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Making Out in Thai From the language of eating (a national pastime in Thailand) to affairs of the heart, this Thai book includes all that you need to know to speak Thai in the colorful colloquial language of the Thai people. With phonetic pronunciations in Thai, you can be speaking real Thai phrases like; Jee'ow! (right on!), Kuhn tam ngam arai- what do you do, Suai jang Kun du dee Suai ngarm- (you look beautiful), and many more. This Thai Language course book was written by John Clewey, a British writer who specializes in non-western Thai music. He has lived in Thailand since 1984 and the insights about Thailand he has picked up are invaluable for readers. Making Out in Thai is a glossy paperback that can fit in a jacket pocket or purse. It is valuable as a Thai phrasebook or as a tool for learning the idiomatic Thai phrases that do not appear in Thai textbooks.
Useful words in Thai. One thing ticked me off: It doesn't have tone marks. When you miss the tones of Thai words - you'll never get a chance to pronounce the Thai words in the right way.
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The Man Who Caught Fish by Walter Lynn Krudop (Hardcover - April 2000)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
A stranger carrying only a fishing pole comes to a village in this
morality tale. Every time the pole touches water, the man brings out a fish.
"One person, one fish," he says solemnly as he evenly distributes his
catch. When the king hears of this, he wants more than his one fish. Driven by
pride, he tries tricks and torture to get the man to give him more than his
share, but in the end, the king is punished for his greed. The simplicity of the
story is complimented by the robust illustrations....
Map of Bangkok by Prasahn Bureerat (map)
Map of Chiang Mai and Around (map)
Map of Khorat, Ubol and Northeastern Thailand (Travel Maps) (map)
Map of Pattaya and Eastern Part of Thailand (map)
Map of Phuket Island (map)
Map of Thailand by Prasahn Bureerat (map)
Map of Thailand Upper North Region (map)
Marco Polo, Bangkok by Barbara Wilde
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Marco Polo, Thailand by Karl H. Buschmann
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A Marshall Health Guide: Thai Massage by Maria Mercati
Materializing Thailand (Materializing Culture Series) by Penny Van Esterik (Paperback)
Maverick Guide to Thailand (3rd Ed) by Len Rutledge (Paperback - December 1997) Full of Thai festivals, daily Thai music, Thai drama, Thai literary events, and some of the finest Thai restaurants in the world, modern Thailand accommodates five million annual visitors with ease. Rutledge tells how to get there, describes the land and life of the Thai people, and includes details on Thai hotels, dining, sightseeing, Thailand tours, sports, shopping, and entertainment in Thailand.
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Memoirs of a Bangkok Warrior : A Novel by Dean Barrett (Paperback - September 1999) Excellent satire, September 16, 2000 A reader from San Diego, CA - This Thai novel is hilarious, especially if you were an enlisted man in the military but is also sometimes moving. However, for me, the chapter entitled, The Chaplain's Last Sermon, is fantastic. A Mark Twain-type satire and a satire on chaplains and prayer and war and thinking that some god somewhere is listening to our prayers to destroy an enemy. It brings to mind Twain's "War Prayer," but this chapter is much more developed. This book would make a hilarious movie. Thin-skinned officers might not like it but anyone with a sense of humor will. Whore House Charlie lives!!
The Men of Thailand (6th Edition): Thailand's Culture & Thai Gay Subculture by Eric G. Allyn This is the most praised Thai guidebook for gay Thai men ever published. Reviewers and users have praised its cultural sensitivity, its frankness, and insight. Includes an extensive discussion of Thailand's culture and its gay subculture, practical etiquette, plus resources and listings for 15 Thai cities. Each listing is in Thai script you can use to point-and-show to get around. Also includes Thai maps for major locations with a Thai gay scene. Considered essential for any gay visitor to the Land of Smiles.
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Merian Thailand by Thomas Barkemeier
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Michelin
In Your Pocket Thailand, 1e (In Your Pocket)
(Paperback)
Book Description
Perfect for weekend getaways, each In Your Pocket guidebook is divided
into four sections. The Background sets the stage with information on Thailand's
history, Thai culture and geography. The Exploring section details "must
see" sights of Thailand, classified according to Michelin's renowned star-rating
system. A helpful calendar of Thai holidays, shopping, entertainment, and nightlife
in Thailand suggestions as well as important Thai hotel and Thai restaurant information is described
in Enjoying Your Visit.
Synopsis
An indispensable Thailand travel guide to the natural and cultural attractions of
Thailand. Informative essays in the Introduction presents background information
on the country of Thailand, its history and Thai artistic trends, Thai language and distinctive
Thai cultures, and its culinary traditions. Two summary maps show the principal
sights. Includes more than 150 color photos of Thailand and over 30 detailed
maps of Thailand.
