W Scott Thompson: 3 books

Book cover of Trustee of the Nation

Trustee of the Nation

The Biography of Fidel V. Ramos

by W. Scott Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

"Scott Thompson's biography of the Filipino soldier and statesman, Fidel V. Ramos, illustrates the fascinating and complex geography of Filipino politics and its relation with the American hegemon. It's first-rate scholarship and equally first-rate writing." -F. Sionil Jose, National Artist for Literature
Book cover of Updates in Colo-Proctology
by A. Akovbiantz, P. Buchmann, C.A. Cabre-Martinez
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

"Updates in Colo-Proctology" covers the proceedings of the Anglo-Swiss Colo-Proctology Meeting held in St Moritz in 1990. The book contains the papers which were presented and disĀ­ cussed there by physicians of the various specialties concerned with the care of patients with diseases of...
Book cover of Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia
by Dr. Ian G. Baird, Corey L. Bell, Dr. Stephen C. Berkwitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...
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