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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...

Land of Smiles

Land of Smiles
  • Author(s): T C Huo
  • Location(s): Thailand, California, Oakland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

Set in the 1970s, in the era of the Vietnam War and its volatile aftermath, Land of Smiles tells the story of a young Southeast Asian man’s journey from a refugee camp in Thailand to a housing project in...

Letters from Thailand

Letters from Thailand
  • Author(s): Botan
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2 onwards

When the original Thai version of Letters from Thailand appeared in Bangkok in 1969, it was promptly awarded the SEATO Prize for Thai Literature. This new English translation reveals it as one of Thailand’s most entertaining and enduring modern...

Little Angels

Little Angels
  • Author(s): Phra Peter Pannapadipo
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

The real-life stories of the novice monks in Little Angels reflect the lives of many youths in rural Thailand who are trapped in the vicious cycle of poverty, broken homes, illiteracy and drug abuse. When all else fails, Buddhism...

Malee: A Tear in the Ocean

Malee: A Tear in the Ocean
  • Author(s): William McAllister
  • Location(s): Bangkok, Koh Samui, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A novel of international romance. Michael could not have known when he flew into Bangkok to launch a new company that his life would change so dramatically. Working on million dollar negotiations during the day and spending tropical nights...

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