If you travel anywhere in the world, let it first be to Kenya. With its snow-capped tropical peaks and endless golden savannas, its fiery deserts, towering cascades, gleaming Lake Victoria and jade inland sea, its soaring escarpments and deep Rift Valley, its rain forests, white beaches, and azure coral coast, Kenya is an adventure in paradise. The TRAVELER'S KENYA COMPANION leads you through bustling, modern Nairobi to hidden bush camps, from Maasai manyattas to tea and coffee plantations, from crocodile rivers to wind-swept mountain trails, from balmy coastal resorts to the world's last vast concentrations of plains wildlife - the zebra and wildebeest herds, gazelles, impalas, elands, elephants, giraffes, and the lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas who live on them. And the TRAVELER'S KENYA COMPANION introduces you to Kenya's welcoming, proud peoples, Samburu warriors and Kikuyu farmers, Turkana fishermen and Asian merchants, European outfitters and Arab coastal sailors - the melting pot of this vibrant, emerging, unforgettable nation.

Traveler's Companion Kenya 98-99

Travel

Davies, Derek

BOND, Michael

Africa

Old Saybrook, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Kummerly & Frey

A Buddhist kingdom and democracy flourishing under tropical skies, Thailand is unique in all of Asia. It possesses remote hill tribes, extensive national parks, and glittering temples, long sandy beaches, untouched islands ringed with coconut palms. It has holy caves, subterranean Buddhas draped in fairy lights, night markets, honey-scented jasmine, easy transportation, fine food and reasonable prices. Thailand is God's gift to the traveler. The Thais themselves are a remarkable people. In adapting to an industrializing economy, they nevertheless have retained much of their traditional culture, and all of their friendly and welcoming disposition. Whether you seek the wonder of ancient cities, and river journeys, an exotic nightlife, the thrill of scuba diving, or sailing around the islands of the Andaman Sea, Traveler's Thailand Companion will show you in up-to-the-minute detail how best to achieve your goal. (5 3/4 x 8 3/4, 256 pages, color photos, color maps)

Traveler's Companion Thailand

Asia

Globe Pequot Pr

Packed with gorgeous color photos, this guide offers all the information a traveler needs, including trip planning and on-the-road advice to make Ecuador a memorable vacation.

Traveler's Companion® Ecuador (Traveler's Companion Series)

Dominic Hamilton

Reference

Globe Pequot Press

Political scientist Michael Haas brings together essays by six distinguished authors with different ideas about how Singapore might become a full-fledged democracy and has stumbled over the years, exaggerating threats to the government. Book presents a comprehensive history of Singapore, emphasizing why Singapore is an economic success, but leaders took wrong turns that led away from democracy while rationalizating authoritarian rule by claiming that a small city-state was too vulnerable to leave key decisions to chance. An early chapter presents the case for Singapore—wherein the country has been an economic success. Later chapters analyze the following aspects of the political and social life of Singapore to explain how and why the leaders, especially Lee Kuan Yew, abandoned the original goal of a democratic government: • Political history – from colonial times to the present, highlighting elections • Political economy – the imperatives of a city-state account for the successful economic policies • The press – change from a call for press freedom as a colony to press censorship as an independent state • The judiciary – the abolition of juries and other ways to prevent judicial independence • Foreign policy – vulnerable as a small state, Singapore usually relies on the United States as a protector In addition, the final chapter describes Singapore’s mass society (the deliberately constructed gap between the people and the government) and assesses prospects for the future. Heavily footnoted, with a section of References and an Index. xiii + 252 pages. The book presents several unique observations: • Data indisputably support Singapore as an economic success but only for foreign corporations. • Singapore began as a welfare state in the early years of independence, entitlements were later cut, but now are being gradually reintroduced. • Lee Kuan Yew holds the record for the amount of awards collected from successful libel lawsuits. • During the 1990s, the government stressed “Asian Values” during conflicts with the United States, but now has dropped the idea. • Prime Minister’s Goh Chok Tong’s desire for a “kindler, gentler” country ended when the son of Lee Kuan Yew was installed as his successor in 2004. • Singapore’s per capita income is higher than its former colonial power, Britain. • Singapore Muslims must take military training but cannot be used in battle with the closest states. • Trial by jury was abolished in Singapore in 1969. Judges are way of government leaders. • The Singapore press is less free than the press in China. • Department heads and judges are paid more than anywhere else in the world. • Singapore scores 90 out of 100 on the Human Development Index, measuring quality of life. • Torture is routinely used to provoke confessions, even when those charged may be innocent. • American policy toward international terrorism has become Singaporeanized. • Sijori is the growth triangle involving adjacent parts of Indonesia and Malaysia with Singapore. • The Singapore government has created a mass society on the Soviet model. • Due to careful planning, there are few traffic jams in highly urbanized Singapore. • Singapore has one of the largest percentages of foreign workers in the world, annoying residents. • Most Singapore’s foreign investment abroad goes to their own firms, especially in China. • Many Singaporeans would prefer to leave the country, and many do. • Singapore’s economic policy is a function of being a trade entrepôt, not elitist decision making. • Most contributors have been maligned by the Singapore government, but only one was tortured. Table of Contents Preface 1 Introduction (Michael Haas) 2 Political History (Michael Haas) 3 The Case for Singapore (Clark D. Neher) 4 Political Economy (Christopher Lingle & Kurt Wickman) 5 The Press (Derek Davies) 6 The Judiciary (Francis T. Seow) 7 Foreign Policy (Richard A. Deck) 8 Mass Society (Michael Haas) References Index

The Singapore Puzzle

History

Haas, Michael

Seow, Francis T.

Neher, Clark D.

Lingle, Christopher

Wickman, Kurt

Deck, Richard A.

Publishinghouse for Scholars

From the hidden corners of the capital to the world famous landmarks, Portrait of London brings together professional photographer Steve Vidler's intimate knowledge of London. The beautifully presented hardback book provides images that capture the essence of the city alongside an entertaining and informative commentary by Derek Davies. A great memento for tourists or visitors to take away that documents the sights London has to offer.

Portrait of London

Vidler, Steve

Europe

Crimson Publishing

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