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Michelin THE GREEN GUIDE Thailand, 1e (THE GREEN GUIDE)
Book Description
This title in the acclaimed Michelin Green Guide series is your
indispensable guide to the natural and cultural attractions of Thailand: busting
Bangkok, spectacular northern Thai mountains, Thai tropical beaches and islands in the
south of Thailand, fertile rice-growing Chao Phraya basin and rural traditions of the Khorat
plateau complemented by the glorious Thai artistic heritage of the ancient capitals
of Thailand, Sukhothai and Ayutthaya, and magnificent Khmer stone castles. The
Thai Buddhist
tradition permeates all aspects of life
Synopsis
An indispensable Thailand travel guide to the natural and cultural attractions of
Thailand. Informative essays in the Introduction presents background information
on the country of Thailand, Thai history and Thai artistic trends, Thai language and distinctive
Thai cultures, and its culinary traditions. Two summary maps show the principal
sights. Includes more than 150 color photos of Thailand and over 30 detailed
maps of Thailand.
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Michelin
Thailand by Michelin Staff
(Calendar - October 2000)
An annually updated road map of Thailand, covering the major road
networks across the country of Thailand. Scale: 1/1,400,000 - 1cm=14km
Michelin Thailand Atlas Auto Routier Michelin famed cartography in one volume, with a comprehensive index of places and numerous town plans. Scale: 1:1,000,000 - 1cm=10km
Military in Thai Politics, 1981-86 by Suchit Bunbongkarn (Paperback - July 1988)
The
Mini Rough Guide Bankok (Bangkok (Mini Rough Guide)) by Paul Gray,
Lucy Ridout (Paperback - May 1999)
Book Description
The headlong pace and flawed modernity of Bangkok match few people's visions
of the capital of exotic Siam. Spiked with scores of high-rise buildings of
concrete and glass, it's a vast flatness which holds a Thai population of at least
seven million, and feels even bigger. But under the shadow of the skyscrapers
you'll find a heady mix of chaos and refinement, of frenetic Thai markets and hushed
golden Thai temples, of early-morning almsgiving ceremonies and ultra hip designer
boutiques
Bangkok in Your Pocket, June 15, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from Issaquah, WA This past Xmas, we had only 3 days to spend in Bangkok. We brought this book, the Lonely Planet Bangkok city map, and Emily Warn's Expedia article on Bangkok -- all of which fit into one jacket pocket, if you fold the map in half. (Compactness is key when you're traveling by tuktuk, bus, and riverboat.) Thus armed, we were able to efficiently cover the main sights of Bangkok without exhausting ourselves too much. (Best places to slow down & relax: the Dusit Zoo and the Thai massage school at Wat Po. Especially the Thai massage school. $5 US for a 1-hour traditional Thai massage -- clothes on, suitable for all ages -- and you'll feel like a new man, woman, or child. Mmm! :-) )
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A Missionary in Siam (1860-1870) (Historical Reprints) by N. A. McDonald (Paperback - February 1999)
Summary
This missionary presents a down-to-earth account of life in Siam in the
1860s. This is important source material as there are very few descriptions of
Siam by foreigners during that period. Most especially is this true for the
coronation of King Chulalongkorn as only a handful of non-Siamese were permitted
to witness this auspicious occasion. Throughout this is a book from which the
reader can learn about Thailand's past, forgotten events, Thai customs and habits,
some of which have disappeared.
Moated sites in early north east Thailand by Elizabeth H. Moore
Die Modellierung von Verhandlungslösungen, dargestellt am Beispiel des Kooperationsabkommens zwischen der EG und Thailand - Eine Anwendung dynamischer Spiele by Lidwina Wohlfahrt (book)
Modern
Art in Thailand : Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by Apinan
Poshyananda (Hardcover - May 1992)
Book Description
This book offers, for the first time, a comprehensive account of the
development of modern art in Thailand. Its central focus is to trace the main
thread of eclecticism that characterizes modern Thai art, and to show how
foreign influences, as well as Thai Buddhism, local Thai traditions, and folk cultures,
served as catalysts in the development of styles.
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Modern Thailand (Comparative Societies Series) by Robert Slagter, Harold R. Kerbo (Paperback)
Book Description
One of a series of short Thai books, each one on a different country, that
provide much-needed cross-cultural and global material for instructors to use to
supplement their introductory sociology text, as well as courses in social
stratification, comparative societies, comparative politics, comparative
economics and other courses that are enriched by a global perspective. The
opening chapter establishes Thai historical and cultural context, while subsequent
chapters focus on the basic institutions in Thailand
Monsoon Country by Pira Sudham (Paperback - April 1990)
Book DescriptionSet in Thailand, England and Germany, Monsoon Country conveys the cultural tension between the East and the West, the clashes between the new powers and the old values, covering twenty-five years of socio-economic and political change in Thailand. This Thai novel gives, as no fiction account about Thailand has yet done, insights into Thai life, particularly that of rural Thailand. Foreign writers writing about the Thai people look at Thailand from the - outside", but Pira Sudham writes about his.
About
the Author
Pira Sudham was born in a small remote village in northeast Thailand. He
spent his early years in the rice fields helping his parents and tending a herd
of water buffaloes. At the age of 14, Sudham came to Bangkok where he completed
high school and later Thai university, then won a scholarship to a New Zealand
university.
Having lived in Hong Kong, Australia and England, he now resides in Thailand,
dividing his time between a working life in Bangkok and a village life in a
district of Napo, where he...
a novel poet, July 30,
2000
Reviewer: Ben Haines from Bloomington, Illinois USA
This Thai novel is an achievement not often equalled in this climate of moving yet
empty 'culture' pieces. Passages of remarkable yet stark beauty capture the
degree to which we are bound by our circumstances, to which the meaning of our
lives and acts is constrained by the environment in which they exist. And this
Thai book captures the difficulty in leaving that Thai environment, in un- and redefining
those things which exist at the deepest level of personhood and whose
dissolution becomes an act of destruction or self-sacrifice. The doubt over
whether this violent act is necessary, or wise, defines the personal journey of
Prem, a young Siamese exile, as he must confront his own past as well as his
nation's to define his own place in a world where West and East meet uneasily at
best. It is an intensely personal journey as well; Pira Sudham is a Thai poet, and as
poets do writes from a well of inspiration drawn from his own experiences and
observations. Surely the story of Prem echoes Sudham's own journey from the
villages of Thailand to a respectable literary life - a journy that involved,
as Prem's does, the creation of "a mechanism to turn bitterness into
wisdom" and to "transform childhood memories of Thailand into Thai poetry". The
book works also as a history of sorts, narrating the difficult journey of
Thailand as a nation in transition and capturing in the deeply felt experiences
of a few fictional individuals the nature of a land brought so unevenly into the
'modern' world.
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Moon Handbooks: Bangkok (3rd Ed.) by Carl Parkes (Paperback)
Book Description
Offering the same exacting coverage found in Carl Parkes's Thailand
Handbook, Bangkok Handbook reveals the secrets of the glittering Thai temples and dazzling
Thai museums in this teeming Thai metropolis. Parkes recommends
riverside dining at the Oriental Hotel, proposes lodging at the rarely visited
historic Royal Hotel, and suggests merriment at the nonstop Thai nightclubs of Nana
Entertainment Complex. Budget backpackers and luxury travelers alike will
appreciate this thorough Thai travel guide.
From a Bangkok expatriate, May 16, 2000 Reviewer: Kevin Cullen from California - I first picked up the initial edition of Bangkok Handbook in 1992. As I worked in Bangkok for 7 years in the 1980s and I was a bit curious as to how deep this Thai travel guide would go. While most Thai travel guide books cover all the basic sights and things to do they often fall short in really getting under the surface. This book did indeed have things to teach me. I ended up taking some of the walking tours myself and used the map of Bangkok river stops extensively.
I like my Thai travel guides to give my some good historical and Thai cultural information in a concise but insightful manner. Take Thai temples. First time visitors are typically struck by their stunning beauty. But what do all the Thai architectural forms mean? What aspects of Thai Buddhism are contained within their design? You could read whole volumes on this at your local university. The Bangkok Handbook, however has a two page spread that will get you up to speed fast with an understanding of the basic terminology and historical usage. To my mind this is what separates the Bangkok Handbook from the more popular Lonely Planet Thai travel survival guides. These "backpacker bibles" may be very good at where to get the cheapest rooms and meals, but really fall short on what you are really seeing while you are there.
Bangkok is both heaven and hell. It's city of fabulous Thai restaurants, fantastic shopping, pristine Thai temples and frantic sex in Thailand. It's polluted, noisy, smelly, ill-planned and hot, hot, hot. And It's traffic is world famous. We used to joke that you could do anything you wanted in Bangkok; you just couldn't get there. (Over the last few years with the advent of many new toll ways and since Dec. 99 the overhead train system in Bangkok this has really abated.)
I've used Parkes book a lot - along with my reprint of the "1928 Guide to Bangkok" which is great for my historical expeditions. And I have found myself in Thailand every year since I've left in 1990.
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Muay Thai: Knockout One (VHS) Reviewer: "English Bob" from Northern VA. If you are interested in learning one of the most punishing martial arts available, then this set of Thai boxing videos is an excellent introduction for you. Master K (the instructor) is a 62 year old veteran of more than 70 Muay Thai wins and a retired Thai boxing champion from Thailand. He has a very high standard which he brings to his teaching and this is evident from the Thai boxing videos. I have trained with Master K for two years and have learned a lot from him. While you will not learn Muay Thai from these Thai boxing videos alone, they carry a lot of useful information about Thai boxing which can be used to help improve your technique.
Muay
Thai: Knockout Two (VHS) Follow along as Master Kumron Vaitayanon, a retired professional Muay Thai
fighter with over 80 wins in Thailand, teaches you the essential kicking and
knee striking skills of Muay Thai. This hard hitting Thai boxing tape takes you inside
Master K's gym as he works with his Muay Thai fighters, showing you how they train and
teaching you the finer points of this brutal art including: * The two most
commonly used kicks in Muay Thai: the push kick and the roundhouse kick * The
most essential kicking/punching combinations * The secret to taking full contact
kicks day after day in training * Training methods for kicking and knee strikes
including the heavy bag, body protector and pads * The best way to combine your
kicks and footwork for deception and speed * The fundamental footwork of Muay
Thai * The correct Muay Thai skills to use in each fighting range, in the ring
or on the street * The fundamentals of clinching, including how to use the
clinch to punish your opponent with knee strikes to the head and body * The
proper method of breathing for power and stamina * The use of the knee in Muay
Thai, including several methods of striking to the body and head * Effective
defensive use of kicks to stop your opponent's hand strikes This fascinating
Thai boxing tape also includes scenes of full contact Muay Thai fight footage filmed in
Thailand. If you are interested in learning this hard hitting art or would like
to add the devastating kicking and knee striking skills of Muay Thai to the art
you practice, this Thai boxing tape is for you.
Mural Paintings in Thailand by Dr. Klaus Wenk
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National Economic Policy by Pridi Banomyong, Kenneth Perry Landon (Paperback)
Book Description
My one paramount aim and purpose in furthering the revolutiong was to
promote the welfare of our people. Essentailly my concern was not to replace a
single monarch with a multiplicity of monarchs, which constitutes the external
semblance of a democracy. I was resolved above all else to do just one thing:
'to advance the welfare of our people'. And I hold that the Thai Constitution
comprises the key which is to unlock the door of opportunity to them so that
they may have a share in determining the.
The publisher, Martin Rowe , August 11, 2000. A focus on Thai political and economic Thai sovereignty. Written following the 1932 coup that transformed Siam (Thailand) into a constitutional monarchy, this Thai history book is a manifesto for a comprehensive national socioeconomic plan that reflects Pridi Banomyong's visionary political insights and firm understanding of Thai democracy. What is significant about this volume is that in its emphasis on Thai political and economic Thai sovereignty and distribution of productive power to local Thai communities, it presents an alternative to the globalized capitalism that Western..
Nelles Guide to Thailand (Nelles Guides) by Nelles, et al (Paperback - March 2000)
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Night Market : Sexual Cultures and the Thai Economic Miracle by Ryan Bishop, Lillian S. Robinson (Contributor) (Paperback - January 1998) Reviewer: "Charles M. Love" from Rock Springs, Wyoming USA I've been involved in and taught cultural anthropology for 27 years. I don't normally underline very much in a book, but after combing through this one I found I had made some 174 major underlinings, mostly critical. I also made 137 major separate notes in the margins and at the end of chapters, alas, also mostly critical. For those of you who do not wish to read the whole of this review, let me advise you to use this book only as a classic example of how not to do anthropological research and how not to write it, and to a certain extent, how not to publish it (the backing falls apart in less than two readings and you are ultimately treated to piles of pages).
An overblown effort,
December 1, 1999
Reviewer: CD
Brookins from San Diego, California
While the subject of this book is very interesting and deserves further study,
the authors were very pretensious. The book did offer some new insights into
Thai economics and how the tourism and prostituion industries interact, but one
gets the feeling the authors wanted to rail against the "Farangs" that
travel to the kingdom. Two items particularly irritated me. The first was how
the authors referenced documents from a navigator on Christopher Columbus' first
voyage to America to describe how foreigners feel about Thai prostitues. How a
document written about a voyage before there was a Thailand (or U.S.A. for that
matter) pertains to Bangkok massage parlors, I'll never know. The second
"documentation" concerned a Thai Air advertisement. The ad featured a
stewardess smiling at a white airline traveler. The authors try to convince the
reader that this is proof that Thai industries are actively promoting the sex
trade. If this is true, nearly every commercial on American television is an
active promotion of prostitution in the U.S. There is a need for a serious study
of the socio-economic impact of the sex trade in Thailand, but this is not it.
This is nothing more than a tirade against prostitution and the foreign
travelers who venture to Thailand. How prostitution destroys young Thais is
truly a sad story, but the authors should devote a little more effort in
researching their subject, rather than blindly grasping at obtuse concepts to
prove a predjudicial viewpoint.
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Open
Road's Thailand by Louis Bechtel
(Paperback - April 2000) A CATALOGUE of information
for the MODERATE budget trip.,
The most currently popular travel books for Thailand are written with
backpackers in mind, those who are trying to stretch the baht until it groans.
Lou Bechtel's Guide is more for the typical vacationer with a moderate budget,
especially for those who are taking their families with them.
The first thing you notice about this book is the extensive contact information for every single hotel and restaurant listed, and there are lots of them in every location reported. All guidebooks on Thailand cover Bangkok according to the sections of the city. This book adds a section that other books do not have:"Near the Airport," for those jaundiced travelers who wish to "skip Bangkok" other than using the airport.
Lou is frequently engaged to review hotels and cover trade fairs in Asia, so he knows what he is looking for and expecting, both in service and cost. As a travel journalist, he often gets the VIP treatment, but he thinks you should not pay more than necessary to have a good time. Often he just tells the reader, "This is what you should do."
You can read other books on Thailand with all the glossy pictures, to decide where you want to go. Once you have an idea what you would like to do and where you would like to go, this is the book to plan your itinerary.
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The
Original Thai Cookbook by Jennifer Brennan (Paperback - June 1984)
I wish to congratulate this book because this is the only book
I've turned to in "drastic times" - times where I've had to impress my
friends that I can cook Thai food. Being Thai, the recipes had to be right and
taste good. Well, it has served me well time and time again. Jennifer Brennan,
Congratulations! comments
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The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Thai and English Dictionary This bilingual dictionary is a handy trade paperback containing over 30,000 entries with detailed and cross-referenced line illustrations. Pictures are clear, easy to understand, and labeled in both English and Thai text. Topics include science, social science, nature, industry, technology, recreation, entertainment, and much more. A separate section includes subjects that are singular to Thai culture, such as religion, architecture, and wildlife. 886 pages. River Books and Oxford Press. 1994.
"A picture says a thousand words". . . This book has thousands of pictures! This book is a handy reference for English people who are studying the Thai language or vice versa. I believe it is a bit unwieldy for the casual traveler/visitor. comments by Bjorn Andersson
Palaces
of the Gods: Khmer Art & Architecture in Thailand
by Elizabeth Moore, Smitthi
Siribhadra, Michael Freeman (Photographer) (Hardcover - November 2000)
Excellent book about the major Khmer sites in Thailand. Beautifully illustrated
with nice photographs. Includes maps of the temples. More than 350 pages
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Passport Thailand : Your Pocket Guide to Thai Business, Customs & Etiquette (Passport to the World) by Naomi Wise, Tom Watson(Illustrator) (Paperback - May 1997)
Book Description
Comprehensive guide to the culture, etiquette and communication of
Thailand.
Success in international business is not just about your product and
service, or about terms and delivery schedules. Success is about people,
traditions and relationships. Passport to the World books are comprehensive
guides to understanding a country's people, culture, etiquette and communication
styles. Passport Thailand will help you: Avoid cultural faux pas Learn about
Thailand's values and beliefs Understand the reasons behind the actions Develop
an effective negotiating style Don't leave..
Passport's Illustrated Guide to Thailand (Passport's Illustrated Guides) by Ben Davies (Paperback - May 2000)
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Patpong Sisters : An American Woman's View of the Bangkok Sex World by Cleo Odzer
From Book News, Inc.
,
May 1, 1995
Odzer offers a personal account of her three years in Thailand studying
prostitution in a Bangkok red light district catering to foreigners. She
interviews bar girls and bar boys, describes their families and lives outside of
the district, and reveals her romantic involvement with a Thai pimp. She
discusses AIDS and economic oppression of women in Thailand, and concludes that
some of the workers are intelligent and entrepreneurial. Includes b&w
photos. Lacks an index. Annotation copyright.
Odzer went to Bangkok to study prostitution for her anthropology
dissertation, but she comes across as anything but academic in this highly
personal, anecdotal account of her experiences in Patpong, the city's thriving
red-light district. Indeed, her findings confound expectations. The bar girls
Odzer managed to befriend were adept in turning sexual transactions into affairs
of the heart, making Western men feel responsible for them and, eventually,
their families. Compared to the village life...
SAVE YOUR MONEY, THE AUTHOR
ONLY TALKS OF HER THAI BOYFRIEND, October 13, 2000
Reviewer: doris from norfolk, VA United States
if you want a book dealing specifically with prostitution in thailand, how it is
done, and what the prostitutes do, and how they live, this book is not
informative enough. this book is a description of the time the author spent in
bangkok. more often than not, she does not interviewing prostitutes, and she
does not bring you into the lives of these slums. she sees the whole
prostitution business in a way that is rather naive. rather, as said before, she
spends a lot of time talking about her thai boyfriend and other non-relevant
things. she does give some important insight on thai prostitution and the white
men involved, but it is very little. read this book like you would a novel. i
wouldn't recommend you purchase it for research.
