Recent Books from Thailand March 2010

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1 Recent Books from Thailand March 2010 Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Blk 231, Bain Street #03-05, Bras Basah Complex Singapore Tel : / Fax : info@marymartin.com SAN : Anthropology Development and Dominion: Indigenous Peoples of Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos / Frederic Bourdier (Edited) Bangkok: White Lotus Co. Ltd., 2009 xxxii. 446p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: $ Development and Dominion: Indigenous Peoples of Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos deals with prevailing development ideologies and their impacts on indigenous societies with a particular focus on Cambodia, Laos and the central highlands of Vietnam. It reinforces the idea that development, as it is conceptualized and implemented, radically undermines local communities ability to control the parameters of inevitable social and material changes. The more development projects choose new objectives and operating models the more the rhetoric and practices remain the same Essays on Thai Folklore / Phraya Anuman Rajadhon 3 rd Edition Thailand: Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University, 2009 xx. 414p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: $ Dress, Textiles, and Identity of the Black Tai of Loei Province, Northeast Thailand / Franco Amantea Bangkok: White Lotus Press, 2009 ix. 100p. ; 30cm. ISBN-13: Studies in the Material Cultures of Southeast Asia No. 13 $ Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

2 Art Marsi: A Siamese princess: Love and magic in painting = Une princesse siamoise: Amours et enchantements en peinture Thailand: Chumbhot-Pantip Foundation, 2009 ix. 258p. ; 37cm. ISBN-13: English, Thai & French Language $ She presents herself with the vision of this miraculous and disturbing confusion; she infuses this in her own psyche and even in her body. What do these extraordinary manifestations portend? Happiness or misfortune? They form in any case the subject of her perpetual enquiry, the motor of her inspiration. They combine with her creative energy: almost every one of her paintings evokes a force ready to be unleashed, to be free to become a work of destruction. Dreaming in Public / Brian Curtin & Gallery Soulflower Bangkok: Gallery Soulflower, p. ; 24cm. ISBN-13: $ Somyot Hananuntasuk: Malerei Painting Bangkok/Munich: Somyot Hananuntasuk, p. ; 22 x 26cm. ISBN-13: $ Wang C. Ching: A Retrospective Thailand: Borvorn Borvornboonrutai, p. ; 29cm. ISBN-13: $ Through Woven Heritage: The Textiles of Thailand An Exhibition of Cultural Fascination and Beauty Bangkok: The Siam Society under Royal Patronage, p. ; 29cm. ISBN-13: (HB) $ Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

3 Urban Bangkok: Contemporary Reflections / Joakim Leroy Bangkok: Orchid Press, p. ; 26cm. ISBN-13: (HB) $ [Photography Book] The City of Bangkok is a destination that represents many things to many people, both residents and visitors alike. To Thais, Bangkok may be the cultural and religious hub of their 70 million-strong nation, or perhaps it s the glowing lights of opportunity for those from the country s hinterlands, determined to better their lot -- (The Books listed below are Exhibition Catalogues) Seni Chaemdet : Creative Art : Affection Persistence Meditation Attainment Bangkok: Seni Chaemdet, p. ; 29cm The Graceful Contradiction / Somphop Saengphrom Bangkok: The Silom Galleria, p. ; 27cm. - Ripe Project: Village and Harvest Time / Sakarin Krue-on Bangkok: Amarin Printing and Publishing Public Company Limited, p. ; 24cm. $ Sa-Tep By Sa-Ti = A Step of Mindfulness / Phatyos Buddhacharoen Bangkok: Galerie N, p. ; 25cm. Silent Decibel / Thosapol Boriboon Bangkok: DOB Hualamphong Gallery, p. ; 25cm. In This Circumstance, the Sole Object of Attention Should be the Treachery of the Moon / Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook Thailand: ARDEL Gallery of Modern Art, v. 24cm. $ Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

