Southeast Asia from Glynn's Books
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Stalking the Elephant Kings in Search of Laos
by Kremmer, Christopher
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- Used - Good
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- 1997
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- Paperback
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- 9781864481372
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St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1997. Pb, xi + 215pp, colour photos. Good, slight corner wear, clean contents. Combines travelogue and history. The author, a journalist who worked in Indochina, examines the fate of one of Asia's oldest monarchies and the upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s in Laos.. Soft Cover. Good. Item Price
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The Chiengmai Gymkhana Club 1898 - 1998
by Shaw, J.C. (ed)
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- 1998
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- Paperback
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- 9789747313048
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Chiang Mai, 1998. In English and Thai. Pb, x + 172pp, colour and b/w photos. Good+, marginal wear, clean contents. Published to celebrate the centenary of the club which is the oldest sports club in Thailand. Bilingual throughout, it contains extracts from minutes/club reports over the years, history of the club, sports trophies, members list.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo -… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thailand and the Struggle for Southeast Asia
by Nuechterlein, Donald E.
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1965. Hb, xvi + 279pp. Good with clean contents in a Fair+ dj which has tears/edgewear and sunned spine. Written at a time when communism was a threat in Southeast Asia, the author examines Thailand's foreign policy from the 1930s to the early 1960s, its position in the East-West struggle and its strategic importance to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gate
by Bizot, Francois
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- 2003
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- Hardcover
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- 9781843430018
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London: Harvill, 2003. Hb, 286pp. Good in a Good dj. Pages tanned but clean. Memoir of French enthnologist Francois Bizot, who was kept prisoner for three months by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Having survived this, he was later present when the Khmer Rouge victoriously entered Phnom Penh and became an intermediary between them and the terrified refugees in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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A History of Thailand
by Baker, Chris & Pasuk Phongpaichit
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- 2005
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- 9780521016476
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Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pb, xviii + 301pp, b/w illustrations/maps. Good+, marginal wear, clean contents. Compact and accessible history of Thailand which ranges over political, economic, social and cultural themes.. Soft Cover. Item Price
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Corruption & Democracy in Thailand
by Pasuk Phongpaichit & Sungsidh Piriyarangsan
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- 2001
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Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2001. Pb, xii + 198pp. Reprint of the 1996 2nd edition. Good+, clean contents, marginal wear. Research study on corruption in Thailand, set within a political context. It examines the roles of politicians, business people, bureaucrats and the police; estimates amounts involved; provides political background; looks at popular attitudes to corruption; and counter-measures.. Soft Cover. Item Price
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Thai Elephants Tourism Ambassadors of Thailand Elephant Insights
by Fang, Sam
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 2006
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- Hardcover
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- 9789749490792
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Chiang Mai: Self Published, 2006. Hb, 159pp, colour photos. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Over 250 "photo-stories" about Thai elephants. The first part illustrates their role in tourism - in shows, rides, annual events. The second part provides insights on elephant characteristics, mating, role in forest ecology, elephant hunters, and the royal elephant reintroduction project.. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peoples of the Golden Triangle Six Tribes in Thailand
by Lewis, Paul & Elaine
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- Fair
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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- 9780500973141
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London: Thames and Hudson, 1984. Horizontal format, Hb, 300pp, 754 illustrations including 712 in colour. Good in a Fair dj which has chips and edgewear. Previous owner's inscription on fep, text clean. Describes the main hill tribes of Thailand in terms of their customs, beliefs and ways of life, accompanied by numerous colour photos. Contents : Peoples of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Search of Conrad
by Young, Gavin
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- Good
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9780091735241
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London: Hutchinson, 1991. Hb, 304pp, b/w illustrations. Good in a Good dj which has light crease. Endpapers have a few speckles, contents clean. Retraces the steps of the novelist Joseph Conrad, travelling through Southeast Asia by sea, land and river, while switching impressions between the 19th century and modern day.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Salim. Item Price
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Burma Encountering the Land of the Buddhas
by Everarda, Ellis
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- Good
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- 1994
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- Hardcover
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- 9781870838719
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Gartmore: Kiscadale, 1994. Hb, horizontal format, 114pp, numerpus colour photos. Good+ in a Good+ dj which has sunned spine. Previous owner's inscription on fep. Photographic portrait of Burma, organized into : Rangoon, Mandalay, Land and water, Pagan.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Item Price
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Passage to Vietnam Through The Eyes of Seventy Photographers