Good read, November 26,
1999
Reviewer: Miguel
Agullo from Hong Kong, China
All right, this might not be the most sophisticated study into Thailand's sex
industry. But who cares? First of, there are that many books that deal with that
subject in the first place, and this is one of the most enjoyable. It also
provides a lot of info on the way Thais understand life. OK, a big chunk of the
country is not involved in prostitution, but almost all seek "sabai
jai" - peace of mind - a term that I had not learnt about before reading
this book and that turns out to be invaluable when dealing with Thai people. And
there are plenty like it throughout the book.
I also found quite true the theory that prostitution is actually liberating and helps to break the old ways in which women are treated and looked upon in Thailand. I would never phatom paying for sex (maybe because I don't need to ), but after spending time in Thailand, I can tell you that the attitude of the prostitutes over there is a lot more sane (and a lot more understandable for a Western mind) than the attitude of the general female population, specially those ladies from the upper class who apparently live inside a fiction bubble. There is obviously a dark side to prostitution, but please check out the night scene at the Hard Rock Cafe in Bangkok and then tell me what's wrong with girls who just want to have fun (except for the pathetic crowd of old Western guys hanging out with girls that look like their daughters). Talk to their customers and see who is using who. If anything, this book will also help the would-be sexual tourist avoid getting in trouble (and you can bet the police is always going to be on the girl's side). Whoever disagrees with this theory are either fooling themselves, or more likely, have NO clue of Asian culture. As another reviewer pointed out, it is the Thai/Asian prostution the one that has the more scary edge to it. As the book explains, the underage slave brothels are all in the Bangkok Chinatown. This is not racism, this is simply true.
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Perlmutterkunst in Thailand /The Art of Mother-of-pearl in Thailand by Dr. Klaus Wenk
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The People of Thailand (Celebrating the Peoples and Civilizations of Southeast Asia) by Dolly Brittan (Library Binding - August 1998)
Peoples
of the Golden Triangle : Six Tribes in Thailand
by Paul Lewis,
Elaine Lewis (Paperback - December 1998)
Natural History
Combines the usefulness of a culture summary with the liveliness of
personal vignettes and page after page of exquisite color photographs.
Periplus Travelmaps Bangkok : Central Thailand (Periplus Travel Maps) (Map - April 2000)
A
Photographic Guide to Birds of Thailand by
Michael Webster, Chew Yen Fook (Paperback - June 1999)
A Handy Pocket Book of Birds
of Thailand, April 13, 2000
Reviewer: Michele-Marie
von Bergen from Mountain City,TN 37683 This is a well done pocket size photografic book on the birds of
Thailand. The
pictures are very good. It also is has some good information besides just being a
picture book. It is a great book for the money.
Phra Farang (an English Monk in Thailand) by Phra Peter Pannapadipo
Recommended by the Moderator - Freelancerbar Forum
Das Phuket Handbuch
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Phuket Island Map (map)
Phuket Road Map (map)
Phuket Southern Thailand : Thailand Regional Maps (Periplus Travel Maps)
Phuket und Ko Samui. Trauminseln im Süden Thailands by Rainer Bolik
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Phuket und Umgebung by Rainer Krack
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Pimsleur Compact Thai Course This is a state-of-the-art language learning course for spoken Thai. The popular Pimsleur course does not use a book but uses a completely aural approach to language learning, perfect for learning quickly. It features a proficiency-based system that helps the student learn through listening and speaking practice.
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Plants and People of the Golden Triangle : Ethnobotany of the Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand by Edward F. Anderson (Hardcover - December 1993)
From Book News, Inc. , June 1, 1994 Anderson (research botanist, Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix) made six trips to the remote mountains of northern Thailand and brought back information on over 1,000 plant species used by the six major tribes of the region for food, fibers and dyes, medicines, pleasure, and dealing with the spirit world. The information is in danger of being lost as the people are assimilated into the mainstream Thai culture and lose contact with their traditional lifestyles. Includes 200 color photographs.
Pocket Thai
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Pocket Thai - German
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The Poison River by Steve Raymond, Mal Karman (Hardcover - January 1995)
Book DescriptionTrue story of an American businessman arrested in Thailand, falsely accused of running an international sex tour ring, and imprisoned for two years at the request of the US government.
About
the Author
California native, graduate of Sonoma State University, former president
and CEO of both a California based and a Thailand based tour company, former
executive of the Harvey Milk Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club, former hotel
General Manager and marketing and sales director for the Renoir Hotel, San
Francisco.
