Asia, home to many of the most spectacular Buddhist monuments. Following a general introduction to the early history of Buddhism and its most characteristic architectural forms (the stupa, the temple, and the monastery), Lall examines the Buddhist architecture of Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos in turn. For each country, he provides both a historical overview and case studies of noteworthy structures. Lall’s concise and accessible text is illustrated throughout with new color photography, as well as 3-D architectural renderings that make even the most complex structures easily comprehensible.

The monuments that Lall considers in The Golden Lands range from the modest Bupaya stupa, constructed in Bagan, Myanmar, in the third century AD, to the vast complex of Borobudur in Central Java, the world’s largest Buddhist monument; his achievement is to place them all within a single panorama of history, religion, and artistic innovation.

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The Happiness of This World [Hardcover]

The Happiness of This World [Hardcover]

The Happiness of This World [Hardcover]

Author: Karl Kirchwey Publisher: Putnam Adult Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2007 Hardcover: 128 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0399153659 ISBN-13: 978-0399153655 Format: Hardcover, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces Buy at Amazon

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It is this "shockability" that informs Karl Kirchwey's new work. Through four collections, he has explored the resonances between past and present, seeking a sense of home in a world of losses. Now, as the horrors of the modern world crowd in on him, he meditates on the future his children will inherit. These are angry poems, tender poems, poems of hope, love, and despair.

Reviewing Kirchwey's last book in The New Criterion, William Logan wrote: "An elegy for an uncle, a World War II pilot killed in the Pacific, reminds us that we live only by the sacrifice of the dead, and therefore in their shadows. Shadows fall frequently over these poems, from lives corrupted, crippled, or destroyed," and in the concluding section of this new work, a prose memoir with poems that will appear in full in Parnassus, the poet revisits that dead uncle and the unhappy generations preceding his own. Seeking out family origins and family secrets, this section climaxes in a holy Hindu pilgrimage in honor of the dead and returns the poet, who in his search has circled the globe, to the family of the living and the circumscribed happiness of this world.

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Author: Karl Kirchwey Publisher: Putnam Adult Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2007 Hardcover: 128 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0399153659 ISBN-13: 978-0399153655 Format: Hardcover, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces Buy at Amazon

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It is this "shockability" that informs Karl Kirchwey's new work. Through four collections, he has explored the resonances between past and present, seeking a sense of home in a world of losses. Now, as the horrors of the modern world crowd in on him, he meditates on the future his children will inherit. These are angry poems, tender poems, poems of hope, love, and despair.

Reviewing Kirchwey's last book in The New Criterion, William Logan wrote: "An elegy for an uncle, a World War II pilot killed in the Pacific, reminds us that we live only by the sacrifice of the dead, and therefore in their shadows. Shadows fall frequently over these poems, from lives corrupted, crippled, or destroyed," and in the concluding section of this new work, a prose memoir with poems that will appear in full in Parnassus, the poet revisits that dead uncle and the unhappy generations preceding his own. Seeking out family origins and family secrets, this section climaxes in a holy Hindu pilgrimage in honor of the dead and returns the poet, who in his search has circled the globe, to the family of the living and the circumscribed happiness of this world.

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Creative Capacity Development: Learning to Adapt in Development Practice [Hardcover]

Creative Capacity Development: Learning to Adapt in Development Practice [Hardcover]

Creative Capacity Development: Learning to Adapt in Development Practice [Hardcover]

Author: Jenny Pearson Publisher: Kumarian Press Publishing Date: 2011 Hardcover: 256 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1565493303 ISBN-13: 978-1565493308 Format: Hardcover, Paperback Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 6.1 x 9.4 inches Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces Buy at Amazon

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The development community seems constantly and restlessly in search of a singular approach that will solve poverty, unveiling new buzzwords every few years only to toss them aside. Author Jenny Pearson argues that the fundamental flaw with this system is that each new approach fails to break out of the underlying technocratic and specialized paradigm in development work. As Director of Cambodia s leading capacity-building NGO, VBNK, Pearson explains how creative risks and an innovative spirit can revive development work, especially in post-conflict settings.

Creative Capacity Development provides an unflinching appraisal of the author s own assumptions and setbacks as she established VBNK and explains how a dynamic and open learning process allowed the organization to move beyond them. Pearson s account, drawn with insights from cultural studies, mental health practice, and the arts, will guide other practitioners in broadening their own understanding of capacity-building. The book reveals that development work, far from requiring a singular solution, is and should be a never-ending process.

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Author: Jenny Pearson Publisher: Kumarian Press Publishing Date: 2011 Hardcover: 256 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1565493303 ISBN-13: 978-1565493308 Format: Hardcover, Paperback Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 6.1 x 9.4 inches Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces Buy at Amazon

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The development community seems constantly and restlessly in search of a singular approach that will solve poverty, unveiling new buzzwords every few years only to toss them aside. Author Jenny Pearson argues that the fundamental flaw with this system is that each new approach fails to break out of the underlying technocratic and specialized paradigm in development work. As Director of Cambodia s leading capacity-building NGO, VBNK, Pearson explains how creative risks and an innovative spirit can revive development work, especially in post-conflict settings.

Creative Capacity Development provides an unflinching appraisal of the author s own assumptions and setbacks as she established VBNK and explains how a dynamic and open learning process allowed the organization to move beyond them. Pearson s account, drawn with insights from cultural studies, mental health practice, and the arts, will guide other practitioners in broadening their own understanding of capacity-building. The book reveals that development work, far from requiring a singular solution, is and should be a never-ending process.

