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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 . Follow their antics as they continue …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Bangkok-The City of Angels

Introduction History of Bangkok District Administration Topography and Climate Districts in Bangkok Parks in Bangkok Economy Demographics Transportation Airports Taxis Education Health Care in Bangkok Tourism in Bangkok Culture of Bangkok Media Art Sport Urban Lifestyle …

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 …

The White Elephant

A white elephant is something no longer wanted or of value (or a gift that is a curse); it can also refer to an Asian elephant. These meanings work in tandem in this illustrated chapter book, …

God of Darkness

God of Darkness set in Bangkok follows a group of expats who work for a telecommunications company. As the economic Crisis mounts, the pressures to find and keep a job increases. The lead character, Hurley, is …

Little Angels

The real-life stories of the novice monks in Little Angels reflect the lives of many youths in rural Thailand who are trapped in the vicious cycle of poverty, broken homes, illiteracy and drug abuse. When all …

Unbroken Connection

Against all odds, the couple that swept you away in TAKEN BY STORM is back. Michael is in Thailand diving his dream. Leesie is at BYU living hers. And they just can’t leave each other alone. …

Lali’s Passage

Loosely based on true events, Lali’s Passage is a novel which follows Lali, a beautiful young Burmese lady, as she is ‘discovered’ by Lee who arranges with her ‘mama sang’ to take her to the States …

Sightseeing

Starred Review. The Thailand of Westerners’ dreams shares space with a Thailand plagued by social and economic inequality in this auspicious debut collection of seven plaintive and luminous stories. In the title tale—an exquisite meditation on …

Upriver Journal: Travels Along the Mekong

In 2009, I spent a few months traveling in Laos and Thailand by bicycle and boat. This is the collected blog entries I made along the way, originally published on http://goplaces.wordpress.com.

Thai Women in the Global Labor Force

This text is an ethnographic examination of young women migrants in rural and urban Thailand. The author focuses on the hundreds of thousands of young women who fill the factories and sweatshops of the Bangkok metropolis, …