The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej
Sunday, 19 July 2009 04:21
Mr. Paul M. Handley
 The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej
by Mr. Paul M. Handley (Author)
E arly on, Handley declares that current king of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej's restoration of the Thai monarchy is, in fact, "one of the great untold stories of the 20th century." The dense history he assembles more than meets the high expectations he sets for himself. Bhumibol, ninth king of the Chakri Dynasty and the first American-born Thai monarch, took power in 1946 during a time when being king was not the most desirable job in the country. Handley offers a substantive history of the monarchy reaching back 500 years, providing the framework for understanding Bhumibol's challenge as king and "leading theologian" following the 1932 coup that turned the old kingdom of Siam,
Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 August 2009 06:50
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Killer Karma (Father Ananda Mystery)
Sunday, 19 July 2009 04:07
Nick Wilgus
 Killer Karma (Father Ananda Mystery)
by Nick Wilgus
F or the past seven months, every full moon night has brought eerie sightings of ghostly heads bobbing on the surface of the sea. An excited throng of people are gathering each month to witness the grisly spectacle at Wat Phloi, a tiny monastery on the coast of Chanthaburi province in central Thailand. Father Ananda, an urban monk and former police officer, is summoned from his Bangkok temple to investigate.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 August 2009 07:00
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Thai House: History And Evolution
Wednesday, 15 July 2009 08:37
Ruethai Chaichongrak
 Thai House: History And Evolution
by Ruethai Chaichongrak
T he construction of wooden houses raised on stilts, which help to escape floods and pests, is a phenomenon found across Southeast Asia. Over many centuries each country has developed its own unique tradition. Thailand is no exception and, indeed, each of the country's four main regions has developed its own distinctive style, making the wooden houses of Thailand among the most widely diverse and beautiful examples of Southeast Asian architecture.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 August 2009 07:20
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Monk in the Mountain
Sunday, 19 July 2009 03:54
Sumano Bhikkhu
 Monk in the Mountain
by Sumano Bhikkhu (Author)
M onk in the Mountain provides direct access to the Spiritual Heart of genuine Samana (One who is walking the Path to the end of the world). The reader can access the Insight immediately and directly as Ajahn Sumano is someone just like you. The only difference is that he no longer believes that the pleasures of the world are all there is to this life.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 August 2009 07:08
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Sightseeing
Tuesday, 07 July 2009 09:53
Rattawut Lapcharoensap
 Sightseeing
by Rattawut Lapcharoensap From Publishers Weekly
S tarred Review. The Thailand of Westerners' dreams shares space with a Thailand plagued by social and economic inequality in this auspicious debut collection of seven plaintive and luminous stories. In the title tale—an exquisite meditation on human dependency—a son and his ailing mother must accept the dismal reality of her encroaching blindness and what it means for his plans to attend college away from home. In "Don't Let Me Die in This Place," the most exuberant of the stories, an ornery and uproarious widowed grandfather, recently crippled by a stroke, moves from Maryland to Bangkok to live with his son, Thai daughter-in-law and their two "mongrel children." "Farangs" and "At the Café Lovely" convincingly examine adolescent friendship and love, as does "Priscilla the Cambodian"—though when a refugee camp is torched by native Thai xenophobes,
Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 August 2009 21:59
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