Thursday, 17 January 2013

Balls of Fire


Set in 1970 during the Vietnam War, this semi-biographical story was compiled from the journal of Ben R. Games, PhD. He flew for the 1st Cavalry Division. He and his crew flew many missions and even received the Distinguished Flying Cross for their efforts. The story is told from the perspective of Chinook #037 while it flew for Company "B" stationed at Thai Firebase Bear Cat, Vietnam.

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Rückblick unter Palmen - New eBooks in German from Bangkok Books

Rückblick unter Palmen

Author : Bahl, Rolf
ISBN : 9786162222054
Category : Books in German
Pages : 127
Price: $4.99
Description
Hier versucht es der Autor mit einer Symbiose, erst blickt er zurück auf die Biografie seines um neun Jahre älteren Bruders, um dann nach seinem Tod seine Rolle weiter zu führen!
Mit Ausnahme eines kleinen Zusatzberichtes, handelt es sich dabei um einen Tatsachenbericht.
Aufmerksame Leser mögen den Abschnitt erkennen, welcher die Geschichte abgerundet hat! Er ändert aber nichts an den Tatsachen, dass sich mehr als 90% der Handlungen genau so abgespielt haben.
Und wie der Titel bereits aussagt, handelt es sich primär um einen geschichtlichen Rückblick in die französische Kolonialzeit.




Rückblick unter Palmen

ISBN : 9786162222054

Category : Books in German

Pages : 127

Price
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Arabelle's Shadows


Everything in Arabelle's life is coming together. She has confidence, great friends, she's even dating Naak, a wealthy Thai socialite. But there are too many models in Bangkok. Arabelle's broke, she can't find an agent in New York, and Naak isn't as wonderful as he first appears. Slowly the Shadows creep back into Arabelle's mind, bringing with them thoughts of hopelessness and despair.


Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Flucht aus Manila - New Books in German from Bangkok Books

Flucht aus Manila

Author : Bahl, Rolf
ISBN : 9786162222061
Category : Books in German
Pages : 143
Price: $4.99
Description
Hongkong-Bangkok-Pattaya
Ein Tourist fliegt im Jahr 1991 nach Manila. Im Vergnügungsviertel Mabini, folgt er erwartungsvoll einer freundlichen Einladung. Dabei gerät er in eine bestens vorbereitete Falle von Kriminellen!
Bald einmal muss er feststellen, dass nicht nur der Taxifahrer, sondern auch das Hotelpersonal mit den Banditen zusammen arbeitet. Er ergreift die Flucht durch die Millionenstadt Manila, aber die Bande bleibt ihm auf den Fersen und holt ihn wieder ein!Nachdem er sich halbwegs mit den Gangstern auf eine Zahlung einigte, plante er seine Flucht aus Manila, um weiteren Forderungen zu entgehen.
Ein spannender Tatsachenroman.




Flucht aus Manila

ISBN : 9786162222061

Category : Books in German

Pages : 143

Price
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Amusing Thailand: A Survivor's Guide to Pattaya


Forget 'Incredible India'. Forget 'Malaysia, truly Asia'. Welcome to 'Amusing Thailand.' Whether you are newly retired, looking for an exotic holiday or scouring the country for a mate, this book is invaluable. Set mainly in and about, Sin City, otherwise known as Pattaya, the sixty-two chapters deal with a variety of situations which could seriously embarrass an innocent in Thailand.

Monday, 14 January 2013

A Year Wasted


Steve Aldman and his friend Mike have just graduated from college and board a plane to Thailand. They plan to teach English for one year at a university in Bangkok. Steve is a strong, austere young man who believes he can only depend on himself. Thailand is about to be the shock of his life.From the moment he lands, Steve feels conflicted. Can he apply his well-honed defenses in Thailand? Even with this struggle towards maturity, Steve's deep and humorous narrative carries the reader throughout


Coming Soon - Robert Bell's New Book




Paul Swift retires and plans a peaceful life in Thailand.  No pressure, no faces from the past, and no more snow.  Then he has an encounter which takes him back almost twenty years.  A face that represented unfinished business; a face that brings his time in Germany back to the fore; a face that makes him reconsider retiring to Pattaya.  Unfinished business, and not just for him.

What he needed was closure.

