The Twilight Soi
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Hideout In The Apocalypse
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Author : John Stapleton
language : en
Publisher: A Sense of Place Publishing
Release Date : 2016-11-10
Hideout In The Apocalypse written by John Stapleton and has been published by A Sense of Place Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-10 with Political Science categories.
Hideout in the Apocalypse is about surveillance and the crushing of Australia’s larrikin culture. In the last three years the Australian government has prosecuted the greatest assault on freedom of speech in the nation’s history. The government knew from international research that when it introduced the panopticon, universal surveillance, into Australia it would have a devastating impact on the culture. When people know they are being watched, they behave differently. Dissent is stifled, conformity becomes the norm. This is the so-called chilling effect. Hideout in the Apocalypse, in the great tradition of The Lucky Country, takes Australia’s temperature half a century on from Donald Horne’s classic cautionary tale. Now the future has arrived. Forced by a plethora of new laws targeting journalists to use novelistic techniques, in his latest book veteran news reporter John Stapleton confirms the old adage, truth is stranger than fiction. Hideout in the Apocalypse takes up the adventures of retired news reporter Old Alex, first encountered in the book’s predecessor Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. But as befits the times, this book is more fantastical, intimate and politically acerbic in its portrait of his beloved country. Alex believes believes he has been under abusive levels of government surveillance since writing a book called Terror in Australia, and as a natural empath can hear the thoughts of the surveillance teams on his track, the so-called Watchers on the Watch. Alex also believes he is a cluster soul sent with others of his kind to help save the Earth from an impending apocalypse, and has the capacity to channel some of history's greatest writers. Australia might have the worst anti-freedom of speech laws in the Western world, but how can you sue a character like that? Stapleton's essential theme: a place which should have been safe from an impending apocalypse, the quagmire of religious wars enveloping the Middle East, is not safe at all. Ideas are contagious, and the Australian government is afraid of them. Australia is a democracy in name only.The war on terror has become a war on the people's right to know, justifying a massive expansion of state power. Alex’s swirling head, lifelong fascination with sociology, literature and journalism, and his deep distress over the fate of the Great Southern Land, makes him the perfect character to tell a story which urgently needs to be told.
Bangkok Busted
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Author : William John Stapleton
language : en
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Release Date : 2013-04
Bangkok Busted written by William John Stapleton and has been published by eBookIt.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The unique enterprise A Sense Of Place Publishing has just released its newest publication, Bangkok Busted: You Die For Sure. This is a deeply personal story by author William John Stapleton on the fallout after he wrote a book about being robbed, lied to and deceived by one of the city's go-go boys and the subsequent personal distress and widespread public ridicule he endured. Few foreigners are crazy brave or stupidly insane enough to tell their often embarrassing and humiliating stories of falling for the practiced love lies peddled to them by Thai sex workers. Such stories have resulted on the heterosexual side of the ledger in books such as My Private Dancer and Confessions of a Bangkok Private Eye. In the author's case he wrote The Twilight Soi, a book which made him a reviled figure by the Thai public who swallowed the lie that the book was an insult to Thailand, to its culture and to its sex workers. It is not and was never intended to be any such thing. "Most people in Asia cannot imagine why anybody would write a story admitting to their own stupidity and misguided conduct in falling for the 'I love you very much I miss you very much' patter of their prostitutes, either male or female," Stapleton says. "For a start, I first wrote the Twilight Soi and now Bangkok Busted: You Die For Sure because painters paint, builders build and writers write, and that's what do. "The story I related is so bizarre that I would not have believed it if it had not happened to me. The Thais were outraged that a foreigner as imperfect as myself should object to being robbed, cheated and publicly ridiculed. But I wanted to tell this story partly because I did not want what happened to me to happen to anyone else. "These men often make easy prey. They are lonely, they are out of their own comfort zones and away from the spying eyes of friends, family and work colleagues, often are without obligations of work or children for the first time in their lives, and run off the rails in the torrid atmosphere of Asia and its bars. They often enough end up suiciding."
Not For Publication
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Author : Stapleton William John
language : en
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Release Date : 2013-08-23
Not For Publication written by Stapleton William John and has been published by eBookIt.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-23 with Social Science categories.
With Thailand preparing for the ASEAN Summit of 2015, the welfare of visitors to the so-called Land of Smiles has become a major issue. Every day tourists are bashed, robbed, drugged and murdered; many of these incidents going unreported in the press. European, Australian, American and Chinese governments have all warned Thailand that the welfare of their citizens while on Thai soil has become an issue of major concern. Not For Publication is the final novella of The Twilight Soi series which relate how an unlikely but commonplace story of a foreigner being robbed and deceived in Thailand became a national and international incident. The works, which have their origins in the City of Black Eyed Angels aka Bangkok, use a sociological technique called participant observation to explore the corrupt liaisons between the city's go-go bars, the mafia, the police and government officials. As well, written in a style somewhere between reportage and memoir, the books tell a deeply personal but all too common a story of a foreign tourist getting into trouble in the heady but treacherous atmosphere of the so-called Land of Smiles.