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Dancing In Cambodia At Large In Burma [Hardcover]

Dancing In Cambodia At Large In Burma [Hardcover]

Dancing In Cambodia At Large In Burma [Hardcover]

Author: Amitav Ghosh Publisher: Ravi Dayal Pub Publishing Date: 1998 Hardcover: 114 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 8175300175 ISBN-13: 978-8175300170 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches Shipping Weight: 12 ounces Buy at Amazon

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Dancing In Cambodia At Large In Burma

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Author: Amitav Ghosh Publisher: Ravi Dayal Pub Publishing Date: 1998 Hardcover: 114 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 8175300175 ISBN-13: 978-8175300170 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches Shipping Weight: 12 ounces Buy at Amazon

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Dancing In Cambodia At Large In Burma

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Presenting Cambodia [Hardcover]

Presenting Cambodia [Hardcover]

Presenting Cambodia [Hardcover]

Author: Mick Shippen Publisher: John Beaufoy Publishing Publishing Date: 2014 Hardcover: 160 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1906780994 ISBN-13: 978-1906780999 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.7 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Given the splendours of Angkor Thom together with another 90 temple sites within the Angkor Archaeological Park, it is no wonder that Cambodia is dubbed the 'Kingdom of Wonder'. In its listing, UNESCO described Angkor as 'an exceptional testimony to a lost civilization'. But Cambodia is also a revitalized modern country with new infrastructure and many living traditions, as well as stunning countryside and quiet beaches.

Mick Shippen's informative and entertaining text illustrated by his distinctive and highly personal photography present a wide-ranging introduction to the many facets of Cambodia for resident and visitor alike. The main text is accompanied by sidebars or box stories that highlight details of particular interest, provide anecdotal information and give a lively and reader-friendly look to the book.

The book is divided into two parts, the first part giving an overview of the landscapes, people, history, modern economy and culture of Cambodia, and the second looking in detail at the five main regions: Phnom Penh and Around; the North-west; Siem Reap and Angkor; the South Coast and the East.

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Author: Mick Shippen Publisher: John Beaufoy Publishing Publishing Date: 2014 Hardcover: 160 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1906780994 ISBN-13: 978-1906780999 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.7 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Given the splendours of Angkor Thom together with another 90 temple sites within the Angkor Archaeological Park, it is no wonder that Cambodia is dubbed the 'Kingdom of Wonder'. In its listing, UNESCO described Angkor as 'an exceptional testimony to a lost civilization'. But Cambodia is also a revitalized modern country with new infrastructure and many living traditions, as well as stunning countryside and quiet beaches.

Mick Shippen's informative and entertaining text illustrated by his distinctive and highly personal photography present a wide-ranging introduction to the many facets of Cambodia for resident and visitor alike. The main text is accompanied by sidebars or box stories that highlight details of particular interest, provide anecdotal information and give a lively and reader-friendly look to the book.

The book is divided into two parts, the first part giving an overview of the landscapes, people, history, modern economy and culture of Cambodia, and the second looking in detail at the five main regions: Phnom Penh and Around; the North-west; Siem Reap and Angkor; the South Coast and the East.

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Images of the Gods [Hardcover]

Images of the Gods [Hardcover]

Images of the Gods [Hardcover]

Author: Vittorio Roveda Publisher: River Books Press Dist A C Publishing Date: 2013 Hardcover: 544 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 9749863038 ISBN-13: 978-9749863039 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 9.4 inches Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds Buy at Amazon

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In this work, the myths and legends of the Khmers displayed in low reliefs in all the major temples in Cambodia, Thailand and Laos are examined in depth and richly illustrated. The most surprising and intimate stories of the gods and human figures of the great epics of the "Mahabharata", "Ramayana" and the "Puranas" are brought to life in greater detail than ever before. A new emphasis is given to Buddhist visual narrative on the life of the Buddha and on the jatakas. In addition, unusual animal and humanoid creatures on the cusp between myth and fantasy, are illustrated.

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Author: Vittorio Roveda Publisher: River Books Press Dist A C Publishing Date: 2013 Hardcover: 544 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 9749863038 ISBN-13: 978-9749863039 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 9.4 inches Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds Buy at Amazon

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In this work, the myths and legends of the Khmers displayed in low reliefs in all the major temples in Cambodia, Thailand and Laos are examined in depth and richly illustrated. The most surprising and intimate stories of the gods and human figures of the great epics of the "Mahabharata", "Ramayana" and the "Puranas" are brought to life in greater detail than ever before. A new emphasis is given to Buddhist visual narrative on the life of the Buddha and on the jatakas. In addition, unusual animal and humanoid creatures on the cusp between myth and fantasy, are illustrated.

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The Political Economy of Educational Reforms and Capacity Development in Southeast Asia: Cases of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam [Hardcover]

The Political Economy of Educational Reforms and Capacity Development in Southeast Asia: Cases of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam [Hardcover]

The Political Economy of Educational Reforms and Capacity Development in Southeast Asia: Cases of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam [Hardcover]

Author: Yasushi Hirosato (Editor), Yuto Kitamura (Editor) Publisher: Springer Publishing Date: 2009 Hardcover: 326 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1402093756 ISBN-13: 978-1402093753 Format: Hardcover, Paperback Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds Buy at Amazon

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This book presents policy debate and analysis of educational reform context, process, and capacity - mainly in Southeast Asian countries - and calls for a new political economy of educational reforms and capacity development. The conceptual/analytical framework addresses both the efficiency and equity dimensions of educational reforms; encompasses all the stakeholders in the process of educational reforms; and suggests whose capacity needs to be developed. Country cases, targeting Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam and featuring Southeast Asia/country experts as contributors, offer in-depth analyses of the dynamics of educational reform context, process and capacity, and examine efficiency, equity, and quality issues in basic and higher education.

