Lang Reid
The Thai Dragon
This book is a police thriller, and a bloodthirsty one at that. Written by Guy Lilburne, this book The Thai Dragon (ISBN 978-616-91211-6-9, 2010,...
Air America revisited
One book that has been truly a best seller is Air America. On the Bookazine shelves again, it is the sixth reprint of Christopher...
Knew when I was 20
There is a quotation attributed to Mark Twain which goes something like “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant...
Jet Black and the Ninja Wind
I have to admit that I approached this book with more than a modicum of dread. My knowledge of Japan and Japanese culture is...
Phantom Lover
Another anthology of thrilling tales (that is the promise on the front cover) from story teller Jim Algie, a well published author who has...
Painted in the Tropics
The subtitle for Painted in the Tropics is The Life and Times of Swiss artist Theo Meier, and is a biography of the man...
Vow – A Memoire of Marriage (and other affairs)
A very different book this week. Vow - A Memoire of Marriage (and other affairs) (ISBN 978-1-4088-2780-2, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013) was written by Wendy...
Sweet Song of the Siren (and other stories)
William Peskett is a prolific writer these days, with several books of poetry, essays and short fiction offerings, and Sweet Song of the Siren...
The Jackal’s Share
When I saw this book on the Bookazine shelves I initially presumed it was about the infamous Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez also known...
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Pattaya Mayor examines Jomtien Beach ahead of Music Festival March 14-15
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