Curious Encounters of the Human Kind - Southeast Asia: True Asian Tales of Folly, Greed, Ambition and Dreams - Couverture souple

Sochaczewski, Paul Spencer

 
9782940573134: Curious Encounters of the Human Kind - Southeast Asia: True Asian Tales of Folly, Greed, Ambition and Dreams
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 2940573131 ISBN 13 : 9782940573134
Editeur : Explorer's Eye Press, 2016

Synopsis

What's the attraction of coffee that's been digested by a civet? Can 200-million-year-old fossilized freshwater shark dung bring you good luck? Why do boys like to make things go bang - hey, lemme try the AK-47!? Why is the belching and slovenly widow of Laos's first president so possessive about the animal she considers her white elephant? How did Vietnam's last elephant hunter, at the age of 90, get a lucrative sponsorship deal for a tonic that makes men more powerful? Did a love potion help a Filipino politician become governor? And what role did an absurdly rich, secretive American businessman (who enjoyed deflowering virgins) have in creating Vietnam's golf boom?

This is Southeast Asia as you've probably never imagined, full of memorable people, startling happenings, and unexpected moments of humanity and introspection, giddiness and solemnity, avarice and ambition.

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Éditeur
Explorer's Eye Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
2940573131
ISBN 13 
9782940573134
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
122
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9782940573127: Curious Encounters of the Human Kind - Southeast Asia: True Asian Tales of Folly, Greed, Ambition and Dreams

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  2940573123 ISBN 13 :  9782940573127
Editeur : Explorer's Eye Press, 2016
Couverture souple