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Le Meridien Bangkok

Le Meridien Bangkok

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Country:Thailand City:Bangkok Le Meridien Bangkok hotel is just a short walk from shopping and dining on Silom Road and the excitement of the Patpong Night Market. Jim Thompson House and Museum, Siam Paragon Shopping Centre, Suan Lumpini Night Bazaar, Hua Lamphong Temple and Chinatown are just a short ride away by subway - sam yan station or sky train - Saladaeng. Vista room engages the senses with contemporary decor inside a generous 36 square metres of space refined with understated details. Windows rise from the floor to the 2.8-metre-high ceiling to present a wide-open view of Bangkok's cityscape and its vibrant street scene below. It features with king or twin beds and is complemented by a marble bathroom with an over-sized tub and separate ultra-cool rain shower along with a refined refreshment centre. Restaurant which is now available serving international cuisines, Bamboo Chic restaurant, Asian world cuisine combining Chinese and Japanese dishes with live cooking stations in a contemporary luxury setting . The Latest Recipe, an international a la carte menu and buffet with "live" cooking stations where fresh ingredients are cooked-to-order. Or relaxing with wireless high-speed Internet access overlooking Bangkok's Surawong Road at Tempo. The hotel is a high building with 24 storeys into skyline, towering in contemporary five-star luxury at the head of the pulsating Silom commercial district. The lobby, guest's senses are stimulated by Le Meridien's signature "Le Labo" scent, "Sony BMG" unique sound and the creative use of "Philips" lighting. The combination of this sensory experience aims to engage the memory and emotions. For five-star business events in Thailand, Le Meridien Bangkok offers two stylish meeting rooms, two VIP boardrooms and a private foyer, perfect for intimate corporate and social functions. The entire sixth floor of the hotel is dedicated to pursuing a unique luxury lifestyle experience, including SPA inspired by the rich tradition of European spas, a Technogym-equipped fitness centre featuring upbeat urban music and an outdoor pool to chill out with cool drinks and cocktails, while looking out over busy Bangkok below. This five star hotel is the another good choice for guests who want to stay with luxury class accomadation and in the center of Bangkok.

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Global Economic History - Very Short Introductions

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Global Economic History - Very Short Introductions

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You save: £2.40 Why are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, the income differences were small, but they have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. Since then, the interplay between geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. The industrial revolution was Britain's path breaking response to the challenge of globalization. Western Europe and North America joined Britain to form a club of rich nations by pursuing four polices-creating a national market by abolishing internal tariffs and investing in transportation, erecting an external tariff to protect their fledgling industries from British competition, banks to stabilize the currency and mobilize domestic savings for investment, and mass education to prepare people for industrial work. Together these countries pioneered new technologies that have made them ever richer. Before the Industrial Revolution, most of the world's manufacturing was done in Asia, but industries from Casablanca to Canton were destroyed by western competition in the nineteenth century, and Asia was transformed into 'underdeveloped countries' specializing in agriculture.The spread of economic development has been slow since modern technology was invented to fit the needs of rich countries and is ill adapted to the economic and geographical conditions of poor countries. A few countries - Japan, Soviet Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, and perhaps China - have, nonetheless, caught up with the West through creative responses to the technological challenge and with Big Push industrialization that has achieved rapid growth through investment coordination. Whether other countries can emulate the success of East Asia is a challenge for the future.

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Art Theft: And The Case Of The Stolen Turners

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Art Theft: And The Case Of The Stolen Turners

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The theft of high-profile works of art is not new, and recurs on a fairly regular basis: 2011 marks the centenary of the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, Paris and fifty years since the theft of Goya's Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery, London. In 1994 two important paintings by J.M.W. Turner (then valued at 24 million pounds) were stolen from a German public gallery while on loan from Tate Britain, London. Sandy Nairne (then Director of Programmes at the Tate) became centrally involved in the pursuit of the pictures, and the negotiation for their return. In Art Theft he relates for the first time this complex, 8-year, cloak-and-dagger story, which finally concluded in 2002 with the Turners going back on public display. In addition to this narrative, Nairne discusses other high-value art thefts, trying to resolve the puzzle of why thieves steal well-known works of art which cannot be sold, even on the black market. The author focuses on the theft and recovery of works of art, while acknowledging that they form part of a much broader field of theft, looting and illicit dealings with art and antiquities around the world.How these different concepts of value can be understood are revealed in this book as the author unravels stories of art theft, questions of motivation and the surrounding ethical issues. How art theft also plays a part in fiction - in crime novels and films - is also considered, together with the construction of the image of the art thief, the specialist detective and the mysterious figure of the hidden, criminal collector. More than eight years of pursuing the missing Turners, and a further period of research and interviews with the key players in the drama, have fed into this vivid, personal account of a hidden art world. A compelling story for our times, it will interest all those intrigued by mysteries in the fields of art and history, and those wishing to follow an investigation into how great art can be captured by determined criminals.

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