Thailand is now one of the fastest growing tourist destinations of the world, and more people are returning to the country to explore it in more depth. The Globetrotter Road Atlas of Thailand has been designed …
Product Details Reading level: Ages 9-12 Mass Market Paperback: 144 pages Publisher: Simon Spotlight (January 25, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 0689877080 ISBN-13: 978-0689877087 Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
Unlike its Southeast Asian neighbors, Thailand was never colonized by an imperial power. However, Siam (as Thailand was called until 1939) shared a great deal in common with both colonized states and imperial powers: its sovereignty …
Folded color road and travel map. Scale 1:1,500,000. Distinguishes roads ranging from expressways (free/toll) to country lanes/paths. Legend includes international/regional airport, sights, museums, monuments, zoos, scuba diving sites, beaches, caves, Buddhist temples, Hindu temples, Chinese temples, …
Asian Extreme cinema is hot, and this book lays it out in all its gory glory. Patrick Galloway, who last looked at samurai movies in his well-received Stray Dogs and Lone Wolves, now takes on Asian …
Product Details Paperback: 316 pages Publisher: Village East Books (November 1, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0978888812 ISBN-13: 978-0978888817 Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
Product Details Hardcover: 157 pages Publisher: Harper & Row; 1st U.S. ed. edition (1976) Language: English ISBN-10: 0060655631 ISBN-13: 978-0060655631
What can we learn from the tragedy of these exploited young people? In Thailand, a thriving sex industry makes its money exploiting the young. Some children are coerced into prostitution and some have been sold into …
The Palms and Cycads of Thailand displays the rich floral diversity of the former Kingdom of Siam. The varied microclimates within this region provide the backdrop for a rich and, until recently, rather poorly known palm …
Intense political and ideological polarization has characterized the Thai state and society in the wake of the coup of 2006. Conflicts center on the legitimacy of institutions and the uses and abuses of power alongside the …
Doing business in Thailand is very different from doing business anywhere else in Asia. There are a variety of cultural, religious and historical reasons for this. In addition, Thai law has developed over the centuries with …
Product Details Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (January 1, 1990) Language: English ISBN-10: 1877743070 ISBN-13: 978-1877743078 Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Many foreign observers of the “Land of Smiles” are familiar with a narrow range of gender relations and sexual practices in Thailand, from the fanciful portrayal of 19th-century harem life in The King and I, to …
Thaksin made a fortune of two billion dollars in four years. He was elected prime minister of Thailand in 2001 by a landslide. He narrowly escaped convicition for corruption. He believes he can take Thailand into …
Becoming the Buddha is the first book-length study of a key ritual of Buddhist practice in Asia: the consecration of a Buddha image or “new Buddha,” a ceremony by which the Buddha becomes present or alive. …
Product Details Hardcover: 564 pages Publisher: Krieger Pub Co; Original edition (April 1991) Language: English ISBN-10: 0894644378 ISBN-13: 978-0894644375 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds