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Economic Development in Cambodia [Paperback]

Economic Development in Cambodia [Paperback]

Economic Development in Cambodia, Maike Unger [Paperback]
Author: Maike Unger
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Publishing Date: 2013
Paperback: 32 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3640435699
ISBN-13: 978-3640435692
Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.1 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 4 ounces

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Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: A, York University, course: Economic Development I&II, language: English, abstract: Table of Contents 2 1. Introduction 3 2. Poverty and Inequality 6 3. Population Growth and Demographic Change 8 4. Conclusion 10 References 12

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Economic Development in Cambodia, Maike Unger [Paperback]
Author: Maike Unger
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Publishing Date: 2013
Paperback: 32 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3640435699
ISBN-13: 978-3640435692
Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.1 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 4 ounces

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Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: A, York University, course: Economic Development I&II, language: English, abstract: Table of Contents 2 1. Introduction 3 2. Poverty and Inequality 6 3. Population Growth and Demographic Change 8 4. Conclusion 10 References 12

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The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill: Khmer Holiday Stories [Kindle Edition]

The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill: Khmer Holiday Stories [Kindle Edition]

The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill: Khmer Holiday Stories, Simen Oem [Kindle Edition]
Author: Simen Oem
Publisher: Wild Carnival Media
Publishing Date: 2014
File Size: 2,212 KB
Print Length: 41 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00M1JKE6S
Format: Kindle Edition
Series: The Kingdom of Wondering (Book 2)
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In this collection of 4 new stories and essays, author Simen Oem explores what it is like to fall in love with a person and a culture; how the two struggle, co-exist, intertwine and finally are woven into something new and beautiful. Using Khmer holidays as ways to explore life and love in Cambodia, "The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill" will appeal to anybody who has ever traveled, fallen for something graceful and gorgeous, and then taken the bold step to change their life. Meticulously crafted and lushly photographed, this short collection of stories is sure to appeal to anybody who dreams of starting a new life or re-shaping their old one.

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The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill: Khmer Holiday Stories, Simen Oem [Kindle Edition]
Author: Simen Oem
Publisher: Wild Carnival Media
Publishing Date: 2014
File Size: 2,212 KB
Print Length: 41 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00M1JKE6S
Format: Kindle Edition
Series: The Kingdom of Wondering (Book 2)
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In this collection of 4 new stories and essays, author Simen Oem explores what it is like to fall in love with a person and a culture; how the two struggle, co-exist, intertwine and finally are woven into something new and beautiful. Using Khmer holidays as ways to explore life and love in Cambodia, "The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill" will appeal to anybody who has ever traveled, fallen for something graceful and gorgeous, and then taken the bold step to change their life. Meticulously crafted and lushly photographed, this short collection of stories is sure to appeal to anybody who dreams of starting a new life or re-shaping their old one.

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"Just a Human Being" And Other Tales from Contemporary Cambodia [Paperback]

"Just a Human Being" And Other Tales from Contemporary Cambodia [Paperback]

"Just a Human Being" And Other Tales from Contemporary Cambodia, Teri Shaffer Yamada [Paperback]
Author: Teri Shaffer Yamada
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2013
Paperback: 106 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1482086352
ISBN-13: 978-1482086355
Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition
Series: Translation Series (Volume 1)
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.2 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces

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Cambodian writers represented in this collection of short fiction depict the social, political and economic challenges of life in contemporary Cambodia. The various tales provide humanistic insight into Cambodia's world of rapid modernization since the 1990s as the country recovers from decades of political and economic instability. Among the stories. "Just a Human Being," plays on memories of the Khmer Rouge embedded in contemporary bureaucratic practices of the early 1990s. Other stories, like "Lord of the Land" and "The Boat," are allegories about the lingering traces of the Khmer Rouge era on contemporary social relationships and politics. They explore a theme found in many of these stories: the need to overcome karma and reclaim compassion in a desperate world of poverty and sheer survival. Many of the short stories are ethnographic and provide a snapshot into life in contemporary Cambodia.

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"Just a Human Being" And Other Tales from Contemporary Cambodia, Teri Shaffer Yamada [Paperback]
Author: Teri Shaffer Yamada
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2013
Paperback: 106 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1482086352
ISBN-13: 978-1482086355
Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition
Series: Translation Series (Volume 1)
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.2 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces

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Cambodian writers represented in this collection of short fiction depict the social, political and economic challenges of life in contemporary Cambodia. The various tales provide humanistic insight into Cambodia's world of rapid modernization since the 1990s as the country recovers from decades of political and economic instability. Among the stories. "Just a Human Being," plays on memories of the Khmer Rouge embedded in contemporary bureaucratic practices of the early 1990s. Other stories, like "Lord of the Land" and "The Boat," are allegories about the lingering traces of the Khmer Rouge era on contemporary social relationships and politics. They explore a theme found in many of these stories: the need to overcome karma and reclaim compassion in a desperate world of poverty and sheer survival. Many of the short stories are ethnographic and provide a snapshot into life in contemporary Cambodia.

