Return to Clay [Paperback]

Return to Clay [Paperback]

Return to Clay [Paperback]

Author: George Groslier, Kent Davis (Editor), Henri Copin (Preface) Publisher: DatASIA, Inc. Publishing Date: 2014 Paperback: 276 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 193443194X ISBN-13: 978-1934431948 Format: Paperback Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.6 x 9.6 inches Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces Buy at Amazon

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Charged with constructing a great bridge, Frenchman Claude Rollin travels to Cambodia with his wife Raymonde, who reluctantly sacrifices her high-society Parisian life. She adapts poorly, suffering from homesickness, fever and depression, colored by an innate fear of the local people. Claude, however, gradually embraces the natural beauty, values and purity of the gentle kingdom. Then he meets Kamlang, a native girl with whom he forges "a relationship unlike any he had ever imagined, or could imagine, while still bound by his Western values." His decisions result in anguish, betrayal, violence and-ultimately-epiphany. George Groslier-one of the greatest witnesses of colonial Cambodia-won the 1929 Grand Prix de Littérature Coloniale for his tour de force novel, presented here in English for the first time, with the complete original French text. "I will settle in the loveliest places," proclaims the hero, late in the novel. This is the dream that Groslier, with his painterly talent and powerful, delicate pen, expresses so well, imbuing these places with some of the deepest significance to be found in the colonial period... Rejoice, dear reader, for you too can now discover these places, forever vanished yet eternally alive. - Professor Henri Copin, Preface

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Author: George Groslier, Kent Davis (Editor), Henri Copin (Preface) Publisher: DatASIA, Inc. Publishing Date: 2014 Paperback: 276 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 193443194X ISBN-13: 978-1934431948 Format: Paperback Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.6 x 9.6 inches Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces Buy at Amazon

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Charged with constructing a great bridge, Frenchman Claude Rollin travels to Cambodia with his wife Raymonde, who reluctantly sacrifices her high-society Parisian life. She adapts poorly, suffering from homesickness, fever and depression, colored by an innate fear of the local people. Claude, however, gradually embraces the natural beauty, values and purity of the gentle kingdom. Then he meets Kamlang, a native girl with whom he forges "a relationship unlike any he had ever imagined, or could imagine, while still bound by his Western values." His decisions result in anguish, betrayal, violence and-ultimately-epiphany. George Groslier-one of the greatest witnesses of colonial Cambodia-won the 1929 Grand Prix de Littérature Coloniale for his tour de force novel, presented here in English for the first time, with the complete original French text. "I will settle in the loveliest places," proclaims the hero, late in the novel. This is the dream that Groslier, with his painterly talent and powerful, delicate pen, expresses so well, imbuing these places with some of the deepest significance to be found in the colonial period... Rejoice, dear reader, for you too can now discover these places, forever vanished yet eternally alive. - Professor Henri Copin, Preface

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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 [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) Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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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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) Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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 [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 Buy at Amazon

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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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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 Buy at Amazon

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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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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 [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 Buy at Amazon

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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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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 Buy at Amazon

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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 [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 Text-to-Speech: Not enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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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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 Text-to-Speech: Not enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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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Drugs for Cambodia [Paperback]

Drugs for Cambodia [Paperback]

Drugs for Cambodia [Paperback]

Author: Gildon Beall Publisher: lulu.com Publishing Date: 2013 Paperback: 214 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1304507505 ISBN-13: 978-1304507501 Format: Paperback Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces Buy at Amazon

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Jim Pedneault wants to help people with Aids so he accepts an offer by Forbes Pharma to test an experimental drug in Cambodia. He is joined by a Cambodian nurse, Khieu Battayan, who soon becomes the central figure in the treatment clinic. The drug's initial promising results are followed by serious side effects. Angela Daniels, sent to restrain Khieu, instead joins him. Scott Pierson, the Forbes project manager, hides dangerous animal data and attempts to silence Khieu and Angela.

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Author: Gildon Beall Publisher: lulu.com Publishing Date: 2013 Paperback: 214 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1304507505 ISBN-13: 978-1304507501 Format: Paperback Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces Buy at Amazon

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Jim Pedneault wants to help people with Aids so he accepts an offer by Forbes Pharma to test an experimental drug in Cambodia. He is joined by a Cambodian nurse, Khieu Battayan, who soon becomes the central figure in the treatment clinic. The drug's initial promising results are followed by serious side effects. Angela Daniels, sent to restrain Khieu, instead joins him. Scott Pierson, the Forbes project manager, hides dangerous animal data and attempts to silence Khieu and Angela.

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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 [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 Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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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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 Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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 [Paperback]

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

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

Author: John M. Del Vecchio Publisher: Warriors Publishing Group Publishing Date: 2013 Paperback: 750 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0985338881 ISBN-13: 978-0985338886 Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1.5 inches Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds Buy at Amazon

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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 Viet Nam 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 Viet Nam’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. "Harrowing... [Del Vecchio] has added another memorable book to the literature of the Southeast Asian conflict." —The New York Times Book Review "Nothing can prepare the reader for the experience of this book." —The Dallas Morning News "Exhaustive, emotionally powerful... Del Vecchio brilliantly portrays the labyrinthine tragedies that led to the 1970s cataclysm in Cambodia." —Publishers Weekly

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Author: John M. Del Vecchio Publisher: Warriors Publishing Group Publishing Date: 2013 Paperback: 750 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 0985338881 ISBN-13: 978-0985338886 Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1.5 inches Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds Buy at Amazon

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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 Viet Nam 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 Viet Nam’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. "Harrowing... [Del Vecchio] has added another memorable book to the literature of the Southeast Asian conflict." —The New York Times Book Review "Nothing can prepare the reader for the experience of this book." —The Dallas Morning News "Exhaustive, emotionally powerful... Del Vecchio brilliantly portrays the labyrinthine tragedies that led to the 1970s cataclysm in Cambodia." —Publishers Weekly

