Books
There have been so many books written by ex-inmates of the Bang Kwan jail (AKA Bangkok Hilton) that I began to feel there must have been writing classes included in…
With the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) looming in 2015, I thought it might be prudent to learn something more about the ASEAN before that date. There on the Bookazine shelves…
My local Bookazine in Big C Extra was having their stock-take, so I decided to re-run Private Dancer which I consider to be one of the most important books of…
Oscar Pistorious is rather well known these days, especially after he became a medal winner in both the London Olympics and the London Paralympics. This book, Blade Runner - My…
A confused title to this week’s book review, with Angels of Pattaya (ISBN 978-1-908518-09-5, Maverick House, 2012) not really the sole province of Pattaya’s angels, but also shared by Bangkok…
I really cannot call myself a great fan of tennis, though I do know the names of those at the top of the professional circuit, and Rafael Nadal is obviously…
Golf seems to be the universal pastime for expats all over the world. On the Eastern Seaboard, the Pattaya Mail devotes several pages to golf tournaments, and there are many…
Pattaya Property and Thailand’s Real Estate
Friday, 31 August 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 35 By Lang Reid
Pattaya Property and Thailand’s Real Estate is a slim book that was sent directly to the Pattaya Mail for review. Written by Nick Pendrell (ISBN 978-0-9561448-4-3, Informer Books, 2012), the…
This week’s book The Greatest Show on Earth (ISBN 978-0-552-77524-3, Black Swan publishing 2010) was written by Richard Dawkins, the author of many previous books, including The God Delusion. One…
When I first spotted The Laundry Man on the Bookazine shelves, I thought at first it was a re-issue of Jake Needham’s book called The Laundry Man, but then I…
There is more than one almanac for children on offer on the Bookazine shelves, but the helpful shop assistant at the Big C Extra store steered me to this one,…
Stephen Leather has obviously been hard at work and his latest Dan (Spider) Shepherd thriller is now in the Big C Extra Bookazine shelves (and all the other Bookazines I…
The Last Boat to Samui is a collection of short stories written by William Peskett, a writer with an eclectic history including reading Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and has…
It would appear that the only way hardened criminals can go “straight” after being released is by having a “tell all” autobiography published. This week’s book is one of those.…
This week’s book is of the Sci-Fi genre. The Windup Girl (ISBN 978-0-356-50053-9, Orbit Publishing 2010) by Paulo Bacigalupi came to my attention in the Big C Extra Bookazine, in…
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