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Bangkok Haunts

Bangkok Haunts


by John Burdett

  • MYSTERY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

Burdett's superb thriller, featuring Royal Thai Police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep, is the latest in the series that started with Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Tattoo. (TLD76, $14.95)

Bangkok Tattoo

Bangkok Tattoo


by John Burdett

  • MYSTERY
  • 2006
  • PAPER

Burdett plumbs the dark side of Bangkok in this mesmerizing murder mystery starring Royal Thai Police detective, Sonchai Jitpleecheep. (TLD78, $14.95)

Bombay Anna, The Real Story and Remarkable Adventures of the King and I Governess

Bombay Anna, The Real Story and Remarkable Adventures of the King and I Governess


by Susan Morgan

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 300 PAGES

Anna Leonowens, of musical fame, was not just the first foreigner in the royal harem of Siam but also a traveler and an independent woman. (TLD84, $21.95)

Fodor's Thailand

Fodor's Thailand


by Fodors

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 656 PAGES

A popular, practical guide. (TLD42, $24.99)

Footprint Thailand Handbook

Footprint Thailand Handbook


by Andrew Spooner

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 800 PAGES

A practical guide in the popular British series. (TLD67, $25.95)

Frommer's Bangkok Day by Day

Frommer's Bangkok Day by Day


by Colin Hinshelwood

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER

A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring remarkably good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. With a separate foldout map of the city center. (TLD92, $12.99)

Frommer's Thailand


by Charlotte Shalgosky

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER

A comprehensive, practical guide to the region with excellent recommendations for hotels, restaurants and excursions. With two-color maps throughout. (TLD91, $22.99)

Lonely Planet Bangkok

Lonely Planet Bangkok


by Andrew Burke

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 290 PAGES

This comprehensive, practical guide includes a good overview of history and attractions, dozens of color maps, and even a section on Thai language. (TLD19, $21.99)

Lonely Planet Discover Thailand


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

An illustrated, full-color guide to Thailand's history, highlights and culture, with suggested itineraries, maps and recommendations by local experts. (TLD96, $25.99)

Lonely Planet Phuket Encounter

Lonely Planet Phuket Encounter


by Adam Skolnick

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER

This lively shirt pocket guide to the city, jammed with personal recommendations and photographs, also includes a pull-out map. (TLD86, $12.99)

Lonely Planet, Diving and Snorkeling Thailand

Lonely Planet, Diving and Snorkeling Thailand


by Tim Rock

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

This practical, illustrated guide to 75 underwater sites in Thailand features a short overview of marine life, color photographs and excellent maps. (TLD58, $24.99)

Michelin Green Guide Thailand


by Michelin

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

With the same focus on driving tours, detailed maps and the Michelin star system, the venerable Green Guides are even better -- organized regionally, in color and with an overview of history, art and culture. (TLD103, $21.95)

The Naked Tourist, In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall

The Naked Tourist, In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall


by Lawrence Osborne

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Osborne is not just interested in travel, but also in the reasons why we travel, layering his own entertaining adventures on the road from Dubai to India, Bangkok, Bali and beyond with ruminations on Shangri-La, The Grand Tour and our conceptions of the exotic and primitive. (SEA50, $20.00)

National Geographic Thailand

National Geographic Thailand


by Carl Parkes | Phil Macdonald

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

This guide to Thailand, published in the National Geographic attractive visual style, features hundreds of photographs, full color maps, and useful information on history, nature, culture, and travel. (TLD51, $27.95)

The Size of the World

The Size of the World


by Joan Silber

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

Drawing on her travels in Asia, Joan Silber brings a depth of experience to her richly imagined tales -- set in wartime Vietnam, Thailand and Florida in the 1920s, Mexico, WWII Sicily and present-day Indiana. She deftly illuminates the difficulty of finding one's place in the world in just 300 heartfelt pages. (WLD143, $14.95)

Southeast Asia, A Concise History

Southeast Asia, A Concise History


by Mary Somers Heidhues

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A highly readable, illustrated history of Southeast Asia, covering politics, economics, society and culture. With 131 black-and-white illustrations and 11 maps. (SEA26, $19.95)

Thai, Start Speaking Today

Thai, Start Speaking Today


by Language/30

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1993
  • AUDIO CD

A 90-minute crash course in Thai with two audio tapes and a phrasebook, making use of the foreign service method focusing on dialogue. (TLD43, $24.95)

Thailand Islands & Beaches

Thailand Islands & Beaches


by Andrew Spooner

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A compact guide to coastal Thailand, including Bangkok, with history, tips, practical information and of course beaches -- from remote islands to popular resorts. Includes a popout map of Bangkok. (TLD99, $21.95)

A Woman's Asia

A Woman's Asia


by Marybeth Bond

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 310 PAGES

These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller. (ASA49, $17.95)

Bangkok Map

Bangkok Map


by Borch Maps

  • 2006
  • MAP

A handy laminated, folded walking map of Bangkok at a scale of 1:14,000. (TLD70, $8.95)

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Thailand

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Thailand


by Michael Webster

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of Thailand, featuring color photographs, brief descriptions and range maps. (TLD18, $15.95)

The River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong

The River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong


by Edward Gargan

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

A personal, probing chronicle of a 3,000 mile journey on the river from its source in China through Tibet, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. (SEA33, $16.95)

The Godfather of Kathmandu

The Godfather of Kathmandu


by John Burdett

  • MYSTERY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Sonchai Jitpleecheep, the tenacious Thai police detective, is put to the test as both a cop and as a Buddhist in Burdett's latest, wickedly entertaining mystery, fourth in the series. (TLD93, $14.95)

Insight Guide Thailand

Insight Guide Thailand


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

This handsome guide brings Thailand to life in hundreds of color photographs and vividly written essays by a team of experts. Panoramic in scope, the book takes us from the crowded streets of modern Bangkok to the beaches to the rural north. (TLD16, $23.99)

 

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