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Thailand Diary: Volume 2
A Thailand Diary, #2
E-bok, 2018
44 kr
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With real people and real events, take a virtual tour of everyday life in the Land of Smiles by browsing this selectopm of Diary Entries.Meet some interesting characters (only names have been changed) and I suspect you'll be surprised at some of their stories.Thailand wil never cease to amaze.Enjoy …
Hidden Thailand
Boxed Sets, #3
E-bok, 2022
210 kr
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Hidden Thailand comprises 5 books on Thai Lifestyle and CultureA Thailand Diary shows, through its 365 pages, a real Thailand that many do not see.The 10 chapters of Thailand Take Two look at the main cultural concepts found in Thailand, its different lifestyle and values. From Face to Family. From …
New Life in Thailand?
Escape to Thailand, #1
E-bok, 2018
33 kr
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Derek explains in some detail what led up to his bitter divorce in England and the doubts he had about moving to Thailand to be with the woman he had met on a Thai dating site.He describes what eventually made up his mind. But even then, there were times when he was unsure if he was making the …
Thai Smile
Thailand Take Two, #1
E-bok, 2018
33 kr
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Thailand is known as the Land of Smiles. But never assume that smiles mean the same as they do in the West. Smiling is quite automatic in Thailand. A monk once told me that Thais were born with smiles on their faces!Matt Owens Rees discusses 13 different types of smile and gives examples from …
Mafia
The Death of a Thai Godfather, #3
E-bok, 2019
44 kr
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Defitions of what a Mafia really is and the truth of the conspiracy between the UK and Canadian governments and a Welsh mafia family from Cardiff following a suspicious fire at the mafia family home.Released archives now give conclusive details of the murders in the mafia family home in the Port …
Murder in the Market
The Death of a Thai Godfather, #1
E-bok, 2018
33 kr
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There are many misconceptions about mafias. Not all mafia families are the same, whether in Thailand or elsewhere.There can be ruthlessness, violence, and killings in the underworld of organised crime. Considered unacceptable in a modern and civilsed society. But there is another side to the …
Thailand Diary
A Thailand Diary, #3
E-bok, 2017
66 kr
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A Thailand Diary is a lighter read than my flagship book on Thai lifestyle and social culture, Thailand Take Two, which is a more detailed work of 10 chapters and with 42,000 words.The diary is a lighter read. With short entries for every day of the year, it still covers the important aspects of …
Thailand Diary: Volume 1
A Thailand Diary, #1
E-bok, 2018
44 kr
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A Thailand Diary: volume 1 is the first in a series of easy-to-read diary entries of life in the Land of Smiles.Some entries are short, some entries are humourous, All are true descriptions of events which actually happened. Only names have been changed. 48,000 words covering each day between I …
Christmas Reading
Teasers, #5
E-bok, 2018
44 kr
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Some suggestions on books on Thai culture, lifestyle, and light social anthropology. Well worth browing over Christmas and the New year
Escape to Thailand & The Death of a Thai Godfather
Boxed Sets, #2
E-bok, 2018
110 kr
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Escape to ThailandThe true story of an English man who emigrated to Thailand The Death of a Thai GodfatherAlthough a novel, you may see some reality as this story of a Thai mafia family unfolds
Thailand Diary & Thailand Take Two
Boxed Sets, #1
E-bok, 2018
122 kr
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A Thailand Diary takes you into the lives of ordinary Thais through its 365 entriesThailand Take Two is a comprehensive analysis of Thai lifestyle and culture over 10 chapters
Murders in the Market
E-bok, 2018
33 kr
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A 6000 word teaser of The Death of a Thai Godfather. It is NOT a spoiler. It just gives enough detail to hopefully whet your appetite to read the full book of just over 100,000 words. Technically a work of fiction, the reader may recognise several scenes in the book which have an uncanny …
Thailand Take Two
Thailand Take Two, #2
E-bok, 2013
66 kr
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Thailand Take Two looks at Thais and Thailand in a unique way. It is not a politically correct travel guide written to promote tourism and showing only the rosy side of Thailand. Real characters are introduced in the book to show how Thailand's culture is so different from Western concepts. Readers …
Escape To Thailand
Escape to Thailand, #2
E-bok, 2013
66 kr
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Escape to Thailand is an account of an Englishman's dream of emigrating to Thailand and how it turned out. There are twists and turns throughout the 14 chapters. He first "e;met"e; Toy, a Thai teacher, on an internet dating site. Three times she asked him to join her. Three time he …
Death of a Thai Godfather
The Death of a Thai Godfather, #2
E-bok, 2017
91 kr
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The Death of a Thai Godfather is a fictional story spanning three generations of the Parin family in Bangkok and northern Thailand.While the word mafia conjures up, in the minds of most readers, images of rivalries and violence among powerful families, Thai mafias are somewhat different.While often …
Meekness in Thai Culture
E-bok, 2017
44 kr
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Ubonwan is a Thai academic who wrote a 400 page doctoral thesis on the 9 characteristics of the Thai and why that contributed to the total failure of the early Christian missionaries to convert the Thais. It is a thorough examination of the subject. The list of references is itself 10 pages …
True Story of the Welsh Godfather
E-bok, 2023
68 kr
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Matt has written this true account of the activities of a Welsh Godfather in collaboration with his childhood friend, Johnny Illsley. Neither knew anything of those activities until after Johnny's parents had died and personal letters of the Godfather, J.O.Williams, were available.Because the UK …
True Story of a Welsh Godfather
The True Story of a Welsh Godfather, #9
E-bok, 2023
22 kr
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He was too charismatic and ruthless a businessman for them to ever have a chance of controlling him. They were both gaining financially from working with him. In that sense, they were part of this extended mafia family. A mafia family is not solely comprised of blood relatives. I first met …
Welsh Godfather
The Death of a Thai Godfather, #2
E-bok, 2022
66 kr
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Matt has written this true account of the activities of a Welsh Godfather in collaboration with his childhood friend, Johnny Illsley. Neither knew anything of those activities until after Johnny's parents had died and personal letters of the Godfather, J.O.Williams, were available.Because the UK …
Xenophobic Thailand
E-bok, 2022
33 kr
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We discuss whether the Thais are patriotic or xenophobic. The ego of the Thai is considered with comparisons with other countries of the Far East and the rest of the world. There are cultural reasons why xenophobia is a characteristc of life in Thailand. The education system and propaganda from the …
End of a Life
E-bok, 2022
33 kr
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"e;End of a Life"e; is taken from one of the chapters of Thailand Take Two and describes the customs and traditions of a Buddhist funeral in the northern Thai province of Chiangmai. It was the most popular chapter of that book. In Thai social culture, death is seen as the final part of the …
Christmas Reading
E-bok, 2022
44 kr
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Some Christmas Reading on Thai lifestyle and social culture by MattOwensRees.Quite a selection from four of my most popular books. Over 35,000 words in total .The Death of a Thai Godfather is a novel which you may find is a remarkable resemblance to the truth in parts.The Extracts from A Thailand …
True Story of a Welsh Godfather - all episodes
E-bok, 2023
85 kr
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This book is a collection of all 11 episodes of The True Story of a Welsh Godfather.
End of a Life
E-bok, 2024
22 kr
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An inside look at a middle-class funeral in Northern Thailand, Cultural observations from behind-the-scenes
True Story of a Welsh Godfather
E-bok, 2025
52 kr
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A true and verified story of a ruthless Welsh Godfather, J.O.Williams, and his criminal activities. And how the mafia family he founded finally became legitimate under his grandson, my schoolboy friend, Johnny Illsley.
