IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE
Connelly, Karen. Touch the Dragon: A Thai Journal. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1992.
Connelly, a Canadian writer, spent a year as an exchange student in Thailand when she was 17. Her engaging and honest account of her time in Thailand earned her the 1993 Governor General's Award for non-fiction.

Cooper, Robert and Nanthapa. Culture Shock! Thailand. Singapore: Times Books, 2000.
A guide to customs and etiquette, written by a couple who have lived in Thailand for many years.

Eliot, Joshua and Jane Bickersteth. Thailand Handbook. Bath, England: Footprint Handbooks, 1999.
A travel book with extensive information on art, literature, customs, politics, the monarchy and the role of women in Thailand.

Wyatt, David. Thailand: A Short History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986.
A detailed yet readable history of Thailand from early times to the present.

WEB SITES

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_east_asia/thailand/
http://www.thaifile.com/
http://www.thailand-travel.net/