As he digs deeper, he finds his foes from Frankfurt are back up to their old tricks, and some new ones.  It’s time to stop them, finally and forever.  He calls on old and new friends to help.  In the end he’ll get closure, but not the closure he was expecting.

To understand what happens in Pattaya, you need to understand what happened in Germany almost twenty years earlier.

Whilst the Pattaya that Robert created in his earlier books may be familiar, Final Closure is about retribution and revenge.  It is not about the Thai Diamonds, although some are there to offer advice.

It’s about closing things now, which could not be closed in Germany.  Paul and his colleagues finally get the information which could have put people to jail years earlier.

Now there is no chance of that.  They have to deal with it the only way they can.  In a fast paced conclusion Paul gets a kind of closure he never thought he’d ever experience.  He can finally feel all the stress of Frankfurt was worth it.

Sunday, 13 January 2013

A Fraction of the Whole



Meet the Deans"The fact is, the whole of Australia despises my father more than any other man, just as they adore my uncle more than any other man. I might as well set the story straight about both of them . . ."Heroes or Criminals?Crackpots or Visionaries?Families or Enemies?". . . Anyway, you know how it is. Every family has a story like this one."Most of his life, Jasper Dean couldn't decide whether to pity, hate, love, or murder his certifiably paranoid father, Martin, a man who overanalyzed

Saturday, 12 January 2013

Facets of Thai Diamonds

The Thai Diamonds trilogy concludes in Facets of Thai Diamonds. We finally discover what happened in Bangkok when Rot went to work there aged sixteen. The first facet is a story of innocence lost. Mike’s family arrives for a Christmas that will lead to life changing events, particularly for Scott. But for some, their future is not with Diamonds. Some guys just seem to self destruct. Keng finally achieves his goal, and his spirit moves on, but not without drastic effects and a big cost to the fellowship.They face new challenges as Diamond Productions has a success on their hands and when Scott spends the summer working on college projects; it seems destined that they will have an even bigger success.Peter and Ivan reveal how their innocence was taken in Russia, and how they came to be living in Thailand.Robert reveals eight facets of Thai Diamonds in this concluding book as the Thais put their former lives behind them to take on the best that Pattaya has to offer.In the four and a half years since we first met the Diamonds, they have matured and grown in stature. Whether it was chance, or fate, that brought them together, what they created as a team was an unstoppable phenomenon. They knew what they liked. They knew what they wanted. They knew when action had to be taken. There are two ‘F’ words that aren’t in their vocabulary. ‘Fear’ and ‘Failure’.


Facets of Thai Diamonds

ISBN : 9786162221446

Category : Erotica & Adventure

Pages : 326

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All In: From Refugee Camp to Poker Champ


In this intimate profile of an unlikely poker champion, the life story of Jerry Yang is laid out-from his difficult Hmong childhood to his success as a professional poker player. Born in the mountains of northern Laos, Jerry spent four and a half years in a Thai refugee camp after his family escaped the Communist forces. He endured horrific living conditions there and watched his family members die at gunpoint, but miraculously escaped and immigrate


Friday, 11 January 2013

Tika by Guy Lilburne - New And FREE From Bangkok Books

Tika

Author : Lilburne, Guy
ISBN : 9786162222047
Category : Thrillers
Pages : 93
Price: $0.00
Description
Dr Simon Carter has been struck off the medical register. His marriage over, he escapes to Thailand. He meets the beautiful Tika on a lonely beach and they enjoy a short romance.
When Tika’s life is threatened by her estranged ‘Gangster’ husband, she sends Simon a message asking for his help. Simon is dragged into a life or death race against time to find and save Tika, but she is afraid and in hiding. Her life depends on who can find her first!

