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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 2 items are available
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Insight Guide Thailand
• 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. With some practical travel information and basic details about Thailand's major attractions.
(TLD16, $23.99) |
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Thailand Map
• National Geographic Society
2011 •
MAP
A detailed relief map of Thailand , with index, at the scale of 1:1,1,300,000. Printed on tear-resistant, waterproof paper, this National Geographic Adventure Map uses the excellent World Mapping Project cartography. Two Sides. 20x31 inches.
(TLD24, $11.95) |
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Also Recommended
Culture Shock! Thailand
• Robert Cooper
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Written for the business traveler or resident, this guide is a lively introduction to modern Thai culture and manners. Its focus is on customs and business etiquette.
(TLD15, $17.99)
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Insight Pocket Guide Bangkok
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This convenient, slim volume features color photographs, many maps, good descriptions of major points of interest, and other practical information.
(TLD03, $13.95)
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Lonely Planet Thai Phrasebook
• Joe Cummings
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A handy pocket phrasebook, covering pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler in Thailand.
(TLD46, $8.99)
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Thai, Start Speaking Today
• Language/30
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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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)
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A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia
• J.M. Barwise
• Nicholas J. White
• HISTORY
• COMING IN MARCH
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A compact history of the region, including the Khmer and the various ancient kingdoms that produced Borobudur, Angkor and other architectural marvels.
(SEA36, $14.95)
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The Arts of Thailand
• Steve Van Beek
• Luca Invernizzi
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A beautifully illustrated and authoritative introduction to Thai art. Includes full-color photographs, a glossary, maps, and site plans.
(TLD30, $39.95)
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Soul of the Tiger, Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia
• Jeffrey A. McNeely
• Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A meditation on the role of animals and nature in the societies of Southeast Asia. With dark humor, the authors wax philosophical about conservation issues throughout the region.
(SEA02, $18.99)
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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Thailand
• Michael Webster
• FIELD GUIDE
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A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of Thailand, featuring color photographs, brief descriptions and range maps.
(TLD18, $15.95)
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Birds of Thailand
• Craig Robson
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, comprehensive guide with 128 color plates by a team of illustrators. Robson is also the author of the authoritative Birds of Southeast Asia.
(TLD41, $35.00)
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