Southeast category: 2400 books
Catfish and Mandala
A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
A Vietnamese Bicycle Days by a stunning new voice in American letters.
Andrew X. Pham dreamed of becoming a writer. Born in Vietnam and raised in California, he held technical jobs at United Airlines-and always carried a letter of resignation in his briefcase. His father had been a POW of the...
Over the Moat
Love Among the Ruins of Imperial Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
In the fall of 1992, James Sullivan travels to Vietnam to bicycle from Saigon to Hanoi. He has just finished graduate school and has an assignment to write a magazine story about a country that is still subject to a U.S. trade embargo. But in Hue, the old imperial capital of Vietnam, the planned three-month...
by Jerry Hopkins
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
"Wanna stand in the face of a charging elephant, get hit by a motorcycle, eat giant water bugs, blowtorch your mouth on some of the hottest chili peppers on earth, then go watch a sex change operation? Of course you don't, but, happily, Jerry Hopkins has done all that and more—lots more—in...
by Lonely Planet, Tim Bewer, Greg Bloom
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Tempt your tastebuds with pho noodle soup in Vietnam,...
by William John Stapleton
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
The unique enterprise A Sense Of Place Publishing has just released its newest publication, Bangkok Busted: You Die For Sure. This is a deeply personal story by author William John Stapleton on the fallout after he wrote a book about being robbed, lied to and deceived by one of the city's go-go boys...
Crisis in the Pacific
The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men Who Fought Them
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
From the depths of defeat...
On December 8, 1941, one day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Air Force struck the Philippines in the first blow of a devastating invasion.
With an undersupplied patchwork army at his command, General Douglas MacArthur led a valiant defense...
by Alexander Gunn
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go on holiday and never go back? Alex and his wife Chrissy decided that if they were going to change their lives they had better do it before their 2 small children got too old and too settled. They gave up good jobs, put their house on the market, said...
Summer in Siam
Tales of Thai & other lands
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2013
“I walked out the door, a bit dazed. I had ten dollars and two not-quite diamonds, and it was summer in Siam.” John Borthwick’s first day in Thailand seemed far from auspicious — but it has been uphill from then on. Dropping him in the middle of everything from three-day tribal weddings, elephant...
The Boat: Singapore Escape, Cannibalism at Sea
Singapore Escape, Cannibalism at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
In 1942 a ship carrying 500 escapees from Japanese-occupied Singapore set sail for Ceylon. Halfway to safety she was torpedoed and sank. Only one lifeboat was launched—a lifeboat built to carry twenty-eight but to which 135 souls now looked to for salvation. For twenty-six days, cannibalism, murder, heroism, and self-sacrifice drifted with her. There were only four survivors.
by Han Suyin
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
It is 1948 and the British in Malaya are struggling to put down a Communist uprising and deal with rising nationalism in the colony. Chinese girl Suyin falls in love with a British police officer and is able to see both sides of the war but she sympathizes more with the Communist guerrillas and is critical...
Insider's Kuala Lumpur (3rd Edn)
Travel Guide. Historical anecdotes about KLs most significant buildings, districts, and people
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Kuala Lumpur, once a sleepy backwater, is today a sprawling metropolis and one of Asias most exciting destinations. Insiders Kuala Lumpur takes the reader on a tour of KLs various districts—the City Centre, Chinatown, Jalan Ampang, Lake Gardens, Bangsar, Bukit Bintang—and gives the inside scoop on...
by Frederick Lees
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2010
It is 1950 and the Federation of Malaya is in the throes of the Malayan Emergency. The British are struggling to defeat the communist terrorists and deal with rising nationalism in the colony. Ferdach O'Haney arrives in Malaya as a young Anglo-Irish man to serve the Federation government, and he is plunged...
CultureShock! Borneo
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
CultureShock! Borneo gives you a fun-filled and thorough crash course on how to live and work in this slice of the East. Packed with useful and insightful tips, this book will guide you on how to deal with cultural barriers, relate with the various racial groups and fit into the intricate society. Learn...
Indiscreet Memories
1901 through the eyes of a colonial Englishman
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Indiscreet Memories is one Englishman's true account of life in Singapore from 1901 to 1904. We learn about balls at Government House, rickshaw strikes, and tigers causing havoc in Chinatown; and how historical events such as the death of Queen Victoria and the decision by Straits-born Chinese to discard their towchang (queues) affected the society of the day.