Lang Reid
Time for Kids Almanac 2013
There is more than one almanac for children on offer on the Bookazine shelves, but the helpful shop assistant at the Big C...
False Friends
Stephen Leather has obviously been hard at work and his latest Dan (Spider) Shepherd thriller is now in the Big C Extra Bookazine...
The Last Boat to Samui
The Last Boat to Samui is a collection of short stories written by William Peskett, a writer with an eclectic history including reading...
The Windup Girl
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...
Worth Dying For
The Bookazine store in the Big C Extra center had a stand featuring Lee Child’s Jack Reacher thrillers. How could I pass that...
Bangkok May 2010
With recriminations still abounding from the Red and Yellow forces (and add in the Army), this book is well timed. Bangkok May 2010,...
Freddie Mercury
Claimed to be the definitive biography of the band Queen’s front man Freddie Mercury by Lesley-Ann Jones, the front cover simply features the...
The Story of Stuff
“Stuff” is something our household has in copious amounts. “Where is the stuff we use to clean the fridge,” is a familiar call....
Faking It in Bangkok
Another collection of essays this week from prolific author Christopher G Moore, called Faking It in Bangkok (ISBN 978-616-7503-13-4, Heaven Lake Press, 2012)....
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