cambodia

Sang Ly struggles to survive by picking through garbage in Cambodia's largest municipal dump, but under threat of eviction by an embittered old drunk who is charged with collecting rents from the poor of Stung Meanchey, Sang Ly embarks on a desperate journey to save her ailing son from a life of ignorance and poverty.

Contains eyewitness accounts of life in Cambodia during Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime, written by survivors who were children at the time, and telling of the years between 1975 and 1979 when families were torn apart, forced from their homes, and subjected to brainwashing and execution.

"In this folktale from Cambodia, Princess Dara must prove that her father's wicked ministers have set up her husband for a crime he is innocent of"--Provided by publisher.

An account of the U.S. Army's 240th assault helicopter company and Green Beret staff Sergeant Roy Benavidez, who risked everything to rescue a special forces team trapped behind enemy lines on May 2, 1968.

"A beautifully told, inspiring true story of one woman's volunteer experiences at an orphanage in rural Cambodia-a book that embodies the belief that love, compassion, and generosity of spirit can overcome even the most fearsome of obstacles. Gail Gutradt was at a crossroads in her life when she learned of the Wat Opot Children's Community. Begun with just $50 in the pocket of Wayne Matthysse, a former Marine Corps medic in Vietnam, Wat Opot, a temple complex nestled among Cambodia's verdant rice paddies, was once a haunted scrubland that became a place of healing and respite where children with or orphaned by HIV/AIDs could live outside of fear or judgment, and find a new family-a place that Gutradt calls "a workshop for souls." Disarming, funny, deeply moving, In a Rocket Made of Ice gathers the stories of children saved and changed by this very special place, and of one woman's transformation in trying to help them. With wry perceptiveness and stunning humanity and humor, this courageous, surprising, and evocative memoir etches the people of Wat Opot forever on your heart"--.

Francois Bizot recounts the experiences he had during his arrest and captivity in Cambodia in 1971.