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Development at Work: Emerging Practices in Integrated Rural Development in Cambodia [Kindle Edition]

Development at Work: Emerging Practices in Integrated Rural Development in Cambodia [Kindle Edition]

Development at Work: Emerging Practices in Integrated Rural Development in Cambodia, Dr. Morten Schmidt [Kindle Edition]
Author: Dr. Morten Schmidt
Publisher: CDP Publishing
Publishing Date: 3rd Edition, 2014
File Size: 1753 KB
Print Length: 543 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00R3K3SOU
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Development at Work represents original research into how organizing and managing practices in a development program emerged during the last years of the civil war in Cambodia. The author visited the international development organisation's Cambodia program first in 1995 and returned again in 1997 and 1998, and based on an original and unorthodox application of both ethnographic and sociological methodologies, he provides a compelling account of how people organize themselves to deliver development results. The research was done between Princeton University and the world's top 3 Business School, Copenhagen Business School. It was granted the doctoral degree at the latter and endorsed by professors Erik Maaloe, Hans Gullestrup and Flemming Agersnap. The sociology being developed throughout the narrative draws upon a series of prominent anthropologists, sociologists and management theorists, including Pierre Bourdieu, Clifford Geertz, and Peter Berger, but while standing on the shoulders of these giants, it emerges in its own right and establishes itself as an original contribution to our way of understanding organizing and managing practices in international development cooperation. The author has subsequently established himself as a manager and leading voice of good and strategic management practices and business development in the international development community, and the sociological understanding developed in Development at Work has served as the basis for strategies of several international NGOs.

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Development at Work: Emerging Practices in Integrated Rural Development in Cambodia, Dr. Morten Schmidt [Kindle Edition]
Author: Dr. Morten Schmidt
Publisher: CDP Publishing
Publishing Date: 3rd Edition, 2014
File Size: 1753 KB
Print Length: 543 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00R3K3SOU
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Development at Work represents original research into how organizing and managing practices in a development program emerged during the last years of the civil war in Cambodia. The author visited the international development organisation's Cambodia program first in 1995 and returned again in 1997 and 1998, and based on an original and unorthodox application of both ethnographic and sociological methodologies, he provides a compelling account of how people organize themselves to deliver development results. The research was done between Princeton University and the world's top 3 Business School, Copenhagen Business School. It was granted the doctoral degree at the latter and endorsed by professors Erik Maaloe, Hans Gullestrup and Flemming Agersnap. The sociology being developed throughout the narrative draws upon a series of prominent anthropologists, sociologists and management theorists, including Pierre Bourdieu, Clifford Geertz, and Peter Berger, but while standing on the shoulders of these giants, it emerges in its own right and establishes itself as an original contribution to our way of understanding organizing and managing practices in international development cooperation. The author has subsequently established himself as a manager and leading voice of good and strategic management practices and business development in the international development community, and the sociological understanding developed in Development at Work has served as the basis for strategies of several international NGOs.

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Understanding Buddhist Art in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar [Paperback]

Understanding Buddhist Art in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar [Paperback]

Understanding Buddhist Art in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, Edward Mornin, Lorna Mornin [Paperback]
Author: Edward Mornin, Lorna Mornin
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publishing Date: 2014
Paperback: 146 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1495989925
ISBN-13: 978-1495989926
Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces

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The Buddhist monasteries of Southeast Asia appear to cast an irresistible spell over visitors. Buddhist shrines--including Wat Pho in Bangkok, the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, and the Silver Pagoda in Phnom Penh--rank among the absolutely top tourist attractions in their respective countries. This book provides an informative and attractive guide to the Buddhist statuary, paintings, and other media that so fascinate visitors to mainland Southeast Asia. It also outlines the historical development of Buddhism and the main elements of Buddhist belief. Ninety original color illustrations beautify and enliven this engaging text. Illustrations include classic postures of the Buddha (mudras), and scenes from the Buddha's life and previous incarnations, as well as ornamental features of Buddhist temple architecture.

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Understanding Buddhist Art in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, Edward Mornin, Lorna Mornin [Paperback]
Author: Edward Mornin, Lorna Mornin
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publishing Date: 2014
Paperback: 146 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1495989925
ISBN-13: 978-1495989926
Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces

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The Buddhist monasteries of Southeast Asia appear to cast an irresistible spell over visitors. Buddhist shrines--including Wat Pho in Bangkok, the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, and the Silver Pagoda in Phnom Penh--rank among the absolutely top tourist attractions in their respective countries. This book provides an informative and attractive guide to the Buddhist statuary, paintings, and other media that so fascinate visitors to mainland Southeast Asia. It also outlines the historical development of Buddhism and the main elements of Buddhist belief. Ninety original color illustrations beautify and enliven this engaging text. Illustrations include classic postures of the Buddha (mudras), and scenes from the Buddha's life and previous incarnations, as well as ornamental features of Buddhist temple architecture.

