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• The dark side of social media – from Trump to harassment

• Emerging forms of multimedia engagement – and how to use to your advantage 

• Auditing your online identity – the why and how

• Taking time out – how to do a social media sabbatical.

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• History of Southeast Asia: A Captivating Guide to the History of a Vast Region Containing Countries Such as Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Burma, and More
• History of Thailand: A Captivating Guide to the Thai People and Their History
• History of Vietnam: A Captivating Guide to Vietnamese History
• History of Bali: A Captivating Guide to Balinese History and the Impact This Island Has Had on the History of Indonesia and Southeast Asia
• History of the Philippines: A Captivating Guide to Philippine History

Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include:

• How ancient Southeast Asian nations were founded
• The cultures and religions that were incubated in the region
• The dynamic trade networks that were established
• The terrible wars that were fought
• How colonization affected the area
• The impact of Japanese occupation during WW2
• The postwar struggle for independence
• And more

Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include:

• Thailand’s prehistory and early rulers
• The liberation from the Khmer Empire
• Thailand’s golden age under the Sukhothai
• The powerful Ayutthaya Kingdom
• The Chakri dynasty, which still rules Thailand today
• 20th-century coups and rebellions
• And much more!

Some of the topics covered in part 3 of this book include:

• The Basics
• Ancient Vietnam
• Four and a Half Centuries of Independence
• The Ly Dynasty
• The Tran Dynasty
• The Later Le Dynasty
• The Europeans Arrive
• New Powers and New Divisions
• The French
• French Rule
• Vietnam in Turmoil
• Ho Chi Minh and the French Indochina War
• The Vietnam War
• And much, much more!

Some of the topics covered in part 4 of this book include:

• How the island of Bali was home to paleolithic humankind
• Why Bali’s Asian biodiversity and rich, fertile soils are not found on the neighboring islands
• What makes up the unique human heritage of indigenous Balinese
• How the island retained its endemic Balinese Hinduism despite 1,300 years of Muslim influence
• From where and from whom the Balinese learned their abundant skills in metalworking, crafting, sculpture, and art
• How art and ritual offerings form the basis of Balinese life, from where the island draws its name
• How it was that the island nation of Bali was not interested in seafaring and maritime trade
• And much more!

Some of the topics covered in part 5 of this book include:

• That the Philippines is an area of biological and maritime megadiversity.
• Why the islands have one of the oldest, multi-layered histories on Earth.
• Why the Philippines was so attractive to colonizers.
• How the Spanish managed to rule a diverse archipelago for over three centuries.
• To understand the ongoing relationship between the United States and the Philippines.
• Why the islands are ethnically and culturally abundant but still unified.
• How history has created its own island regions of independent rule.

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