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No. C-469 / 2020

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Scramble for Rails: Japanese Military Transport on Thai Railways during World War II
Kakizaki, Ichiro 2019. 303 pp., illus. 12 pp. in col, 210 x 295 mm, pbk.
ISBN: 9789748434681 (WH Code E22730)¥ 5,500＋税“Scramble for Rails: Japanese Military Transport on
Thai Railways during World War II” is a groundbreaking study ofmilitary transport on Thai railways by the Japanese army during
the war. Although most people recall the Thai-Burma line when
hearing such keywords as Thailand, the Japanese army,railways, and World War II, the Japanese army in fact utilized
almost all railways in Thailand for military purposes.
This book explicates the overall characteristics ofJapanese military transport from the abundant historicalmaterials regarding the operation and transport of Japanesemilitary trains preserved at the National Archives of Thailand. It
clearly describes how the Japanese army utilized Thai railways,clarifying transport items, routes, and volumes. Apart fromtransport by Japanese military trains, the use of civilian trains by
Japanese soldiers is also analyzed.

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Kulap Saipradit ('Sriburapha'): Journalist & Writer in early 20th Century Siam
Smyth, David

2019. 255 pp., illus. in back & white, 145 x 207 mm pbk.

ISBN: 9789748434711 (WH Code E22731)¥ 4,070＋税“Kulap Saipradit ('Sriburapha'): Journalist &Writer in early 20th Century Siam” is the first book-length,
English-language account of his work as a journalist andfiction writer. Kulap emerged in the mid-1920s as part ofa new generation of fiction writers which rejected thepopular trend of translating or adapting foreign works infavour of creating their own original Thai stories. Kulap
proved one of the most popular and successful of this newwave, and two of his novels, The Battle of Life (1932) andBehind the Painting (1938) have become classics.

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The Tropic Gardener: Guide to Tropical Plants and their Cultivation
Campbell, Patrick A.C.

2020. 374 pp., illus. in col., 145 x 210 mm

ISBN: 9789748434407 (WH Code E22732)¥ 7,260＋税“The Tropic Gardener: Guide to Tropical Plants andtheir Cultivation” is a must-have guide for plant lovers andgardeners not only in Thailand but also for hot-climate
gardeners everywhere.
It not only lists, describes and illustrates the mostpopular species in Southeast Asia, but explains how to growthem in urban/suburban locations as well as in conventionalsettings.
Intended as a practical guide as well as reference
book, with Thai as well as English names. Ideal to take withyou when you visit your local nursery.

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Thailand Timeline 1500-2015
Stearn, Duncan
2019. 372 pp., 210 x 295 mm. pbk.
ISBN: 9786164560222 (WH Code N5311)¥ 11,000＋税“Pattaya writer Duncan Stearn serves as curator ofchronology with an easy but thorough reference guide to Thaihistory.” Paul Dorsey, The Nation Thailand Timeline is achronology of Thai history from 1500 to 2015. It lists insequence the main his-torical information during this period.
Covering more than 500 years of its rich and varied history,Thai-land Timeline runs to almost 200,000 words and over
7,000 individual entries. This chronological history of Thailand
covers everything from the monarchy, religion, politics andboth internal and external conflict to sport, cinema,architecture and the arts, and almost everything in-between. It
is one of the first major works of Thailand’s history to cover the
all-important decade since the 2006 coup and its aftermath,detailing the important events which have shaped the nation in
all facets of dai-ly life in a simple and easy-to-read, factualformat.

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Money Number One: 4th Edition
Hutchison, Neil 2019. 197 pp., 13 pp. illus, 145 x 205 mm, pbk.
ISBN : 9786164560277 (WH Code N5310)¥ 3,630＋税

The politically correct single man's survival guide to theadult entertainment scene of Pattaya, Thailand.
―From the cover of 3rd edition.

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Mann Farang: The Best Thirteen Years
Cotterill's. Colin 2019. 90 pp., illus. 230 x 150 mm, pbk.
ISBN : 9786164560208 (WH Code N5307)¥ 3,630＋税

In 1990, Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years
in prison, the Berlin Wall was torn down, and Mann Farang, aBangkok resident was plucked from obscurity and thrust onto
the world stage. And there he reigned for thirteen years as themost popular if not ‘only’ Farang cartoon character. This is hisstory.

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The Amok Runners: A Jimm Juree Mystery Prequel
Cotterill, Colin 2016. 224 pp., 145 x 210 mm. pbk.
ISBN : 9789747534948 (WH Code N5308).

¥ 3,630＋税

For followers of Colin Cotterill's Jimm Juree mystery
series, here is new novel for your enjoyment. It is a prequel tothe three published books with our intrepid lady journalist and
her rather unique family still living in Chiang Mai. Becoming an
extra along with her two brothers, Arny and Sissy, on an
American movie with Hollywood stars being shot in the northof Thailand, she stumbles upon murder and mayhem while atthe same time being part of an ancient treasure hunt. As usual
it would be wrong for the bad guys to underestimate Jimm.

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Brannan: The Movie
Cord, Stephen 2019.

181 pp., 145 x 205 mm, pbk.

ISBN : 9876164560239 (WH Code N5309)¥ 3,630＋税4