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Searching for Shangri La
Searching for Shangri La is a compilation of 12 quirky stories by Ron Emmons, who has written travel guides for National Geographic, Frommer's and Rough Guides. Kicking off the collection, 'No Place Like Home' recounts the uneasy feelings of a traveller returning to his homeland only to find the place changed beyond recognition. Visits to places like Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum in Hanoi and the Buddha's birthplace in Nepal trigger thought-provoking reflections on the human condition. Other topics such as getting lost in China, undergoing acupuncture treatment and a personal history of sweeping leaves reveal the author's wry humour, while the title story is likely to get readers packing their bags in preparation for their own search for Shangri La.
Vietnam
The Rough Guide to Vietnam is the ideal companion for exploring Southeast Asia''s most intriguing destination. A full-colour introductory section includes photos of the country''s highlights, from the waterborne markets of the Mekong Delta to the faded elegance of Hanoi. Lively coverage is given to towns and attractions and opinionated reviews give an up-to-the-minute impression of the country''s best-known sights. There is practical advice on exploring everything that may concern the independent traveller, from negotiating Vietnam''s borders to dining in street kitchens. The Contexts section includes enlightening articles on Vietnamese history, religion, music and film. "The Rough Guide to Vietnam is strongly recommended" The Daily Telegraph
LIFE
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Frommer's Thailand
Our long-time resident author will lead you to the tastiest street food, finest beaches, liveliest nightlife, richest temples, and most restorative holistic health retreats. A new active vacation planning chapter will help you plan the best swimming and diving adventures on the eastern seaboard and southern peninsula, the wildest white water rafting expeditions in Pai, and jungle treks for all ages and abilities in the North, among other outdoor activities. Insider safety tips provide the lowdown on everything from food stalls to jungle treks to Thailand's booming sex trade. A Little Bit of Thai to Help You Get By will have you ordering pad thai like a local. Opinionated reviews. No bland de...
The Rough Guide to Thailand (Travel Guide eBook)
Discover this exciting destination with the most incisive and entertaining guidebook on the market. Whether you plan to island-hop your way down the Andaman coast, sample street food at Bangkok's night markets or trek to the hill tribes around Chiang Mai, The Rough Guide to Thailand will show you the ideal places to sleep, eat, drink, shop and visit along the way. - Independent, trusted reviews written with Rough Guides' trademark blend of humour, honesty and insight, to help you get the most out of your visit, with options to suit every budget. - Full-colour maps throughout- navigate Bangkok's backstreets and stroll around Krabi town without needing to get online. - Stunning images - a rich...
Meet the Robinsons: Keep Moving Forward
These 8 x 8 paperback storybooks retell the story from Walt Disney Pictures' latest animated motion picture "Meet the Robinsons," set for theatrical release on March 30, 2007. Full color.
Portrait of Thailand
Looks at the rich culural and geographical features of Thailand
Comrade Aeon’s Field Guide to Bangkok
In Bangkok, a plot of land behind a city slum resonates with the hopes, dreams and fears of the local community. For Comrade Aeon, a homeless insurgent who fled to the jungle after a military crackdown on student protestors in 1976, it's a verdant refuge and the place from which he documents the underbelly of the city. For Ida Barnes, an ex-pat whose husband may be cheating on her, it's an inviting retreat. For Witty, an urbane property developer married to one of the city's most famous movie stars, it's a 'Bangkok Unicorn' - that rare chance to make his mark on the Bangkok skyline. But the slum-dwelling spirits who guard its secrets know that it holds a much darker history, that it masks the silent politics at the heart of Thai culture. Written with a tender compassion for Bangkok's people and customs, Comrade Aeon's Field Guide to Bangkok is a masterful, propulsive debut which introduces a fresh new talent in fiction
The English Governess at the Siamese Court
Such was Chow Phya Sri Sury Wongse when I was first presented to him: a natural king among the dusky forms that surrounded him, the actual ruler of that semi- barbarous realm, and the prime contriver of its arbitrary policy. Black, but comely, robust, and vigorous, neck short and thick, nose large and nostrils wide, eyes inquisitive and penetrating, his was the massive brain proper to an intellect deliberate and systematic. Well found in the best idioms of his native tongue, he expressed strong, discriminative thoughts in words at once accurate and abundant. His only vanity was his English, with which he so interlarded his native speech, as often to impart the effect of levity to ideas that, in themselves, were grave, judicious, and impressive.
Daylambs
Daylambs, a genre-bending biotech thriller set in present day Louisiana across the river from Vicksburg. As our contemporary bio-tech thriller opens, Karla Dushane, 28, is whisked into the Emergency Room of a Tupella, Louisiana hospital by security guard, Tommy Lee Harris, and paramedics. She comes out of a coma weeks later to a husband, Lewis, and a life in the small southern town she doesn't remember. With the help of a caring psychiatrist, Gina Celeste, she fits together the bits and pieces of her life: the death of her parents and only sister in an automobile crash, graduation from Boston University where she met Lewis, the recent move south, and a troubled mental history that included a breakdown after the tragic accident. Because of her memory loss, Karla is unable to verify any of the information and finds herself totally dependent on Celeste and Lewis in reconstructing her identity. In the course of finding out who she is and what's been done to her, she stumbles upon the horrible secret the town is hiding. She must then fight to save her sanity, her life, and the future of the United States.
