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Myanmar (Burma) 1996: 6th Ed.

By

For years, Thailand ruled as the primary destination in Southeast Asia. That’s probably still true, but while her popularity is still high, increasing numbers of travelers are looking to the surrounding destinations in the region, ... Read More »

March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

South-East Asia

By various authors

For years, Thailand ruled as the primary destination in Southeast Asia. That’s probably still true, but while her popularity is still high, increasing numbers of travelers are looking to the surrounding destinations in the region, ... Read More »

March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Glory Days and Other Stories

By Gillian Chan

Sarah Ellis’s Back of Beyond contains 12 stories diverse in tone and content, from “Gore,” a giddy take on the popular horror novelist “R.L. Tankard,” to “Potato,” a touching portrait of a young girl whose ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

★ Back of Beyond

By Sarah Ellis

Sarah Ellis’s Back of Beyond contains 12 stories diverse in tone and content, from “Gore,” a giddy take on the popular horror novelist “R.L. Tankard,” to “Potato,” a touching portrait of a young girl whose ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

★ After the War

By Carol Matas

Weary and broken, 15-year-old Ruth Mendenberg struggles back to her family home in Poland. Though she’s somehow survived Buchenwald concentration camp, Ruth fears that most of her family was slaughtered at Auschwitz. Still, she dares ... Read More »

March 10, 2004