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Textbook Thailand: Truth & Fiction
Life, Published on 20/10/2014
» 'I want to be a farmer," says a little girl character in a primary school textbook from the series "Tales With A Hundred Lines". "But my social class doesn't allow it. My mother has asked me to stay home, so she no longer has to worry about taking care of the household."
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Exploring the last frontier
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 20/10/2014
» Uncle Nelson Howe sent 3 million viewers into hysterical laughing fits when a viral video of him swearing in Thai was posted on YouTube in March. Scripted, directed and shot in just a day by Salmon Books' cash cow writer, Thanachart "Benz" Siripatrachai, the video propelled Thanachart's book it was unashamedly peddling — New York 1st Time — to bestseller status.
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Half a spy thriller
Life, Published on 20/10/2014
» Wars, the death of soldiers and civilians, are fought for a variety of reasons: some making more sense than others. Self defence is the most legitimate. All combatants, attempting to take the moral high ground, make that claim. Even that they are fighting God's battles.
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Writers' fest and knowledge tourism
Life, Published on 20/10/2014
» Today's hedonistic tourism obscures the origin of travel being a quest for knowledge. It began with pilgrimage, revived through the Grand Tour, and continues through dhamma hippies, Mice and gap-year self-discovery. A new niche in this ancient mission is book festival tourism — not just for intellectuals or autograph collectors, but for free spirits seeking havens of ideas.
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Meet the eco-tect
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 20/10/2014
» 'We didn't design a building for it to be beautiful. We designed it to make the people inside feel good," said architect Royy Cheenprachar, settling into his award-winning AIA Capital Centre on Ratchadaphisek Road.
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