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Tika

ISBN : 9786162222047

Category : Thrillers

Pages : 93

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Part One of 'Thai Diamonds'
Somrot Weangmakham is persuaded by his brother to go and work at Diamond Boys when it opened. He agreed on condition that he only did the shows. Surit told him that going with customers was not compulsory, but that he really needed some help to get the shows started. Somrot, ‘Rot’ as he was known, was not worried; he just did not want his brother to know. He knew the rough end of the trade, but that was a secret. ‘Rit’ could never be allowed to know what had happened in Bangkok. There is something about the Diamond guys, whether it is fresh faced Run, straight from the village, or Cap who had done his round of the bars and a bond would tie them. They endure all that Pattaya has to throw at them, including death and rape. They come through it all stronger, harder and more determined. Cap and Run use every tool at their disposal to save enough money to escape Pattaya and build a new future in Udon. Two Farangs, Michael Barnard and Geoffrey Shotton befriend the guys and help them along their way. Geoff supports Cap and Run in their battle to move north, whilst Mike befriends Rit and Rot. Even when Rot leaves for the army they remain close. One of their number dies and guides their futures from beyond the grave. Their guardian spirit will only rest once they have accepted their fates and built a future, but they have to work out his riddles. Rough Diamonds is set in Pattaya and Isaan. The story will continue in Diamond Fellowship

Rough Diamonds

Thursday, 10 January 2013

Diamond Fellowship - Part Two of 'Thai Diamonds'


The guys are back and on a mission. Keng completes his task of helping his friends find their futures and is finally free to move on. As friendships are renewed, the Diamonds set down a path that will see them change the face of Diamond Boys, and Pattaya. They gain revenge on some of those who crossed, exploited and abused them in their youth. To get there they have to work undercover for the police to expose a side of Thailand a lot of them were once part of, the side the Thailand where they lost their innocence. In many ways it was all for Keng, their soul mate, who started young and died at 20.Rot finally declares his feelings, ones that he has hidden from everyone but Mike and, together with Run, leads the Diamonds towards the bright future.The pivotal event in the Thai Diamonds books is Rit’s night at the Hilton. Whilst Rough Diamonds tells the story up to that night, Diamond Fellowship is a fast-paced account of the three months that follow it. If you have read Rough Diamonds, Diamond Fellowship follows their stories. If you have not then Rough Diamonds is there for you to delve into their past once you have read Diamond Fellowship.

Diamond Fellowship

My Thai Eye - Free eBook from Kobo


A wry look at Thai life by British ex-pat, Edwin Tipple. In his many extended visits to Thailand, he never ceases to be amazed by ordinary Thai people: the way they organise things - like the way they travel - their kindness and outlook on life. All, except one, of the twelve short tales in this book are amusing experiences you're unlikely find in any travel guide.

My Thai Eye

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A Year In Chiang mai - New from Bangkok Books

A Year in Chiang Mai

Author : Gunn, Alexander
ISBN : 9786162222023
Category : Travel & Travelogue
Pages : 176
Price: $4.99
Description
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go on holiday and never go back? Alex and his wife Chrissy decided that if they were going to change their lives they had better do it before their 2 small children got too old and too settled. They gave up good jobs, put their house on the market, said goodbye to bemused friends and relatives, found new homes for their geese and goats and moved from rural England to the other side of the world.
They chose the jungle city of Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand where they had no friends, no contacts and no income (and no geese or goats). A year later having survived near bankruptcy, rabies, cock fights, police road blocks, the mysterious elephant cowboys and a Yoda like monk who sold them a lucky charm wooden penis, they managed to set up what has become an award winning travel company, “The Life Change People”.
This unusual business aims to change people’s lives in just 7 days. Reading this book might just change yours!              




A Year in Chiang Mai

ISBN : 9786162222023

Category : Travel & Travelogue

Pages : 176

Price
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Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Free eBooks

Don't forget Bangkok Books has 9 eBooks for free down load here.  Titles include 'It's just sex, guys'; 'Bar Girl' and 'Rough Diamonds'

Monday, 7 January 2013

Watching the Thais - New From bangkok Books

Watching the Thais

Author : Tuohy, Tom
ISBN : 9786162222016
Category : Books on Thailand
Pages : 230
Price: $4.99
Description
Why does a Thai smile at you after crashing into the back of your car?


Why do Thais deplore walking?


The heat, the heat. What about the weather?
Why is everything done as a pack?


What is all this face stuff about?


Lies?


Confrontation?
Sleeping and shopping?


Just what is it with the Thais?
What’s it all about?


Author and academic Tom Tuohy answers all these questions and much more in his new book about the Thais and all their quirks.



            





Watching the Thais

ISBN : 9786162222016

Category : Books on Thailand

Pages : 230

Price
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