Disturbing and documented journal about American injustice, April 27,
1998 Reviewer: seanpar@efn.org from Ashland, Oregon, USA
Once I started reading this book, I couldn't put it down. I read it straight
through in eight hours and have read it several times since. It is the gripping
(and documented) true story of an American business executive falsely accused of
child abuse by a former college classmate. The accuser is John Cummings, a
convicted child molester who was deported from Thailand when charges were filed
against him in the US in 1988. He was sentenced to 68 years in jail, but an
overzealous child abuse investigator got 40 years chopped off the sentence in
exchange for Cummings spinning a tale of international "child sex
tours." Although all of the people he accused were found not guilty or
carges were dismissed in both US and Thai courts, in the meantime Cummings and
his supporters (like US Senator Jesse Helms and economic doomsday author Howard
Ruff) destroyed a world famous street children's shelter, along with the lives
of dozens of innocent adults and children. This case began the media frenzy
surrounding "sex tourism," and is often cited by the media as
"Proof" even though no one was guilty. Steve Raymond spent two years
in jail while the U.S. Justice Department -- realizing they had wrongly accused
him -- used international pressure to keep him locked in a Thai jail and away
from the media. He was finally freed after intervention by Amnesty
International. Every time you turn the page, you believe that someone *HAS* to
come into his cell and say, "I'm sorry, Mr. Raymond, we made a terrible
mistake." That apology never came. READ THIS BOOK! If you think your
American government will protect you, you'll learn differently. (Fully
documented, BTW).
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Political Change in Thailand : Democracy and Participation (Politics in Asia Series) by Kevin Hewison(Editor) (Paperback - November 1997)
The Politics of Reform in Thailand : Education in the Reign of King Chulalongkorn by David K. Wyatt
Polyglott Reiseführer, Südthailand, Phuket
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Powers that Be : Pridi Banomyong through the Rise and Fall of Thai Democracy by Sulak Sivaraksa (Paperback - September 2000)
Book DescriptionJudging from their broad similarities, one is easily led to the impression that Pridi and Sulak were from the start the best of friends, fighting shoulder to shoulder and back to back against the encircling injustice. In the courageous and illuminating personal essay in this volume Sulak suggests otherwise. He recounts in vivid details his discord and ultimate unity with Pridi. Sulak's essay not only provides us with a valuable glimpse of Pridi's ideas and personality
The
publisher, Martin Rowe , August 11, 2000
Buddhism and the history of Thailand
This collection of essays concerns itself with the many facets of engaged
Buddhism, from the very practical to the philosophical, that have expressed
themselves throughout the history of Thailand in the life and work of Pridi
Banomyong (1900-1983). Historian, religion scholar, and political analyst, Sulak
Sivaraksa examines Banomyong's legacy and challenges contemporary Thais and
people everywhere to consider their lives as worth more than the sum of material
goods they own and instead discover.
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Practical Thai by Suraphong Kanchananaga. Very handy pocket book covering all the situations a visitor is likely to be at, such as the hotel the barber's, the market place and even when making friends. An indispensable book with Thai script to facilitate all kinds of communication. Easy to use.
Practical Thai Cooking by Puangkram C. Schmitz, Michael J. Worman(Contributor) (Paperback - November 1997)
Preiswert reisen - Thailand by Kurt Singer
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Rapid Thai (audiotape)
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Reading and Writing by Brown, J. M, Bangkok, AUA Language Centre, Thai language Course (latest ed.)
Real Thai : The Best of Thailand's Regional Cooking by Nancie McDermott (Paperback - May 1992)
An excellent introduction
to Thai cooking, May 1, 2000
This was the first Thai cookbook I purchased when I first discovered how easy
Thai food was to make at home about 4 years ago. The Thai recipes prove that you can get
restaurant quality Thai food in your home kitchen. My husband and I usually use this
Thai cookbook two times or more a week and have never been disappointed. He doesn't like
to cook that much so we are especially pleased with the simplicity of most
recipes.
Our favorite Thai recipes include our restaurant standards Pad Thai, Chicken Curry and Swimming Rama. We have also found some great new dishes through this book such as the Garlic Shrimp, and the Burmese-Style Pork Curry with Fresh Ginger.
Cooking out of this book has let us explore wonderful new Thai dishes. Also, by all means add more chilis. The hotter the better.
