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Book Good Thai Girl

    Book Details:
  • Author : Linda Chomatree
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2022-10-04
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Good Thai Girl written by Linda Chomatree and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A good Thai girl spills the inside story about dating Thai women. You can find love in Thailand with girls who are marriage material, look like billboard fashion models, work in office jobs, speak fluent English, and don't see you as just a meal ticket. But it's not easy or automatic. In Thailand, you can't just approach strangers in public, even at a club or bar. And many of the women who you might think are "good Thai girls" are actually prostitutes in disguise. This book is the complete Thai insider's guide to meet good Thai girls, online or offline, understand typical Thai girls and red flags to watch for, go on a first date, proceed to sex, and pursue a long-term relationship. Learn Thai cultural points, such as spotting ladyboys, negotiating a family's requests for a marriage dowry, and even dressing for a date in Bangkok. It's not hard. You don't have to speak Thai. Even if you've never been to Thailand before, you can manage it. Linda Chomatree was born in Bangkok, studied in the US and the UK, and now travels between the US and Bangkok, working in her family's real estate business. She's seen foreigners in Thailand fall flat on their faces dating prostitutes or embarrassing themselves trying to chat up random women on the street. This book is her project to try to help foreign men find love with Thai women who aren't prostitutes and who don't tarnish Thai women's image. Your good Thai girl is waiting for you here in Bangkok. This book is for finding her.

Book Good Thai Girl  Bangkok Guide to Nice Thai Girls    Not Hookers

Download or read book Good Thai Girl Bangkok Guide to Nice Thai Girls Not Hookers written by Linda Chomatree and published by Linda Chomatree. This book was released on 2022-11-04 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A good Thai girl spills the inside story about dating Thai women. You can find love in Thailand with girls who are marriage material, look like billboard fashion models, work in office jobs, speak fluent English, and don't see you as just a meal ticket. But it's not easy or automatic. In Thailand, you can't just approach strangers in public, even at a club or bar. And many of the women who you might think are "good Thai girls" are actually prostitutes in disguise. This book is the complete Thai insider's guide to meet good Thai girls, online or offline, understand typical Thai girls and red flags to watch for, go on a first date, proceed to sex, and pursue a long-term relationship. Learn Thai cultural points, such as spotting ladyboys, negotiating a family's requests for a marriage dowry, and even dressing for a date in Bangkok. It's not hard. You don't have to speak Thai. Even if you've never been to Thailand before, you can manage it. Linda Chomatree was born in Bangkok, studied in the US and the UK, and now travels between the US and Bangkok, working in her family's real estate business. She's seen foreigners in Thailand fall flat on their faces dating prostitutes or embarrassing themselves trying to chat up random women on the street. This book is her project to try to help foreign men find love with Thai women who aren't prostitutes and who don't tarnish Thai women's image. Your good Thai girl is waiting for you. This book is for finding her.

