books about: bangkok     books:       Bangkok (City Guide) Andrew Burke, Austin Bush Lonely Planet, 2008             Bangkok Babylon: The Real-Life Exploits of Bangkok's Legendary Expatriates are often Stranger than Fiction6 reviews Jerry Hopkins Periplus Editions, 2006 Absolutely wonderful! As an expat living in Bangkok, I can assure you Hopkins knows this city well, and the characters he describes are the most interesting bunch of characters you're ever likely to read about. Full of fun and panache on the surface, it also has a core of considerable importance: the fact that a person can reinvent him or herself and probably nowhere as easily as in Bangkok. Highly recommended.             GROOVY BANGKOK MAP 'N' GUIDE4 reviews Aaron Frankel Groovy Map Co Ltd, 2007 GET THIS MAP! If you are traveling to or through Bangkok, do yourself a favor and get this guide! It highlights key places, has helpful hints to get around, and is laminated in a handy pocket size. We just moved to Bangkok and this map (and the pocket sized thai phrasebook) never leave my husband's pocket. So far all of the recommendations and hints on the map have been very accurate and good. By the way, an ...             The Rough Guide to Bangkok 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) Lucy Ridout, Paul Gray Rough Guides, 2007 The Rough Guide to Bangkok is your essential handbook to this dynamic and intriguing city. From the royal temples and palaces of Ratanakos to the vibrant weekend market at Chatuchak, the 24-page, full-colour introduction pinpoints all of the city''s highlights. There are details of all the best places to stay, eat and drink, to suit every budget, plus a new ''Authors'' Picks'' feature to highlight the very best options. There is up-to-date ...             The Intimate Economies of Bangkok: Tomboys, Tycoons, and Avon Ladies in the Global City Ara Wilson University of California Press, 2004 Bangkok has been at the frontier of capitalism's drive into the global south for three decades. Rapid development has profoundly altered public and private life in Thailand. In her provocative study of contemporary commerce in Bangkok, Ara Wilson captures the intimate effects of the global economy in this vibrant city. The Intimate Economies of Bangkok is a multifaceted portrait of the intertwining of identities, relationships, and economics ...             Bangkok (City Guide)11 reviews Joe Cummings, China Williams Lonely Planet, 2006 Where would you buy it? Amazon.com says this book will be published on March 2005. But try to go to Lonely Planet's online shop, then you can see that it has been published on Sep. 2004. Next, bn.com says it's been publised on March 2004. I don't know which is right. But I'm sure that this book came out already. I gave 5 stars, however, because I knows LP is a great series at least.             Bangkok Tattoo66 reviews John Burdett Vintage, 2006 Another fascinating tale I've read several Burkett titles, and I'd recommend this one as a nice addition to his Asian tales. This would also make an excellent first selection to buy if it's your first taste of his writing. I admit my fascination with his writing has a bit to do with spending some time in Bangkok on business and sneaking out at night and tiptoeing through the jungle. Having lived there for decades, ...             Top 10 Bangkok (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE)1 review DK Publishing DK Travel, 2008 Very handy for short trips If you are on a few days city trip this is a very good little book to carry a long. Handy, easy to find tips for your trips and fast to read. Comes with a separate map!             Bangkok 8: A Novel142 reviews John Burdett Vintage, 2004 A HODGEPODGE OF INGENUITY! Forget about whether or not this book accurately depicts Bangkok life, or is slanted by the misconstrued vision of the author. After all, it is not a travelogue, it is a work of fiction first and foremost. And it is a work of fiction of extreme ingenuity. The writer is highly talented. He is also highly complex, and so is his story. And he is funny as all get out. I can't count the many ...             Bangkok Haunts48 reviews John Burdett Vintage Books, 2008 Police Procedural - Thai Style Thailand, poverty stricken and seething with mysticism, is the brilliant setting for this police procedural - Thai style. When mesmerizing prostitute Damrong becomes the star of a well produced snuff film, Detective Sonchai Jitplecheep calls in his farang (westerner) friend - "almost" lover Kimberly Jones - to help him find the killer, and Eastern and Western cultures are brought face to face. ...             