The Twilight Soi
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Author : William John Stapleton
language : en
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Release Date : 2013-05-22
The Twilight Soi written by William John Stapleton and has been published by eBookIt.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-22 with Political Science categories.
The Twilight Soi dwells on the dangers of one of the world's most beautiful and intoxicating cities, Bangkok. It is named after one of Bangkok's more infamous small streets, or sois as they are known. Soi Twilight runs off the main thoroughfare of Surawong in the centre of Bangkok's oldest entertainment district Patpong and is known to travelers around the world. It is here where touts from go-go boy bars such as Ocean boys, Bangkok Boys and Classic Boys hustle for the attention of local and international tourists. The Twilight Soi began in an angry place - over theft and deception. But applying Western, or in the author's case Australian, notions of loyalty, honesty, fairness, decency and an abhorrence of deceit do not apply in a country as profoundly different as Thailand. For historical reasons Australians intensely dislike personal treachery or the betrayal of friendship. Standing on these principles in a city like Bangkok marks you as a fool. Ultimately being angry both at your own foolhardiness and the actions of others embitters and harms yourself, no one else. This book ends with more understanding than it began. Many of the problems experienced by foreigners in Thailand come from the extreme cultural differences with the West. In Australia a man's word is his honor. A liar is the lowest form of life. In Thailand only a foreigner would be so rude as to point out that the story told in the morning bears little or no resemblance to the story told in the afternoon.
The Bee And The Cat
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Author : Adrian Barrientez
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2014-01-07
The Bee And The Cat written by Adrian Barrientez and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-07 with Fiction categories.
In reality, the late summer day was supposed to get warmer later on, but all Soi Fong knew was that she would be cold until about noon. It didn't help that she was such a petite girl, she thought with a bit of a sigh as she glanced in the small mirror on her wall. She was only at about average height for her age, and just about every other aspect of her anatomy was compact and slender, giving her a rather cute but unremarkable appearance. Not that she cared too much about things like that, but it was times like this she wished she had a little more meat on her bones. After changing quickly, she felt a little warmer than she had in her long sleepshirt, but the draft through her jammed window still chilled her to the core. Ignoring her discomfort, she walked through the open doorway to the worn and neglected stairwell, remembering to skip the termite-infested fifth step on her way down.
Bangkok Busted You Go To Jail For Sure
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Author : William John Stapleton
language : en
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Release Date : 2013-05-22
Bangkok Busted You Go To Jail For Sure written by William John Stapleton and has been published by eBookIt.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Of all the thousands of stories he had written across his lifetime, author and journalist William John Stapleton had never been happier to write the words "The End" than when he completed The Twilight Soi series with the short book "Bangkok Busted: You Go To Jail For Sure." The series began in an anguished state after the author wrote a book detailing the decline of Bangkok's famous strip of go-go boy bars known as Soi Twilight, a narrow street adjacent to Bangkok's oldest red light district Patpong and telling the deeply personal, embarrassing and hurtful story of being ripped off by one of the streets better known denizens. Much had changed in the two years since he began the series. The writer finally got his pet project, A Sense of Place Publishing off the ground and finally settled in his current city of choice, Bangkok. But one thing that did not change was the vengeful pursuit of those who did not want to succeed.The book exposes routine robbery of tourists, issuing of death threats to those who did not voluntarily walk away after being stolen from and the tentacles of corruption that ran up and down from the colourful neon lit strip known as Soi Twilight.
Gay Bangkok Complete Gay Travel Guide To Bangkok Thailand
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Author : Bradley Chetworth
language : en
Publisher: Bradley Chetworth
Release Date : 2023-02-04
Gay Bangkok Complete Gay Travel Guide To Bangkok Thailand written by Bradley Chetworth and has been published by Bradley Chetworth this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-04 with Travel categories.
Welcome to Bangkok, homo-sapiens! Gay man has dreamed of Bangkok since he first walked erect. This is your gay guide to this bustling and very gay metropolis, including: How to be gay in Thailand Where to lay your head How to speak of your twig and berries in Thai gay slang Where to meet hot Thai guys, whether you want to pay or not Best ports of call if you want to cruise Dating -- offline and online through websites and apps Naggy Nellie's Bangkok safety tips so you don't regret your trip Bradley Chetworth is an American former travel writer turned Fortune 500 executive who has been traveling to Bangkok for the past twenty years, for business but mostly lots of pleasure. He knows the city inside out and sideways, and speaks enough Thai to banter with the rough guys he advises you steer clear of. This guide is Bradley's summation of his own experience, as well as the experiences of his friends and colleagues, both Thai and American. With some study, Bangkok can be truly the world's best gay destination, no matter what you're into. This guide is your key to unlocking Bangkok's gay fun.
