Southeast category: 2400 books
by Andrew Forbes, David Henley
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
During the latter half of the twentieth century the little-known and often lawless region where Laos, Burma, Thailand and China meet has become known and widely romanticised as ‘The Golden Triangle’. Originally a Western designation applied to the region because of its wealth in jade, silver,...
by D. G. E. Hall
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
by IntroBooks
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2017
IntroBooks delivers up to the minute information covering everything on a topic in only one hour of reading. Our books are written to give essential information in a straight-to-the-point, easy to read format. We have cut out technical jargon, waffle, and unnecessary filler to ensure you get the essential information you need to achieve your goals with confidence.
by Christopher G. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2016
Calvino investigates the death of a friend, a Canadian painter. The medical examiner finds the young man has ingested an exit drug, and the police verdict of suicide seems justified. But in Bangkok appearances have a habit of deceiving. Sometimes jumpers are given a leg up in their leap to the next...
Genre Fiction of New India
Post-millennial receptions of "weird" narratives
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
This book investigates fiction in English, written within, and published from India since 2000 in the genre of mythology-inspired fiction in doing so it introduces the term ‘Bharati Fantasy’. This volume is anchored in notions of the ‘weird’ and thus some time is spent understanding this term...
by Wendy Doniger
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
The Kamasutra, composed in the third century CE, is the world's most famous textbook of erotic love. There is nothing remotely like it even today, and for its time it was astonishingly sophisticated. Yet it is all but ignored as a serious work in its country of origin-sometimes taken as a matter of...
Representing Atrocity in Taiwan
The 2/28 Incident and White Terror in Fiction and Film
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2007
In 1945, Taiwan was placed under the administrative control of the Republic of China, and after two years, accusations of corruption and a failing economy sparked a local protest that was brutally quashed by the Kuomintang government. The February Twenty-Eighth (or 2/28) Incident led to four decades...
by Christopher G. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2014
Matthew Burlock is a brilliant, eccentric judge, faced with the facts of a bizarre ritual murder. In the run-down Delrose Hotel, two men are found half-eaten by flames: one tied to a cross, the other tied up on the bed, with African lioness masks laid next to him. The police say it is a homosexual...
by Christopher G. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2017
Calvino untersucht den Selbstmord eines jungen kanadischen Malers. Laut Autopsiebericht hatte er eine tödliche Droge eingenommen. Für die Polizei ein scheinbar eindeutiger Fall. Doch in Bangkok trügt der Schein oft. Manchmal haben Springer Hilfe beim Übergang in die nächste Welt. Und den Helfern nachzuspüren, kann riskant sein. Wie in diesem Fall.
by Christopher G. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2018
Privatdetektiv Vincent Calvino ist seit fast dreißig Jahren im Geschäft und eine bekannte Größe in der Welt der Kriminalliteratur. Diesmal gerät er ins Fadenkreuz der thailändischen Behörden, als er in einem Fall von Arzneimittel-Piraterie ermittelt. Er folgt der Spur des Geldes bis vor die...
by Christopher G. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2013
Tony Collins, un correspondant de guerre américain, et Sam Rith, un ancien enfant-soldat chez les Khmers rouges, se retrouvent trente ans après. Tony a aidé Sam, un adolescent de quinze ans meurtri par la guerre et les camps de réfugiés, à refaire sa vie...
by Christopher G. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2013
Nach fast dreißig Jahren trifft der amerikanische Kriegsberichterstatter Tony Collins Sam Rith wieder, einen ehemaligen Kindersoldaten der Roten Khmer. Tony hatte dem sterbensmüden, fünfzehnjährigen Sam einst einen Neuanfang in den Vereinigten Staaten ermöglicht.
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Asia Complete Collection
Language Audio Learning Country Guide and Vocabulary Training Course Collection for Travel in Bangladesh, China, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Thailand (Including Bengali (Bangla) Chinese Mandarin, Jordanian Arabic, Kyrgyz, Mongol
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Asia Complete CollectionWelcome to the Asia Complete Collection. This collection includes 8 of our training courses all within the same book. This collection is designed to teach you the basics both before and during your visit to Bangladesh, China, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan and Thailand. Learn...
22 Walks in Bangkok
Exploring the City's Historic Back Lanes and Byways
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Take a series of unforgettable strolls down the back lanes of historic Bangkok!
Bangkok, Thailand is one of the world's greatest cities and a leading tourist destination, visited by millions each year. But it can also be a bewildering place. First-time visitors, not knowing what to expect,...