4 -- Once Upon a Journey / Somwong Tupparat Thailand: Rose Garden Gallery, p. ; 24cm - Nonsense : No-Nonsense / Lampu Kansanoh Thailand: ARDEL Gallery of Modern Art, p. ; 24cm. Lan Thom / Ekachai Luadsoongnem Thailand: ARDEL Gallery of Modern Art, p. ; 24cm. Mystery of Angel /Palut Marod Thailand: Rose Garden Gallery, p. ; 24cm - Portraits in Exile / Godwin Bradbeer Thailand: ARDEL Gallery of Modern Art, p. ; 24cm. - Way of Life 2 / Chaiyanandha Cha-Umngarm Thailand: Galerie N, p. ; 38 x 16cm. Because of Love / Anan Pratchayanan, Thanarit Thipwaree & Kongsak Gulglangdon Thailand: Galeri N, p. ; 24cm. No Valid Matters / Kade Javanalikikorn Thailand: The Art Center, v. ; 26cm Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

5 ART 80 s Bangkok: Hof Art Gallery, v. ; 20cm. Baht th Art Exhibition by Jed Yod Group Thailand: Chiang Mai City Art & Cultural Centre, v. ; 21cm Cookery The Signature Bangkok: Amarin Printing & Publishing PCL, p. ; 34cm. ISBN-13: (HB) $ Cookery Book Economics/ Development Studies Your Investment Guide to Thailand / Bruce Bickerstaff Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2010 xi. 253p.; 23cm. ISBN-13: $ Pocket Thailand in Figures th Edition Nonthaburi: Alpha Research Co. Ltd., p.; 21 x 9cm. Thailand in Figures 14 th Edition Nonthaburi: Alpha Research Co. Ltd., p. ; 29cm. ISBN-13: $ Best HR Practices in Thailand / Siriyupa Roongrerngsuke Bangkok: Nation News Network Co., Ltd., p. ; 23cm. ISBN-13: $ Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

6 This book provides a well-researched and illustrative study on the evolution of human resource management in Thailand since the 13 th century until the 21 st century. It is an original approach to chart a course for understanding how socio-political systems and traditional values shape and impact the effectiveness of HR practices an essential reading in HR to be valued by global business leaders Thailand Business Essentials Vol. 2: Property Essential analysis information and insight for investors and global business professionals / Andrew Batt (Edited) Bangkok: Bangkokstation Network Company Limited, p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: $ Environment Marine Biodiversity: Khanom South Sea Islands, Thailand / Visut Baimai & Rungsima Tanthalakha (Editors) Bangkok: Biodiversity Research and Training Program, p. ; 31cm. ISBN-13: $ The study in the 3 year ( ) initiative project has shown that Khanom South Sea Islands (Mu Koh Thale Tai) is rich in marine biodiversity and supports a variety of colourful fauna. A totalof 719 species of marine life have been detected. this study has revealed the unseen variety of marine organisms that live in harmony making the Khanom South Sea Islands one of the most valuable natural treasures in Southern Thailand Heat Tolerant Cymbidiums / Kobsukh Kaenratana Thailand : Nutthanaty Co. Ltd., p. ; 30cm. ISBN-13: (HB) Bilingual English & Thai Language $ The Politics of Decentralization: Natural Resource Management in Asia / Chusak Wittayapak & Peter Vandergeest (Eds.) Chiang Mai: Mekong Press, 2010 viii. 244p.; 21cm. ISBN-13: $ Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

7 Thailand s Birds and Wildlife a Natural Harmony / Kasem Snidvongs Bangkok: Nature Tree Co. Ltd., p. ; 26cm. ISBN-13: (HB) 1. Wildlife resources 2. Birds 3. Wildlife $ History Chronicle of Thailand Headlines News Since 1946 / Nicholas Grossman (Editor-in Chief) Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, p.; 27cm. ISBN-13: (HB) First published in 2009 by Editions Didier Millet & the Bangkok Post $ Bombay Anna: The Real Story and Remarkable Adventures of the King and I Governess / Susan Morgan Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2008 xiv. 321p.; 21cm. ISBN-13: $ Bangkok : its Life and Sport : With Some account of Siam s coastal and island game areas / C. H. Forty Reprint Ed. (First Published in 1929) Bangkok: White Lotus Press, p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: $ Exciting Thailand Vol.1. : Mysterious Bangkok: Ten Days in the City of Angels / Dr. Robert Frei Thailand: Rainer Rohbeck Dr. (Robert Frei), 2010 xiii. 333p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: $ Bangkok Pool Blues / Tom Crowley Thailand: Mettavisions Itd., p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: $ Memoirs of the author in the Pool World of Bangkok Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