Dk Top 10 Bangkok
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Author : DK Travel
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2022-11-17
Dk Top 10 Bangkok written by DK Travel and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-17 with Travel categories.
A city with a difference, Bangkok blends serene shrines with soaring skyscrapers and bustling streets with quiet canals. Whether you're exploring street food markets during the day or bar-hopping at night, this capital is always a treat. Make the most of your trip to this buzzing city with DK Eyewitness Top 10. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that Bangkok has to offer and ensuring that you don't miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable; the perfect companion while out and about. Our updated 2022 travel guide brings Bangkok life. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Bangkok is your ticket to the trip of a lifetime. Inside DK Eyewitness Top 10 Bangkok you will find: - Up-to-date information with insider tips and advice for staying safe - Top 10 lists of Bangkok's must-sees, including the Grand Palace, Wat Pho, Bangkok's canals and Ayutthaya - Bangkok's most interesting areas, with the best places for sightseeing, food and drink, and shopping - Themed lists, including the best museums and art galleries, restaurants, spas, markets and much more - Easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day trip, a weekend or a week - A laminated pull-out map of Bangkok, plus five full-colour area maps Looking for more on Thailand's culture, history and attractions? Try our DK Eyewitness Thailand. About DK Eyewitness: At DK Eyewitness, we believe in the power of discovery. We make it easy for you to explore your dream destinations. DK Eyewitness travel guides have been helping travellers to make the most of their breaks since 1993. Filled with expert advice, striking photography and detailed illustrations, our highly visual DK Eyewitness guides will get you closer to your next adventure. We publish guides to more than 200 destinations, from pocket-sized city guides to comprehensive country guides. Named Top Guidebook Series at the 2020 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards, we know that wherever you go next, your DK Eyewitness travel guides are the perfect companion.
Bangkok Boy
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Author : Chai Pinit
language : en
Publisher: Maverick House
Release Date : 2015-01-07
Bangkok Boy written by Chai Pinit and has been published by Maverick House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-07 with Family & Relationships categories.
Bangkok Boy is a heart-rending account of a childhood lost to sexual abuse. Chai was a normal boy until he was molested by a school teacher, an event which led him into the hidden world of male prostitution. His story is not only unique but also offers a shocking insight into the red-light districts of Bangkok and Pattaya. As his story unfolds you’ll become privy to the distorted logic which Chai used false justification for his horrible life choices for so long. But paradoxically, it was on the streets that Chai found redemption and decided to recount his dark past in order to move on in hope that, by sharing his story, his life would become something of a lesson to anyone. Beneath all the emotional torment and despair, lies a story of redemption and struggle to rebuild one’s life. Bangkok Boy is no ordinary book; it is a story of hope and triumph in the face of adversity.
Dk Eyewitness Top 10 Bangkok
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Author : DK Eyewitness
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2019-12-05
Dk Eyewitness Top 10 Bangkok written by DK Eyewitness and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-05 with Travel categories.
A city of contrasts, Bangkok blends serene shrines with soaring skyscrapers and bustling streets with quiet canals. Amidst this tantalising environment you'll find sizzling street food, colourful markets, and vibrant bars. Night or day, this capital is a treat for the senses. Your DK Eyewitness Top 10 travel guide ensures you'll find your way around Bangkok with absolute ease. Our newly updated Top 10 travel guide breaks down the best of Bangkok into helpful lists of ten - from our own selected highlights to the best Buddhist temples, places to eat, shops and festivals. You'll discover: - Seven easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day-trip, a weekend, or a week - Detailed Top 10 lists of Bangkok's must-sees, including detailed descriptions of the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaeo, the National Museum, Wat Pho, Bangkok's Canals, Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Chatuchak Weekend Market, Jim Thompson House, Wat Arun and Ayutthaya - Bangkok's most interesting areas, with the best places for shopping, dining and sightseeing - Inspiration for different things to enjoy during your trip - including children's attractions, things to do for free and hidden-gems off the beaten track - A laminated pull-out map of Bangkok, plus eight colour area maps - Streetsmart advice: get ready, get around, and stay safe - A lightweight format perfect for your pocket or bag when you're on the move DK Eyewitness Top 10s are the UK's favourite pocket guides and have been helping travellers to make the most of their breaks since 2002. Touring the country? Try our DK Eyewitness Thailand.