Month: November 2012
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Lady of Pattaya
An Old Thailand Hand twice over (40+ years) covering the nitery entertainment scene, I learned the basics early on: that prostitutes chose the profession, with few exceptions, because it offered substantial rewards for little work. And they might well get a farang [foreign] husband out of it. The vast majority of them came from Isan.…
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Bangkok Days
Bangkok is the sponge that absorbs those who have lapsed into dilettantism, writes Osborne (The Accidental Connoisseur) in recounting his time in the fabled city of recreational sex and Buddhism. As he encounters characters questing for sensation and knowledge, he muses on how easy it is for Westerners to remake themselves in the East—much as…
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Thai Insights
Living in Thailand can in turn be both rewarding and frustrating. But it is always enlightening, and the Thai people will extend a genuine welcome to westerners who are prepared to accept their way of life and unique culture. This book gives a light-hearted insight into Thai ways and customs and everyday Thai life, based…
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Buddha’s Tooth Trilogy
Enjoy the calamitous adventures, as three Englishmen men embark on a voyage of discovery in Thailand,.where they become embrolled in a deadly chase to recover a stolen holy relic [Buddha’s Tooth]. Follow their antics as they continue with their escapades into Cambodia and encounter more adversaries as they attempt to recover the relic which has…
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Sex For Sale: Memoirs of a Bangkok Ladyboy
Synopsis: ‘Sex For Sale’ the memoirs of a Bangkok ladyboy prostitute is shocking but perfectly true. Nice, the star character of ‘Living With Ladyboys’ tells his side of the story and there are quite a few surprises. ‘Sex For Sale’ vividly describes the typical daily life of a male prostitute in Thailand’s capitol city Bangkok,…
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THE ORCHID FILE
Set on a sweeping canvas stretching from Australia’s Sunshine Coast to the bustling streets of Bangkok and Chiang Mai, and on to the hills of Thailand’s Golden Triangle, this action thriller tells a gripping story of mystery and intrigue, deception and romance. Steven Carlson, Australian Secret Service agent, is assigned to investigate a Thai orchid…
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Bangkok Blondes
Very few books on Thailand are written by women. ‘Bangkok Blondes’ is one of the first. It reflects the lives of creative women who live and write in Thailand – The Bangkok Women’s Writers Group. Bangkok Blondes shows you everything in the tourist package and more…
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Bangkok Haunts
At the start of Burdett’s superb third mystery-thriller to feature Thai police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep (after Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Tattoo), Jitpleecheep shows old friend Kimberley Jones, an American FBI agent, a vicious snuff film he’s received depicting the murder of an ex-lover of his named Damrong. Jitpleecheep and Jones maintain their complex platonic relationship…
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Sustainable Democracy
A public lecture by Anand Panyarachun, the Former Prime Minister of Thailand at Brussels on June 24, 2008. Anand Panyarachun is a leading senior statesman in Asia. He served as Prime Minister of Thailand in 1991 and 1992. Anand was educated in Thailand and Dulwich College, London and entered Trinity College, University of Cambridge, where…
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Chicken Sex on Bamrung’s Day Off
The voices are those of Bangkok based freelance journalists and their invited guests. Each Saturday morning, over coffee, the members of Chairs gather to share the latest gossip, scandals, myths, dangers, exploits, and loves that bind together their small community. Sam Kohl is a narrator of the main stories, and Sam reveals, with perfect timing…
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Bucky Stone #5: Bad News in Bangkok
The mission trip had seemed like a dream come true for Bucky, but it was suddenly becoming a nightmare. He was 9,000 miles from home, hopelessly lost on the streets of Bangkok. Panic screamed at his senses, making it difficult to think. He couldn’t speak the language. He had no money. And he was running…
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Meditation in Modern Buddhism
In contemporary Thai Buddhism, the burgeoning popularity of vipassana meditation is dramatically impacting the lives of those most closely involved with its practice: monks and mae chee (lay nuns) living in monastic communities. For them, meditation becomes a central focus of life and a way to transform the self. This ethnographic account of a thriving…
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Here a Monk, There a Monk
With six weeks to spare, return tickets to Thailand, a change of clothing and accomodation booked for the first night (or so they thought!), two intrepid, middle-aged, would-be backpackers boarded the plane… About the Author I was born in London, in 1954, and spent my childhood on a farm in Kent. Married to Graham, we…
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A Killing Smile
In 1957 Richard Mason’s The World of Suzie Wong shocked the world with an exotic tale set in Hong Kong, then in 1973 Paul Theroux’s Saint Jack followed with a powerful story set in Singapore, and in 1991 Christopher G. Moore’s A Killing Smile has registered a tour de force with a haunting drama set…
