southeast asia

Collection of recipes from Southeast Asia, with an easy-to-use guide to the region's national cuisines along with insights into each country's way of life.

Describes a variety of holiday celebrations in Southeast Asia, including Thailand's Elephant Round-Up, Singapore's Moon Cake Festival, and the Vietnamese New Year.

Gives up-to-date information, facts, and figures on the countries of Southeast Asia.

Richard, backpacking through Southeast Asia, joins a French couple in search of a utopian beach rumored to be a communal Eden only to discover that the beach and its culture are not the idyllic setting they hoped for.

Sixteen-year-old Vassar Spore's detailed plans for the next twenty years of her life are derailed when her bohemian grandmother insists that she join her in Southeast Asia for the summer, but as she writes a novel about her experiences, Vassar discovers new possibilities.

A guide to southeast Asia, providing background on the history, people, culture, and attractions of Thailand, Burma, Laos and Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines; and including maps, and advice on festivals, shopping, transportation, and other travel topics.

Discusses, in text and illustrations, the events in the various countries of Southeast Asia from 1945 to the present including the causes, events, and outcome of the war in Vietnam.

An overview of Southeast Asia's economic development that provides profiles of eleven nation states; articles on history and context, issues, and relations with the wider world; and such reference tools as a chronology, biographies, and short profiles of ethnic groups and political institutions.

Discusses the geography, climate, natural resources, religions, history, agriculture, tourism, traditions, politics, and environment of Southeast Asia.