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Tells the story of Myanmar and the ethnic cleansing taking place against the Muslim minority, the Rohingya. Follows a young refugee as he and his father escape Myanmar, and after the loss of his father, the young man living in a refugee camp. Includes color photographs, a glossary, discussion prompts, statistics, the UN Rights of the Child, and further resources.

J.H. "Billy" Williams always had an affinity for animals. So, when he responded to job offer with the East India Company to work with logging elephants his family wasn't surprised, though worried that he had already come back from World War I in one piece, would he be so lucky with India? Not only did he find his calling with the elephants in India, Billy and his elephants became war heroes. At the onset of World War II, Williams formed Elephant Company and was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in Burma and saving refugees, including on his own "Hannibal Trek." Billy Williams became a media sensation during the war, telling reporters that the elephants did more for him than he was ever able to do for them, but his story has since been forgotten. Part biography, part war story, and part wildlife adventure, Croke delivers an utterly charming narrative and an important, little-known piece of the legacy of World War II".

Describes how elephants are trained to help in the timber camps of Myanmar, and their important contribution to the selective and sustainable harvesting of teak there.

This book tells the life story of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma. Burma is now called the Republic of the Union of Myanmar or just Myanmar. Myanmar is the second largest country in Southeast Asia. Aung San Suu Kyi's story is one of sacrifice beyond the imagination of most. She is known by many in her country as "The Lady". In 2011 a movie titled "The Lady" was made about her. In 1991 she won the Nobel Peace Prize. Included in this book is a timeline of her achievements.

What would you do if you saw the love of your life, whom you thought dead for a quarter of a century, walking towards you? Richard Flanagan?s story, of Dorrigo Evans, an Australian doctor haunted by a love affair with his uncle?s wife, journeys from the caves of Tasmanian trappers in the early twentieth century to a crumbling pre-war beachside hotel; from a Thai jungle prison to a Japanese snow festival; from the Changi gallows to a chance meeting of lovers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Taking its title from 17th-century haiku poet Basho?s travel journal, The Narrow Road To The Deep North is about the impossibility of love. At its heart is one day in a Japanese slave labour camp in August 1943. As the day builds to its horrific climax, Dorrigo Evans battles and fails in his quest to save the lives of his fellow POWs, a man is killed for no reason, and a love story unfolds.

"A novel of love and war that traces the life of one man--an Australian surgeon--from a prisoner-of-war camp on the Thai-Burma Death Railway during World War II, up to the present"--Provided by publisher.

"J.H. "Billy" Williams always had an affinity for animals. So, when he responded to job offer with the East India Company to work with logging elephants his family wasn't surprised, though worried that he had already come back from World War I in one piece, would he be so lucky with India?"--Provided by publisher.

A tale inspired by the service of legendary "Chindit" British-African soldiers who fought on the Asian front during World War II finds fourteen-year-old Ali Banana, a former blacksmith's apprentice, struggling to outmaneuver Japanese snipers when he is ordered to cross enemy lines in the Burmese jungle.