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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.

Where to buy in print

http://www.dcothai.com

Books

Chronicles of Nightmarch    by Duncan Stearn
Price: $7.99 USD. 367800 words. Published by Proglen  on December 27, 2012. Nonfiction.
This compilation of the columns of Nightmarch covers its beginnings in the Pattaya Mail newspaper in June 2000 and goes all the way through to its conclusion in the Pattaya One newspaper in September 2011. Almost unwittingly it provides an interesting social history of the growth of the nightlife scene in Pattaya in the first decade of the twenty-first century. This volume also includes items tha
How to Survive Pattaya and its Nightlife    by Duncan Stearn
Price: $4.95 USD. 10000 words. Published by Proglen  on October 30, 2012. Nonfiction.
How to Survive Pattaya and its Nightlife is advice to do just that from the leading Pattaya nightlife writer, Australian journalist Duncan Stearn.
Our Man in Pattaya Volume 2    by Duncan Stearn
Price: $7.95 USD. 28440 words. Published by Proglen  on June 28, 2012. Nonfiction.
Our Man in Pattaya is regular column in the Pattaya Trader written by Australian journalist Duncan Stearn. Here is the second collection for your enjoyment.
Why Preah Vihear Should be Returned to Thailand    by Duncan Stearn
Price: $4.99 USD. 6620 words. Published by Proglen  on June 11, 2012. Nonfiction.
Journalist Duncan Stearn takes a closer look at the International Court of Justice ruling on the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia over the Preah Vihear temple ruins and changes his view on which country is in the right.
Our Man in Pattaya    by Duncan Stearn
Price: $7.95 USD. 32550 words. Published by Proglen  on June 9, 2012. Nonfiction.
Our Man in Pattaya by Duncan Stearn, the author of Pattaya, Patpong on Steroids. Come for a walk on the wacky side as Pattaya and its locals and foreigners come together in a collection of the best of the popular Our Man in Pattaya monthly columns from the pages of the Pattaya Trader (also published by the Phuket Gazette newspaper under the title Streets of Pattaya).
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: $4.99 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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