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Zero Hour in Phnom Penh [Kindle Edition]

Zero Hour in Phnom Penh [Kindle Edition]

Zero Hour in Phnom Penh [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 Format: Kindle Edition, Paperback Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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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Author: Christopher G. Moore Publisher: Heaven Lake Press Publishing Date: 2010 File Size: 747 KB Print Length: 346 pages Language: English ASIN: B004FN1ZSE Format: Kindle Edition, Paperback Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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 [Paperback]

Zero Hour in Phnom Penh [Paperback]

Zero Hour in Phnom Penh [Paperback]

Author: Christopher G. Moore Publisher: Heaven Lake Press Publishing Date: 2011 Paperback: 346 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 6167503001 ISBN-13: 978-6167503004 Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches Shipping Weight: 12 ounces Buy at Amazon

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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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Author: Christopher G. Moore Publisher: Heaven Lake Press Publishing Date: 2011 Paperback: 346 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 6167503001 ISBN-13: 978-6167503004 Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches Shipping Weight: 12 ounces Buy at Amazon

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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 [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 Format: Kindle Edition Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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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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 Format: Kindle Edition Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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 [Kindle Edition]

Author: Karl Kirchwey Publisher: Putnam Adult Publishing Date: 2007 File Size: 176 KB Print Length: 140 pages Language: English ASIN: B000S1LFJQ Format: Kindle Edition, Hardcover Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled 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: 2007 File Size: 176 KB Print Length: 140 pages Language: English ASIN: B000S1LFJQ Format: Kindle Edition, Hardcover Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled 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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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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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 [Kindle Edition]

Author: Mary Moriarty Publisher: ... Publishing Date: 2013 File Size: 378 KB Print Length: 274 pages Language: English ASIN: B00CS7HOU2 Format: Kindle Edition, Paperback Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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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Author: Mary Moriarty Publisher: ... Publishing Date: 2013 File Size: 378 KB Print Length: 274 pages Language: English ASIN: B00CS7HOU2 Format: Kindle Edition, Paperback Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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 [Paperback]

The Kings of Angkor: Army of a Thousand Elephants [Paperback]

The Kings of Angkor: Army of a Thousand Elephants [Paperback]

Author: Mary Moriarty Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Co. Inc. Publishing Date: 2012 Paperback: 274 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1434912639 ISBN-13: 978-1434912633 Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 5.9 x 8.9 inches Shipping Weight: 12 ounces Buy at Amazon

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Among the mystic plains and mountains of Cambodia, a dedicated archeologist, Anna Oldenburg, suddenly finds herself inexplicably thrust amidst 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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Author: Mary Moriarty Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Co. Inc. Publishing Date: 2012 Paperback: 274 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1434912639 ISBN-13: 978-1434912633 Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 5.9 x 8.9 inches Shipping Weight: 12 ounces Buy at Amazon

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Among the mystic plains and mountains of Cambodia, a dedicated archeologist, Anna Oldenburg, suddenly finds herself inexplicably thrust amidst 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 [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 Format: Kindle Edition Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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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Author: Andy J. Hill Publisher: Andy J. Hill Publishing Date: 2013 File Size: 444 KB Print Length: 228 pages Language: English ASIN: B00DYFOFTK Format: Kindle Edition Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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 [Kindle Edition]

Author: Kenneth Christiansen Publisher: ... Publishing Date: 2012 File Size: 710 KB Print Length: 57 pages Language: English ASIN: B0096XP4EY Format: Kindle Edition Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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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Author: Kenneth Christiansen Publisher: ... Publishing Date: 2012 File Size: 710 KB Print Length: 57 pages Language: English ASIN: B0096XP4EY Format: Kindle Edition Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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 [Kindle Edition]

Author: John Burgess Publisher: River Books Publishing Date: 2013 File Size: 990 KB Print Length: 502 pages Language: English ASIN: B00DCCQN5E Format: Kindle Edition, Paperback Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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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Author: John Burgess Publisher: River Books Publishing Date: 2013 File Size: 990 KB Print Length: 502 pages Language: English ASIN: B00DCCQN5E Format: Kindle Edition, Paperback Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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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 [Paperback]

A Woman of Angkor: A Novel [Paperback]

A Woman of Angkor: A Novel [Paperback]

Author: John Burgess Publisher: River Books Press Dist A C Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2013 Paperback: 500 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 6167339252 ISBN-13: 978-6167339252 Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds Buy at Amazon

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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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Author: John Burgess Publisher: River Books Press Dist A C Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2013 Paperback: 500 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 6167339252 ISBN-13: 978-6167339252 Format: Paperback, Kindle Edition Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds Buy at Amazon

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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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Cambodia In My Dream: Short Stories and Poems [Kindle Edition]

Cambodia In My Dream: Short Stories and Poems [Kindle Edition]

Cambodia In My Dream: Short Stories and Poems [Kindle Edition]

Author: Santel Phin Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2013 File Size: 1335 KB Print Length: 68 pages Language: English ASIN: B00COXM1LW Format: Kindle Edition, Paperback Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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Cambodia In My Dream is a collection of short stories and poems, written by award-winning writer Santel Phin. It's the best of his writing since the last 10 years.

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Author: Santel Phin Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Publishing Date: 1st Edition, 2013 File Size: 1335 KB Print Length: 68 pages Language: English ASIN: B00COXM1LW Format: Kindle Edition, Paperback Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Lending: Not Enabled Buy at Amazon

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Cambodia In My Dream is a collection of short stories and poems, written by award-winning writer Santel Phin. It's the best of his writing since the last 10 years.

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