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Fisso's World in Cambodia: Living in a Kingdom of Wonders [Paperback]

Fisso's World in Cambodia: Living in a Kingdom of Wonders [Paperback]

Fisso's World in Cambodia: Living in a Kingdom of Wonders, Sophie Lizeray [Paperback]
Author: Sophie Lizeray
Publisher: Blue Reamker
Publishing Date: 2014
Paperback: 60 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0979562031
ISBN-13: 978-0979562037
Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 0.2 x 6 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces

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What is the secret to riding your motorbike through Cambodia’s torrential monsoon downpours? What do tropical mosquitoes drink when they gatecrash your party? How many people (and bags and babies) can you cram into a car? Fisso's World in Cambodia, Living in a kingdom of wonders, explores the 'whats', 'hows' and 'wows!' of life in Cambodia today with its many contradictions and surprises in a collection of fun, insightful and colorful cartoons by Sophie Lizeray. By the author-illustrator of Wandering Angkor, Fisso’s World in Cambodia brings daily Cambodian adventures to life. Survive the endless intercity bus rides, keep your cool amid erratic electricity and water cuts, navigate Cambodia’s notorious road rules, catch a stomach bug, be serenaded by supersize bull frogs, and celebrate Khmer festivals local style. The cartoon strips were first published in the Phnom Penh Post in 2014 and the book Fisso’s World in Cambodia, Living in a kingdom of wonders brings this year’s cartoons together.

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Fisso's World in Cambodia: Living in a Kingdom of Wonders, Sophie Lizeray [Paperback]
Author: Sophie Lizeray
Publisher: Blue Reamker
Publishing Date: 2014
Paperback: 60 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0979562031
ISBN-13: 978-0979562037
Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 0.2 x 6 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces

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What is the secret to riding your motorbike through Cambodia’s torrential monsoon downpours? What do tropical mosquitoes drink when they gatecrash your party? How many people (and bags and babies) can you cram into a car? Fisso's World in Cambodia, Living in a kingdom of wonders, explores the 'whats', 'hows' and 'wows!' of life in Cambodia today with its many contradictions and surprises in a collection of fun, insightful and colorful cartoons by Sophie Lizeray. By the author-illustrator of Wandering Angkor, Fisso’s World in Cambodia brings daily Cambodian adventures to life. Survive the endless intercity bus rides, keep your cool amid erratic electricity and water cuts, navigate Cambodia’s notorious road rules, catch a stomach bug, be serenaded by supersize bull frogs, and celebrate Khmer festivals local style. The cartoon strips were first published in the Phnom Penh Post in 2014 and the book Fisso’s World in Cambodia, Living in a kingdom of wonders brings this year’s cartoons together.

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Children of the River [Kindle Edition]

Children of the River [Kindle Edition]

Children of the River, Linda Crew [Kindle Edition]
Author: Linda Crew
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Publishing Date: 2009
File Size: 1129 KB
Print Length: 240 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B001PU7WAU
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Sundara fled Cambodia with her aunt's family to escape the Khmer Rouge army when she was thirteen, leaving behind her parents, her brother and sister, and the boy she had loved since she was a child.

Now, four years later, she struggles to fit in at her Oregon high school and to be "a good Cambodian girl" at home. A good Cambodian girl never dates; she waits for her family to arrange her marriage to a Cambodian boy. Yet Sundara and Jonathan, an extraordinary American boy, are powerfully drawn to each other. Haunted by grief for her lost family and for the life left behind, Sundara longs to be with him. At the same time she wonders, Are her hopes for happiness and new life in America disloyal to her past and her people?

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Children of the River, Linda Crew [Kindle Edition]
Author: Linda Crew
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Publishing Date: 2009
File Size: 1129 KB
Print Length: 240 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B001PU7WAU
Format: Kindle Edition, Paperback
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Sundara fled Cambodia with her aunt's family to escape the Khmer Rouge army when she was thirteen, leaving behind her parents, her brother and sister, and the boy she had loved since she was a child.

Now, four years later, she struggles to fit in at her Oregon high school and to be "a good Cambodian girl" at home. A good Cambodian girl never dates; she waits for her family to arrange her marriage to a Cambodian boy. Yet Sundara and Jonathan, an extraordinary American boy, are powerfully drawn to each other. Haunted by grief for her lost family and for the life left behind, Sundara longs to be with him. At the same time she wonders, Are her hopes for happiness and new life in America disloyal to her past and her people?

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Cambodia: The Legends Live On [Kindle Edition]

Cambodia: The Legends Live On [Kindle Edition]

Cambodia: The Legends Live On, Robin Yong [Kindle Edition]
Author: Robin Yong
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
Publishing Date: 2015
File Size: 69423 KB
Print Length: 230 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00TS6L326
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Robin Yong is a no-frills photographer who uses natural light to create stunning and captivating images. In his new photography collection, Cambodia: The Legends Live On, he takes readers on a dazzling journey of discovery with the people and lesser-known places in this beautiful land.

Through his lens, you are invited to travel through the glistening lotus flower fields, where you will meet local children cooling off in the hot sun. Inspired by the mystical waterfalls of Phnom Kulen, the Khmer boxers, and the Cambodian Circus, where students have transformed their lives through performing art, Yong showcases the unique beauty and power of his subjects.

Rather than focus on the ancient temples, the ubiquitous stars of most collections of Cambodian photography, Yong prefers to celebrate the quiet beauty of the country and its people, including the saffron-robed monks at Tonle Sap and the rice fields, or the traditional Apsara dancers.

The result is a set of photographs that reflect the splendour of this country that many travelers do not usually see. Cambodia is a dynamic and developing country with a promising future. After seeing these images, those who have been lucky enough to visit Cambodia will be tempted to visit this beautiful country again.

