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Author | : Nǣngnō̜i Saksī (M.R.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-09-25 |
Genre | : Bangkok (Thailand) |
ISBN | : 9789749863411 |
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A completely revised guide to this exquisite complex of buildings.
Author | : Chris Burslem |
Publisher | : Tales |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789881998422 |
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Using a patchwork of words and images from Bangkok's residents and visitors of yesteryear, this book shares the often untold past of this busy city while shedding light on Thai culture.
Author | : Michael Smithies |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Old Bangkok traces the history of one of Asia's most fascinating cities. This stimulating and sympathetic account of this capital, founded in 1782, recaptures the early days and its expansion in the nineteenth century. Author Michael Smithies describes the principal temples and palaces thatstill survive as well as the corners and crafts that remain relatively unchanged. This book is a must-read for anyone who has been charmed by Bangkok.
Author | : Kenneth Barrett |
Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2014-02-18 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1462913806 |
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Author | : Pitchaya Sudbanthad |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0525534768 |
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"A house in the center of Bangkok becomes the point of confluence where lives are shaped by upheaval, memory, and the lure of home. Witness to two centuries' flux in one of the world's most restless cities, a house plays host to longings and losses past, present, and future. A nineteenth-century missionary doctor pines for the comforts of New England even as he finds the vibrant foreign chaos of Siam increasingly difficult to resist. A post-war society woman marries, mothers, and holds court, little suspecting the course of her future. A jazz pianist is summoned in the 1970s to conjure music that will pacify resident spirits, even as he's haunted by ghosts of his former life. Not long after, a young woman gives swimming lessons in the luxury condos that have eclipsed the old house, trying to outpace the long shadow of her political past. And in the post-submergence Bangkok of the future, a band of savvy teenagers guides tourists and former residents past waterlogged, ruined landmarks, selling them tissues to wipe their tears for places they themselves do not remember. Time collapses as these stories collide and converge, linked by blood, memory, yearning, chance, and the forces voraciously making and remaking the amphibian, ever-morphing city itself"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Narisa Chakrabongse |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2019-12-31 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9786164510319 |
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* An in-depth guide to the most important and sacred sites in BangkokThe area centered around the Grand Palace bordered by the Chao Phraya river on the west and Khlong Khu Muang Doem on the east is undoubtedly Bangkok's cultural center.Known as Rattanakosin Island, it is home to most of the city's most important temples - Wat Pho, Wat Rajabhopit, and Wat Mahathat, to mention just a few - as well as Museum Siam and the recently renovated National Museum. To the south of this iconic are is the famous flower market, while to the north is the tourist mecca of Khao San Road.Exploring Old Bangkok takes the visitor around all the most important sights as well as explaining the meaning of lesser-known landmarks such as the Pig memorial or the Monument to the Expeditionary Force. The guide also includes iconic sights on the west bank of the river such as Wat Arun and the royal barge museum. With the opening of the magnificent metro station, Sanam Chai, access to this center of culture and Thai art has never been easier. Alternatively, visitors can reach the area via the ever-popular tourist boats and maybe take a khlong trip from Tha Chang.Exploring Old Bangkok also features two fascinating walks and a pull-out map with suggestions of where to stay and where to eat.
Author | : William Warren |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781861891297 |
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"Bangkok" is an informal portrait of the city, where the districts and cities of modern Bangkok are explored in a series of personal impressions of the people, their customs, cuisines and modern life.
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Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Maryvelma O'Neil |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2008-09-04 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0199711690 |
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In this vibrant cultural history, Maryvelma O'Neil takes us on an engaging tour of Bangkok, revealing the rich ancient heritage of this fascinating city. The capital of the Kingdom of Thailand, Bangkok stands out as a place of extraordinary allure. Beginning as a floating city in a lush tropical setting, known to foreigners as the "Venice of the East," its majestic Grand Palace and glittering Buddhist temples today compete with chimneystacks and a jungle of skyscrapers. O'Neil illuminates a city rich in art, history, royal ceremony, and tradition and she uncovers fascinating pockets of traditional indigenous life and places of intense beauty hidden in Bangkok's labyrinthine lanes and alleys.
Author | : Maryvelma Smith O'Neil |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195342518 |
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In this vibrant cultural history, Maryvelma O'Neil takes us on an engaging tour of Bangkok, revealing the rich ancient heritage of this fascinating city. The capital of the Kingdom of Thailand, Bangkok stands out as a place of extraordinary allure. Beginning as a floating city in a lush tropical setting, known to foreigners as the "Venice of the East," its majestic Grand Palace and glittering Buddhist temples today compete with chimneystacks and a jungle of skyscrapers. O'Neil illuminates a city rich in art, history, royal ceremony, and tradition and she uncovers fascinating pockets of traditional indigenous life and places of intense beauty hidden in Bangkok's labyrinthine lanes and alleys.