Book Thai Love Course

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  • Author : Thailand Redcat
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016-08-16
  • ISBN : 9781535550864
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book Thai Love Course written by Thailand Redcat and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sure a lot of Thai girls are good in English especially hookers. But what if you want to ask a "normal" Thai girl out for a date? There are countless of nice Thai girls that have never dated a foreigner before but would love to if you can at least speak some basic Thai. Or think of all the university girls most of them don't speak English or are too shy but how if you tell them in Thai "You are cute, do you want to go for dinner with me?" Imagine how many more Thai girls you can meet if you know some really useful Thai vocabulary and phrases! Leaving alone to impress girls no matter if they speak English or not. And not just for arranging quick dates - if you are in a relationship with a Thai girl it does make sense to know how to ask her if she's horny or ask her to undress. You will learn all this and much more in this book. The Thai Love Course is divided into two parts: The first part is about teaching you all the language skills you need in order to talk to Thai girls confidently. There are 6 lessons: 1. Courting / Arranging a Date Learn everything from "What's your name?", "Where do you go?", "You are cute" to "Are you free tonight?" and "Do you want to have a meal together?" Step by step from the first thing you tell her to arranging a date. 2. During the Date / Bring her back to your room Once it's time to meet her and take her out for the date you will have a repertoire of more than enough questions and statements to convince her to go back to your or her room like "It's hot here, isn't it?", "Do you live alone?", "Do you want to watch a movie in my room?" and many more. 3. In the Apartment / Making Love The tools for your bedroom: "I love your skin", "Can I hug you?", "Can I kiss you?", "Don't be shy" to "What is your favorite position? ", "Does it hurt?", "That feels good?" are just a few things you will be able to tell your girl. 4. Talking about Feelings If you want to be able to ask your honey why she loves you as well as understanding her answer - this chapter provides all relevant words and phrases you need to know. Also including useful tools for pickup lines ("You are so kind", "I don't want to sleep alone", "Do you want to be my girlfriend?" etc). 5. Breaking up Sooner or later you may want to end the relationship with your Thai girl and rather than ignoring her messages there are several ways to tell her that it's over and also give a reason for it ("You don't care about me at all", "You barely call me", "It's better we break up" etc). 6. Talking to Bar Girls / Hookers There is not one foreigner that I know who comes to Thailand on holiday or lives here permanently and has not been in "contact" with Thai bar girls. So in the final chapter you'll find everything related to talking to bar girls and hookers ("What time do you finish work? ", "I want to take you outside", "How much do you want?", "That's too much" etc). You'll love this one. Each chapter has a list of relevant vocabulary followed by useful sentences for real conversations. Everything comes in English, Thai transliteration and Thai script. The second part is about understanding the way Thai girls are thinking and what they expect from you in a relationship. Plus bonus content including Pick Up Lines that really work and the most important Isaan Words.

Book Bangkok

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  • Author : Kamasutra Lifestyle
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016-07-01
  • ISBN : 9781535032346
  • Pages : 102 pages

Download or read book Bangkok written by Kamasutra Lifestyle and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bangkok Travel Guide for Men Bangkok is one of the most exciting cities in the world, the Venice of the East, Asia's City of Sin, it has much to offer from its delicious and plentiful food to its rich cultural history and bustling street life, and of course its abundance of beautiful women. In the past to find out how to get around Bangkok on a budget and enjoy its many salacious wonders you would need to buy your respectable guide that would tell you where to get the best Pad Thai and when all the temples opened and then consult unconvincing three year old online guides to meeting Thai girls. With the Bangkok City Guide you get all the information you need to get the most out of your trip to Bangkok. With wit, insight and street smarts you will be shown how to stay and visit Bangkok on a low budget while seeing the sites, whether that be the majestic Golden Palace or the majestic Go-go girls of Soi Cowboy. Discover the best places to stay in Bangkok and compare the advantages of staying in all the most popular locations while getting the best prices Learn how to stay safe and have the most fun with Bangkok's working and non-working girls while getting the most bang for your buck Find out how to take to the Thai way of life, how to get the local price for everything and how to get around without getting ripped off Learn about online dating in Thailand, what websites are the best Discover how to find good Thai girls and stay out of trouble in Bangkok, Learn how much to pay and how to negotiate price Learn about go go bars and soapy massage parlors in Bangkok Bonus: Free Chapters How to Enlarge Your Penis Naturally This guide has everything you need to know about traveling to Bangkok on the cheap! Keywords: Bangkok, Thailand Travel Guide, Bangkok Travel Guide, Thailand Sex Guide, Thailand Hookers, Bangkok Sex, Thai Girls, Thailand women

Book Bangkok

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015-12-27
  • ISBN : 9781522928331
  • Pages : 102 pages