This book is a highly relevant source of information for education policy makers and planners, and will help researchers to understand the innovative way to analyse educational reforms and capacity development in developing countries.

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Author: Yasushi Hirosato (Editor), Yuto Kitamura (Editor) Publisher: Springer Publishing Date: 2009 Hardcover: 326 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1402093756 ISBN-13: 978-1402093753 Format: Hardcover, Paperback Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds Buy at Amazon

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This book presents policy debate and analysis of educational reform context, process, and capacity - mainly in Southeast Asian countries - and calls for a new political economy of educational reforms and capacity development. The conceptual/analytical framework addresses both the efficiency and equity dimensions of educational reforms; encompasses all the stakeholders in the process of educational reforms; and suggests whose capacity needs to be developed. Country cases, targeting Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam and featuring Southeast Asia/country experts as contributors, offer in-depth analyses of the dynamics of educational reform context, process and capacity, and examine efficiency, equity, and quality issues in basic and higher education.

This book is a highly relevant source of information for education policy makers and planners, and will help researchers to understand the innovative way to analyse educational reforms and capacity development in developing countries.

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Where am I Wearing: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People that Make Our Clothes [Hardcover]

Where am I Wearing: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People that Make Our Clothes [Hardcover]

Where am I Wearing: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People that Make Our Clothes [Hardcover]

Author: Kelsey Timmerman Publisher: Wiley Publishing Date: 2nd Edition, 2008 Hardcover: 272 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0470376546 ISBN-13: 978-0470376546 Format: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 1.1 x 6.4 x 9.3 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Globalization makes it difficult to know where the things you buy come from. Journalist and travel writer Kelsey Timmerman wanted to know where his clothes came from and who made them, so he traveled from Honduras to Bangladesh to Cambodia to China and back. Along the way, he met the people who made his favorite clothes and learned as much about them as he did about globalization itself. Enlightening and controversial at once, this book puts a human face on globalization.

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Author: Kelsey Timmerman Publisher: Wiley Publishing Date: 2nd Edition, 2008 Hardcover: 272 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0470376546 ISBN-13: 978-0470376546 Format: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 1.1 x 6.4 x 9.3 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Globalization makes it difficult to know where the things you buy come from. Journalist and travel writer Kelsey Timmerman wanted to know where his clothes came from and who made them, so he traveled from Honduras to Bangladesh to Cambodia to China and back. Along the way, he met the people who made his favorite clothes and learned as much about them as he did about globalization itself. Enlightening and controversial at once, this book puts a human face on globalization.

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A Song for Cambodia [Hardcover]

A Song for Cambodia [Hardcover]

A Song for Cambodia [Hardcover]

Author: Michelle Lord, Shino Arihara (Illustrator) Publisher: Lee & Low Books Publishing Date: 2008 Hardcover: 32 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1600601391 ISBN-13: 978-1600601392 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 8.5 x 10.6 inches Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces Buy at Amazon

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When Arn was a young boy in Cambodia, his days were filled with love, laughter, and the sweet sounds of music. That all changed suddenly in 1975 when Arn's village was invaded by Khmer Rouge soldiers and his family was torn apart.

Nine-year-old Arn was taken to a children's work camp, where he labored long hours in the rice fields under the glaring eyes of threatening soldiers. Overworked, underfed, and in constant fear for his life, Arn had to find a way to survive. When guards asked for volunteers to play music one day, Arn bravely raised his hand-taking a chance that would change the course of his life.

A Song for Cambodia is the inspirational true story of Arn Chorn-Pond. His heartfelt music created beauty in a time of darkness and turned tragedy into healing.

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Author: Michelle Lord, Shino Arihara (Illustrator) Publisher: Lee & Low Books Publishing Date: 2008 Hardcover: 32 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1600601391 ISBN-13: 978-1600601392 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 8.5 x 10.6 inches Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces Buy at Amazon

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When Arn was a young boy in Cambodia, his days were filled with love, laughter, and the sweet sounds of music. That all changed suddenly in 1975 when Arn's village was invaded by Khmer Rouge soldiers and his family was torn apart.

Nine-year-old Arn was taken to a children's work camp, where he labored long hours in the rice fields under the glaring eyes of threatening soldiers. Overworked, underfed, and in constant fear for his life, Arn had to find a way to survive. When guards asked for volunteers to play music one day, Arn bravely raised his hand-taking a chance that would change the course of his life.

A Song for Cambodia is the inspirational true story of Arn Chorn-Pond. His heartfelt music created beauty in a time of darkness and turned tragedy into healing.

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Best Practices in Marketing and their Impact on Quality of Life [Hardcover]

Best Practices in Marketing and their Impact on Quality of Life [Hardcover]

Best Practices in Marketing and their Impact on Quality of Life [Hardcover]

Author: Helena Alves (Editor), José Luis Vázquez (Editor) Publisher: Springer Publishing Date: 2013 Hardcover: 220 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 9400758774 ISBN-13: 978-9400758773 Format: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 6.1 x 9.1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds Buy at Amazon

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This book is based on the premise that marketing is central to understanding and advancing companies, businesses, countries, major economic areas and every-day problems. It opposes the view held by some social scientists that the positive effects of marketing in a society are a product of capitalist enterprises and that marketing involves excessive exploitation and is a tool for creating and maintaining their power structures. To illustrate its point, the book examines successful marketing practices with implications for consumers’ quality of life. Its compilation of cases from all over the world provides a unique and concise review of best practices in marketing and their impact on QOL. Each case in the book presents a specific social problem and discusses details of the marketing strategy adopted to resolve it, as well as the results obtained both for society at large and in terms of the citizens’ quality of life. In addition, each case addresses the theoretical background of the specific area of marketing used in the case.