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Cambodia: The Legends Live On, Robin Yong [Kindle Edition]
Author: Robin Yong
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
Publishing Date: 2015
File Size: 69423 KB
Print Length: 230 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00TS6L326
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Robin Yong is a no-frills photographer who uses natural light to create stunning and captivating images. In his new photography collection, Cambodia: The Legends Live On, he takes readers on a dazzling journey of discovery with the people and lesser-known places in this beautiful land.

Through his lens, you are invited to travel through the glistening lotus flower fields, where you will meet local children cooling off in the hot sun. Inspired by the mystical waterfalls of Phnom Kulen, the Khmer boxers, and the Cambodian Circus, where students have transformed their lives through performing art, Yong showcases the unique beauty and power of his subjects.

Rather than focus on the ancient temples, the ubiquitous stars of most collections of Cambodian photography, Yong prefers to celebrate the quiet beauty of the country and its people, including the saffron-robed monks at Tonle Sap and the rice fields, or the traditional Apsara dancers.

The result is a set of photographs that reflect the splendour of this country that many travelers do not usually see. Cambodia is a dynamic and developing country with a promising future. After seeing these images, those who have been lucky enough to visit Cambodia will be tempted to visit this beautiful country again.

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Status and Potential for the Development of Biofuels and Rural Renewable Energy: Cambodia [Kindle Edition]

Status and Potential for the Development of Biofuels and Rural Renewable Energy: Cambodia [Kindle Edition]

Status and Potential for the Development of Biofuels and Rural Renewable Energy: Cambodia, Asian Development Bank [Kindle Edition]
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2009
File Size: 1194 KB
Language: English
ASIN: B00PXISXNK
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This report contains a detailed assessment of the status and potential for the development of biofuels in Cambodia and presents a country strategy for biofuels development consistent with the Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Strategic Framework for Biofuel Development. The findings of the report were endorsed at the Fifth Meeting of the Greater Mekong Subregion Working Group on Agriculture on 22-24 September 2008 in Vientiane, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
Status and Potential for the Development of Biofuels and Rural Renewable Energy: Cambodia, Asian Development Bank [Kindle Edition]
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2009
File Size: 1194 KB
Language: English
ASIN: B00PXISXNK
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This report contains a detailed assessment of the status and potential for the development of biofuels in Cambodia and presents a country strategy for biofuels development consistent with the Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Strategic Framework for Biofuel Development. The findings of the report were endorsed at the Fifth Meeting of the Greater Mekong Subregion Working Group on Agriculture on 22-24 September 2008 in Vientiane, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
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Cambodia: Entering a New Phase of Growth [Paperback]

Cambodia: Entering a New Phase of Growth [Paperback]

Cambodia: Entering a New Phase of Growth, Olaf Unteroberdoerster [Paperback]
Author: Olaf Unteroberdoerster (Editor)
Publisher: Intl Monetary Fund
Publishing Date: 2014
Paperback: 154 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1475560788
ISBN-13: 978-1475560787
Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces

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Cambodia is poised to join a new generation of Asian frontier economies transitioning from low-income to emerging-market. But the path to greater and more shared prosperity requires a solid foundation of sound macroeconomic policies, enabling new growth drivers, tackling a highly dollarized and fragmented financial system, and creating more fiscal policy space to help meet Cambodia's vast development needs. This book first takes a closer look at the key economic challenges Cambodia faces at the current juncture, highlighting Cambodia's structural and financial constraints to growth as well as shifting vulnerabilities as Asia rebalances. It then lays out how a strategy of fiscal and financial sector policies, from creating a fairer and more buoyant tax system to modernizing financial instruments, markets and supervision, can help mobilize the resources and tools needed for one of Asia's youngest and fastest-growing populations to enjoy more self-sustaining and inclusive growth.

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Cambodia: Entering a New Phase of Growth, Olaf Unteroberdoerster [Paperback]
Author: Olaf Unteroberdoerster (Editor)
Publisher: Intl Monetary Fund
Publishing Date: 2014
Paperback: 154 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1475560788
ISBN-13: 978-1475560787
Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces

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Cambodia is poised to join a new generation of Asian frontier economies transitioning from low-income to emerging-market. But the path to greater and more shared prosperity requires a solid foundation of sound macroeconomic policies, enabling new growth drivers, tackling a highly dollarized and fragmented financial system, and creating more fiscal policy space to help meet Cambodia's vast development needs. This book first takes a closer look at the key economic challenges Cambodia faces at the current juncture, highlighting Cambodia's structural and financial constraints to growth as well as shifting vulnerabilities as Asia rebalances. It then lays out how a strategy of fiscal and financial sector policies, from creating a fairer and more buoyant tax system to modernizing financial instruments, markets and supervision, can help mobilize the resources and tools needed for one of Asia's youngest and fastest-growing populations to enjoy more self-sustaining and inclusive growth.

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21 Modern Brick and Mortar Business Ideas for Cambodia: 21 Startup Ideas for Cambodia [Kindle Edition]

21 Modern Brick and Mortar Business Ideas for Cambodia: 21 Startup Ideas for Cambodia [Kindle Edition]

21 Modern "Brick and Mortar" Business Ideas for Cambodia: 21 Startup Ideas for Cambodia, by Claude Acero [Kindle Edition]
Author: Claude Acero
Publisher: ...
Publishing Date: 2014
File Size: 586 KB
Print Length: 29 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00JLFBBOE
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Are you thinking about settling down in Cambodia? Is Cambodia calling you? Although without a solid and realistic business idea there's not much point in leaving your home country in the first place; you need a realistic business idea to start with. These 21 business ideas outlined in this book are "real life", modern "brick and mortar" suggestions; business ideas specifically suitable for Cambodia; this book will help you to get started; you also find the latest business trends as well as practical advice for doing business in Cambodia, go for it now!