Download or read book Bangkok written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-27 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bangkok Travel Guide for Men Bangkok is one of the most exciting cities in the world, the Venice of the East, Asia's City of Sin, it has much to offer from its delicious and plentiful food to its rich cultural history and bustling street life, and of course its abundance of beautiful women. In the past to find out how to get around Bangkok on a budget and enjoy its many salacious wonders you would need to buy your respectable guide that would tell you where to get the best Pad Thai and when all the temples opened and then consult unconvincing three year old online guides to meeting Thai girls. With the Bangkok City Guide you get all the information you need to get the most out of your trip to Bangkok. With wit, insight and street smarts you will be shown how to stay and visit Bangkok on a low budget while seeing the sites, whether that be the majestic Golden Palace or the majestic Go-go girls of Soi Cowboy. Discover the best places to stay in Bangkok and compare the advantages of staying in all the most popular locations while getting the best prices. Learn how to stay safe and have the most fun with Bangkok's working and non-working girls while getting the most bang for your buck. Find out how to take to the Thai way of life, how to get the local price for everything and how to get around without getting ripped off. Learn about online dating in Thailand, what websites are the best. Discover how to find good Thai girls and stay out of trouble in Bangkok, Learn how much to pay and how to negotiate price. Learn about go go bars and soapy massage parlors in Bangkok. Bonus: Free Chapters How to Enlarge Your Penis Naturally This guide has everything you need to know about traveling to Bangkok on the cheap!"

Book Bangkok

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christopher Street
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-08-18
  • ISBN : 9781537120621
  • Pages : 82 pages

Download or read book Bangkok written by Christopher Street and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bangkok Travel Guide for Men Bangkok is one of the most exciting cities in the world, the Venice of the East, Asia's City of Sin, it has much to offer from its delicious and plentiful food to its rich cultural history and bustling street life, and of course its abundance of beautiful women. In the past to find out how to get around Bangkok on a budget and enjoy its many salacious wonders you would need to buy your respectable guide that would tell you where to get the best Pad Thai and when all the temples opened and then consult unconvincing three year old online guides to meeting Thai girls. With this Bangkok Guide you get all the information you need to get the most out of your trip to Bangkok. With wit, insight and street smarts you will be shown how to stay and visit Bangkok on a low budget while seeing the sites, whether that be the majestic Golden Palace or the majestic Go-go girls of Soi Cowboy. Discover the best places to stay in Bangkok and compare the advantages of staying in all the most popular locations while getting the best prices. Learn how to stay safe and have the most fun with Bangkok's working and non-working girls while getting the most bang for your buck. Find out how to take to the Thai way of life, how to get the local price for everything and how to get around without getting ripped off. Learn about online dating in Thailand, what websites are the best. Discover how to find good Thai girls and stay out of trouble in Bangkok, Learn how much to pay and how to negotiate price. Learn about go go bars and soapy massage parlors in Bangkok. Click the Buy Now button to order now!

Book Thai Girl Naked

Download or read book Thai Girl Naked written by Noi Thawattana and published by Noi Thawattana. This book was released on 2022-10-12 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real truth about Thai women A Thai woman is more than a sex machine, a money extractor, or a ruthless scammer. Noi Thawattana was a Bangkok prostitute, working in hostess lounges, massage parlors, and go-go bars. After marrying an American man and moving to the United States, she wrote Thai Girl Naked to expose the life of a Thai bargirl through her own voice and from her own eyes. Thai Girl Naked is a rare look at the reality of Thai prostitution, and more generally at women in Thailand, without the beer goggles, cultural ignorance, and male bravado of tourists' memoirs. Noi Thawattana knows the business and "the life," and also knows foreigners' misconceptions. As a former bargirl now studying journalism, Noi is uniquely qualified to tell a Thai woman's story, in a readable and entertaining form.

Book The Complete Guide to Thai Hookers   What You Must Know about Sex and Prostitutes Becoming Coming to Thailand

Download or read book The Complete Guide to Thai Hookers What You Must Know about Sex and Prostitutes Becoming Coming to Thailand written by Seven and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-08 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let's face it, life is stressful enough. Why add to it? If a man wants meaningless sex with a woman, what gives others the right to stop him? You shouldn't have to be rich, handsome, or the worlds greatest pickup artist to have your choice of beautiful women. Sometimes you just want to F**K! This is your complete guide for doing just that in a land where prostitution is accepted and practiced by even the highest authorities in Thailand. This book has eleven chapters that will enlighten the reader about the different types of "working girls" that may be encountered during a trip to Thailand. The information shared in this book will better prepare you for your Thai adventures. Introduction PART I The 4 Types of Thai Women PART II My First Bar Girl Experience PART III Thai Bar Girls 101 PART IV GoGo Dancers in Thailand PART V Soapy Body Massage Girls PART VI Freelancers: The Entrepreneurs of Thailand PART VII How To Negotiate With Thai Freelenacers PART VIII Secrets To Taking Home Freelancers For Free PART IX Sex With Massage Girls PART X Blowjob Bars in Thailand PART XI Final Advice Conclusion This book is like none others on the market. It contains no fluff! Just practical information which comes from years of research brought to you by one of the leading experts of Thai women. ***SPECIAL BONUS: Anyone who buys this book can email the author with a couple of questions about anything in Thailand.

