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Stories in Stone
by John Burgess
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In English
Murder and Mayhem in 17th Century Cambodia
by Alfons van der Kraan
Anthony van Diemen versus King Ramadhipati I
In English
Elegy: Reflections on Angkor
by John McDermott
Twenty years of dreamlike, magical and yes, elegiac photography through the ruins of Angkor
In English
Studies on the Art of Ancient Cambodia
by Jean Boisselier
Ten articles by Jean Boissellier translated from the French offer a comprehensive and stimulating vision on Khmer statuary, its regional influences and its…
In English
Mémoire collective chez les Khmers et leurs voisins
by Joseph Thach
In English & French
The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina
A poignant and lucid love story set in war-torn Cambodia, by a former war TV correspondent who covered Southeast Asia's most tragic years.
Etudes sur le Ramakerti
by Saveros Pou
Respected Cambodian scholar Saveros Pou offers a collection of studies on the Khmer version of the Ramayana
In French & Khmer
Cambodian Buddhism, History & Practice
by Ian Harris
The era of the last Kings of Angkor is when Theravada Buddhism in its specific Cambodian form starts to develop.
In English
Art in Thailand: A Brief History
by M.C. Subhadradis Diskul
A reference summary of the history of art in Thailand, by a Thai educationist and archaeologist.
In English
Sambaur Prei Kuk
by Michel Tranet
The Isanavarma Monuments (AD 615-628) and their surroundings
In French
Melanges sur l'Archéologie du Cambodge
by Bernard Philippe Groslier
Close friend of King Norodom Sihanouk´s since childhood, Bernard Philippe Groslier, born in Cambodia the son of famous Khmerologist George Groslier, shares…
In French
Cambodia Captured
by Jim Mizerski
Angkor's First Photographers in 1860's Colonial Intrigues
Banteay Srei at Angkor
by Louis Finot & Henri Parmentier & Victor Goloubew
Originally published in 1926, this is the first study of the "Women's Temple", an exquisite edifice with rich adornements. Written a decade after the temple's…
In English
The Khmer Empire
by Claude Jacques & Philippe Lafond
Cities and Sanctuaries from the 5th to the 13th Century
In English
ПУТЕШЕСТВІЕ ГОСУДАРЯ ИМПЕРАТОРА НИКОЛАЯ II НА ВОСТОКЪ (ВЪ 1890—1891) | Travel of Emperor Nikolai II to the East
by E. E. Ukhtomsky
Siam, Annam, and (indirectly) Cambodia in this recollection of Tsarevich Nikolai II's travel to Asia.
In Russian
A New Voyage Round The World
by William Dampier
Adventurer and gifted explorer William Dampier's view on early Southeast Asia
In English
Description du Royaume de Tchen-La
by Jean Joseph Marie Amiot
First Western compilation and temptative translation of Chinese sources on Chenla (Cambodia)
In French
Mémoires concernant les Chinois par les Missionnaires de Pékin, vol. XIV
by Jean Joseph Marie Amiot
A sum of early China studies by French Jesuit missionaries, from Tibet to Japan to early Cambodia
In French
Flora Cochinchinensis
by Joao de Loureiro
Probably the earliest botanical survey of the region by a Western observer, including some 1,600 species
In Portuguese & Latin
Description du Royaume de Camboge
by Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat
The Description of Chenla in Chinese sources (in particularly Zhou Daguan) as seen by a French Orientalist
In French