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Author: Helena Alves (Editor), José Luis Vázquez (Editor) Publisher: Springer Publishing Date: 2013 Hardcover: 220 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 9400758774 ISBN-13: 978-9400758773 Format: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 6.1 x 9.1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds Buy at Amazon

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This book is based on the premise that marketing is central to understanding and advancing companies, businesses, countries, major economic areas and every-day problems. It opposes the view held by some social scientists that the positive effects of marketing in a society are a product of capitalist enterprises and that marketing involves excessive exploitation and is a tool for creating and maintaining their power structures. To illustrate its point, the book examines successful marketing practices with implications for consumers’ quality of life. Its compilation of cases from all over the world provides a unique and concise review of best practices in marketing and their impact on QOL. Each case in the book presents a specific social problem and discusses details of the marketing strategy adopted to resolve it, as well as the results obtained both for society at large and in terms of the citizens’ quality of life. In addition, each case addresses the theoretical background of the specific area of marketing used in the case.

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Hard Choices [Hardcover]

Hard Choices [Hardcover]

Hard Choices [Hardcover]

Author: Jonathan Moore (Editor) Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Publishing Date: 1999 Hardcover: 336 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 084769030X ISBN-13: 978-0847690305 Format: Hardcover, Paperback Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Since Somalia, the international community has found itself changing its view of humanitarian intervention. Operations designed to alleviate suffering and achieve peace sometimes produce damaging results. The United Nations, nongovernmental organizations, military and civilian agencies alike find themselves in the midst of confusion and weakness where what they seek are clarity and stability. Competing needs, rights, and values can obscure even the best international efforts to quell violence and assuage crises of poverty. More attention must be paid to the complexity of issues and moral dilemmas involved.

This volume of original essays by international policy leaders, practitioners, and scholars brings together insights into the conflicting moral pressures present in different kinds of interventions ranging from Rwanda and Somalia to Haiti, Cambodia, and Bosnia. From their various cultural and professional perspectives the authors cover issues of human rights, sanctions, arms trade, refugees, HIV, and the media. Together they make the case that, although there are no easy answers, moral reflection and content can improve the quality of decisionmaking and intervention in internal conflicts.

Published under the auspices of The International Committee of the Red Cross.

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Author: Jonathan Moore (Editor) Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Publishing Date: 1999 Hardcover: 336 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 084769030X ISBN-13: 978-0847690305 Format: Hardcover, Paperback Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Since Somalia, the international community has found itself changing its view of humanitarian intervention. Operations designed to alleviate suffering and achieve peace sometimes produce damaging results. The United Nations, nongovernmental organizations, military and civilian agencies alike find themselves in the midst of confusion and weakness where what they seek are clarity and stability. Competing needs, rights, and values can obscure even the best international efforts to quell violence and assuage crises of poverty. More attention must be paid to the complexity of issues and moral dilemmas involved.

This volume of original essays by international policy leaders, practitioners, and scholars brings together insights into the conflicting moral pressures present in different kinds of interventions ranging from Rwanda and Somalia to Haiti, Cambodia, and Bosnia. From their various cultural and professional perspectives the authors cover issues of human rights, sanctions, arms trade, refugees, HIV, and the media. Together they make the case that, although there are no easy answers, moral reflection and content can improve the quality of decisionmaking and intervention in internal conflicts.

Published under the auspices of The International Committee of the Red Cross.

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Angkor: Celestial Temples of the Khmer [Hardcover]

Angkor: Celestial Temples of the Khmer [Hardcover]

Angkor: Celestial Temples of the Khmer [Hardcover]

Author: Jon Ortner, Ian W. Mabbett, James Goodman, Ian Mabbett, Eleanor Mannikka, John Sanday Publisher: Abbeville Press Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2002 Hardcover: 288 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0789207184 ISBN-13: 978-0789207180 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 1.6 x 10.6 x 13.1 inches Shipping Weight: 6 pounds Buy at Amazon

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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 and architectural achievement, exemplified in the fabled ruins of Angkor, centre of the ancient empire. Among the amazing pyramid-and mandala-shaped shrines preserved in the jungles of Cambodia is Angkor Wat, the world's largest temple, an extraordinarily complex structure filled with iconographic detail and religious symbolism. Perhaps because of the decline of agricultural productivity and the expansion of the Thai Empire, Angkor was abandoned in the 15th century and left to the ravages of time. Today many countries are working to conserve and restore the temples, which have been inaccessible until recently. Now that the civil war has ended, Angkor is being reborn and is an increasingly popular tourist destination. Undaunted by the difficulties of travelling through Cambodia and eastern Thailand, Jon Ortner, accompanied by his wife, Martha, photographed 50 of the most important and unique monuments of the Khmer Empire. His images include spectacular views from the rooftops of its temples, glorious landscapes, and details of inscriptions and art that few have ever seen. Reproduced in this publication, the photographs are accompanied by a text written by a team of experts, providing historical, architectural, and religious analyses of Angkor and the Khmer civilization.

