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Monsoon Country

Author : Pira Sudham
Publisher : Proglen Trading Co., Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 6164560446
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book Monsoon Country written by Pira Sudham and published by Proglen Trading Co., Ltd.. This book was released on 2022-09-19 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pira Sudham's 1988 classic Monsoon Country NEW 2022 EDITION It is hard to overstate the impact that Pira's Monsoon Country had on the outside world when it was first published in 1988. Regarded as a classic by many, yet is was classic in a genre of just one novel. Pira Sudham and Monsoon Country are close to unique in so many ways. He wrote in the English and never published novels or short stories in his native Thai language. A justifiable comparison could be made to Joseph Conrad writing almost a century before. He came from a peasant family in the northeast, the country's poorest region where a third of Thailand's population live. With Monsoon Country there was suddenly an international voice for the peasants, long exploited by both governments and provincial godfathers. The story tracks Pira's own life, a poor youngster taken to Bangkok as a temple boy and winning scholarships to end up studying English in Thailand's leading university followed by overseas universities in New Zealand, Australia and England. Many kids born in this century, growing up in NE Thailand wouldn't recognize the 1960s and 1970s region called Isan. (Sometimes Esarn, Issan, Isaan and other spellings.) Their grandparents would know the life lived in poverty well. Young girls moving to Bangkok to work in its notorious nightlife industry in order to support their parents and siblings. Development has taken place. The inequality and local godfathers may still be there, but now politicians and army generals have to remember the insurgency of the 60s and 70s and at least pay lip service to improving the living standards in Thailand's largest region. Maybe, again like Conrad, English being a second language forces authors to be meticulous in their use of the language and finding the exact right words and phrases to use. If you have never read Monsoon Country, or last read it back when it was first published, now is a good time to read it for the first or second time to see why it was so widely praised back then. Pira is still with us and living back in his home village. The sequel to Monsoon Country, 2002's The Force of Karma has a new final chapter written in 2022 bringing the story up-to-date. There are good reasons why Pira Sudham is regarded internationally as the leading Thai author of his generation. "With his rich command of the English language Pira Sudham possesses the unique gift of being able to convey the cultural evolution of Thailand through the eyes of a poor farmer’s son. Pira’s insightful observations make fascinating reading and the lad who once tended buffaloes has become a significant voice for the people of the Northeast." Roger Crutchley, Bangkok Post columnist and author of The Road to Nakhon Nowhere

Monsoon

Author : Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812979206
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Monsoon written by Robert D. Kaplan and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the world maps common in America, the Western Hemisphere lies front and center, while the Indian Ocean region all but disappears. This convention reveals the geopolitical focus of the now-departed twentieth century, but in the twenty-first century that focus will fundamentally change. In this pivotal examination of the countries known as “Monsoon Asia”—which include India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Burma, Oman, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Tanzania—bestselling author Robert D. Kaplan shows how crucial this dynamic area has become to American power. It is here that the fight for democracy, energy independence, and religious freedom will be lost or won, and it is here that American foreign policy must concentrate if the United States is to remain relevant in an ever-changing world. From the Horn of Africa to the Indonesian archipelago and beyond, Kaplan exposes the effects of population growth, climate change, and extremist politics on this unstable region, demonstrating why Americans can no longer afford to ignore this important area of the world.

Boyhood in Monsoon Country

Author : Maximo Ramos
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781731252982
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Boyhood in Monsoon Country written by Maximo Ramos and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maximo D. Ramos wrote a number of books detailing the history and culture of the Philippines. Boyhood in Monsoon Country is a collection of little essays about village life as a boy. It is not just the content here, which presents a fascinating range of topics from the food to the bird life to even the mythological creatures that kept him and his friends scared of entering into the woods -- what really speaks to the reader is the lyrical and conversational quality of the writing. Ramos's observations are often hilarious, often poignant, and always stream of consciousness, like a warm grandfather relaying his adventures to his grandchildren who gather around him to take it all in. As Ramos explores his own life and times, his invitation is a simple but profound one: now that he has shared his life, he implores the reader to think about and celebrate their own. Reading Boyhood in Monsoon Country feels like an exchange of lives-- a conversation that lets us into Ramos' world, and encourages us to think of the humanity that unites us all. Contents: Early School Days We Had Gizzards of Iron We Had Food Specials, Too Our Peer Group The Games We Played The Birds We Knew Our Homely Names The Harmful Gods of Our Countryside We Had Just About All We Needed A Note to Agents of Change The Magic of Old Place-Names Holiday in Black Sweet Were the Uses of Necromancy Picnic Holy Week in Monsoon Country Glossary of lloko Terms