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21 Modern "Brick and Mortar" Business Ideas for Cambodia: 21 Startup Ideas for Cambodia, by Claude Acero [Kindle Edition]
Author: Claude Acero
Publisher: ...
Publishing Date: 2014
File Size: 586 KB
Print Length: 29 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00JLFBBOE
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Are you thinking about settling down in Cambodia? Is Cambodia calling you? Although without a solid and realistic business idea there's not much point in leaving your home country in the first place; you need a realistic business idea to start with. These 21 business ideas outlined in this book are "real life", modern "brick and mortar" suggestions; business ideas specifically suitable for Cambodia; this book will help you to get started; you also find the latest business trends as well as practical advice for doing business in Cambodia, go for it now!

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Living a Good Life in Cambodia on The Cheap [Kindle Edition]

Living a Good Life in Cambodia on The Cheap [Kindle Edition]

Living a Good Life in Cambodia on The Cheap - Jan Lahote [Kindle Edition]
Author: Jan Lahote
Publisher: Hau Huntian
Publishing Date: 2013
File Size: 186 KB
Print Length: 45 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00E3QZGW4
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What's it like to live in Cambodia? What does it cost? What kinds of issues must be dealt with?

A true account of a man who decided to pack up and leave the United States behind to begin a new life in the Kingdom of Wonder.

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Living a Good Life in Cambodia on The Cheap - Jan Lahote [Kindle Edition]
Author: Jan Lahote
Publisher: Hau Huntian
Publishing Date: 2013
File Size: 186 KB
Print Length: 45 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00E3QZGW4
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What's it like to live in Cambodia? What does it cost? What kinds of issues must be dealt with?

A true account of a man who decided to pack up and leave the United States behind to begin a new life in the Kingdom of Wonder.

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For the Sake of All Living Things: A Novel [Kindle Edition]

For the Sake of All Living Things: A Novel [Kindle Edition]

For the Sake of All Living Things: A Novel - John M. Del Vecchio [Kindle Edition]
Author: John M. Del Vecchio
Publisher: Warriors Publishing Group
Publishing Date: 2013
File Size: 1979 KB
Print Length: 750 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00BBPWBUA
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John M. Del Vecchio's searing bestseller The 13th Valley was praised as one of the most powerful works of literature to emerge from the Vietnam experience. Now back in print comes an even more stunning achievement: For the Sake of All Living Things.

In this unflinching and unforgettable epic saga, Del Vecchio re-creates the violence and horror of Vietnam's parallel tragedy—the Cambodian holocaust—as seen through the eyes of a Cambodian family and the American adviser whose fate becomes irrevocable linked with theirs. A sweeping tale of savagery and survival that pits parents and children against both the North Vietnamese invaders and the unprecedented ferocity of the Khmer Rouge, For the Sake of All Living Things is an unrelenting, ultimately inspiring chronicle of conflict and redemption in the killing fields.

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For the Sake of All Living Things: A Novel - John M. Del Vecchio [Kindle Edition]
Author: John M. Del Vecchio
Publisher: Warriors Publishing Group
Publishing Date: 2013
File Size: 1979 KB
Print Length: 750 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00BBPWBUA
Format: Kindle Edition, Paperback
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John M. Del Vecchio's searing bestseller The 13th Valley was praised as one of the most powerful works of literature to emerge from the Vietnam experience. Now back in print comes an even more stunning achievement: For the Sake of All Living Things.

In this unflinching and unforgettable epic saga, Del Vecchio re-creates the violence and horror of Vietnam's parallel tragedy—the Cambodian holocaust—as seen through the eyes of a Cambodian family and the American adviser whose fate becomes irrevocable linked with theirs. A sweeping tale of savagery and survival that pits parents and children against both the North Vietnamese invaders and the unprecedented ferocity of the Khmer Rouge, For the Sake of All Living Things is an unrelenting, ultimately inspiring chronicle of conflict and redemption in the killing fields.

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Zero Hour in Phnom Penh [Kindle Edition]

Zero Hour in Phnom Penh [Kindle Edition]

Zero Hour in Phnom Penh - Christopher G. Moore [Kindle Edition]
Author: Christopher G. Moore
Publisher: Heaven Lake Press
Publishing Date: 2010
File Size: 747 KB
Print Length: 346 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B004FN1ZSE
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2004 German Critics Award for Crime Fiction and Winner of 2007 Premier Special Director Book Award Semana Negra, Spain

Moore does a great job in Zero Hour of depicting two places I hope to never be - a seedy lakeside brothel, which doubles as a murder scene and the inside of a real life Cambodian prison, where life is not just cheap, to some it's worthless. Moore seeks out societies at crossroads and he finds one in Cambodia, but in the process he tells the reader a ripper of a yarn with the added bonus of making us realize how unlucky some people are or conversely how lucky we are.

