Books, Travel, Asia, Myanmar

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Emma Larkin
Finding George Orwell in Burma
by Penguin Press HC, The (Hardcover)

Over the years the American writer Emma Larkin has spent traveling in Burma, she's come to know all too well the many ways this brutal police state can be described as "Orwellian." The life of the mind exists in a state of siege in Burma, and it long has. But Burma's connection to George Orwell is not merely metaphorical; it is much deeper and more real. Orwell's mother was born in Burma, at the height of the British raj, and Orwell was fundamentally shaped by his experiences in Burma as a young man working for the British Imperial Police. When Orwell died, the novel-in-progress on his desk was set in Burma. It is the place George Orwell's work holds in Burma today, however, that most struck Emma Larkin. She was frequently told by Burmese acquaintances that Orwell did not write one book about their country--his first novel, Burmese Days--but in fact he wrote three, the "trilogy" that included Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. When Larkin quietly asked one Burmese intellectual ...

Robert Reid, Michael Grosberg
Myanmar (Burma) (Country Guide)
by Lonely Planet (Paperback)

Explore the vast, ancient ruins of Bagan, voyage up myriad waterways by riverboat, relax at a remote teahouse or sample fresh seafood beside white-sand beaches. Let this considered and responsible guide show you the adventure of a lifetime, while at the same time showing you how your travel experience best benefits the local people. SHOULD YOU GO? Weigh up the pros and cons of going to Myanmar by reading this special chapter. BE INSPIRED - new highlights, itineraries and planning sections to help you plot your path. BENEFIT THE LOCALS by choosing private, locally owned hotels and eateries. MAKE YOUR OWN WAY with detailed maps, including a full-color country map. CONNECT WITH CULTURE - detailed History and Culture chapters provide insight into Myanmar's rich and complex heritage.

Aung San Suu Kyi
Letters from Burma
by Penguin (Non-Classics) (Paperback)

Human-rights activist and leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to six years' house arrest in Rangoon in 1989 by the ruling military junta SLORC. She paints a vivid, poignant yet optimistic picture of her native land in this collection of writings from her imprisonment. Aung San Suu Kyi won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

Alan Rabinowitz
Life in the Valley of Death: The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed
by Island Press (Hardcover)

Dubbed the Indiana Jones of wildlife science by The New York Times, Alan Rabinowitz has devoted—and risked—his life to protect nature’s great endangered mammals. He has journeyed to the remote corners of the earth in search of wild things, weathering treacherous terrain, plane crashes, and hostile governments. Life in the Valley of Death recounts his most ambitious and dangerous adventure yet: the creation of the world’s largest tiger preserve.  The tale is set in the lush Hukaung Valley of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. An escape route for refugees fleeing the Japanese army during World War II, this rugged stretch of land claimed the lives of thousands of children, women, and soldiers. Today it is home to one of the largest tiger populations outside of India—a population threatened by rampant poaching and the recent encroachment of gold prospectors. To save the remaining tigers, Rabinowitz must navigate not only an unforgiving landscape, but the tangled web of ...

Rory MacLean
Under the Dragon Travels In a Betrayed L
by Harpercollins Publisher (Hardcover)

An evocation of contemporary Burma from the author of STALIN'S NOSE and THE OATMEAL ARK. Through his intense studies of the lives of the individual Burmese he encounters, MacLean reveals their patient endurance, fragility and charm, and makes us feel the weight of the oppressive military regime under which they labour.

Alan Rabinowitz
Beyond the Last Village: A Journey Of Discovery In Asia's Forbidden Wilderness
by Island Press (Hardcover)

"A fascinating account of inner and outer exploration and discovery in one of the last remote regions of the world - sharp-eyed, insightful, candid, and well written. "Peter Matthiessen, author of The Snow Leopar.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 auspices of the Wildlife Conservation Society, his goal was to establish a wildlife research and conservation program and to survey the country's wildlife. He succeeded beyond all expectations, not only discovering a species of primitive deer completely new to science but also playing a vital role in the creation of Hkakabo Razi National Park, now one of Southeast Asia's largest protected areas.Beyond the Last Village takes the reader on a journey of exploration, danger, and discovery in this remote corner of the planet at the southeast edge of the ...

Edith Mirante
Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on Burma's Frontiers
by Orchid Press (Paperback)

This is a new memoir of the author's journeys among the brave indigenous peoples of some of Asia's most remote and violent regions.

Andrew Marshall
The Trouser People: A Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire
by Counterpoint (Paperback) (Release Date: 2003-07-01)

Norman Lewis
Golden Earth: Travels in Burma
by Eland Books (Paperback)

"a simple blueprint for Utopia" - the best travel book on Burma since World War II - despite travelling at a time of massive internal insecurity, Norman Lewis still found the eternal Burma, where pagodas are the only punctuation on the horizon and strangers are treated with an overwhelming friendliness - an overnight best-seller when first published - revisits the tragic Burma road, treked by so many refugees fleeing Burma before the Japanese advance in 1942

Bertil Lintner
Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency Since 1948
by Westview Pr (Short Disc) (Hardcover)

The product of thirteen years of research, interviews, and experience, this is the most authoritative book ever written on the interrelationship of drugs, insurgency, counterinsurgency, and politics in Burma. Widely respected as one of the world’s leading experts on Burma, Bertil Lintner has drawn on his extensive travels and personal meetings with rebel commanders, ethnic leaders, and other key figures to present a compelling and comprehensive picture of politics and society in a poor and bitterly divided country.Fighting between the central government and myriad political and ethnic insurgencies entered its forty-seventh year in 1994, with no solution in sight. While other countries in the region are developing into freer, more open societies, once-democratic Burma has been ruled by a medieval military dictatorship since 1962. The complex nexus between the drug problem, military rule, and Burma’s civil war has rarely been considered when international narcotics agencies ...

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