by Smolan, Rick & Erwitt, Jennifer
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- 1994
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Manager Smolan Millet/Against All Odds Productions, 1994. Hb, 224pp, colour photos. VG with clean contents in VG dj. In Spring 1994 the Vietnamese government granted access to a team of 70 world-class photojournalists who travelled throughout the country. Their photographs are accompanied by text by various writers.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
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The Sacred Willow Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family
by Duong Van Mai Elliott
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- Very Good
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- 1999
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- Hardcover
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- 9780195124347
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N.Y./Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Hb, xvi + 506pp, maps, b/w photos. VG with clean contents in VG dj. A family history beginning with the author's great grandfather Duong Lam, who rose from poverty to become a mandarin at the imperial court. Like other Vietnamese families, hers later became split between support for the French colonial regime and for… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Thaksinization of Thailand ( Studies in Contemporary Asian History series)
by McCargo, Duncan & Pathmanand, Ukrist
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- 2005
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- 9788791114465
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Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2005. Pb, vii + 277pp. Good, corner crease. Examines Thaksin Shinawatra, who was primeminister of Thailand from 2001-2006 ( so in office when this book was published) until he was ousted and later found guilty of corruption. The authors explore his background, his business activites, the emergence of his Thai Rak Thai party, his relationships with the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters An Eccentric Englishwoman and Her Lost Kingdom
by Eade, Philip
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- Very Good
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- 2014
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- Hardcover
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- 9781250045898
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N.Y.: Picador, 2014. Hb, xxii + 363pp, b/w photos. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Entertaining biography of Sylivia Brooke, wife of Sir Vyner Brooke, the last White Rajah of Sarawak. " The kind of gift subject that a biographer must dream of . . .colourful anecdotes of eccentricty, lunacy and infidelity crowd every page " ( Sunday Times,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Singapore An Illustrated History 1941-1984
by Daljit Singh et al
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- 1984
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- Paperback
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- 9789971750299
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Singapore: Ministry of Culture Information Division, 1984. Pb, 397pp, numerous colour and b/w photos. Good, clean contents, light wear. Presents the history of Singapore from 1941 to 1984 in pictures with a short accompanying narrative.. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
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The Trouser People The Quest for the Victorian Footballer Who Made Burma Play the Empire's Game
by Marshall, Andrew
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- Good
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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- 9780670892372
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London: Viking/Penguin, 2002. Hb, xii + 308pp, b/w photos. Appears to be signed by author on title page. Good with tanned pages in a Good dj. Combination of history and modern travelogue as the author retraces the footsteps of the Victorian adventurer and photographer, George Scott, who helped establish British colonial rule in Burma, documented the tribes living in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Asian Godfathers Money and Power in Hong Kong and South-east Asia
by Studwell, Joe
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- 2007
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- 9781861977014
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London: Profile Books, 2007. Pb, xxx + 329pp. Good, light page tanning, clean contents. Explores the lives of Asia's richest families set against the political and economic issues within Southeast Asia. Includes Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing, Malaysia's casino king Lim Goh Tong, the Philippine's tobacco billionaire Lucio Tan and Indonesian born-again Christian bankers amongst others.. Soft Cover. Item Price
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Brother Number One a Political Biography of Pol Pot
by Chandler, David P.
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- 1993
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Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 1993. Pb, xiv + 254pp, b/w photos. Good, marks on back cover/inside back cover, contents clean. Biography of the Cambodian communist leader and revolutionary who led Democratic Kampuchea in the mid-1970s and whose regime was responsible for the deaths of a quarter of Cambodia's population, through genocide and the failure of collectivisim. . Soft Cover. Item Price
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The Mekong A River And Its People
by Hoskin, John & Hopkins, Allen W.
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- Good
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9789748261027
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Bangkok: Post Publishing Co.Ltd, 1991. Hb, 232pp, colour photos. VG with clean contents in a Good+ dj which has marginal wear. Photographic travelogue of the landscapes and people along the Mekong river. Flowing 4,200 kilometres from the Tibetan plateau, through China's Yunnan province and Laos, along the borders of Burma and Thailand, and through Cambodia before arriving at the Nine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Birds of Singapore
by Halis, Christopher & Jarvis, Frank
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9789971400996
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Singapore: Times Editions, 1987. Hb, 168pp, colour illustrations. Good+ with clean contents in Good+ dj which has only marginal wear. Includes background on habitats, seasonal/migratory patterns and 121 common birds of Singapore illustrated, with a description of their habits, status and deistribution. In addition, there is a checklist of the 295 recurring bird species on the island.. Hard Cover. Item Price
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