Monsoon Country

Author : Johnsen, Bryon
Publisher : Library Services Branch
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Monsoon Country written by Johnsen, Bryon and published by Library Services Branch. This book was released on 1993 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Walking in Gagudju Country: Exploring the Monsoon Forest

Author : Diane Lucas
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1761061615
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Walking in Gagudju Country: Exploring the Monsoon Forest written by Diane Lucas and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we go walking, we never know how long we will be, what we will hear and what we will see. We pack our bags with food and water, a billy and some matches to light a fire. We head off into the shady monsoon forest on the edge of the billabong. Diane Lucas, Ben Tyler and Emma Long share their knowledge and love of the Top End in this enchanting and accessible book about one of Australia's most ancient and beautiful ecosystems. 'This information-laden book, complete with glossary, brims with life, beauty and magic. It is a delightful read for primary school children.' Books+Publishing

Chasing The Monsoon

Author : Alexander Frater
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 033054232X
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Chasing The Monsoon written by Alexander Frater and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-03-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 20th May the Indian summer monsoon will begin to envelop the country in two great wet arms, one coming from the east, the other from the west. They are united over central India around 10th July, a date that can be calculated within seven or eight days. Alexander Frater aims to follow the monsoon, staying sometimes behind it, sometimes in front of it, and everywhere watching the impact of this extraordinary phenomenon. During the anxious period of waiting, the weather forecaster is king, consulted by pie-crested cockatoos, and a joyful period ensues: there is a period of promiscuity, and scandals proliferate. Frater's journey takes him to Bangkok and the cowboy town on the Thai-Malaysian border to Rangoon and Akyab in Burma (where the front funnels up between the mountains and the sea). His fascinating narrative reveals the exotic, often startling, discoveries of an ambitious and irresistibly romantic adventurer.

Monsoon Country

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (933 download)

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Monsoon Country[

Author : Pira Sudham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Monsoon Country[ written by Pira Sudham and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Monsoon

Author : Steve McCurry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788187107118
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Monsoon written by Steve McCurry and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers and the Development of Farming Civilisations in Asia

Author : Peter D. Clift
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107030080
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers and the Development of Farming Civilisations in Asia written by Peter D. Clift and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed review of climate change and its impacts on farming systems since the Neolithic, including anticipated future changes.

Monsoon

Author : Uma Krishnaswami
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1466896701
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Monsoon written by Uma Krishnaswami and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An expressive story about seasons, extremes, and waiting." - Kirkus Reviews Children play, birds call, and grownups go about their business during the hot days of summer in northern India. But in the bustle of street and marketplace, everyone is watching, waiting for those magical clouds to bring their gift of rain to the land. Through the observations of one young girl, the scents and sounds, the dazzling colors and the breathless anticipation of a parched cityscape are vividly evoked during the final days before the welcome arrival of the monsoon.

Country Rain

Author : Cheyenne McCray
Publisher : Cheyenne McCray LLC
ISBN 13 : 1939778123
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (397 download)

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Download or read book Country Rain written by Cheyenne McCray and published by Cheyenne McCray LLC. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this cowboy romance, young love is given a second—and final—chance. Over the passing years, Rancher Colt McLeod never stopped loving Marlee Fox, but she has refused to speak to him since high school. On a not-so-accidental encounter, he captures her attention and the promise of a dance. Marlee falls in love with Colt all over again but knows she can’t take another heartbreak like the first. If he betrays her trust one more time, they are over forever. The girl who broke up Colt and Marlee has returned to the small town of King Creek. Now a grown woman, she stalks him and turns her vengeful attention on Marlee. Colt will do everything in his power to protect Marlee, even if it means pushing her away to keep her safe.

Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants

Author : Jacob Shell
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393247775
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants written by Jacob Shell and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “No one who loves elephants or how humans interact with wildlife should pass up Jacob Shell’s remarkable book.” —Dan Flores, author of Coyote America Giants of the Monsoon Forest journeys deep into the mountainous rainforests of Burma and India to explore the world of teak logging elephants and their intriguing alliance with humans. Jacob Shell’s narrative vividly depicts elephants’ extraordinary intelligence, and the complicated bond with individual human riders, a partnership that can last for decades. Giants of the Monsoon Forest reveals an unexpected relationship between evolution in the natural world and political struggles in the human one, while considering how Asia’s secret forest culture might offer a way to help protect the fragile spaces both elephants and humans need to survive.

