Southeast Asia
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Delicious Hunger
$18.95 Add to cartWinner, 2024 English PEN Translates Award
From 1976 to 1989, Hai Fan was part of the guerrilla forces of the Malayan Communist Party, and these short stories are inspired by his experiences in the rai
- Author: Hai, Fan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1917126026
- Language: English
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Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus’s Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior
$5.00 Read moreWhen physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale’s early retirement from military life, he had the distinction of being the only three-star officer in the history of the navy to… [more below]
- Series: Hoover Essays #6
- Author: Stockdale, James B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0817936920
- Language: English
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Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot
$15.95 Add to cartThoughts on issues of character, leadership, integrity, personal and public virtue, and ethics, the selections in this volume converge around the central theme of how man can rise with dignity to prev… [more below]
- Series: Hoover Institution Press Publication #431
- Author: Stockdale, James B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: July 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0817993924
- Language: English
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Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
$20.00 Add to cartTIME‘S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR – A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
“Patricia Evangelista’s searing account is not only the definitive chronicle of a reign of terror in … [more below]- Author: Evangelista, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0593133145
- Language: English
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The Battle of Manila: Poisoned Victory in the Pacific War
$29.99 Add to cartA thrilling and in-depth look at the battle for Manila, the third-bloodiest battle of World War II and the culmination point of the war in the Pacific theater.
In 1945 the United States and Japan foug- Author: Sarantakes, Nicholas Evan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: February 03 2025
- ISBN10: 0199948852
- Language: English
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Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
$19.99 Add to cartA haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot’s genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mothe… [more below]
- Author: Nguon, Chantha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1643756036
- Language: English
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Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History
$9.99 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK – The national bestseller that tells the truth about the Vietnam War from the black soldiers’ perspective.
An oral history unlike any other, Bloods features twenty black- Author: Terry, Wallace
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0345311973
- Language: English
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The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
$32.99 Add to cartThe internationally bestselling author of The Anarchy returns with a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia’s under-recognized role in producing the world as we know it.
For a millenn- Author: Dalrymple, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1639734147
- Language: English
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Brothers and Ghosts
$18.00 Add to cart“A courageous and bold achievement by a bright new voice.” Ocean Vuong
A young woman, torn between two cultures, belonging to neither. A family, torn apart by a war they had no choice about.
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- Author: Phạm, Khuê
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1957363797
- Language: English
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Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of Sog
$22.99 Add to cartMajor John L. Plaster recalls his remarkable covert activities as a member of a special operations team during the Vietnam War in a “comprehensive, informative, and often exciting…account of an impo… [more below]
- Author: Plaster, John L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1501183451
- Language: English
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Angkor and the Khmer Civilization
$29.95 Add to cartA great deal is now known about the brilliant Khmer civilization that flourished among the monsoon forests and rice paddies of mainland Southeast Asia, thanks to the pioneering work of French scholars… [more below]
- Series: Ancient Peoples and Places #0
- Author: Coe, Michael D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 30 2016
- ISBN10: 0500284423
- Language: English
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History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos
$20.00 Add to cartFrom ancient Malay settlements to Spanish colonization, the American occupation and beyond, A History of the Philippines recasts various Philippine narratives with an eye for the layers of colonial an… [more below]
- Author: Francia, Luis H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 1468308572
- Language: English
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Beyond the Call of Duty: The Life of Colonel Robert Howard, America’s Most Decorated Green Beret
$14.99 Add to cartAs a child, Robert Howard was taught by his Granny Callie to always face his threats head-on. Some thirty years later, he emerged from the Vietnam War as America’s most decorated Green Beret.
For the- Series: American War Heroes
- Author: Moore, Stephen L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0593475844
- Language: English
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Cigarette Girl
$18.95 Read moreSoeraja is dying and calls for Jeng Yah, a woman who is not his wife, shocking his three sons — Lebas, Karim and Tegar — heirs to Kretek Djagad Raja, Indonesia’s largest clove cigarette empire. Thei
- Author: Kumala, Ratih
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1915310407
- Language: English
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Victory at Any Cost: The Genius of Viet Nam’s Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap
$24.95 Add to cartMany people do not understand why America lost the Viet Nam War. Author Cecil B. Currey makes one primary reason clear: North Viet Nam’s Senior Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap. Victory at Any Cost tells the full … [more below]
- Series: Warriors (Potomac Books)
- Author: Currey, Cecil B.
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1574887424
- Language: English
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Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
$28.95 Read moreA compelling, illuminating and evocative history of Singapore–the world’s most successful city-state.
In 1965, Singapore’s GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After- Author: Vasagar, Jeevan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1643139347
- Language: English
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Those Opulent Days: A Mystery
$27.00 Add to cartJacquie Pham’s transportive debut, Those Opulent Days, delivers a classic historical murder mystery centered around the glamor, violence, wealth, and opium of 1920’s French-colonial Vietnam that meshe
- Author: Pham, Jacquie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0802163807
- Language: English
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Elevator in S?i G?n
$15.95 Add to cartA young Vietnamese woman living in Paris travels back to Saigon for her estranged mother’s funeral. Her brother had recently built a new house in Saigon, and staged a grotesquely lavish ceremony for t
- Author: Thu?n
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0811238547
- Language: English
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Vietnam Combat: Firefights and Writing History
$37.95 Read moreFinalist, 2023 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards
Finalist, War & Military, 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards
Winner, Military Nonfiction, 2023 NYC Big Book Awards
2nd Pla… [more below]- Author: Bartlett, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1636242421
- Language: English
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The Rainbow Troops
$19.00 Read moreFrom Indonesia, an inspiring, record-breaking bestseller–and a modern-day fairy tale
Published in Indonesia in 2005, The Rainbow Troops, Andrea Hirata’s closely autobiographical debut novel, sold more- Author: Hirata, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 11 2014
- ISBN10: 0374534446
- Language: English
