Lang Reid
The Way of the Knife
The American CIA has become everyone’s bête noir. Even recently I read that one writer proclaimed that the CIA took control over the missing...
I Am Malala
“I Am Malala” (ISBN 978-0-316-40346-7, Little, Brown and Company, 2013) is the biography of the Pakistani teenage girl who was shot in the head...
This Explains Everything
Editor John Brockman’s compilation, This Explains Everything (ISBN 978-0-06-223017-1, Harper Collins, 2013) has tackled what would seem an impossibility - explaining the inexplicable! He...
The Sports Gene
For many of us adults, we look back on our school years with memories of sports after school being foremost. How many of you...
The Axe Factor
I have always enjoyed Colin Cotterill’s books. He writes in such a way as to drag the reader into the plot, and makes the...
A History of the World
One would imagine that a history of the world has, by now, been done to death. We know when the ‘Big Bang’ went off...
Korea The Impossible Country
Thais seem to have a fascination for Korea and all things Korean, and I thought this week’s review book from Tuttle Publishing might explain...
A Wanted Man
A couple of weeks ago I was in the Bookazine in The Avenue, and picked up “True Colours”, written by Stephen Leather. In my...
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Tourism’s new compass: why meaning, community, and human connection are now leading the way
BANGKOK, Thailand - Tourism has entered an age of restless reinvention. Across the global industry, from UN Tourism to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and international networks...
Französischer Wohltätigkeitsleiter besucht HHN Foundation – zehnjährige Unterstützung für thailändische Kinder setzt sich fort
PATTAYA, Thailand – Les Amis de L’Ophelinate de Pattaya, eine seit vielen Jahren engagierte französische Wohltätigkeitsorganisation, hat diese Woche erneut ihre langfristige Unterstützung für...
Foreign tourist found dead in Pattaya Beach incident
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials and police from Pattaya City Station responded to reports of a foreign man found drowned near the entrance...
Pattaya tightens city regulations following fireworks festival vendor complaints
PATTAYA, Thailand – Deputy Mayor Wuthisak Rermkijakarn chaired a meeting with the Pattaya City Administration Division to evaluate progress on prior directives and address...
Pattaya’s traffic has hit a breaking point
PATTAYA, Thailand – Spend enough time behind the wheel in Pattaya and you eventually confront a blunt truth: this city does not run on...