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Essential Books These 3 items are available for $42, including
U.S. shipping, a 20% discount (Item no. EXTLD28)		  
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)		   Insight Guide Thailand
Culture Smart! Thailand  •  Roger Jones
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 168 PAGES
A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with practical travel advice and a short overview of the land and people. (TLD79, $9.95)		   Culture Smart! Thailand
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)		   Thailand Map



Also Recommended

Bangkok Map  •  Borch Maps    •  A handy laminated, folded walking map of Bangkok at a scale of 1:14,000. (TLD70, $8.95)
 		  
Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Map  •  Periplus Maps    •  With detailed city maps of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, a Northern Thailand regional map and map of the Golden Triangle. (TLD65, $9.00)
 		  
Fodor's Bangkok's 25 Best  •  Sylvie Franquet  •  Anthony Sattin   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This slim guide to Bangkok includes an excellent pullout map of the center of the city along with essential information on its highlights. (TLD40, $11.99)
 		  
Insight City Guide Bangkok  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This delightful guide, with 600 color photographs, features maps, not-to-be-missed attractions and a comprehensive street atlas. (TLD73, $19.99)
 		  
Lonely Planet Thailand  •  Joe Cummings   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive practical guide to Thailand geared for independent travelers, by one of Lonely Planet's best writers. (TLD17, $27.99)
 		  
Thai, Start Speaking Today  •  Language/30   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  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)
 		  
A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia  •  J.M. Barwise  •  Nicholas J. White   • HISTORY • COMING IN JUNE  •  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)
 		  
Bangkok, A Cultural History  •  Maryvelma O'Neil   • HISTORY  •  O'Neil illuminates a city rich in art, history, royal ceremony, and tradition in this engaging portrait. (TLD87, $16.95)
 		  
Chang, A Drama of the Wilderness  •  Merian C. Cooper  •  Ernest B. Schoedsack   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A long-lost 1926 quasi-documentary of rural life, filmed on location in Thailand, by the team that later made King Kong. (TLD59, $29.95)
 		  
Thai Buddhas  •  Dawn Rooney   • RELIGION • COMING IN  •  A brief overview of Theravada Buddhism and Buddhist art in Thailand, featuring 100 color photographs. Rooney, an art historian and writer, has lived and worked in Thailand for 30 years. (TLD52, $12.95)
 		  
Thailand, A Short History  •  David K. Wyatt   • HISTORY  •  A concise, readable introduction to the history of the country from prehistory up to the 21st century. (TLD01, $26.00)
 		  
The Mekong, Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future  •  Milton Osborne   • HISTORY  •  A cultural history of the great river from prehistory to European exploration, colonial tensions and modern challenges. It's an engaging introduction to the history of Southeast Asia. (SEA28, $16.00)
 		  
The Arts of Thailand  •  Steve Van Beek  •  Luca Invernizzi   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A beautifully illustrated and authoritative introduction to Thai art. Includes full-color photographs, a glossary, maps, and site plans. (TLD30, $39.95)
 		  
Anna and the King of Siam  •  Margaret Landon   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The enduring, fanciful tale of a governess in mid-19th century Siam, which is the basis for the hit musical production The King and I. (TLD09, $14.99)
 		  
The King Never Smiles, A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej  •  Paul M. Handley   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A balanced biography of Thailand's powerful king, a constitutional monarch who came to the throne of his country from the United States in 1946. (TLD69, $39.95)
 		  
The River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong  •  Edward Gargan   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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, $15.95)
 		  
Bangkok 8, A Novel  •  John Burdett   • MYSTERY  •  Burdett explores the criminal underworld of Bangkok -- and mysterious deaths by snakebite. (TLD72, $14.95)
 		  
Letters from Thailand, A Novel  •  Botan  •  Susan Fulop Kepner   • LITERATURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A prize-winning novel, first published in 1969 and here newly translated into English. Taking the form of a series of letters back home to his mother, the novel follows the fate of Tan Suang U, a Chinese immigrant in Bangkok at the close of World War II, who marries, raises a family, and runs a successful business. The novel, among its many pleasures, depicts daily life in Bangkok's thriving Chinatown. (TLD45, $19.95)
 		  
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle  •  Dorothy Gilman   • MYSTERY • COMING IN  •  A vacation turns ugly when grandmother/CIA agent Mrs. Pollifax takes on drug smugglers and assorted crooks in the jungles of Thailand in this entertaining mystery. (TLD22, $6.99)
 		  
Sightseeing, Stories  •  Rattawut Lapcharoensap   • LITERATURE  •  Lapcharoensap's remarkable debut collection of seven stories are sharp, funny portraits of contemporary Thailand and its generation gap. (TLD68, $12.00)
 		  
The Godfather of Kathmandu  •  John Burdett   • MYSTERY  •  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)
 		  
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Thailand  •  Michael Webster   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of Thailand, featuring color photographs, brief descriptions and range maps. (TLD18, $15.95)
 		  
Thailand, Traveller's Wildlife Guide  •  David L. Pearson   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Featuring full-color illustrations of 600 of Thailand's most common birds, mammals, reef fish, insects, amphibians and reptiles. (TLD83, $29.95)
 		  
 
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