The parched yellow fields outside the village where seventeen-year-old Jinda lives are her family's only source of income. How can the rain-starved crop produce enough rice to feed them, much less pay the rent? Perhaps the recently arrived young strangers from the city are right about the need for centuries-old traditions to change. At least when she listens to their talk, she feels the stirrings of hope...
Hesitantly, Jinga grows to trust the outsiders. There is Sri, who brings with her life-saving medicines and knowledge of how to use them. And there is Ned, who talks of taking charge of one's own destiny, and fighting those who would stand in the way. It is almost too late when Jinda realizes that her trust is misplaced -- that to Sri and Ned their cause is more important than the lives it would affect. Against a vividly evoked backdrop of rural and urban Thailand, Jinda heroically faces the challenges of holding on to who she is as the world around her revolves in what seems to be never-ending change.
Hardcover:
256 pages
Company: HarperCollins
(1990-05-28)
(1990-05-28)
ISBN: 0688063551 List Price: $17.99 Amazon Price: $4.50 Used Price: $0.70
Ken Hom describes the basic techniques needed to recreate authentic Thai food and demonstrates 40 of the best-known dishes with step-by-step instructions. Photographs accompany every step from start to finish. Ken's foolproof instructions will guarantee excellent results every time -- whether you choose simple Pad Thai noodles, a Sour and Spicy Shrimp Soup or the more elaborate Red Duck Curry.
Author: Ken Hom
Hardcover:
290 pages
Company: Hylas Publishing
(2003-10-25)
ISBN: 1592580475 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $19.70 Used Price: $9.95
In Simple Thai Cookery, Ken Hom takes you step by step through 40 of the most popular Thai dishes—from Spicy Noodle Salad and comforting Coconut Chicken Soup to pungent Red Pork Curry. The tried-and-true recipes include appetizing soups and starters, quick and easy fish, meat, and vegetarian main courses, and a variety of savory accompaniments. Step-by-step instructions and color photos accompany each stage of the preparations, and with a menu-planner and guide to essential ingredients, this is a book that will inspire cooks of every ability.
Author: Ken Hom
Paperback:
128 pages
Company: BBC Books
(2006-02-01)
(2007-03-27)
ISBN: 0563493283 List Price: $18.95 Amazon Price: $11.67 Used Price: $7.80
Three years of bad luck have passed since Dom's sister lost a valuable jade necklace on her way to Thailand. When his family travels there, he is determined to recover the necklace and appease the vengeful spirit. When Dom meets Lek, an English-speaking Thai his age, he thinks he's got the solution. But Lek has something with supernatural owers, too -- powers that can be deadly. "Riveting. Vintage Sleator."-- The Horn Book William Sleator is the author of many enormously popular science fiction and suspense thrillers for young adults, including The Spirit House, the prequel to this novel.
Author: William Sleator
Hardcover:
192 pages
Company: Dutton Juvenile
(1995-10-01)
ISBN: 0525452834 List Price: $14.99 Amazon Price: $59.06 Used Price: $0.01
Author: Ken Klein
Paperback:
271 pages
Company: White Lotus Co Ltd
(2006-10-20)
ISBN: 9744801077 List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: $7.67 Used Price: $8.10
Lali, a beautiful young Burmese lady is "found" by Lee, who arranges with her massage parlor 'mama san' to allow her to go to the States to embark on a modeling career. Lee is a middle -aged inventor/manipulator who is bedazzled by her. By way of Bangkok and Vienna, they arrive in San Francisco and hook up with Jeremiah who does pseudo photo-shoot. Jeremiah is also smitten by the Asian beauty and he manages to dispose of Lee in persuit of her favors. Lali breaks free, takes a bus to the Sierra Nevada foothills and embarks on new friendships and a genuine romance with Tim - a young carpenter/musician. During an outdoor concert by Tim's R&B band, Lali is lured away by a charismatic Latino hustler. She escapes his rape attempt only to find herself struggling to survive in a forested wilderness area. After close calls with a cougar, and then a bear, she meets and is adopted by a group of back-to-the-land folks who are camped out in the woods for the summer. The Lali story is peppered with succinct comparisons between "Western" and Southeast Asian lifestyles. Through Lali's eyes, we see the cultural similarities between rural Burmese people and the Native American back-to-nature tribe that adopts her into their family.
Author: Ken Albertsen
Paperback:
228 pages
Company: Trafford Publishing
(2002-01-30)
ISBN: 155369077X List Price: $23.00 Amazon Price: $6.98 Used Price: $9.50
Surrealist novel draws readers into the hypnotic dreamworld of Thailand and its affect on a young American. Marszak must recover his sanity, but what if dreams are his real life?
Author: James Bychowski
Paperback:
256 pages
Company: Trafford Publishing
(2006-07-06)
(2006-07-06)
ISBN: 1412001730 List Price: $22.50 Amazon Price: $16.57 Used Price: $16.55
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Citation Details Title: Labour, Politics and the State in Industrializing Thailand.(Book Review) Author: Ken Young Publication:Journal of Contemporary Asia (Refereed) Date: October 1, 2004 Publisher: Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers Volume: 34 Issue: 4 Page: 551(2)
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Author: Jean-Michel Beurdeley, Hans Hinz
Hardcover:
127 pages
Company: Art Media Resources
(1980-09)
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Even as Thailand modernizes and struggles with the pains of rapid industrialization and the scourge of AIDS, the nation and its people remain firmly rooted in rich, centuries-old customs and traditions. (20000101)
Author: Geoffrey A. Campbell
Board book:
112 pages
Company: Lucent Books
(2001-10-19)
ISBN: 1560068663 List Price: $28.70 Amazon Price: $24.25 Used Price: $20.00
Author: Douglas A. Phillips
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150 pages
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(2007-03-30)
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Ken Hom describes the basic techniques needed to recreate authentic Thai food and demonstrates 40 of the best-known dishes with step-by-step instructions. Photographs accompany every step from start to finish. Ken's foolproof instructions will guarantee excellent results every time -- whether you choose simple Pad Thai noodles, a Sour and Spicy Shrimp Soup or the more elaborate Red Duck Curry.
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Three years of bad luck have passed since Dom's sister lost a valuable jade necklace on her way to Thailand. When his family travels there, he is determined to recover the necklace and appease the vengeful spirit. When Dom meets Lek, an English-speaking Thai his age, he thinks he's got the solution. But Lek has something with supernatural owers, too -- powers that can be deadly. "Riveting. Vintage Sleator."-- The Horn Book William Sleator is the author of many enormously popular science fiction and suspense thrillers for young adults, including The Spirit House, the prequel to this novel.
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Lali, a beautiful young Burmese lady is "found" by Lee, who arranges with her massage parlor 'mama san' to allow her to go to the States to embark on a modeling career. Lee is a middle -aged inventor/manipulator who is bedazzled by her. By way of Bangkok and Vienna, they arrive in San Francisco and hook up with Jeremiah who does pseudo photo-shoot. Jeremiah is also smitten by the Asian beauty and he manages to dispose of Lee in persuit of her favors. Lali breaks free, takes a bus to the Sierra Nevada foothills and embarks on new friendships and a genuine romance with Tim - a young carpenter/musician. 
Surrealist novel draws readers into the hypnotic dreamworld of Thailand and its affect on a young American. Marszak must recover his sanity, but what if dreams are his real life?
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