Duncan Stearn
Biography
Duncan Stearn is a freelance journalist, historian, and traveller with a love of greyhound and horse racing. These diverse interests have led to the publication of 10 books since 1985, covering history (Brief History of the Thirty Years War and the English Civil War, Chronology of South-East Asian History 1400-1996); travel (Pattaya ‘Patpong on Steroids’); greyhound (The Ultimate Accolade) and horse racing (Bernborough, Australia’s Greatest Racehorse).
He has written articles for publications such as Turf Monthly, The Australian Magazine, Adelaide Review, Daily Telegraph (Sydney), The Nation (Bangkok), Asia-Pacific Tropical Homes, Journal of Siam Society and many others.
He has lived in Thailand since the end of 1999.
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Books
7 Tips for Long-Term Online Gambling Success
by Duncan Stearn
Price: $9.99 USD. 9110 words.
Published by Proglen on April 14, 2012. Nonfiction.
Are you tired of losing?
Then become a winner. Why lose your hard-earned money at the races when you could come out ahead? Even if you are a net winner you just know you could be even more profitable?
This book, which you can read in less than a couple of hours, represents more than 40 years of accumulated knowledge!
Opium in Thailand
by Duncan Stearn
Price: $2.99 USD. 7230 words.
Published by Proglen on January 11, 2012. Nonfiction.
Opium in Thailand traces the history of the trade from its beginnings in the late 17th century and its imposition by the British as a trading item on Siam through to the rise of the famed Golden Triangle and the attempts at suppression from the 1960s onwards.
Tarts, Touts and Temples
by Duncan Stearn
Price: $6.99 USD. 23800 words.
Published by Proglen on September 30, 2011. Nonfiction.
In Tarts, Touts and Temples, author Duncan Stearn recounts a series of trips and adventures to which many who have been to Southeast Asia can relate. All are true, even if some sound fanciful or a bit too true to be believed.
Bernborough
by Duncan Stearn
Price: $9.99 USD. 102370 words.
Published by Proglen on June 29, 2011. Nonfiction.
Bernborough by Duncan Stearn is the eBook edition of this definitive book on this famous Australian racehorse.
Was Bernborough the greatest racehorse Australia has ever seen?
Pattaya, Patpong on Steroids
by Duncan Stearn
Price: $6.99 USD. 71160 words.
Published by Proglen on March 5, 2011. Nonfiction.
Pattaya, Patpong on Steroids quickly became an English language best seller in Thailand when first published in 2002. The author not only brought a journalist's expertise to, but also an insiders knowledge of, the Pattaya nightlife bar scene. His chapter on the Australian 60 Minutes TV program's dishonesty in dealing with the issue of prostitution in Pattaya is particularly eye opening.
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