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Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, Russian expatriates who have been working together for more than 30 years, have a knack, writes art curator Mia Fineman, for 'transforming the solemn rituals of high art into high comedy.' It was with the utmost seriousness, however, that the two, on reading of the elephants' plight, travelled to Thailand and established the Thai Elephant Art School, through whose offices elephants create pop-art masterpieces with palette, brush, and trunk. Buy

Labels: Environment, Thailand

Smell, taste and touch Thailand's diversity with the help of this award-winning guide. Immerse yourself in the frenetic pace of Bangkok or explore provincial Thailand's limestone cliffs and hidden lagoons, lush highland forests and ancient ruins. Buy

Labels: Thailand, Travel Guide

From pulse-pounding Bangkok to tranquil villages moored along the Mekong River, Thai cuisine is as rich and diverse as the culture it sustains. This unique culinary guide takes you to the heart of the kingdom's food culture. Buy

Labels: Culture, Thailand

In this completely up-to-date guide experts who live in Thailand give you the inside track, showing you all the things to see and do – from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun. Buy

Labels: Thailand, Travel Guide

This colourful and thoughtfully arranged guide provides easy access to Thai history and culture, religion and politics, music, sports, and festivals. From Chiang Mai to Bangkok, Phuket to Ko Samui, the many pleasures, diversions, sites, and activities are detailed in a conveniently usable format. Buy

Labels: Thailand, Travel Guide

Rabinowitz seems to crave risk and adventure, and the story of his hazardous years "chasing the dragon's tail" in the Thai forest--which includes encounters with angry poachers, a narrow escape from his own leopard trap, the aftermath of his participation in an opium council--makes engrossing reading. Buy

Labels: Environment, Thailand

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 novels, and one of the few portrayals of the immigrant Chinese experience in urban Thailand. Buy

Labels: Literature, Thailand

This practical dictionary is designed to help English speakers communicate in Thai. It is equally useful for those who can read the Thai alphabet and those who can't. You will find most of the vocabulary you are likely to need in everyday life, including basic medical, cultural, political and scientific terms. Buy

Labels: Educational, Thailand

With over nine million foreigners flying into the country each year, Thailand has become Asia's primary holiday destination. Yet despite this vast influx of tourists and their cash, Thailand's cultural integrity remains largely undamaged - a country that adroitly avoided colonization has been able to absorb Western influences without wholly succumbing to them. Buy

Labels: Thailand, Travel Guide

This highly acclaimed book, the standard history of Thailand for almost twenty years, has now been completely revised by the author. David K. Wyatt has also added new sections examining the social and economic changes that have transformed the country in the past two decades. Buy

Labels: History, Thailand