Philip Cornwel-Smith Boeken

A pioneering insight into contemporary Thai culture, revised and updated.

The DK Eyewitness Thailand travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions Thailand has to offer. Fully illustrated, it covers all the major destinations from Bangkok to Phuket and provides all the insider tips every visitor needs, whether you're diving in Ko Tao, elephant riding in Chang Mai or marvelling at the monuments in Wat Si Chum. Plus, it's packed with comprehensive listings of the best hotels, restaurants, shops and nightlife in each area for all budgets. You'll find 3D cutaways and floorplans of all the must-see sites including the Prasat Hin Phimai temple and the ancient city of Lop Buri; with reliable information about getting around this diverse country. DK Eyewitness Thailand explores the country's ancient sites, temples and markets, as well as scenic walk and thematic tours. With all the sights, beaches and attractions listed place by place, DK Eyewitness Thailand is your essential travel companion. DK Eyewitness Thailand - showing you what others only tell you.

Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine.

Between 1887 and 1895, the British art student Miles Vandercroft travelled around the world, sketching and painting the soldiers of the countries through which he passed. This book collects all of Vandercroft's surviving paintings, along with his associated commentary on the specific military units he encountered.

Bangkok arrests the visitor with a bewildering juxtaposition of old and new, high-tech and impromptu, sacred and profane. While modernizing apace and a myriad outside influences, the Thai capital draws equal vigor from its historical communities, cultural diversity and contemporary urban tribes. Author of Very Thai and Time Out Bangkok, Philip Cornwel-Smith takes an alternative look at the subcultures of his adopted town in this practical thematic handbook. With the aid of maps, listings and references, the visitor can engage with Bangkok's contradictory character according to their mood or interest. Explore the city's contrasting environments, architectural fabric, ethnic patchwork and intertwined beliefs. Encounter distinct social scenes, where the hip or hi-so, local or bohemian and see how traditional roots infuse the current Thai flowering in arts and entertainments, fashion and food lifestyle and spas. Photography by Philip Cornwel-Smith and others enhances this insiders' guide to a city like no other.

In dieser bislang einmaligen Würdigung der thailändischen Volkskultur befasst sich Autor Philip Cornwel-Smith eingehend mit den Traditionen des Landes und enthüllt das typisch Thailändische, welches gleichermaßen faszinierend und rätselhaft ist. Eine unverwechselbare siamesische Mischung aus geselligem Vergnügen und taktvoller Zurückhaltung prägt das Straßenleben, das private Umfeld, den Glauben und die Unterhaltung. Tradition und Moderne gehen in Thailand eine Symbiose ein, die Neues entstehen lässt und Altes lebendig erhält. Er beschreibt die Geheimnisse des thailändischen Alltags lebendig und anschaulich und erklärt, was sich dahinter verbirgt.

Thailand bietet ein wahres Schauspiel kultureller und sinnlicher Eindrücke. Seine farbenprächtigen Tempelanlagen, die strahlend weißen Sandstrände und seine lebhaften Märkte voller exotischer Kostbar- und Köstlichkeiten machen das Land zum Traumziel für Fernreisende. Der Vis-à-Vis Reiseführer Thailand lässt Reisende die reiche Kultur und die landschaftliche Schönheit Thailands in ihrer ganzen Vielfalt erleben. Übersichtliche Karten zu Regionen und Städten zeigen die interessantesten Touren und aufwendige 3D-Zeichnungen gewähren detaillierte Einblicke in die prachtvollsten Tempelanlagen. Dazu erfährt der Leser alles über die besten Tauchgebiete, die eindrucksvollsten Nationalparks und die wichtigsten Feste. Rund 80 Seiten speziell über Bangkok verraten, wo man die schönsten Seiten der aufregenden Metropole kennen lernen kann.