RECOMMENDED READING

Fiction

The Lover (Marguerite Duras) The Sea Wall (Marguerite Duras) The Map of Lost Memories (Kim Fay) The Quiet American (Graham Greene) The Headmaster’s Wager (Vincent Lam) Far East Tales (Somerset Maugham)

Non-Fiction

When The War Was Over: And The Khmer Rouge Revolution (Elizabeth Becker) Quagmire: Nation-Building and Nature in the Mekong Delta (David Biggs) Cambodia’s Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land (Joel Brinkley) A History of Cambodia (David Chandler) Angkor and the Khmer Civilization (Michael Coe) The Lost Executioner (Nic Dunlop) Communion: A Culinary Journey Through (Kim Fay) Angkor and Cambodia in the 16th Century (B.P. Groslier) The Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam) Cambodian : History and Practice (Ian Harris) The Civilization of Angkor (Charles Higham) Early Mainland (Charles Higham) The Khmer Empire: Cities and Sanctuaries from the 5th to the 13th Century (Claude Jacques) The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79 (Ben Kiernan) A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (Norman Lewis) Travels in Siam, Cambodia, Laos and Annam, Volume 1 - Travelogue(Henri Mouhot) The Mekong: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future (Milton Osborne) River Road to China: The Search for the Source of the Mekong 1866-73 (Milton Osborne) Khmer Mythology: Secrets of Angkor (Vittorio Roveda) Lands of Charm and Cruelty (Stan Sesser) A Bright Shining Lie (Neil Sheehan) Two Cities: Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh (Neil Sheehan) In the Shadow of Angkor - Contemporary Writing from Cambodia (Frank Steward and Sharon May) Edible Wild Plants of Vietnam: The Bountiful Garden (Dr Yoshitaka Tanaka & Dr Nguyen Van Ke) A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People (Zhou Daguan) Memoirs

The Gate (Francois Bizot) To Cambodia with Love (Andy Brouwer) The River’s Tale: A Year on the Mekong (Edward Gargan) When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge (Chanrithy Him) The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine (Somaly Mam) Opium Fiend: A 21st Century Slave to a 19th C Addiction (Steve Martin) Gentleman in the Parlour (Somerset Maugham) Survival in the Killing Fields (Haing Ngor) Catfish and Mandala (Andrew X. Pham) River of Time (Jon Swain) First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (Loung Ung)

Coffee Table Books

Building Cambodia: New Khmer Architecture (Helen Grant Ross & Darryl Leon Collins) Light Over Ancient Angkor (Kenro Izu) Sacred Places (Kenro Izu) Angkor: Cities and Temples (Claude Jacques) Elegy: Reflections on Angkor (John McDermott) Cambodia (Roland Neveu) Tonle Sap: The Heart of Cambodia’s Natural Heritage (Colin Poole) Enduring Spirit of Vietnam (Peter Steinhauer)

Guides book

The Angkor Guidebook (ABOUTAsia) Angkor Wat (Maurice Glaize) (online as www.theangkorguide.com) Ancient Angkor (Claude Jacques) Focusing on the Angkor Temples (Michel Petrotchenko) Birds of Southeast Asia (Craig Robson) LUXE City Guide - Cambodia and Laos LUXE City Guides – Ho Chi Minh LUXE City GUides – Hanoi

Film

Apocalypse Now Casualties of War The Deer Hunter Full Metal Jacket Good Morning, Vietnam Hamburger Hill Heaven and Earth The Killing Fields The Lover Three Seasons A River Changes Course The Rocket The Scent of Green Papaya We Were Soldiers