8 Lady Mo and Heroism at Tung Samrit: The Untold Stories / Frank G. Anderson Thailand: Nakhonratchasima, p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: $ The Defeat of Ava: The First Anglo-Burmese War / Terence R. Blackburn New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation, 2009 xlix. 382p. ; 25cm. ISBN-13: (HB) $ Italians at the Court of Siam = Italiani alla Corte del Siam On the occasion of the 140 th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and Italy/ Paolo Piazzardi Bangkok : The Embassy of Italy and the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Thailand 250p. ; 30cm. ISBN-13: (HB) English, Thai & Italian Language $ Bangkok Found: Reflections on the City / Alex Kerr Bangkok: River Books, p. ; 21cm. 79 b/w Illustrations with 2 maps. ISBN-13: $ Evocative and incisive, Bangkok Found looks deep within traditional culture to discover how Bangkok is like no other contemporary city. It s the book you read after you ve seen the temples and enjoyed the nightlife and then start to wonder where the mysterious appeal of Bangkok really lies Kung Chulalongkorn Paviljong Siams store kung och hans resa till Sverige = King Chulalongkorn s Pavilion: The Great Siamese King and his Trip to Sweden Thailand: Passionista Publishing, 2009? 144p. ; 22cm. in Swedish and English ISBN-13: (HB) $ Mango Rains: The True story of a Thai mother s lifelong search for her abducted daughter / Daniel M. Dorothy Ireland: Maverick House Publishers, p. ; 20cm. ISBN-13: $ Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

9 Mango Rains is the beautifully crafted story of a Thai woman who spent 21 years searching for her lost daughter. Nid was told into bonded prostitution by her mother at 13 years of age. When she eventually falls pregnant she is thrown out of the brothel and gives birth to a baby girl, Lek. Unable to provide for her baby, Nid agreed to give her up. She later discovers the child was sold by its carer to criminals who used her in a begging racket. Mango Rains reads like the finest fiction but is tragically true. This is no ordinary book; it s a story of degradation, human trafficking and lost opportunity Law Burmese Labor Rights Protection in Mae Sot / Zaw Aung Thailand: Center for Social Development Studies, Chulalongkorn University, 2010 ii. 125p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: Thailand Business & Legal Guide: 20 th Anniversary Edition Bangkok: Bangkok International Associates, p. ; 30cm. $ Literature The Corruptionist: A Vincent Calvino P. I. novel / Christopher G Moore Thailand: Heaven Lake Press, p. ; 20cm. ISBN-13: $ The Vincent Calvino Reader s Guide: The Laws, Worldview, and Books / Christopher G. Moore Thailand: Heaven Lake Press, p. ; 14 x 9cm. ISBN-13: $ Cyber Girl: A Novel / Neville Allen Thailand: Bangkok Book House, p. ; 20cm. ISBN-13: $ Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

10 Shadow Hunters / Mark Thomas Thailand: Mark Thomas, p. ; 18cm. ISBN-13: $ Fiction A Walk Through Spring / Judy Chan Bangkok: Woman Publisher, 2010 An imprint of Praphansarn Publishing Co. Ltd. 431p. ; 20cm. ISBN-13: Novel $ Thai Folk Wisdom: Contemporary takes on Traditional Proverbs / Tulaya Pornpiriyakulchai, Jane Vejjajiva Bangkok: River Books, p. ; 24cm. ISBN-13: Bilingual Thai & English Language $ This dual Language book brings to life fifty proverbs and saying from Thailand with great creative flair. Each proverb is interpreted with an abundance of vibrant pizzazz reflecting modern Thai culture Maps/Atlases/Travel Guide Books Bangkok City Atlas 5 th Edition Thailand: Thinknet, p. ; 21cm. A Bilingual Travel Guide We Love Bangkok! OOM Lifestyle Book, p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: OOM Lifestyle Book 11: Travel $ Travel Guide Book on Bangkok Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

