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Tangay - The Setting Sun of Ramanya by P. Nop
 Life in the Modern Mon State This novel is the story of a young boy from the Mon State of Burma. The Mon State stretches out along the Thai border. The Three Pagoda Pass is one of the connecting points between Thailand and the Mon State. This fast-paced novel tells the ordeal of a young boy displaced by attacks of the Burmese Army on his village. Deep insights can be gained into the life and thoughts of under-privileged children in this area of constant fighting, civil unrest, and poverty. |
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The Caged Ones by Ludu U Hla
A Burmese Political Prisoner in the 1950s Imprisoned for political reasons in the 1950s, Ludu U Hla - perhaps Burma's most prolific modern author - penned these sensitive portraits of his fellows behind bars. His sympathetic probe of 'criminals' old and new, willing and unwilling, exposes many of the social pressures and failings that turn the weak, the young and unfortunate against society, and harden them in a career of crime. One understands why the author was imprisoned; the underlying social conditions described so masterfully in this book are in good part a result of social and economic policies, or lack thereof, on the part of his jailors. |
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Inked Over, Ripped Out by Anna J. Allott
Burmese Storytellers and the Censors A PEN American Center "Freedom-to-Write" Report featuring stories by seven Burmese writers, selected and translated with an introduction and explanatory notes by Anna J. Allott. The stories are: * The Advertising Wagon by Ne Win Myint * He's Not My Father by Nu Nu Yi * Three Stories by U Win Pe * A Pair of Specs by U Win Pe * The Children Who Play in the Back Alleyways by San San Nweh * The Python by Nyi Pu Lay * Heartless Day by Mo Cho Thinn * Hard Labor by Ataram |
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Burmese for Beginners with CDs
Learn to Read and Speak Burmese with Burmese for Beginners Teaches all four language skills - speaking, listening, reading and writing. Is effective for independent self-study or classroom use. Offers clear, easy, step-by-step instruction, building on what has been previously learned. Introduces you to Burmese culture, geography and much more. Is written in a brisk, interesting style using beautiful Burmese script. Burmese for Beginners is the perfect language guide for your journey into the Golden Land - Burma. Available with CDs or the book only. |
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Burmese for Beginners - Book Only
Learn to Read and Speak Burmese with Burmese for Beginners Teaches all four language skills - speaking, listening, reading and writing. Is effective for independent self-study or classroom use. Offers clear, easy, step-by-step instruction, building on what has been previously learned. Introduces you to Burmese culture, geography and much more. Is written in a brisk, interesting style using beautiful Burmese script. Burmese for Beginners is the perfect language guide for your journey into the Golden Land - Burma. Available with CDs or the book only. |
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Theravada Buddhism in Burma by Niharranjan Ray
Theravada Buddhism in Burma. A pioneering study, and still the most comprehensive to date, of the history of Theravada Buddhism in Burma, based on epigraphic, archaeological and literary sources, in particular through examination of Pali and Sanskrit inscriptions. This and the two preceding titles are republished on the one hundredth anniversary of this great Indian scholar's birth. |
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Textiles of the Highland Peoples of Burma Volume 1 by Michael C.
Vol. 1 - The Naga, Chin, Jingpho, and other Baric-speaking Groups Volume 1 of Textiles of the Highland Peoples of Burma focuses on the speakers of Tibeto-Burman languages that are classified as Baric. These include numerous groups of Naga and Chin as well as the Mru, Jingpho, Kado, Riang, and Meithei. The majority of these people live in the western highlands of Burma as well as in neighboring areas of Bangladesh and India. The present work provides background on these peoples and a comprehensive survey of their textiles which includes a great deal of new information. In addition to dozens of black and white photographs and several maps, there are 96 plates with 264 color photographs. |
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The Home of an Eastern Clan by Leslie Milne
A Study of the Palaungs of the Shan States The Home of an Eastern Clan is a detailed study on all aspects of life and culture of the Palaungs of the Shan States. This study, which was researched in the 1910's and published in 1924, deals for most part with the Katur tribe of the Palaungs. They live in or near Namhsan, the capital of Tawngpeng, which was nominally a Shan State but which was governed by a Palaung chief then, and inhabited almost entirely by Palaungs. The Palaungs are a mon-Khmer speaking group (as are the Lamet of Laos). |
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The Long Patrol by Mike Tucker
With the Karen Guerrillas in Burma A First-Hand Report from the Karen State, Behind Burmese Army Lines Ten years after he first visited Karen refugee camps and villages in Northern Thailand, Mike Tucker returned to the region to repay an unspoken debt. Having been greatly affected by the warmth and determined spirit of the Karen people during his original journey a decade earlier, his objective in The Long Patrol was to observe the current conditions of the Karen National Liberation Army, and to report on the endless savagery inflicted on the Karen by the Burmese military dictatorship. |
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Three Pagodas Pass by George Featherling
A Roundabout Journey to Burma Most Western critics of the junta that has ruled Burma since 1962 - violently suppressing the democracy movement and crushing human rights while dominating the international opium trade - have hesitated to visit the country lest the cost of their trip helps to prop up the regime. George Featherling shared these concerns, but motivated by a desire to see the situation firsthand, he resolved to go anyway - as economically as possible. |