10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHNOM PENH»
Discover the use of
Phnom Penh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Phnom Penh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Phnom Penh: A Cultural and Literary History
In the 1960s Phnom Penh deserved its reputation as the most attractive city in Southeast Asia. But after 1970 all this was to change, and a terrible civil war was followed by the Khmer Rouges capture of the city in 1975.
2
The Caged Birds of
Phnom Penh
A young Cambodian girl saves her money to buy a bird on which to make a wish for her poor family's future.
Will his wife stay at their house near the airport, or will she be out hunting wild boar, or the mythical white elephant of her childhood?The story unfolds in modern day Cambodia nearly thirty years after the genocide, Phnom Penh, a ...
4
The
Phnom Penh Airlift: Confessions of a Pig Pilot in the ...
Superbly written, this is an account by a participant in the airlift that supplied the blockaded capital of the Khmer Republic and several provincial capitals with food and other necessities of life during the last year of the United States ...
5
Phnom Penh Sights: A Travel Guide to the Top 15+ Attractions ...
This illustrated Travel Guide is a part of the Mobi Sights series, our concise guides that only feature the most essential information on city attractions.
6
Southeast Asia on a Shoestring
Bangkok Airways (code PG; (§ Phnom Penh 722545, Siem Reap 063-965422;
www.bangkokair.com) At press time still had a monopoly on Siem Reap to
Bangkok flights and was handling Siem Reap Airways services. China Airlines (
code CI; ...
7
Sharing the reform process : learning from the
Phnom Penh ...
Box 1 : Ek Sonn Chan, leading from the front The change of guard in the Phnom
Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) was an important factor that triggered the
reform process. In 1993, Ek Sonn Chan took over as the General Director of ...
Binayak Das, Ek Sonn Chan, Chea Visoth, Ganesh Pangare, Robin Simpson
8
Cambodian Grrrrl: Self-Publishing in
Phnom Penh
Self-Publishing in Phnom Penh, writer and independent publisher Anne Elizabeth Moore brings her experience in the American cultural underground to Cambodia, a country known mostly for the savage extermination of around 2 million of its own ...
Watson Esther Pearl, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Mu Sochua,
2012
9
Khmer Women on the Move: Exploring Work and Life in Urban ...
FROM ANCIENT ANGKORTO PRESENT-DAY PHNOM PENH The role of the
capital city has varied considerably over time in Cambodia. Once a political-
religious center with great regional influence, it changed not only in position but
also in ...
10
Indian Communities in Southeast Asia (First Reprint 2006)
By 1973, the war had come to Phnom Penh, with Khmer Rouge rockets raining
down on the capital. Like the wealthy Khmers, Chinese, French, and other
foreigners, well-to-do Indians also started leaving the war-torn country. In early
1974 ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHNOM PENH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Phnom Penh is used in the context of the following news items.
ADB report says solar good fit for Kingdom
Pharith Kong, an adviser for IMB Cambodia, a company in Phnom Penh that installs home PV units, says part of the problem is that “there's not ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
Border talks with King
... the CPP has shown signs of taking the issue on, with a series of diplomatic notes sent to the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh over the ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
Woman's Body Found in Empty Lot in Phnom Penh
The naked body of a woman in her 20s was discovered in an empty lot in Phnom Penh's Pur Senchey district on Sunday, according to police, ... «The Cambodia Daily, Jul 15»
Boeung Ket and Phnom Penh Crown set the pace
Prime contenders Phnom Penh Crown and Boeung Ket Angkor came out of the weekend's action in the Metfone C League with victories in ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
Seatel banks on its 4G services
Southeast Asia Telecommunications, or Seatel, officially launched its operations yesterday in Phnom Penh, despite having entered the country ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
Dozens sent to Prey Speu
Authorities rounded up around 30 homeless people in Phnom Penh's Daun Penh district late last week and sent most of them for detention in ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
Youths detained over protest
When asked about the reason for the arrest, Phnom Penh municipal deputy chief of police Ouch Sokhun said the youths were arrested for ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
Night no walk in park for busted dealer trio
Police in Phnom Penh's Por Sen Chey district arrested three men for drug dealing on Saturday night, after becoming suspicious as to why ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
MY PHNOM PENH: Victor Koppe, criminal lawyer
Dutch national Victor Koppe is the co-lawyer for the defence of Nuon Chea at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. A full-time Phnom Penh resident for ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
Double murder earns general life sentence
He throttled their daughter after she tried to intervene to save her mother, according to Phnom Penh Municipal Court deputy prosecutor Vong ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»