Southeast category: 2400 books
Bali Chronicles
Fascinating People and Events in Balinese History
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2012
This book tells the story of Bali-the "paradise island of the Pacific"-its rulers and its people, and their encounters with the Western world.
Balinese history tells a fascinating story. For a thousand years, the peculiar splendor of BalineseHindu culture came very close to satisfying...
by William Warren
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
With colorful, vivid photography and insightful commentary, this pictorial and Thailand travel guide offers readers a glimpse at a dynamic country and its people.
Thailand has many claims on the title "Golden Kingdom." It is a country of shimmering wats, its monarchy is still deeply...
A Brief History Of Bali
Piracy, Slavery, Opium and Guns: The Story of a Pacific Paradise
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
This book tells the story of Bali—the "paradise island of the Pacific"—its rulers and its people, and their encounters with the Western world.
Bali is a perennially popular tourist destination. It is also home to a fascinating people with a long and dramatic history of interactions...
Living House
An Anthropology of Architecture in South-East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
The Living House is a pioneering work by respected anthropologist Roxana Waterson that has become a classic in its field. It is first book of its kind to present a detailed picture of houses within the complex social and symbolic fabric of indigenous South-East Asian peoples.
The main focus...
by Professor M.C. Ricklefs
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2008
Recognised as the most authoritative general account of Indonesia, this revised and expanded fourth edition has been updated in the light of new scholarship. New chapters at the end of the book bring the story up to the present day, including discussion of recent events such as the 2002 Bali terrorist bombings and the 2004 tsunami.
Siege of the Spirits
Community and Polity in Bangkok
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
What happens when three hundred alleged squatters go head-to-head with an enormous city government looking to develop the place where they live? As anthropologist Michael Herzfeld shows in this book, the answer can be surprising. He tells the story of Pom Mahakan, a tiny enclave in the heart of old...
Laughing at Leviathan
Sovereignty and Audience in West Papua
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
For West Papua and its people, the promise of sovereignty has never been realized, despite a long and fraught struggle for independence from Indonesia. In Laughing at Leviathan, Danilyn Rutherford examines this struggle through a series of interlocking essays that drive at the core meaning of sovereignty...
Not Quite Paradise
An American Sojourn in Sri Lanka
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
A chronicle of life on the resplendent island, combining the immediacy of memoir with the vividness of travelogue and reportage
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Adele Barker and her son, Noah, settled into the central highlands of Sri Lanka for an eighteen-month sojourn, immersing themselves in the customs, cultures, and landscapes...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Navigating the various regions during your trip to Thailand is a breeze with this handy Tuttle travel atlas. Designed for the adventurous traveler, and containing all the maps you'll need on your explorations, this atlas includes many views that are not available on other maps of Thailand.
The...
Vietnam's Communist Revolution
The Power and Limits of Ideology
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
By tracing the evolving worldview of Vietnamese communists over 80 years as they led Vietnam through wars, social revolution, and peaceful development, this book shows the depth and resilience of their commitment to the communist utopia in their foreign policy. Unearthing new material from Vietnamese...
Pedal Stroke
A Bicycle and Stroke Journey
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Having left the remote area nurse profession, I realised I wanted to return to my previous travel lifestyle. The initial plan was to overland back to Europe via motorcycle which turned into a logistical nightmare and so direction and plan changed to overland through Asia via bicycle. Then at the pinnacle...
Choi Oi! The Lighter Side of Vietnam
The Lighter Side of Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
This humorous, comic guide to Vietnam War-era Vietnam is a hilarious explanation of the land, customs, and people the American "advisor" has found so fascinating, provoking, agreeable, disturbing, infuriating and lovable.
The American, and especially the American serviceman, can be...
by Albert Jack
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
An Englishman lives in Cape Town for ten-years and then, by accident, packs up and moves to Vietnam, having never even been there on holiday.
**What could possibly go wrong? **
Extract - When I decided to escape the Hanoi heat for a few days I looked for flights to Sapa, a village in...