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Author: Jon Ortner, Ian W. Mabbett, James Goodman, Ian Mabbett, Eleanor Mannikka, John Sanday Publisher: Abbeville Press Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2002 Hardcover: 288 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0789207184 ISBN-13: 978-0789207180 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 1.6 x 10.6 x 13.1 inches Shipping Weight: 6 pounds Buy at Amazon

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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 and architectural achievement, exemplified in the fabled ruins of Angkor, centre of the ancient empire. Among the amazing pyramid-and mandala-shaped shrines preserved in the jungles of Cambodia is Angkor Wat, the world's largest temple, an extraordinarily complex structure filled with iconographic detail and religious symbolism. Perhaps because of the decline of agricultural productivity and the expansion of the Thai Empire, Angkor was abandoned in the 15th century and left to the ravages of time. Today many countries are working to conserve and restore the temples, which have been inaccessible until recently. Now that the civil war has ended, Angkor is being reborn and is an increasingly popular tourist destination. Undaunted by the difficulties of travelling through Cambodia and eastern Thailand, Jon Ortner, accompanied by his wife, Martha, photographed 50 of the most important and unique monuments of the Khmer Empire. His images include spectacular views from the rooftops of its temples, glorious landscapes, and details of inscriptions and art that few have ever seen. Reproduced in this publication, the photographs are accompanied by a text written by a team of experts, providing historical, architectural, and religious analyses of Angkor and the Khmer civilization.

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A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal [Hardcover]

A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal [Hardcover]

A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal [Hardcover]

Author: Anthony Bourdain Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2001 Hardcover: 288 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1582341400 ISBN-13: 978-1582341408 Format: Hardcover, Paperback Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.6 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Dodging minefields in Cambodia, diving into the icy waters outside a Russian bath, Chef Bourdain travels the world over in search of the ultimate meal.

The only thing Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling, and A Cook's Tour is the shotgun marriage of his two greatest passions. Inspired by the question, 'What would be the perfect meal?', Anthony sets out on a quest for his culinary holy grail.

Our adventurous chef starts out in Japan, where he eats traditional Fugu, a poisonous blowfish which can be prepared only by specially licensed chefs. He then travels to Cambodia, up the mine-studded road to Pailin into autonomous Khmer Rouge territory and to Phnom Penh's Gun Club, where local fare is served up alongside a menu of available firearms. In Saigon, he's treated to a sustaining meal of live Cobra heart before moving on to savor a snack with the Viet Cong in the Mecong Delta. Further west, Kitchen Confidential fans will recognize the Gironde of Tony's youth, the first stop on his European itinerary. And from France, it's on to Portugal, where an entire village has been fattening a pig for months in anticipation of his arrival. And we're only halfway around the globe. . .

A Cook's Tour recounts, in Bourdain's inimitable style, the adventures and misadventures of America's favorite chef.

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Author: Anthony Bourdain Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2001 Hardcover: 288 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1582341400 ISBN-13: 978-1582341408 Format: Hardcover, Paperback Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.6 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Dodging minefields in Cambodia, diving into the icy waters outside a Russian bath, Chef Bourdain travels the world over in search of the ultimate meal.

The only thing Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling, and A Cook's Tour is the shotgun marriage of his two greatest passions. Inspired by the question, 'What would be the perfect meal?', Anthony sets out on a quest for his culinary holy grail.

Our adventurous chef starts out in Japan, where he eats traditional Fugu, a poisonous blowfish which can be prepared only by specially licensed chefs. He then travels to Cambodia, up the mine-studded road to Pailin into autonomous Khmer Rouge territory and to Phnom Penh's Gun Club, where local fare is served up alongside a menu of available firearms. In Saigon, he's treated to a sustaining meal of live Cobra heart before moving on to savor a snack with the Viet Cong in the Mecong Delta. Further west, Kitchen Confidential fans will recognize the Gironde of Tony's youth, the first stop on his European itinerary. And from France, it's on to Portugal, where an entire village has been fattening a pig for months in anticipation of his arrival. And we're only halfway around the globe. . .

A Cook's Tour recounts, in Bourdain's inimitable style, the adventures and misadventures of America's favorite chef.

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Temples of Cambodia: The Heart of Angkor [Hardcover]

Temples of Cambodia: The Heart of Angkor [Hardcover]

Temples of Cambodia: The Heart of Angkor [Hardcover]

Author: Helen Ibbitson Jessup, Barry Brukoff (Photographer) Publisher: Vendome Press Publishing Date: 2011 Hardcover: 248 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0865652627 ISBN-13: 978-0865652620 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 1.1 x 10.2 x 12 inches Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds Buy at Amazon

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The temples of Cambodia are among the most complex and imposing architectural creations in the world. This book invites the reader to experience those extraordinary sites through remarkable photographs and a text by a leading Khmer cultural historian. From modest brick structures in the seventh and eighth centuries, the temples became increasingly ambitious, setting the stage for the apogee of the Khmer empire and with it, the supreme architectural creation of Cambodia, Angkor Wat. Barry Brukoff’s splendid photographs not only record temples that have been destroyed but also offer a uniquely intimate insight into the Cambodian idiom, and with Helen Ibbitson Jessup’s expert text, allow readers to penetrate to the heart of the temples’ mystery.