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Zero Hour in Phnom Penh - Christopher G. Moore [Kindle Edition]
Author: Christopher G. Moore
Publisher: Heaven Lake Press
Publishing Date: 2010
File Size: 747 KB
Print Length: 346 pages
Language: English
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2004 German Critics Award for Crime Fiction and Winner of 2007 Premier Special Director Book Award Semana Negra, Spain

Moore does a great job in Zero Hour of depicting two places I hope to never be - a seedy lakeside brothel, which doubles as a murder scene and the inside of a real life Cambodian prison, where life is not just cheap, to some it's worthless. Moore seeks out societies at crossroads and he finds one in Cambodia, but in the process he tells the reader a ripper of a yarn with the added bonus of making us realize how unlucky some people are or conversely how lucky we are.

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Setting Mekong Sun [Kindle Edition]

Setting Mekong Sun [Kindle Edition]

Setting Mekong Sun - Andrew James Pritchard  [Kindle Edition]
Author: Andrew James Pritchard
Publisher: Cheeky Bugger Publications
Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2014
File Size: 580 KB
Print Length: 134 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00JIYOSFM
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A boat load of Cambodian refugees beaching upon a Thailand shore brings Anousak, formerly of the Khmer Rouge, to sanctuary after years of civil war and personal misery. Thinking back to his youth in Laos he reflects on his childhood with his friends Siva, who was like a brother to him; and Mekra, the young woman over whom both boys had fiercely competed for while she had tried to decide which of the two she loved most. Betrayed by his best friend and following a family tragedy, Anousak and his mother move to Cambodia to be under the care of relatives. There Anousak soon finds himself caught-up in the political turmoil which brought the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot into power, only once again to meet-up with Siva. Will their friendship mend, will they both survive the atrocities surrounding them, and will either of them reunite with Mekra now that she is no longer in either man’s life? What will the future hold for them is it true that somewhere down the gentle flowing river, ever rippling, their love will live for ever more?

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Setting Mekong Sun - Andrew James Pritchard  [Kindle Edition]
Author: Andrew James Pritchard
Publisher: Cheeky Bugger Publications
Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2014
File Size: 580 KB
Print Length: 134 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00JIYOSFM
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A boat load of Cambodian refugees beaching upon a Thailand shore brings Anousak, formerly of the Khmer Rouge, to sanctuary after years of civil war and personal misery. Thinking back to his youth in Laos he reflects on his childhood with his friends Siva, who was like a brother to him; and Mekra, the young woman over whom both boys had fiercely competed for while she had tried to decide which of the two she loved most. Betrayed by his best friend and following a family tragedy, Anousak and his mother move to Cambodia to be under the care of relatives. There Anousak soon finds himself caught-up in the political turmoil which brought the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot into power, only once again to meet-up with Siva. Will their friendship mend, will they both survive the atrocities surrounding them, and will either of them reunite with Mekra now that she is no longer in either man’s life? What will the future hold for them is it true that somewhere down the gentle flowing river, ever rippling, their love will live for ever more?

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The Happiness of this World [Kindle Edition]

The Happiness of this World [Kindle Edition]

The Happiness of this World - Karl Kirchwey [Kindle Edition]
Author: Karl Kirchwey
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Publishing Date: 2007
File Size: 176 KB
Print Length: 140 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B000S1LFJQ
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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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The Happiness of this World - Karl Kirchwey [Kindle Edition]
Author: Karl Kirchwey
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Publishing Date: 2007
File Size: 176 KB
Print Length: 140 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B000S1LFJQ
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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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The Kings of Angkor: Army of a Thousand Elephants [Kindle Edition]

The Kings of Angkor: Army of a Thousand Elephants [Kindle Edition]

The Kings of Angkor: Army of a Thousand Elephants - Mary Moriarty [Kindle Edition]
Author: Mary Moriarty
Publisher: ...
Publishing Date: 2013
File Size: 378 KB
Print Length: 274 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00CS7HOU2
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Among the mystic plains and mountains of Cambodia, a dedicated archaeologist, Anna Oldenburg, suddenly finds herself inexplicably thrust a midst the life and times—ancient and modern—of the nation that once had the vision to create the magnificent Angkor Wat.

In the royal courts of Suryavarman II, Anna would come to know friendship, honor, courage, and the one unimaginable love that seems as timeless and consuming as she could make of it.

The corrupting influence of power, however, courses in the veins of those who are madly after it, past and present, and Anna finds herself at the center of intrigues, threatening to destroy those who have become dear to her—even her own life.

Along with the people who have become everything to her, Anna must deal with the forces who mean to destroy her or confine her to eternal oblivion, if they could just have their way.

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The Kings of Angkor: Army of a Thousand Elephants - Mary Moriarty [Kindle Edition]
Author: Mary Moriarty
Publisher: ...
Publishing Date: 2013
File Size: 378 KB
Print Length: 274 pages
Language: English
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Among the mystic plains and mountains of Cambodia, a dedicated archaeologist, Anna Oldenburg, suddenly finds herself inexplicably thrust a midst the life and times—ancient and modern—of the nation that once had the vision to create the magnificent Angkor Wat.

In the royal courts of Suryavarman II, Anna would come to know friendship, honor, courage, and the one unimaginable love that seems as timeless and consuming as she could make of it.