Periplus Travel Maps Bangkok (Thailand Regional Maps) (Thailand Regional Maps)1 review Periplus Editions, 2007 Detailed and well laid out.... Bangkok Travel Map, Fourth Edition (Periplus Travel Maps). Of ALL the maps available for Bangkok, this was the most recent print. The Periplus Bangkok (5th edition) was very informative and easy to interpret: showing subway & rail routes, major hotels, points of interest, hospitals, etc. Important and useful info for most travelers. It has been 8 years since my last trip to Bangkok and the ...             Time Out Bangkok: And Beach Escapes (Time Out Guides)2 reviews Editors of Time Out Time Out, 2007 great food suggestions I was a little skeptical using a Time Out guide for the first time, but I must admit that this guide led us to numerous local eateries that were absolutely fantastic. We used the "eating" section to choose 4 local places for dinner and we were handsomely rewarded with great food, at cheap prices, from local places that we never would have found on our own. While the maps are a little lacking ...             The Bangkok Survivor's Handbook: A Guide to Living in Asia's City of Angels (Paperback - Second edition, ...5 reviews Robert Hein Expat Publications, 2006 Filled with details, a gripping read! I spent 9 months in Thailand in the Peace Corps many years ago, and visited the LOS again last May. I have started fantasizing about retiring there, so I bought "The Bangkok Survivor's Handbook" to add more fact to my fantasy. Most guidebooks are a struggle for me to read, but this one is such fun that I finished it in one sitting, interrupted only by supper. It is definitely targeted at ...             A Nail Through the Heart: A Novel of Bangkok18 reviews Timothy Hallinan Harper Paperbacks, 2008 Darkness and light in Bangkok I've written four novels set in China, and know a good piece of writing by a westerner about Asia when I see it. This book fits the bill perfectly. `A Nail Through the Heart' is set in contemporary Bangkok. While technically a thriller, it is written with both the flair and depth that you would want from a `literary' novel. This is proper writing - it begins with a beautifully set scene: ...             Lonely Planet Bangkok Encounter1 review China Williams Lonely Planet, 2007 Lonely Planet Best of Bangkok Not very usefull. Lots of out dated info that has been re hashed over and over. Save you money Maps are useless, hard to read and limited info             Confessions of a Bangkok Private Eye: True stories from the case files of Warren Olson6 reviews Warren Olson Monsoon Books Pte. Ltd., 2006 Better book than some reviewers here suggest I commend the previous reviewers, and in particular Joseph Haschka's review, but want to add that the reason the book is "repetitive" is that the short chapters (around 23 in all) are clearly meant to be read by themselves, so some repetition is necessary. Also, as confirmed by Haschka, I felt the book was ghostwritten, by a good ghostwriter, in that the ghostwriter 'stepped into the shoes' of ...             Fodor's Bangkok's 25 Best, 4th Edition (25 Best)1 review Fodor's Fodor's, 2007 Concise, easy to read I like this guidebook. It is small in size and easy to carry. The format is colorful and includes lots of photos. The type is large enough to read easily. There is a fold-out map as well as a regular map in a plastic envelope in the back. I haven't been to Bangkok yet, but what I've read seems in line with what I've read elsewhere. I'm be in Bangkok for 4 days in November and this seems ...             Vertigo Pop: Tokyo Days, Bangkok Nights Jonathan Vankin Vertigo, 2009             Wallpaper City Guide: Bangkok (Wallpaper City Guide Bangkok)2 reviews Editors of Wallpaper Magazine Phaidon Press, 2006 Different from Luxe City Guides, but less grating, too ... Reviewer "Ikat" has a valid point: the Wallpaper City Guides (WCG) are not comprehensive, and there is a bit of an extended travel magazine article aspect to them: however, I like WCG's differences from Luxe City Guides. Luxe engages in snarky comments and its prose (rather like a slick, smug club kid writing for middle-aged wannabee hipsters with bottomless pockets) is of a sort that I've ...              search for books babylon, bangkok, confessions, economies, edition, encounter, escapes, expatriates, exploits, eyewitness, fiction, handbook, intimate, january, legendary, living, paperback, periplus, private, real-life, regional, stories, stranger, survivor, thailand, through, tomboys, tycoons, vertigo, wallpaper books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking: 200 Traditional Recipes from 11 Chinatowns ... leave a comment home  impressum - about us