Praise for Temples of Cambodia:
"Part of what makes Temples of Cambodia: The Heart of Angkor so appealing is its photographer's long-term vision and commitment." --The New York Times

'Temples of Cambodia: The Heart of Angkor' is a magnificent journey through the remnants of the least-known of the great world civilizations. . . .Though they take ruins as their subject, Mr. Brukoff's images capture the most timeless elements of Khmer ingenuity. Choosing a perspective above that makes the colonnades of Bayon, a Angkor temple, seem endless, he shows the plan behind the beauty." --The Wall Street Journal

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Author: Helen Ibbitson Jessup, Barry Brukoff (Photographer) Publisher: Vendome Press Publishing Date: 2011 Hardcover: 248 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0865652627 ISBN-13: 978-0865652620 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 1.1 x 10.2 x 12 inches Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds Buy at Amazon

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The temples of Cambodia are among the most complex and imposing architectural creations in the world. This book invites the reader to experience those extraordinary sites through remarkable photographs and a text by a leading Khmer cultural historian. From modest brick structures in the seventh and eighth centuries, the temples became increasingly ambitious, setting the stage for the apogee of the Khmer empire and with it, the supreme architectural creation of Cambodia, Angkor Wat. Barry Brukoff’s splendid photographs not only record temples that have been destroyed but also offer a uniquely intimate insight into the Cambodian idiom, and with Helen Ibbitson Jessup’s expert text, allow readers to penetrate to the heart of the temples’ mystery.

Praise for Temples of Cambodia:
"Part of what makes Temples of Cambodia: The Heart of Angkor so appealing is its photographer's long-term vision and commitment." --The New York Times

'Temples of Cambodia: The Heart of Angkor' is a magnificent journey through the remnants of the least-known of the great world civilizations. . . .Though they take ruins as their subject, Mr. Brukoff's images capture the most timeless elements of Khmer ingenuity. Choosing a perspective above that makes the colonnades of Bayon, a Angkor temple, seem endless, he shows the plan behind the beauty." --The Wall Street Journal

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At the Edge of the Forest: Essays on Cambodia, History, and Narrative in Honor of David Chandler [Hardcover]

At the Edge of the Forest: Essays on Cambodia, History, and Narrative in Honor of David Chandler [Hardcover]

At the Edge of the Forest: Essays on Cambodia, History, and Narrative in Honor of David Chandler [Hardcover]

Author: Anne Ruth Hansen (Editor), Judy Ledgerwood (Editor) Publisher: Cornell Univ Southeast Asia Program Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2008 Hardcover: 248 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0877277761 ISBN-13: 978-0877277767 Format: Hardcover, Paperback Series: Studies of Southeast Asia Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Inspired by the groundbreaking work of David Chandler on Cambodian attempts to find order in the aftermath of turmoil, these essays explore Cambodian history using a rich variety of sources that cast light on Khmer perceptions of violence, wildness, and order, the "forest" and cultured space, and the fraught "edge" where they meet. Taken together, the essays offer a post-colonial analysis of Cambodia's emergence from genocide that explores the relationship between narrative, history, and perplexing problems of meaning.

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Author: Anne Ruth Hansen (Editor), Judy Ledgerwood (Editor) Publisher: Cornell Univ Southeast Asia Program Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2008 Hardcover: 248 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0877277761 ISBN-13: 978-0877277767 Format: Hardcover, Paperback Series: Studies of Southeast Asia Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Inspired by the groundbreaking work of David Chandler on Cambodian attempts to find order in the aftermath of turmoil, these essays explore Cambodian history using a rich variety of sources that cast light on Khmer perceptions of violence, wildness, and order, the "forest" and cultured space, and the fraught "edge" where they meet. Taken together, the essays offer a post-colonial analysis of Cambodia's emergence from genocide that explores the relationship between narrative, history, and perplexing problems of meaning.

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Angkor the Magnificent - The Wonder City of Ancient Cambodia [Hardcover]

Angkor the Magnificent - The Wonder City of Ancient Cambodia [Hardcover]

Angkor the Magnificent - The Wonder City of Ancient Cambodia [Hardcover]

Author: Helen Churchill Candee, Randy Bryan Bigham, Kent Davis (Editor) Publisher: DatASIA, Inc. Publishing Date: 2008 Hardcover: 378 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1934431001 ISBN-13: 978-1934431009 Format: Hardcover, Kindle Edition, Paperback Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 9.8 x 6.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds Buy at Amazon

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"The tale of it is incredible; the wonder which is Angkor is unmatched in Asia." So begins Helen Churchill Candee's classic tale of Asian adventure. Today, readers can again experience the mystery of Cambodia's vast jungle temples through her eyes. Although Helen Candee is best known for surviving the sinking of the RMS Titanic, she walked with kings, presidents, the wealthy and the powerful. entertaining, educating and influencing them. This independent woman championed feminine equality and fought tirelessly for woman's rights. And, as a single woman, she traveled the Far East with a keen eye for detail, an inquisitive mind, and a sensitivity for local culture. Helen Candee's travelogue remains one of the most evocative English language accounts of the ancient Khmer capital. This expanded hardcover edition marks the first reissue of her complete 1924 work with more than 100 antique illustrations, an index and bibliography. For the first time in print, this edition also features an original biography of Helen Candee by historian Randy Bryan Bigham, and a reprint of Candee's original account of the Titanic disaster itself.

