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Flying Through Midnight

Flying Through Midnight
  • Author(s): John T Halliday
  • Location(s): Laos, Thailand
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1960s

A former 606 Special Operations Squadron member recounts his 1970 top-secret combat mission over the Laotian Ho Chi Minh Trail, during which fellow pilots and he struggled for survival by utilizing daredevil piloting tactics to outmaneuver thousands of anti-aircraft...

Four Reigns

Four Reigns
  • Author(s): Kukrit Pramoj
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1890s to WW2

This English version of the Thai novel Si Phaendin tells the rich and entertaining story of one woman’s life both inside and outside the royal palace in Bangkok. Spanning a period of four reigns, from King Chulalongkorn to the...

Hearts of Paradise

Hearts of Paradise
  • Author(s): Jason Seear
  • Location(s): Patong Beach
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2012

This account is based on true events set in Patong Beach, Thailand from 2012. Thailand is a paradise until darkness falls on your dreams. Fellow Australians, Jason follows his old friend Pete for a new lease on life in...

Highways and Thai Ways

Highways and Thai Ways
  • Author(s): Carol Nash
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Travelogue, Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 2002

Stealing six weeks away from the family business, a middle-aged couple takes a well-deserved, and long overdue, holiday. With return tickets to Bangkok, a craving for an adventure, a change of clothing, and accommodation booked for the first night...

Hunters in the Dark

Hunters in the Dark
  • Author(s): Lawrence Osborne
  • Location(s): Thailand, Cambodia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Robert Grieve – pushing thirty and eager to side-step a life of quiet desperation as a small-town teacher – decides to go missing. As he crosses the border from Thailand to Cambodia, he tests the threshold of a new...

Hush!

Hush!
  • Author(s): Minfong Ho
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Children, Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

In an endearing lullaby, a mother asks a lizard, a monkey, and a water buffalo to be quiet and not disturb her sleeping baby.

Jasmine Fever: Confessions of a Jaded Expat in Thailand

Jasmine Fever: Confessions of a Jaded Expat in Thailand
  • Author(s): Frank Visakay
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern

When New York chef Frank Visakay traded in the sweaty heat of the restaurant kitchen for the glorious tropical heat of Thailand, he thought he had found paradise. Not only was the lifestyle laid back, the food delicious and...

Jim Thompson: The Unsolved Mystery

Jim Thompson: The Unsolved Mystery
  • Author(s): William Warren
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Biography, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1967

On Easter Day, 1967, American businessmen and founder of the modern Thai silk industry James H. W. Thompson disappeared while supposedly on a stroll in the jungle-clad Cameron Highlands in Central Malaysia. Neither Jim Thompson nor his remains has...

Kiss of the Tsunami

Kiss of the Tsunami
  • Author(s): Rachel Rivers Porter
  • Location(s): Phuket
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Young Adult
  • Era(s): Boxing Day tsunami 2004

A gripping story of survival in the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. ‘Kiss of the Tsunami’ is a journey through dark to light, love and loss. In the midst of death and destruction, two people from very different cultures are...

Koh Tabu

Koh Tabu
  • Author(s): Ann Kelley
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Fiction, Suspense
  • Era(s): early 21st century

No parents. No rules. No way home. Fourteen-year-old Bonnie MacDonald couldn’t be more excited for a camping trip on an island off the coast of Thailand with her fellow Amelia Earhart Cadets-the daughters of the men and women stationed...

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