The corrupting influence of power, however, courses in the veins of those who are madly after it, past and present, and Anna finds herself at the center of intrigues, threatening to destroy those who have become dear to her—even her own life.

Along with the people who have become everything to her, Anna must deal with the forces who mean to destroy her or confine her to eternal oblivion, if they could just have their way.

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The Scent of Rumduol: A Cambodian Novel [Kindle Edition]

The Scent of Rumduol: A Cambodian Novel [Kindle Edition]

The Scent of Rumduol: A Cambodian Novel - Andy J. Hill [Kindle Edition]
Author: Andy J. Hill
Publisher: Andy J. Hill
Publishing Date: 2013
File Size: 444 KB
Print Length: 228 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00DYFOFTK
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Sothea wants to be a famous writer, the most famous in all of Cambodia, to write about her life, and all the bad things that happen to children in her country. And the good things, as well. Her best friend suggests that there needs to be romance too, as all the best stories have a romance.

Sokhem wants to be a web designer, and to create his own site, uncovering the things that nobody likes to talk about in Cambodia; the stuff that gets swept under the rug. His little brother, Vithu, wants to change the world, after he has finished school, gone to university, traveled, and read everything there is to read and learned everything that can be learned.

Kosal worries for his country, and feels that the Cambodian people are lost. His master has sent him from the pagoda on a seven year pilgrimage to find understanding, and perhaps even enlightenment.

The Scent of Rumduol is a modern day tale of stolen childhoods; of children forced to survive the exigencies of a world epitomized by poverty, violence, drugs, child exploitation, and sexual abuse. It is the story of four orphans whose lives touch, and are touched, by others - including a teenage prostitute, a former Khmer Rouge guard, and a disillusioned aid worker - in ways nobody could ever have imagined.

It is a story of hope, resolve, love, karma, and, ultimately, of triumph over adversity.

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The Scent of Rumduol: A Cambodian Novel - Andy J. Hill [Kindle Edition]
Author: Andy J. Hill
Publisher: Andy J. Hill
Publishing Date: 2013
File Size: 444 KB
Print Length: 228 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00DYFOFTK
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Sothea wants to be a famous writer, the most famous in all of Cambodia, to write about her life, and all the bad things that happen to children in her country. And the good things, as well. Her best friend suggests that there needs to be romance too, as all the best stories have a romance.

Sokhem wants to be a web designer, and to create his own site, uncovering the things that nobody likes to talk about in Cambodia; the stuff that gets swept under the rug. His little brother, Vithu, wants to change the world, after he has finished school, gone to university, traveled, and read everything there is to read and learned everything that can be learned.

Kosal worries for his country, and feels that the Cambodian people are lost. His master has sent him from the pagoda on a seven year pilgrimage to find understanding, and perhaps even enlightenment.

The Scent of Rumduol is a modern day tale of stolen childhoods; of children forced to survive the exigencies of a world epitomized by poverty, violence, drugs, child exploitation, and sexual abuse. It is the story of four orphans whose lives touch, and are touched, by others - including a teenage prostitute, a former Khmer Rouge guard, and a disillusioned aid worker - in ways nobody could ever have imagined.

It is a story of hope, resolve, love, karma, and, ultimately, of triumph over adversity.

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Real Strength Cambodia: A Chapbook Nonfictional Poetry [Kindle Edition]

Real Strength Cambodia: A Chapbook Nonfictional Poetry [Kindle Edition]

Real Strength Cambodia: A Chapbook Nonfictional Poetry - Kenneth Christiansen [Kindle Edition]
Author: Kenneth Christiansen
Publisher: ...
Publishing Date: 2012
File Size: 710 KB
Print Length: 57 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B0096XP4EY
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Real Strength Cambodia is a Chapbook of nonfictional poetry inspired by an intense, fifteen day trip to Cambodia and much subsequent research and reading. The guide was Sophal Leng Stagg, survivor of the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia and author of Hear Me Now, Tragedy in Cambodia (Mancorp Publishing, 1998). Topics explored include first impressions, daily life, the Khmer Rouge era, land mine removal, Cambodian-US relations in the 1970's, experiences of Sophal Leng Stagg under the Khmer Rouge, and activities of the Southeast Asian Children's Mercy Fund which Sophal founded in 1998.

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Real Strength Cambodia: A Chapbook Nonfictional Poetry - Kenneth Christiansen [Kindle Edition]
Author: Kenneth Christiansen
Publisher: ...
Publishing Date: 2012
File Size: 710 KB
Print Length: 57 pages
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Real Strength Cambodia is a Chapbook of nonfictional poetry inspired by an intense, fifteen day trip to Cambodia and much subsequent research and reading. The guide was Sophal Leng Stagg, survivor of the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia and author of Hear Me Now, Tragedy in Cambodia (Mancorp Publishing, 1998). Topics explored include first impressions, daily life, the Khmer Rouge era, land mine removal, Cambodian-US relations in the 1970's, experiences of Sophal Leng Stagg under the Khmer Rouge, and activities of the Southeast Asian Children's Mercy Fund which Sophal founded in 1998.

