Since in Thailand ghosts and the spirit world play an important role, newly acquired books at the Thammasat University Libraries by an American poet whose works were dictated by ghosts should be of high interest.
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New Books: City Life in Bangkok
The next time you are caught in a typical Bangkok traffic jam, you may wish to think of the title of a new acquisition by the Thammasat University Libraries: Cities Are Good for You.
New Books: Molière
Two new acquisitions by the Thammasat University Libraries allow readers to understand why King Rama VI enjoyed the French playwright Molière’s work so much that he translated it into Thai language.
New Books: Albert Einstein
Although the scientist Albert Einstein (1879–1955) is a celebrity in Thailand as in the rest of Asia and the world, not everyone knows exactly why he is so famous. A book newly acquired by the Thammasat University Libraries should help: The complete idiot’s guide to understanding Einstein.
New Books: Alan Turing
Just in time for all the publicity surrounding the Oscar-nominated film The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, the Thammasat University Libraries have acquired two books about the film’s subject, Alan Turing.
New Books: Elephants
You probably saw the news that a wild elephant in Khao Yai National Park near Bangkok stomped on a car. Another elephant, or possibly the same one, also attacked a shop and restaurant in the park. Khao Yai National Park director Kanchit Srinoppawan says this is due to the elephant’s mating season, but it is especially timely that the Thammasat University Libraries have acquired a book, Elephants and ethics: toward a morality of coexistence, to explain the problem.
New Books: Animals and History
In November 2014, the Thai government passed Thailand’s first-ever animal protection law.
So a timely new acquisition to the Thammasat Universities Libraries collection is Noble Cows and Hybrid Zebras: Essays on Animals and History by Harriet Ritvo:
New Books: Microbiology in Thailand
Microbes are living things that are too small to be seen without the aid of a microscope. They may be found anywhere and they turn out to be extremely important for life. So the Thammasat University Libraries did well to acquire The Amoeba in the Room: Lives of the Microbes by Nicholas P. Money:
New Books: Abstract Painting
Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was a Dutch modernist painter who died just over seventy years ago in New York, so the Thammasat University Libraries have made a timely acquisition of The Afterlife of Piet Mondrian by Nancy Troy.
New Books: Hawks in Thailand
Thailand is rich with almost 1000 bird species, of which fifty are threatened all over the world. Almost 200 species of water and forest birds are endangered due to the destruction of forests and wetlands in the Kingdom, so it is always good to appreciate natural beauties before they disappear. This is one of the themes of H is for Hawk, a new book about birds in the Thammasat University Libraries collection: