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Beer, Tears & Broken Veneers

Beer, Tears & Broken Veneers
  • Author(s): Lewis Friend
  • Location(s): Cambodia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern Time

Intrigue and adventure collide with hilarity and pandemonium in this insane true story about living and working in the Kingdom of Wonder as a foreigner. Cambodia is a vibrant and exciting country; teeming with culture and an alluring social...

Beloved Land

Beloved Land
  • Author(s): Gordon Peake
  • Location(s): East Timor (Timor-Leste)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Nonfiction, Travelogue
  • Era(s): post 2002

At the stroke of midnight on 20 May 2002, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste became the first new nation of the 21st century. From that moment, those who fought for independence have faced a challenge even bigger than shaking...

Bending with the Bamboo

Bending with the Bamboo
  • Author(s): Winnie Kaetzel
  • Location(s): Laos
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1979

When Communist Pathet Lao Forces liberated Laos in 1975, Professor Pheng and three other tenured colleagues were dismissed from their teaching positions at the university and sent to work on a communal farm. Pheng had already decided to stay...

Beyond the Last Village: A Journey of Discovery in Asia’s Forbidden Wilderness

Beyond the Last Village: A Journey of Discovery in Asia’s Forbidden Wilderness
  • Author(s): Alan Rabinowitz
  • Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1993

In 1993, Alan Rabinowitz, called the Indiana Jones of wildlife science by The New York Times, arrived for the first time in the country of Myanmar, known until 1989 as Burma, uncertain of what to expect. Working under the...

Black Water Sister

Black Water Sister
  • Author(s): Zen Cho
  • Location(s): Penang
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Magical Realism
  • Era(s): Modern

This mischievous Malaysian-set novel is an adventure featuring family, ghosts and local gods – from Hugo Award winning novelist Zen Cho. Her grandmother may be dead, but she’s not done with life . . . yet. As Jessamyn packs...

Bombay Anna

Bombay Anna
  • Author(s): Susan Morgan
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): 19th century

If you thought you knew the story of Anna in The King and I, think again. As this riveting biography shows, the real life of Anna Leonowens was far more fascinating than the beloved story of the Victorian governess...

Bone Talk

Bone Talk
  • Author(s): Candy Gourlay
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

The Philippines, 100 years ago. A boy called Samkad wants to become a man. He is desperate to be given his own shield, spear and axe. His best friend, Luki, wants to be a warrior too – but she...

Bones Will Crow: 15 Contemporary Burmese Poets

Bones Will Crow: 15 Contemporary Burmese Poets
  • Author(s): Ko Ko Thett (editor), James Byrne (editor)
  • Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
  • Genre(s): Poetry
  • Era(s): 20th century

This is the first anthology of contemporary Burmese poets published in the West, and includes the work of Burmese poets who have been in exile and in prison. The poems include global references from a culture in which foreign...

Boracay Vows

Boracay Vows
  • Author(s): Maida Malby
  • Location(s): Boracay
  • Genre(s): Erotica, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

To fulfill one vow she has to break another Krista Lopez has five days to fulfill her Turning-Thirty Vow—the promise to do something life-changing in celebration of this milestone birthday. Her plan: give in to her attraction to her...

Brannan’s Run

Brannan’s Run
  • Author(s): Stephen Cord
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

“ADVENTURE IS BACK” Joe Brannan owner and Captain of a dive boat working out of Thailand’s sin city Pattaya is desperate to keep his business afloat, so when an old acquaintance comes to him with a tale of sunken...

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