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A Woman of Angkor: A Novel [Kindle Edition]

A Woman of Angkor: A Novel [Kindle Edition]

A Woman of Angkor: A Novel - John Burgess [Kindle Edition]
Author: John Burgess
Publisher: River Books
Publishing Date: 2013
File Size: 990 KB
Print Length: 502 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00DCCQN5E
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Praise for A Woman of Angkor:

'Burgess has done something that I believe is unique in modern writing: set a credible and seemingly authentic tale in the courts and temples of ancient Angkor to stir the imagination and excite our historical interest.' -John le Carré

'A Woman of Angkor is a powerful work of imagination that takes the reader to a faraway time and place and makes the story vividly real. Through the voice of his heroine, Sray, John Burgess conjures a story of a Khmer family whose lives are interwoven with the building of the magical, mysterious temple of Angkor Wat. This is historical fiction with a difference--about a people whose history has been obscured and abandoned like the magnificent shrine that for so many centuries lay hidden in the jungle.' -David Ignatius, columnist for The Washington Post and author of Bloodmoney

'A poignant glimpse into the daily life of Twelfth Century Cambodia. Do you want to know who were the people who built the temples, grew the rice and served in the palace guard? Read A Woman of Angkor.' -Dawn Rooney, author of Angkor: Cambodia's Wondrous Khmer Temples

'A wonderful and compelling story that vividly evokes the glory, violence, and beauty of the vanished Khmer Empire, as told through the testimony of one remarkable woman. This is a real page-turner of a narrative in which Burgess brings us into the dangerous world of palace intrigues and into the lives of Angkor's ordinary people.' -Michael D. Coe, author of Angkor and the Khmer Civilization

This first novel by former Washington Post journalist John Burgess is historically accurate and a very imaginative telling of the history of World Heritage Site Angkor.

'Pure and beautiful, she glows like the moon behind clouds.'

The time is the 12th Century, the place Cambodia, birthplace of the lost Angkor civilisation. In a village behind a towering stone temple lives a young woman named Sray, whom neighbors liken to the heroine of a Hindu epic. Hiding a dangerous secret, she is content with quiet obscurity, but one rainy season afternoon is called to a life of prominence in the royal court. There her faith and loyalties are tested by attentions from the great king Suryavarman II. Struggling to keep her devotion is her husband Nol, palace confidante and master of the silk parasols that were symbols of the monarch's rank.

This lovingly crafted novel revives the rites and rhythms of the ancient culture that built the temples of Angkor, then abandoned them to the jungle. In telling her tale, Sray takes the reader to a hilltop monastery, a concubine pavilion and across the seas to the throne room of imperial China. She witnesses the construction of the largest of the temples, Angkor Wat, and offers an explanation for its greatest mystery-why it broke with centuries of tradition to face west instead of east.

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A Woman of Angkor: A Novel - John Burgess [Kindle Edition]
Author: John Burgess
Publisher: River Books
Publishing Date: 2013
File Size: 990 KB
Print Length: 502 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00DCCQN5E
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Praise for A Woman of Angkor:

'Burgess has done something that I believe is unique in modern writing: set a credible and seemingly authentic tale in the courts and temples of ancient Angkor to stir the imagination and excite our historical interest.' -John le Carré

'A Woman of Angkor is a powerful work of imagination that takes the reader to a faraway time and place and makes the story vividly real. Through the voice of his heroine, Sray, John Burgess conjures a story of a Khmer family whose lives are interwoven with the building of the magical, mysterious temple of Angkor Wat. This is historical fiction with a difference--about a people whose history has been obscured and abandoned like the magnificent shrine that for so many centuries lay hidden in the jungle.' -David Ignatius, columnist for The Washington Post and author of Bloodmoney

'A poignant glimpse into the daily life of Twelfth Century Cambodia. Do you want to know who were the people who built the temples, grew the rice and served in the palace guard? Read A Woman of Angkor.' -Dawn Rooney, author of Angkor: Cambodia's Wondrous Khmer Temples

'A wonderful and compelling story that vividly evokes the glory, violence, and beauty of the vanished Khmer Empire, as told through the testimony of one remarkable woman. This is a real page-turner of a narrative in which Burgess brings us into the dangerous world of palace intrigues and into the lives of Angkor's ordinary people.' -Michael D. Coe, author of Angkor and the Khmer Civilization

This first novel by former Washington Post journalist John Burgess is historically accurate and a very imaginative telling of the history of World Heritage Site Angkor.

'Pure and beautiful, she glows like the moon behind clouds.'

The time is the 12th Century, the place Cambodia, birthplace of the lost Angkor civilisation. In a village behind a towering stone temple lives a young woman named Sray, whom neighbors liken to the heroine of a Hindu epic. Hiding a dangerous secret, she is content with quiet obscurity, but one rainy season afternoon is called to a life of prominence in the royal court. There her faith and loyalties are tested by attentions from the great king Suryavarman II. Struggling to keep her devotion is her husband Nol, palace confidante and master of the silk parasols that were symbols of the monarch's rank.

This lovingly crafted novel revives the rites and rhythms of the ancient culture that built the temples of Angkor, then abandoned them to the jungle. In telling her tale, Sray takes the reader to a hilltop monastery, a concubine pavilion and across the seas to the throne room of imperial China. She witnesses the construction of the largest of the temples, Angkor Wat, and offers an explanation for its greatest mystery-why it broke with centuries of tradition to face west instead of east.

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