Book Description: Spanning from the 1930s to the present day, from the Wharton Park estate in England to Thailand, this sweeping novel tells the tale of a concert pianist and the aristocratic Crawford family, whose shocking secrets are revealed, leading to devastating consequences. As a child, concert pianist Julia Forrester spent many idyllic hours in … Read more
Book Description: Genuine Thai Copies by Sean Bunzick Lek is just another beautiful ‘working girl’ in a seedy Phuket town full of working girls. Lek is just another beautiful ‘working girl’ in a seedy Phuket town full of working girls. But when she is kidnapped by a crazed genetic scientist and taken to his Bangkok … Read more
Book Description: ThailandÆs most famous private detective, Warren Olson, is back with more shocking true stories from his investigative case files. From unfortunate tsunami-related cases to the latest antiques and racehorse scams, girls tricked into pornography and boys forced into vice, as well as wayward American and European husbands and vindictive wives, Thai Private Eye … Read more
Book Description: Jarapan had it all. A wonderful family, a good job, and a fiancé she loved and would soon marry. But that was before the incident. When a friend offers work in Pattaya, she leaves her home in Khon Kaen to start a new life. Mike Johnson had it all, too. He was living … Read more
Book Description: This is a story of the life of an 11-year-old Thai girl named Duangkaew. The story begins at the time her mother dies, her older sister leaves the family and Duangkaew is given the responsibility to care for the home. She has to balance school, shopping, cooking, laundry and other home tasks, and … Read more
Book Description: With their thirtieth birthdays looming, Jen, Holly, and Amanda are feeling the pressure to hit certain milestones—score the big promotion, find a soul mate, have 2.2 kids. Instead, they make a pact to quit their jobs, leave behind everything familiar, and embark on a yearlong round-the-world search for inspiration and direction. Traveling 60,000 … Read more
Book Description: Many foreign observers of the “Land of Smiles” are familiar with a narrow range of gender relations and sexual practices in Thailand, from the fanciful portrayal of 19th-century harem life in The King and I, to recent media coverage of sex tourism and AIDS. Yet serious study of patterns of sexuality, femininity, and … Read more
Book Description: Lek was born the eldest child of four in a typical rice farming family. She did not expect to do anything any different from the other girls in her class in the northern rice belt of Thailand. Typically that would be: work in the fields for a few years; have a few babies; … Read more
Book Description: During her teens, Rachel Lloyd ended up a victim of commercial sexual exploitation. With time, through incredible resilience, and with the help of a local church community, she finally broke free of her pimp and her past and devoted herself to helping other young girls escape “the life.” In Girls Like Us, Lloyd … Read more
Book Description: Smile When You’re Lying: Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer promises the kind of travel stories magazines don’t publish, as well as insider dirt on the travel industry (and travel writing) itself. Author Chuck Thompson does deliver the kind of travel stories you don’t see in Travel + Leisure, although you might see … Read more