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Poetic Gems

I make no apologies for this week’s book review.  Poetic Gems, selected from the works of William McGonagall was first printed in 1890,...

Thai Lottery

Thai Lottery, author Matt Carrell, is another self-published book (or one without an ISBN number at least).  The book sent down for review...

Thailand Confidential

Thanks to a lady called Michelle in Singapore, another Jerry Hopkins book landed on my desk.  Thank you Michelle.  Entitled Thailand Confidential (ISBN...

Bangkok Slaughterhouse

The name Father Joe Maier should be well known in Thailand, and especially in Bangkok where his ministry covers the infamous Klong Toey...

Watching the Thais

A rather different book this week, and one that I found initially very confusing.  Watching the Thais, was written by Tom Tuohy (ISBN...

Bangkok Babylon

This week’s book was written by Jerry Hopkins, an author with over 30 books to his credit. He wrote Bangkok Babylon (ISBN 978-0-8048-4077-4,...

The Killing Code

A first book for author Craig Hurren, but one that seems to have caught the imagination of the reading public, with several insisting...

50 Ideas

This week’s book is very different from the more usual ones reviewed in this column.  Richard Watson, a futurist, has put together a...

Outlaws Inc.

Ever wonder where all these mega-rich Russians came from?  You know the type - the ones who buy and sell football teams, own...

Romancing the East

When I originally picked up this book Romancing the East (ISBN-13: 978-0804843201, Tuttle Publishing, 2013) I thought it was an anthology collated by...

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