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Voices from S-21

terror and history in Pol Pot's secret prison
1999
A study of S-21, a secret facility in Phnom Penh where enemies of the Khmer Rouge regime were interrogated, tortured, imprisoned, and executed for alleged counterrevolutionary crimes.

Pol Pot

1990
A biography of the prime minister of Cambodia.

The stone goddess

2003
After the Communists take over Cambodia and her family is torn from their city life, twelve-year-old Nakri and her older sister attempt to maintain their hope as well as their classical dancing skills in the midst of their struggle to survive.

Never fall down

a novel
2012
When soldiers arrive in his hometown in Cambodia, Arn Chorn Pond is separated from his family and sent to a labor camp, where he works in the rice paddies until he volunteers to learn to play an instrument--a decision that both saves his life and lands him in battle.

The history of Cambodia

2009
Presents a comprehensive study of the political, cultural, philosophical, social, and religious history of Cambodia.

Cambodia in pictures

2004
Presents a photographic introduction to the land, history, government, economy, people, and culture of Cambodia.

First they killed my father

a daughter of Cambodia remembers
2000
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.

Running shoes

2008
A pair of running shoes from a friend help Sophy fulfill her dream to attend school and learn to read and write.

The Pol Pot regime

race, power, and genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79
2002
Presents a comprehensive examination of the rise and fall of the Khmer Rouge revolution of the late 1970s, the brutal leadership of Pol Pot and his racist and totalitarian policies, and the struggle of the United Nations to bring order to this devastated country.

Little brother

1994
In Cambodia after the Vietnamese War, Vithy learns to overcome social upheaval, a hostile jungle, and his own inability to trust, in order to rescue his older brother.

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