11 Map of Chiang Mai and Nearby Provinces + CD Bangkok: Thinknet, 2007 Newly Updated Data & Maximum Zoom 1 : 2,000 Bilingual English & Thai ISBN-13: $ Map of Bangkok and 7 Nearby Provinces + CD Bangkok: Thinknet, 2009 Newly Updated Data & Maximum Zoom 1 : 2,000 Bilingual English & Thai ISBN-13: $ Map of 14 Southern Provinces of Thailand + CD Bangkok: Thinknet, 2009 Newly Updated Data & Maximum Zoom 1 : 1,000 Bilingual English & Thai ISBN-13: $ Road Map of Thailand + CD Bangkok: Thinknet, 2007 Newly Updated Data & Maximum Zoom 1 : 5,000 Bilingual English & Thai ISBN-13: $ Thailand Handy Atlas Bangkok: Thinknet, 2 nd Edition, p. ; 25cm. Scale 1 : 1,000,000 ISBN-13: Bilingual Map Thai & English $ Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

12 Performing Arts I Will Send My Song: Kammu Vocal Genres in the Singing of Kam Raw (CD Included) / Hakan Lundstrom Copenhagen, Denmark: NIAS Press, 2010 xi. 237p. ; 23cm. ISBN-13: Khmu (Southeast Asian people) Laos Songs and music Texts 2. Khmu (Southeast Asian people) Laos Songs and music History and criticism 3. Folk songs, Lao Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.) 4. Folk songs, Lao History and criticism 5. Folk songs, Lao Texts $ Politics/International Relations Forbidden Glimpses of Shan State: A Brief Alternative Guide Thailand: Shan Women s Action Network, p. ; 19cm. $ L Asie Du Sud-Est 2010: Les evenements majeurs de I annee Bangkok: Irasec, p. ; 19cm. ISBN-13: Collection Documents In French $ Problems of the Three Southern Border Provinces: Policy Recommendations / Ake Tangsupvattana & Ora-orn Poocharoen Bangkok: Chula Press, p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: Thai Language (1-108p) Summary in English (P ) $ Upholding Democracy through Ballots Presidential & Provincial Council Elections AFGHANISTAN 2009 Bangkok: The Asian Network for free Elections (ANFREL Foundation), p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: $ Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

13 Reform and Resistance in the Quest for Peace AMAN Assembly 2006 Bangkok: Asian Resource Foundation (ARF) & Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN), p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: $ Religion Buddhism The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia / Donald K. Swearer Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, nd Edition 1 st Ed in 1995 by State University of New York Press, Albany xvi. 304p.; 21cm. ISBN-13: $ An Anthology of Buddhist Tantric Songs: A Study of the Caryagiti / Per Kvaerne 3 rd Ed. Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2010 First published 1977, 1986 xiii. 275p. ; 23cm. ISBN-13: $ The subject of this study is a small collection of songs known as Caragiti, songs of the mystic path, or literary songs of the proper way of action. Although the songs were composed perhaps sometime in the 9 th -12 th century CE, and thus belong to the final phase of Indian Buddhism, their authors, known as siddhas, have defied attempts of historians to place them within an exact historical context, just as they, in their own time, openly defied all religious and social conventions -- Theravada Buddhism in Sipsong Panna: Past and Contemporary Trends / Nanshan Kang Chiang Mai: Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), p. ; 30cm. RCSD Working Paper Series No. 12 $ The Nine Ways of Bon: Excerpts from gzi-brjid / Tenzin Namdak, Edited and translated by David Snellgrove Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2 nd Edition, 2010 First published by Oxford University Press, London, 1967 ix. 324p. ; 23cm. ISBN-13: $ Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