Book Angels of Pattaya

    Book Details:
  • Author : G. T. Gray
  • Publisher : Maverick House
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 190851812X
  • Pages : 165 pages

Download or read book Angels of Pattaya written by G. T. Gray and published by Maverick House . This book was released on 2005 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angels of Pattaya offers a unique insight into the world of organised prostitution in Pattaya. In their own words, the bar girls of Pattaya reveal how they became involved in vice, their lives, their hopes for the future and what they think of their "customers". Many are poor and uneducated, others come from relatively well-to-do Thai families. Some engage in prostitution out of desperation for money, others out of greed. Some even view it as an easy lifestyle which allows them to drink and party all night and sleep until the afternoon. A few say they hope to meet a good man who will take them away from prostitution. Their confessions will make you laugh and cry, cringe and applaud. This book will change your perception of the women who work in Pattaya's go-go bars forever.

Book 250 Thai Girls by Age 25  A True Story from Asia

Download or read book 250 Thai Girls by Age 25 A True Story from Asia written by John Harvey and published by Booksmango. This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 250 Thai Girls by Age 25, A True Story from South East Asia is a true-to-life adventure that can be relived from beginning to end. The story begins with the allure of travel and the need for new experiences. Sex, drugs, alcohol and debauchery are the name of the game, and the impetus behind this historic modern day journey. Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Udon Thani, Cambodia, Laos, and the pristine Andaman beaches of Kho Lipe are featured in this bold and daring travel adventure. The author narrowly escapes death at the hands of a knife wielding Cambodian mugger. He is violently robbed by a taxi driver in Bangkok. Held up by the Laos Police for running at a late night roadblock with a teen prostitute. And narrowly escapes a King Cobra in the jungles of Northern Thailand. This non-fiction story is as up to date, authentic, and original as anything in its genre. The names, places, and people from this wild South East Asian sexcapade have not been altered in any way. This book has the potential to spark a new generation of hedonistic travelers looking to better understand themselves, and where to go to make that possible. Once you go Asian, you will never go Caucasian. Join the author on his solo travels while he searches out every nook and cranny during his first year in South East Asia.

Book Thai Girl

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew Hicks
  • Publisher : Monsoon Books
  • Release : 2011-12-01
  • ISBN : 981435824X
  • Pages : 293 pages

Download or read book Thai Girl written by Andrew Hicks and published by Monsoon Books. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When travellers Ben and Emma split up in Thailand, Ben falls for a local masseuse and experiences the darker side of tourism, where farmers' daughters sell their bodies in Bangkok bars. Thai Girl is a thought-provoking adventure novel that explores the problems of prostitution and cross-cultural relationships, and reaches its climax in the sultry heat of Thailand’s exotic traveller beaches.

Book 250 Thai Girls by Age 25  A True Story from South East Asia

Download or read book 250 Thai Girls by Age 25 A True Story from South East Asia written by John Harvey and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-02-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 250 Thai Girls by Age 25, A True Story from South East Asia is a true-to-life adventure that can be relived from beginning to end. The story begins with the allure of travel and the need for new experiences. Sex, drugs, alcohol and debauchery are the name of the game, and the impetus behind this historic modern day journey. Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Udon Thani, Cambodia, Laos, and the pristine Andaman beaches of Kho Lipe are featured in this bold and daring travel adventure. The author narrowly escapes death at the hands of a knife wielding Cambodian mugger. He is violently attacked by a taxi driver in Bangkok. Held up by the Laos Police for running at a late night roadblock with a teen prostitute. And he narrowly escapes a King Cobra in the jungles of Northern Thailand. This non-fiction story is as authentic, and original as anything in its genre. The names, places, and people from this wild South East Asian sex-capade have not been altered in any way. This book has the potential to spark a new generation of hedonistic travelers looking to better understand themselves, and where to go to make that possible. Once you go Asian, you will never go Caucasian. Join the author on his solo travels while he searches out every nook and cranny during his first year in South East Asia. This book isn't for my mother!

