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Join Anthony as he experiences the rich cultures of the people he meets in his travels and samples their many gastronomic delights - from Swedish lingonberry sorbet to Namibian truffles and palm wine in Ghana. Come along as he nibbles caviar and goes clubbing in Moscow, investiga...
"Laos, 1981: When an unofficial mailman drops off a strange bilingual diary, Dr. Siri is intrigued. Half is in Lao, but the other half is in Japanese, which no one Siri knows can read; it appears to have been written during the Second World War. Most mysterious of all, it comes w...
The untold story of how America's secret war in Laos in the 1960s and 1970s transformed the CIA from a loose collection of spies into a military operation and a key player in American foreign policy.
"In 1965, Col. Thomas "Jerry" Curtis's helicopter was shot down over North Vietnam. He was immediately captured and spent 7 1/2 years confined in a filthy 5' x 7' cell at the notorious Hanoi prison camp. Thousands of miles from home and unable to communicate with his wife and chi...
Despite a cruel stepmother's schemes, Jouanah, a young Hmong girl, finds true love and happiness with the aid of her dead mother's spirit and a pair of special sandals.
"Just before the Tet Offensive, before President Johnson announces he will not run for reelection, before the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy, as riots and protests rage across the nation, a spy ship is captured by communist forces off the coast of Nort...
Reveals how covert units in the Reagan Administration conducted operations often without Congressional knowledge.
As a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues of National Geographic and imagining herself in its exotic locales. At the age of nineteen, working as a cocktail waitress in Calgary, Alberta, she began saving her tips so she could travel the globe...
Dr. Siri Paiboun, the former national coroner for Laos, is eating lunch with his old friend, Comrade Civilai Songsawat. It is 1978, and Siri has received an unmarked package containing a traditional Laotian pha sin, a skirt woven in a particular pattern, with a finger stitched to...
"A journalist travels the world to collect personal stories about how flood, fire, drought, and rising seas are changing communities"-- Provided by publisher.
"The first time Billy Moore walked into his cell packed with seventy prisoners, the floor resembled a mass grave, with intertwined arms and legs, and the smell of human feces was so strong he almost vomited. That night, he slept next to a dead man. It wouldn't be the last time. B...
Southeast Asia - an infinitely fascinating part of the world, whose people are beautiful and welcoming, whose ancient cultural traditions still thrive today, whose great religious relics and works of art dazzle the traveler. At the same time, however, Southeast Asia is haunted by...
"The spectacularly dramatic memoir of a woman whose curiosity about the world led her from rural Canada to imperiled and dangerous countries on every continent, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity in Somalia -- a story of courage, resilience, and extraordinary gra...
"Kevin Grady, an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration, first encounters Jack Lind, an officer of the Central Intelligence Agency, in Laos, during the Vietnam War. Through Lind, he discovers that the CIA is furthering its strategic objectives by turning a blind and cynical...
"In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Laos. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the key details of the country, including geography, climate, culture, and resources. Compell...