Author: Sitt Sitthi-amorn
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Category : Language teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Nostalgic Memoirs of Siam and Life's Varying Fortunes
Author: Sitt Sitthi-amorn
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Category : Language teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Category : Language teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Forthcoming Books
Author: Rose Arny
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2184
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2184
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Books in Print
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1660
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1660
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The Athenæum
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Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Languages : en
Pages : 802
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The Works of Daniel De Foe, with a Memoir of His Life and Writings. By William Hazlitt. [With a Bibliography.]
Author: Daniel Defoe
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Languages : en
Pages : 690
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Languages : en
Pages : 690
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The Athenaeum
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Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
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Languages : en
Pages : 1656
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Languages : en
Pages : 1656
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The Athenaeum
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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The Memoirs and Memorials of Jacques de Couture
Author: Jacques de Coutre
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ISBN: 9789971696832
Category : Johor (Malaysia)
Languages : en
Pages : 453
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Jacques de Coutre was a Flemish gem trader who spent nearly a decade in Southeast Asia at the turn of the 17th century. He left history a substantial autobiography written in Spanish and preserved in the National Library of Spain in Madrid. Written in the form of a picaresque tale, with an acute eye for the cultures he encountered, the memoirs tell the story of his adventures in the trading centres of the day: Melaka, Ayutthaya, Patani, Pahang, Johor, Brunei and Manila. Narrowly escaping death several times, De Coutre was inevitably drawn into dangerous intrigues between the representatives of European power, myriad fortune hunters and schemers, and the rulers and courtiers in the palaces of Pahang, Patani, Siam and Johor. In addition to his autobiography, De Coutre wrote a series of memorials to the united crown of Spain and Portugal that contain recommendations designed to remedy the decline in the fortunes of the Iberian powers in Southeast Asia, particularly against the backdrop of early Dutch political and commercial penetration into the region. Annotated and translated into English for the first time, these materials provide a valuable first-hand account of the issues confronting the early colonial powers in Southeast Asia, and deep into the societies De Coutre encountered in the territory that today makes up Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines. The book is lavishly illustrated with 62 maps and drawings of the period, including many examples not previously published.
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ISBN: 9789971696832
Category : Johor (Malaysia)
Languages : en
Pages : 453
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Jacques de Coutre was a Flemish gem trader who spent nearly a decade in Southeast Asia at the turn of the 17th century. He left history a substantial autobiography written in Spanish and preserved in the National Library of Spain in Madrid. Written in the form of a picaresque tale, with an acute eye for the cultures he encountered, the memoirs tell the story of his adventures in the trading centres of the day: Melaka, Ayutthaya, Patani, Pahang, Johor, Brunei and Manila. Narrowly escaping death several times, De Coutre was inevitably drawn into dangerous intrigues between the representatives of European power, myriad fortune hunters and schemers, and the rulers and courtiers in the palaces of Pahang, Patani, Siam and Johor. In addition to his autobiography, De Coutre wrote a series of memorials to the united crown of Spain and Portugal that contain recommendations designed to remedy the decline in the fortunes of the Iberian powers in Southeast Asia, particularly against the backdrop of early Dutch political and commercial penetration into the region. Annotated and translated into English for the first time, these materials provide a valuable first-hand account of the issues confronting the early colonial powers in Southeast Asia, and deep into the societies De Coutre encountered in the territory that today makes up Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines. The book is lavishly illustrated with 62 maps and drawings of the period, including many examples not previously published.
Years of adventure, 1874-1920
Author: Herbert Hoover
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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