Tag: Thai Stick

May 12, 2014

Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter Discuss Pot Smuggling on HuffPost Live

Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter, coauthors of Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade, were recently on HuffPost Live to discuss their book and drug smuggling in Thailand in the 1960s and 1970s. Also joining...

December 9, 2013

Author Events for the Week of December 9

A jam-packed week of events includes the continuation of Peter Maguire’s very successful author tour. Events for Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade, coauthored with Mike Ritter, move on to Santa Fe and Albuquerque....

December 4, 2013

VIDEO: Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter on Thai Stick

Australia Network News recently broadcast a story about Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade, by Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter. The story focuses, in part, on Mike Ritter’s personal story as someone who dropped...

December 2, 2013

Columbia University Press Author Events for December!

To close out the year, our author events in December cover a wide variety of subjects and span the country. Highlights include several events with John Nathan, translator of Light and Dark, discussing Natsume Sōseki’s novel and its Jamesian elements....

November 20, 2013

Images of Surfing, Drugs, and Drug Smuggling via "Thai Stick"

From California surfers to the hinterlands of Thailand, Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade, by Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter, documents the growth, professionalization, and dangers of the international marijuana trade. That story is,...

November 19, 2013

Book Giveaway! Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade

This week we will be featuring Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade the extraordinary tale of marijuana smuggling in the 1970s by Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter. Throughout the week we will be featuring...

October 22, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Catch a Wave, Smuggle Pot, Go to the Movies, Read a Magazine

Our weekly list of new titles now available: Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter; With a Foreword by David Farber Finding Ourselves at the Movies: Philosophy for a New...