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Author: Helen Churchill Candee, Randy Bryan Bigham, Kent Davis (Editor) Publisher: DatASIA, Inc. Publishing Date: 2008 Hardcover: 378 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1934431001 ISBN-13: 978-1934431009 Format: Hardcover, Kindle Edition, Paperback Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 9.8 x 6.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds Buy at Amazon

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"The tale of it is incredible; the wonder which is Angkor is unmatched in Asia." So begins Helen Churchill Candee's classic tale of Asian adventure. Today, readers can again experience the mystery of Cambodia's vast jungle temples through her eyes. Although Helen Candee is best known for surviving the sinking of the RMS Titanic, she walked with kings, presidents, the wealthy and the powerful. entertaining, educating and influencing them. This independent woman championed feminine equality and fought tirelessly for woman's rights. And, as a single woman, she traveled the Far East with a keen eye for detail, an inquisitive mind, and a sensitivity for local culture. Helen Candee's travelogue remains one of the most evocative English language accounts of the ancient Khmer capital. This expanded hardcover edition marks the first reissue of her complete 1924 work with more than 100 antique illustrations, an index and bibliography. For the first time in print, this edition also features an original biography of Helen Candee by historian Randy Bryan Bigham, and a reprint of Candee's original account of the Titanic disaster itself.

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From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 [Hardcover]

From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 [Hardcover]

From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 [Hardcover]

Author: Lee Kuan Yew Publisher: Harper Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2000 Hardcover: 752 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0060197765 ISBN-13: 978-0060197766 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 2.2 x 9.4 inches Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the world's fourth–highest per capita real income?

The story of that transformation is told here by Singapore's charismatic, controversial founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. Rising from a legacy of divisive colonialism, the devastation of the Second World War, and general poverty and disorder following the withdrawal of foreign forces, Singapore now is hailed as a city of the future. This miraculous history is dramatically recounted by the man who not only lived through it all but who fearlessly forged ahead and brought about most of these changes.

Delving deep into his own meticulous notes, as well as previously unpublished government papers and official records, Lee details the extraordinary efforts it took for an island city–state in Southeast Asia to survive at that time.

Lee explains how he and his cabinet colleagues finished off the communist threat to the fledgling state's security and began the arduous process of nation building: forging basic infrastructural roads through a land that still consisted primarily of swamps, creating an army from a hitherto racially and ideologically divided population, stamping out the last vestiges of colonial–era corruption, providing mass public housing, and establishing a national airline and airport.

In this illuminating account, Lee writes frankly about his trenchant approach to political opponents and his often unorthodox views on human rights, democracy, and inherited intelligence, aiming always "to be correct, not politically correct." Nothing in Singapore escaped his watchful eye: whether choosing shrubs for the greening of the country, restoring the romance of the historic Raffles Hotel, or openly, unabashedly persuading young men to marry women as well educated as themselves. Today's safe, tidy Singapore bears Lee's unmistakable stamp, for which he is unapologetic: "If this is a nanny state, I am proud to have fostered one."

Though Lee's domestic canvas in Singapore was small, his vigor and talent assured him a larger place in world affairs. With inimitable style, he brings history to life with cogent analyses of some of the greatest strategic issues of recent times and reveals how, over the years, he navigated the shifting tides of relations among America, China, and Taiwan, acting as confidant, sounding board, and messenger for them. He also includes candid, sometimes acerbic pen portraits of his political peers, including the indomitable Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, the poetry–spouting Jiang Zemin, and ideologues George Bush and Deng Xiaoping.

Lee also lifts the veil on his family life and writes tenderly of his wife and stalwart partner, Kwa Geok Choo, and of their pride in their three children –– particularly the eldest son, Hsien Loong, who is now Singapore's deputy prime minister.

For more than three decades, Lee Kuan Yew has been praised and vilified in equal measure, and he has established himself as a force impossible to ignore in Asian and international politics. From Third World to First offers readers a compelling glimpse into this visionary's heart, soul, and mind.

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Author: Lee Kuan Yew Publisher: Harper Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2000 Hardcover: 752 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0060197765 ISBN-13: 978-0060197766 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 2.2 x 9.4 inches Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the world's fourth–highest per capita real income?

The story of that transformation is told here by Singapore's charismatic, controversial founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. Rising from a legacy of divisive colonialism, the devastation of the Second World War, and general poverty and disorder following the withdrawal of foreign forces, Singapore now is hailed as a city of the future. This miraculous history is dramatically recounted by the man who not only lived through it all but who fearlessly forged ahead and brought about most of these changes.

Delving deep into his own meticulous notes, as well as previously unpublished government papers and official records, Lee details the extraordinary efforts it took for an island city–state in Southeast Asia to survive at that time.

Lee explains how he and his cabinet colleagues finished off the communist threat to the fledgling state's security and began the arduous process of nation building: forging basic infrastructural roads through a land that still consisted primarily of swamps, creating an army from a hitherto racially and ideologically divided population, stamping out the last vestiges of colonial–era corruption, providing mass public housing, and establishing a national airline and airport.

In this illuminating account, Lee writes frankly about his trenchant approach to political opponents and his often unorthodox views on human rights, democracy, and inherited intelligence, aiming always "to be correct, not politically correct." Nothing in Singapore escaped his watchful eye: whether choosing shrubs for the greening of the country, restoring the romance of the historic Raffles Hotel, or openly, unabashedly persuading young men to marry women as well educated as themselves. Today's safe, tidy Singapore bears Lee's unmistakable stamp, for which he is unapologetic: "If this is a nanny state, I am proud to have fostered one."

Though Lee's domestic canvas in Singapore was small, his vigor and talent assured him a larger place in world affairs. With inimitable style, he brings history to life with cogent analyses of some of the greatest strategic issues of recent times and reveals how, over the years, he navigated the shifting tides of relations among America, China, and Taiwan, acting as confidant, sounding board, and messenger for them. He also includes candid, sometimes acerbic pen portraits of his political peers, including the indomitable Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, the poetry–spouting Jiang Zemin, and ideologues George Bush and Deng Xiaoping.

