Books
The last few weeks have brought books to the reviewer’s table dealing with the American involvement in other parts of the world. This week it is a book called The…
A couple of weeks ago I reviewed Air America, an expose of the workings of the CIA through the Air America airline. However, that was during and after the Vietnam…
One book which has endured everything from denials, to blatant attacks on the veracity of the book and the author, is Air America. On the Bookazine shelves again is the…
With constant conflicts and wars all around us, I remembered reading The Missing Years (ISBN 9-7818-770-5877-6, Rosenberg Publishing, 2009) written by Chiang Mai expat Stu Lloyd. A timeless book of…
Colin Cotterill’s latest book has the intriguing title Killed at the Whim of a Hat (ISBN 978-1-84916-552-5, Quercus Books, 2011).
Siamese Memoirs - The Life and Times of Pimsai Svasti
Friday, 22 July 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 29 By Lang Reid
For those who were not in Thailand in 1977, the name Pimsai Svasti may not ring any bells, but for those who followed Thai history, she will be remembered as…
Another of the books from the National Geographic stables and is marketed as a trip advisor - Where to go, When to go, What to see, What to do (ISBN…
As someone working ridiculous hours, seeing a book in Bookazine which proposes a four hour working week, was to be seen as manna from heaven - if it was really…
This week’s book was written by a financial entrepreneur, a Stephen H. Greer, and entitled Starting from Scrap (ISBN978-158080166-9, Burford Books, 2010).
The Kingdom of Make-Believe has a cover that makes it leap off the shelf, particularly for male readers. However, any book by Dean Barrett is always worth investigating further.
The Black Gentlemen of Trong Suan is an intriguing title for this self-published book written by John McMahon, about whom the book gives the reader no clues. Again intriguing.
The publishers Maverick House, though based in Ireland, have had a very fruitful cooperation with authors in Thailand. These have included the Pattaya Mail’s executive editor, Dan Dorothy (Mango Rains),…
This week’s book review is very local and is the result of a series of interviews with Saifon Somdaeng, a 33 year old bar girl working out of beer bars…
One of the latest books from Jeremy Clarkson is entitled Driven to Distraction (ISBN 978-0-141-04420-0, Penguin Group, 2010) and follows the same basic format as his others “The World According…
Jim Newport is a writer with great skills in describing non-stop, hold your breath action, and his latest book The Siamese Connection (ISBN 978-616-90861-0-9, Willat Publishing, 2011) has plenty of…
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