Lang Reid
Confessions of a Coward
With the subtitle “An Indian Adventure”, “Confessions of a Coward” is a collection of real-life experiences of Kirsty Turner, a traveler who spent nine...
Inflight Science
It was the day after the Asiana Airways crash in San Francisco that I was browsing in the Bookazine in The Avenue and spotted...
Bangkok Rules
An old hand in Thailand, Harlan Wolff is a Private Investigator (PI) who has worked in Bangkok since 1977. Deliberately keeping a low profile,...
A Little History of the World
This book, A Little History of the World (ISBN 978-0-300-14332-4, Yale University Press, first paperback edition (in English 2008, but was first published in...
The Lower River
Paul Theroux is a prolific writer with 14 fiction novels and 11 non-fiction books. This latest fiction is The Lower River (ISBN978-0-241-95774-5, Penguin, 2013),...
Lovely Love
Something quite different this week. In many ways, Lovely Love (ISBN 978-981-08-0044-4, Tawandhamma Foundation, 2008) and written by a Buddhist monk Luang Phaw Dhammajayo,...
Your Essential Guide to Culture Shock
This book was reviewed six years ago, and was a very popular title. However, all the pitfalls are still present, so the book remains...
I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch
My favorite (and closest) Bookazine is where I get many of the books for review. However, when I boldly turned the corner into the...
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A city built on constant growth and renewal
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Pattaya installs 20 LED streetlights after resident concerns
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City has installed 20 new LED streetlights at Ban Mankong Community, Khao Noi, East Pattaya, to address dark areas, improve...
Rayong Police hunt down motorcycle theft gang after proactive investigation
RAYONG, Thailand – Police in Pluak Daeng have dismantled a major motorcycle theft network, recovering eight stolen motorcycles and arresting three suspects during an...