Lee also lifts the veil on his family life and writes tenderly of his wife and stalwart partner, Kwa Geok Choo, and of their pride in their three children –– particularly the eldest son, Hsien Loong, who is now Singapore's deputy prime minister.

For more than three decades, Lee Kuan Yew has been praised and vilified in equal measure, and he has established himself as a force impossible to ignore in Asian and international politics. From Third World to First offers readers a compelling glimpse into this visionary's heart, soul, and mind.

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Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millennium of Glory [Hardcover]

Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millennium of Glory [Hardcover]

Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millennium of Glory [Hardcover]

Author: National Gallery of Art (U. S.), Helen Ibbitson Jessup (Editor), Thierry Zephir (Editor) Publisher: Thames & Hudson Publishing Date: 1997 Hardcover: 400 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0500237387 ISBN-13: 978-0500237380 Format: Hardcover Series: Millennium of Glory Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.5 x 1.1 inches Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds Buy at Amazon

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The 1000-year artistic legacy of Cambodia, including some of the most beautiful works of art and architecture, is displayed in the pages of this encyclopaedic, illustrated volume. Published to coincide with the exhibition opening in Paris in 1997 which then travels to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, it examines the mysterious culture that flourished on the mainland of Southeast Asia between 600 and 1600 AD. Centred on the northern shores of Cambodia's Great Lake, the Tonle Sap, and extending westward into eastern Thailand, the civilization reached its climax in the early 12th century AD, with the construction of Angkor Wat. Recent peace accords and a new democratic assembly have made this historic study possible. Embracing both Buddhist and Hindu traditions, the sculpture ranges from monumental works in sandstone representing gods and goddesses, guardians, female dancers and legendary creatures, to refined ritual and ceremonial bronzes. The religion, iconography, architecture and symbolism of this mysterious country is described against a historical background, depicting the various cultural environments through the decades. Together with a catalogue, stylistic analysis, glossary, timeline, bibliography and index, this work reveals insights to a culture that is still relatively unknown.

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Author: National Gallery of Art (U. S.), Helen Ibbitson Jessup (Editor), Thierry Zephir (Editor) Publisher: Thames & Hudson Publishing Date: 1997 Hardcover: 400 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0500237387 ISBN-13: 978-0500237380 Format: Hardcover Series: Millennium of Glory Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.5 x 1.1 inches Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds Buy at Amazon

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The 1000-year artistic legacy of Cambodia, including some of the most beautiful works of art and architecture, is displayed in the pages of this encyclopaedic, illustrated volume. Published to coincide with the exhibition opening in Paris in 1997 which then travels to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, it examines the mysterious culture that flourished on the mainland of Southeast Asia between 600 and 1600 AD. Centred on the northern shores of Cambodia's Great Lake, the Tonle Sap, and extending westward into eastern Thailand, the civilization reached its climax in the early 12th century AD, with the construction of Angkor Wat. Recent peace accords and a new democratic assembly have made this historic study possible. Embracing both Buddhist and Hindu traditions, the sculpture ranges from monumental works in sandstone representing gods and goddesses, guardians, female dancers and legendary creatures, to refined ritual and ceremonial bronzes. The religion, iconography, architecture and symbolism of this mysterious country is described against a historical background, depicting the various cultural environments through the decades. Together with a catalogue, stylistic analysis, glossary, timeline, bibliography and index, this work reveals insights to a culture that is still relatively unknown.

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Historical Dictionary of Cambodia [Hardcover]

Historical Dictionary of Cambodia [Hardcover]

Historical Dictionary of Cambodia [Hardcover]

Author: Justin Corfield, Laura Summers Publisher: Scarecrow Press Publishing Date: 2002 Hardcover: 560 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0810845245 ISBN-13: 978-0810845244 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 1.4 x 5.9 x 8.6 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Over many centuries, and especially during the last century, Cambodia has experienced radical, even tumultuous changes in its political system and social order.

Chronicling this country's evolution from absolute monarchy in the pre-colonial era up to the semi-democracy of today, this dictionary focuses on the personalities, constitutional dynamics, and major economic developments of the recent Sihanouk, Lon Nol, Pol Pot and Hun Sen administrations.

Recognizing that considerable research remains to be done on Cambodia's political history and leaders, this reference work makes a large contribution to Cambodia and prominent Cambodians offering biographical details on the rulers, leaders, and opinion-makers from the time of Jayavarman II to Hun Sen. It also details key events and recent political developments and reveals unexpected continuities and discontinuities in elite composition and national ideological outlooks.

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Author: Justin Corfield, Laura Summers Publisher: Scarecrow Press Publishing Date: 2002 Hardcover: 560 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0810845245 ISBN-13: 978-0810845244 Format: Hardcover Product Dimensions: 1.4 x 5.9 x 8.6 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds Buy at Amazon

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Over many centuries, and especially during the last century, Cambodia has experienced radical, even tumultuous changes in its political system and social order.

Chronicling this country's evolution from absolute monarchy in the pre-colonial era up to the semi-democracy of today, this dictionary focuses on the personalities, constitutional dynamics, and major economic developments of the recent Sihanouk, Lon Nol, Pol Pot and Hun Sen administrations.

Recognizing that considerable research remains to be done on Cambodia's political history and leaders, this reference work makes a large contribution to Cambodia and prominent Cambodians offering biographical details on the rulers, leaders, and opinion-makers from the time of Jayavarman II to Hun Sen. It also details key events and recent political developments and reveals unexpected continuities and discontinuities in elite composition and national ideological outlooks.

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