The Force of Karma

Author : Pira Sudham
Publisher : Proglen Trading Co., Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 6164560454
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book The Force of Karma written by Pira Sudham and published by Proglen Trading Co., Ltd.. This book was released on 2022-09-19 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FORCE OF KARMA The sequel to Pira Sudham's 1988 classic Monsoon Country A new edition of the 2002 The Force of Karma Pira added additional last chapter in 2022 bringing the historical saga up-to-date. When the Red Shirts demonstrated in support of Thaksin Shinawatra the one sure outcome was that it wouldn't be the politicians, army generals or university professors who would be killed. That job is always left to the peasant farmers. The story picks up from Monsoon Country in 1981 and takes us through Thailand's modern history to the latest military coups. If you enjoyed Monsoon Country then The Force of Karma is a must read. "With his rich command of the English language Pira Sudham possesses the unique gift of being able to convey the cultural evolution of Thailand through the eyes of a poor farmer’s son. Pira’s insightful observations make fascinating reading and the lad who once tended buffaloes has become a significant voice for the people of the Northeast." Roger Crutchley, Bangkok Post columnist and author of The Road to Nakhon Nowhere

Monsoon

Author : Wilbur Smith
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429908920
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Monsoon written by Wilbur Smith and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-05-16 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monsoon, a Courtney Family Adventure from Wilbur Smith One man. Three sons. A powerful destiny waiting to unfold. Monsoon is the sweeping epic that continues the saga begun in Wilbur Smith's bestselling Birds of Prey. Once a voracious adventurer, it has been many years since Hal Courtney has dared the high seas. Now he must return with three of his sons - Tom, Dorian, and Guy - to protect the East India Trading Company from looting pirates, in exchange for half of the fortune he recovers. It will be a death or glory mission in the name of the crown. But Hal must also think about the fates of his sons. Like their father before them, Tom, Dorian, and Guy are drawn inexorably to Africa. When fate decrees that they must all leave England forever, they set said for the dark, unexplored continent, seduced by the allure and mystery of this new, magnificent, but savage land. All will have a crucial part to play in shaping the Courtneys' destiny, as the family vies for a prize beyond any of their dreams. In a story of anger and passion, peace and war, Wilbur Smith evinces himself at the height of his storytelling powers. Set at the dawn of eighteenth-century England, with the Courtneys riding wind-tossed seas toward Arabia and Africa, Monsoon is an exhilarating adventure pitting brother against brother, man against sea, and good against evil.

Desert Girl, Monsoon Boy

Author : Tara Dairman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525518061
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Desert Girl, Monsoon Boy written by Tara Dairman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extreme weather affects two children's lives in very different ways and shows how the power of nature can bring us together. One girl. One boy. Their lives couldn't be more different. While she turns her shoulder to sandstorms and blistering winds, he cuffs his pants when heavy rains begin to fall. As the weather becomes more severe, their families and animals must flee to safety--and their destination shows that they might be more alike than they seem. The journeys of these two children experiencing weather extremes in India highlight the power of nature and the resilience of the the human spirit.

The monsoon lands of Asia

Author : Robert Rees Rawson
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0202369781
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The monsoon lands of Asia written by Robert Rees Rawson and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "According to the author a geographic region must satisfy the following conditions: however striking the diversity of the physical setting and the languages, religions and general appearance of the people, there must be some aspect of culture (for example, the social outlook or the organization of the economy) which pervades the area in such a way as to justify the recognition and study of that area as one entity and there must be substantial cultural differences between it and adjacent areas. Monsoon Asia, from Pakistan to Japan is more than a land area and an assemblage of countries: it is a distinctive geographical region. Its population--which includes nearly half the people in the world--is mainly rural, its economy mainly agricultural, and its peoples share a heritage of material poverty. But change is apparent everywhere in the area. This book is a compact and lucid introduction to the dynamic as well as the unchanging characteristics of the region. After an introductory section, which defines the limits of Monsoon Asia, there follow chapters on structure and relief, climate, vegetation, and soils. A discussion of the historical geography of the region leads into studies of its agriculture and industry. The concluding two-thirds of the book survey the characteristics of the constituent countries--India, Pakistan, Ceylon, China, Japan, Korea, and South-East Asia proper (Burma, Malaya, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, etc.). Special attention is paid throughout to the political and social setting of current political problems. The book contains 17 plates, 48 maps and diagrams, a selected bibliography, and an index."--Provided by publisher.