14 Sociology Gendered Inequalities in Asia: Configuring, Contesting and Recognizing Women and Men / Helle Rydstrom Copenhagen, Denmark: NIAS Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2010 xiii. 303p. ; 23cm. ISBN-13: Sex role Asia 2. Women Asia Social conditions 21 st century 3. Men Asia Social conditions 21 st century 4. Asia Social conditions 21 st century Gendering Asia; no. 5 $ Creative and Productive Higher Education: Collection of Academic Education / Paitoon Sinlarat Bangkok: Paitoon Sinlarat, Dhurakij Pundit University, p. ; 20cm. ISBN-13: $ Journals Thai International Journal for Buddhist Studies Volume [2009] Thailand: The International PhD Programme in Buddhist Studies, Mahidol University, p. ; 23cm. $ (Subscription Rate) Contents 1. Thoughts about European Editions of Pali Texts / Nalini Balbir 2. Why textual Studies are necessary if we are to understand Buddhism / Richard Gombrich 3. An Impossible Task? The Classical edition and Thai pali Literature / Peter Skilling 4. Toward an edition of the Pannasajataka : Problems and Solutions / Toshiya Unebe 5. Early Evidence for the no self doctrine? A Note on the second anatman Teaching of the Second Sermon / Alexander Wynne 6. Miraculous Transformation and personal identity : A Note on the First anatman Teaching of the second Sermon / Alexander Wynne - Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

15 Asian Review Vol. 21, 2008 Thailand: Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, p. ; 21cm. Contents: - Elites, angi-yi, and Chinese nationalist movements in Bangkok s Chinatown, Identity in crisis: The impact of education on ethnic culture among the Muser - The narcotics problem in Burma: Insurgency, drugs, politics, and poverty - - Khmer Rouge children s songs Security regime or security community? Classifying ASEAN in the spectrum of regional security organizations $ Aseanie Sciences Humaines en Asie du Sud-Est No.24 : December 2009 Bangkok: Editions de Centre d Anthropologie Sirindhorn, p. ; 24cm. ISSN: French & English Language $ Rian Thai: International Journal of Thai Studies Vol. 2/2009 Bangkok: Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University, p. ; 21cm. ISSN $ (Annual Subscription Price) Contents of Vol.2./2009 Art as a System of Action : Buddha Images in the Golden Age of Lan na, c CE( BE) / Angela Chiu Convention and Invention in the Phra Sri An (Maitreya) Myth in Thai Society The Role of Food in the Musical Rites of the Lanna People of Northern Thailand Cargo Cars and Carts : Marketing, Circulation and Fluidity in Bangkok s Central Business District The Emergence of the Kingdom of Thonburi in the Context of the Chinese Era Monsters in Thai Horror Film from 2001 to 2008 : A Reflection of Culture and Society Hikayat Abu Qasim : the Legacy of a Twentieth Century Rong Ngeng Pioneer in Thailand s Andaman Coast Region Historical Narratives of King Naresuan the Great : Narrative Techniques and Image Creation Legitimacy, Counterinsurgency and Order 66/2523 Sorrow in the Pannasa Jataka : Emotion and the Teaching of Dharma Local Wisdom and Social learning for Sustainable Water Resource Management : A Case Study of Ban Limthong, Amphoe Nang Rong, Changwat Buri Ram Prospects and Policy Options for Thailand s Trade in Bioenergy in the Mekong Region : Implications for Sustainable Development Siam s New Detectives : Police Work and The Press from 1900 to 1950 Palaung Buddhism and Ethnic Identity in Northern Thailand - Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March

16 NIDA Journal of Language and Communication Volume 14, Issue 14, June 2009 Thailand: National Institute of Development Administration, p. ; 26cm. ISSN: Contents: - History of English - Language ideology in Korea - Metafunctions in Corporate business discourse - Critical discourse analysis: homelessness - Cultural media representation: Thai tourism - Compliance gaining in classroom - Language evolution $ Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Thailand March