Book Sexy Thai Bar Girls and Me

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jonathan Finch
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-12-31
  • ISBN : 9781541365322
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Sexy Thai Bar Girls and Me written by Jonathan Finch and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexy Thai Bar Girls / Sex Adventures / Hookers / Ladyboys / Bars / A Go Gos / Pattaya Freelancers / Walking Street / L. K. Metro / Massage Parlours / Discos / And More (From An Author Who Has Been Living In Pattaya For Ten Years And Still Thinks He's Compos Mentis!)Reviewers have claimed that Finch writes with "apparent lightness and liquidity" and that he is "a true navigator", gifting his readers with a "very well written memoir / travel book". "Sexy Thai Bar Girls And Me / Sex Adventures In Asia", an updated version of "Collected Selected Words", includes everything from before and a bit more from after. Ladyboys fly in, bedevilled punters appear to lament hoodwinkery, James Bond takes that flight back to England on a stretcher, and the opening and closing fiascos are narrated by a soak (in a far worse state than the first) who gives lots of inside information about Pattaya bars, a go gos, ladyboys and more. There is also a Lonely Planet Guide of sorts which chronicles all the best hot night-spots in Pattaya. Beautiful Thai ladies jump out at you and if you survive the first, few pages you will be hooked. Like the Pattaya punter who "loses" his air-ticket home, like the long-stay expat who extends his retirement-visa beyond his death-certificate, you won't be going back in a hurry, and when you've finished the "roller-coaster ride" (aka this book), you'll knock back a couple of Red Bulls and hit the town!

Book Guide How to Date Thai Girls Online

Download or read book Guide How to Date Thai Girls Online written by Gina Sabai and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-12-17 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written by a Thai girl with over 5000 friends on Facebook. She is well known in the Facebook community. It is written in a funny way with samples from her real life encounters. Over the last two years Facebook taken over the Dating online and older dating sites are left for Facebook. The online social media is fast and sometimes even dangerous. There is no time to think about you going to say and you can not edit your profile anymore. If you do something wrong you have to live with that. This book will tell you How to find Thai girls on Facebook How to approach Thai girls on Facebook Real "chat" examples Real life experiences from Thai girls and Foreigners Written by a Thai Girl How to find out if the Thai girl is "fake" How to find out if the Thai girl is single Written by a Thai girl with over 5000 friends on Facebook Join us on Facebook https: //www.facebook.com/ThaiDatingGuide

