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Tailandia / Thailand (Spanish Edition)
Product Details Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Anaya Touring Club; 2 edition (March 30, 2010) Language: Spanish ISBN-10: 8499350321 ISBN-13: 978-8499350325 Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
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Moon Handbooks: Thailand (3rd Ed.)
Thailand Handbook covers world-famous attractions such as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok and the pristine beaches in the south, more than a thousand accommodations from budget guesthouses to five-star digs, selective dining from streetside stalls to deluxe enclaves, and nightlife venues from Patpong to the performing arts.
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Culture and Customs of Thailand (Culture and Customs of Asia)
Thailand is revealed as a country of progress and potential, mystery and exoticism, and openness and friendliness. Product Details Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Greenwood (May 30, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0313321280 ISBN-13: 978-0313321283 Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
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Thailand Travel Atlas (Globetrotter Travel Atlas)
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 for visitors as a practical, yet imaginative, guide to the country, its major centres and places of interest. Features…
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Thailand (Survivor)
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
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Subject Siam: Family, Law, and Colonial Modernity in Thailand
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 was qualified by imperial nations while domestically its leaders pursued European colonial strategies of juridical control in the Muslim…
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Laminated Thailand Map by Borch (English Edition)
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, churches, mosques, archaeological sites, hospitals, golf courses, bus stations, subways, checkpoints, national parks, nature reserves, waterfalls, viewpoints. Includes inset…
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Asia Shock: Horror and Dark Cinema from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Thailand
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 masters of suspense, exploitation, the supernatural, and bone-chilling, blood-curdling fear and evil. The films featured here are pan-Asian, including…
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Identity Theft: Alzheimer’s in America, Sex in Thailand, Tangles of the Mind
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
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A western woman’s unique experiences in Thailand temples
Product Details Hardcover: 157 pages Publisher: Harper & Row; 1st U.S. ed. edition (1976) Language: English ISBN-10: 0060655631 ISBN-13: 978-0060655631
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Child Prostitution in Thailand: Listening to Rahab
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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 sexual slavery by their own families, but just as tragically there is no shortage of young girls (and boys)…
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The palms and cycads of Thailand
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 flora. Over 160 species of palms and 10 species of cycads are described and nearly all are illustrated with…
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Legitimacy Crisis in Thailand
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 parallel crisis of state legitimacy posed by the ongoing violence in the country’s Deep South. This collection of essays…
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Business Guide to Thailand (Business Guide to Asia)
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 many unique features. Knowing your products or services, and being a good manager, just isn’t enough to be successful…
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Endangered Animals of Thailand
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
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Genders and Sexualities in Modern Thailand
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 recent media coverage of sex tourism and AIDS. Yet serious study of patterns of sexuality, femininity, and masculinity in…
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Thaksin: The Business Of Politics In Thailand
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 the first world in eight years by running the country like a company. To some, he is Thailand’s best…
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Becoming the Buddha: The Ritual of Image Consecration in Thailand (Buddhisms)
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. Through a richly detailed, accessible exploration of this ritual in northern Thailand, an exploration that stands apart from standard…
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Snakes of Thailand and Their Husbandry
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
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Thailand Beyond the Fringe
The author is convinced that the flavour of Thai society can only really be appreciated when taken with a large dose of salty humour. Writing with a robust, biting humour that is at once deeply sympathetic of the non-Thai’s plight, Cooper brings his lifelong experience with Thailand and the Thais to focus on those areas…