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When broken glass floats

growing up under the Khmer Rouge : a memoir
2000
A memoir in which the author discusses her experiences as a child living in Cambodia under the brutal Khmer Rouge, and tells of the hardships her family experienced until being brought to the United States by an uncle who was living in Oregon.

Judge Rabbit and the tree spirit

a folktale from Cambodia
1991
Judge Rabbit solves the problem of a mischievous tree spirit who has taken on human form.

First they killed my father

a daughter of Cambodia remembers
2001
Loung Ung, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official in Phnom Penh, tells of her experiences after her family was forced to flee from Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army, discussing her training as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, and telling of how her surviving siblings were eventually reunited.

Tricky rabbit

a story from Cambodia to read and tell
2006
An illustrated story from Cambodia in which a rabbit that loves bananas devises a clever plan to trick the villagers and fill his stomach with his favorite fruit.

A blessing over ashes

the remarkable odyssey of my Cambodian brother
2001
Adam Fifield recounts his adopted Cambodian brother's tragic past, introduction to American culture, and involvement in Adam's family.

Prince Norodom Sihanouk

1990
A biography of the Cambodian head of state who was overthrown in 1970.

Pol Pot's Cambodia

2009
An inside look at Cambodia under the dictatorship of Pol Pot that reviews his rise to power, the fall of his regime, and other related topics.

The reckoning

2004
Twenty-three-year-old photojournalist Molly Drake arrives in Cambodia to cover the U.S. military search for the remains of an American pilot shot down during the Vietnam War, but the search is soon forgotten in the face of a deadly typhoon and the discovery of an ancient city where more than thirty GIs disappeared during the war.

Cambodian folk stories from the Gatiloke

1993
Fifteen folk stories with origins in the teachings of Buddhist monks. Includes an appendix with factual information on Cambodia.

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