Book Finding the Love You Want in Thailand

Download or read book Finding the Love You Want in Thailand written by Scott Curtis and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME ALIVE! SOMEONE SPECIAL IS WAITING FOR YOU IN THAILAND! If you''re looking for someone wonderful to brighten up your life, Thailand is an amazing place to visit! You don''t have to be rich or handsome to command women''s respect and love there. It''s a whole different world- and you won''t believe how great it is to be a man in Thailand! You can bring her home to your country. Or you can live with her there. It''s so cheap, you can probably afford to retire early, like I did! This book shares the stories and strategies of 50 guys who looked for girlfriends or partners in Thailand. Some used Internet dating, and they''ll tell what it was like. They''ll tip you off to the best sites- and the worst. Other guys used entirely different strategies to meet women- and they''ll share them all with you. LOVE IS HARD TO FIND IN THE US OR UK. IT''S EASY IN THAILAND! Shhhh... I''m about to reveal a secret that''s seldom openly discussed in Thai society... You see, Thai men aren''t generally interested in women over the ripe old age of 30. Or in divorced women or in women who have a child or two. And Thai women often aren''t interested in Thai men: Some treat them poorly, they often have mistresses, no jobs and no money. This is where your opportunity comes in! Many Thai women are happy to have an older Western boyfriend or husband, if you treat them well. They regard older men as more dependable, more respectful, more polite and, yes, they like that older men often have a regular source of income to at least help with the bills. THAI GIRLS DON''T CARE HOW OLD YOU ARE! THEY LOOK FOR THE GOOD IN YOU! Age difference doesn''t matter to most Thai girls. That''s not true in any other country in the world- Not in Latin America. Not in Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, or even in the Philippines! And certainly not in the US or UK! Thai women are Buddhists, and they believe we''re all part of an endless cycle of birth and death- and it doesn''t seem to matter to them where you are on that cycle. They have been taught to respect age- and they do. They''ve been taught to please men- and they do! You can be 40 or 70 - and many girls there will still find you attractive. Further, they look for the good in men much more than Western women. You can be a smoker, overweight, plain- girls there are much more accepting. Most of our 50 guys found a delightful, loving partner there. Myself, I''ve been married for 12 years to a girl straight out of my dreams! Some failed. All have stories to tell and lessons to teach you. And in the last part the book, they and I share our personal and very detailed advice for how you can find your own close companion there. This is vital information that would take you many years to gather on your own. NOT READY TO MOVE TO THAILAND, BUT READY FOR LOVE? Lots of guys come to Thailand to meet girls and take them home- It''s easy to fall in love with Thai girls! What''s more, most Thai girls from cities fit in well in Western society. So why be lonely any longer? Even if you''re not ready to retire there, but are ready to welcome someone wonderful into your life, this guidebook is for you! This book is the second ebook I''ve written. In the first, How I Moved to Thailand, Retired Early, Found Love, Built a Mansion, and Live Like a King on a Dime, I tell how I myself came alive by moving from an old age home to Thailand. Much of the book tells my own dating experiences, plus I teach you about Thai women, Thai culture, and what it''s like to live there if you should someday want to. Get this book now for the price of a beer or two! Click on the button on the top right and start planning for your future! There''s a guarantee payable in Amazon credit, so what do you have to lose?

Book Confessions of a Bangkok PI

Download or read book Confessions of a Bangkok PI written by Warren Olson and published by Monsoon Books. This book was released on 2006-07-28 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ''Two-timing bargirls, suspicious spouses, and lesbian lovers''—it was all in a day''s work for Bangkok Private Eye Warren Olson.” Fluent in Thai and Khmer, Olson walked the mean streets of Bangkok and was able to go where other Private Eyes feared to tread. The stories are based on Olson''s case files, fictionalized (to protect the innocent, and the guilty) by bestselling author Stephen Leather.

Book Standard Deviations

Download or read book Standard Deviations written by Karl Taro Greenfeld and published by Villard. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I was twenty-three and I had set off for Asia to become a writer, intrigued by lurid tales of booms, busts, drugs, sex, violence, magic. There was a wicked sorcery in Asia, in the economic profligacy of the early nineties, in the way financiers and businessmen took a rapidly wiring and developing continent and looted billions, like a titanic parlor trick converting all that wealth into abandoned office complexes and half-completed shopping malls. . . . I wanted it all—the money, the sex, the drugs. And to this day I believe that if I am honest with myself, despite all I have learned the hard way over the past decade, I would still want it all again, the fucking and the getting loaded and the scheming to get enough money to pay for that life.” In the late 1980s, not long out of college, Karl Taro Greenfeld found himself stranded in New York, a failed writer before his career had even begun. His Jewish-American father angrily cut off support; his Japanese mother suggested he go to Japan to teach English. He did, accepting a job with no more promise than he’d had before. But he stayed in Asia for the next several years, working his way through a series of journalistic posts, watching a culture erupt before his eyes and facing his own demons. Through a series of vividly imagistic stories that range from the rigidly journalistic to the deeply intimate, Standard Deviations recounts Greenfeld’s experiences—both professional and personal—during Asia’s wild ride at the end of the twentieth century. Whether drinking Japanese cough syrup to get high with other Western expatriates, visiting a free-sex ashram in Bombay, or watching a former high school pal self-destruct as an equity analyst in Jakarta, Greenfeld evokes the spirit of a continent in flux at an explosive “bubble” economy’s end—and a man confronting his own identity and aspirations. Raunchy, insightful, eloquent and moving, Standard Deviations is an uncompromising work of cultural observation and self-exploration.