Real Vegetarian Thai by Nancie McDermott (Paperback - April 1997)
Die regionale Rolle Thailands by Wilfried Herrmann (book)
Reise durch Thailand by Steve Van Beek
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Reisegast in Thailand by Alice Aarau
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Reise-Handbuch Thailand by Ulrich Quack
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A Resounding Failure : Martin and the French in Siam, 1672-1693 (Treasures from the Past) by Michael Smithies (Paperback - June 1999)
Rice Without Rain by Minfong Ho (Hardcover - April 1990)
Rituals of National Loyalty by Katherine A. Bowie (Hardcover)
River
Kwai Railway : The Story of the Burma-Siam Railway by Clifford Kinvig
Siam
Mapped : A History of the Geo-Body of a Nation by Thongchai Winichakul This work focuses on how this conflict between more local conceptions of space,
often based on Buddhist cosmology, and more western concepts of politically
bordered and defined states led to the crisis of 1893. Thongchai Winichakul's
essential thesis concerns not a typical narrative of how Siam, and later
Thailand, came to be, but how the perception of space changed in order to allow
the creation of what he terms the 'geo-body' of the nation. This geo-body,
whether as a map in schools or a logo for a political party, serves as one of
the key ways in which nationalism is transmitted from generation to generation.
In short, this work provides a new analysis of one of the many ways in which the
Thai nation was created as an idea. As such, this book is valuable reading for
those interested in Thai History and/or Southeast Asian history, or in the discourses
and transmission of nationalism in general.
Robertson's Practical English-Thai Dictionary by Richard G. Robertson. (Paperback - November 1989) Though the content of this Thai dictionary is good...Robertson's dictionary lacks depth and cross-referencing. If you desire a quick and easy guide to Thai...do not purchase this book. "Conversational Thai in 7 days" provides the same material and is easier to use plus it includes some basic Thai sentence structure. Another source that is just a good is the "Lonely Planet Thai Phrasebook"...not only does it provide Thai grammar and Thai vocabulary but it is small and covers a wide range of topics for such a small volume. comments by Bjorn Andersson
A Rough Guide Phrasebook (Rough Guide Phrase Book) This book is terrific!! It has English-Thai, and Thai-English sections, and shows Thai with consistent rominazation, plus Thai script. Now, the best part of this Thai phrasebook is the intro (before the dictionary begins) to Thai language. It gives all the basic Thai grammar rules (summed up nicer than many Thai language books!) Rules for different kinds of questions and everything. Even a section on profanity (so you'll know when people are upset:) And all examples give Thai script, roman-Thai (including tone marks), and English. I highly recommend this book to anyone even remotely interested in the Thai Languages. Besides, it's got a GREAT price :) comments by Bjorn Andersson
Russian-Thai
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The Sacred Sculpture of Thailand : The Alexander B. Griswold Collection, the Walters Art Gallery by Hiram W. Woodward jr.
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The Secret Vietnam War : The United States Air Force in Thailand, 1961-1975 by Jeffrey D. Glasser (Hardcover - November 1995)
Seeds of Peace : A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society by Sulak Sivaraksa (Paperback - September 1991)
Seeing Forests for Trees : Environment and
Environmentalism in Thailand
by Philip Hirsch(Editor), Australian National University National Thai studies
(Paperback - June 1999)
Siam's Struggle for Survival by Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns
The Siamese Memoirs of Count Claude De Forbin : 1685-1688 (Treasures from the Past) by Forbin, Michael Smithies(Editor) (Paperback - June 1999)
Siamese Sketches by Charles Buls
Siamesisches Tagebuch - Ein deutscher Arzt in Bangkok 1909-1912 by Friedrich Schaefer
A Siamese Tragedy by Walter Bello
A Siamese Tragedy : Development and Disintegration in Modern Thailand by Shea Cunningham, et al (Paperback - March 1999)
Simple Thai by Werachai Setthapun
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Simply Thai Cooking by Wandee Young, Byron Ayanoglu(Contributor) (Paperback - March 1996)
Spoken Thai by Mary R. Haas, Heng R. Subhanka. The two books and the six audio cassettes are essential for you who are going to live in Thailand and for those who wants to work as interpreters.
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Spice of Life : The Recipes and Cooking Culture of Thailand (book with CD Rom
in presentation case) by Chris Baker(Editor), et al (Paperback - February
2000)
Spoken Thai: Book Two by Mary R. Haas, Heng R. Subhanka
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Spoken Thai/6 Audio Cassettes by Mary R. Haas, Heng R. Subhanka
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Sprachführer Thai für Deutsche by Dr. Hans Kappe
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Sprachführer Thailand by W.P.Fidelak
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Square Cookery Thai
Die strategische Position Thailands im Kambodscha-Konflikt by Sven Bachofen
Studien zur thailändischen Sprache I. by Gero Fischer
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Studies in Thai History by David K. Wyatt
Succeed in Business Thailand : The Essential Guide for Business and Investment (Culture Shock, Succeed in Business) by Bea Toews, et al (Paperback - September 1998)
Südostasien. Durch Thailand, Malaysia und Indonesien by Kay Maeritz
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Südthailand Handbuch by Joe Cummings
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Südthailand mit Stopover Bangkok selbst entdecken by Michael Möbius
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