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A Woman of Bangkok
by Jack Reynolds Acknowledged today as one of the most memorable novels about Thailand, “A Woman of Bangkok” was first published to critical acclaim in London and New York in the 1950s and is a classic of Bangkok fiction. While the Fifties was a very different world, what is remarkable about this book is that the more the bar scene in Bangkok changes, the more it stays the same. |
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The Devil's Garden by Nigel Barley
Gardens are magical places – images of Nature and Culture, models of paradise, spaces where plants live in war and peace, co-operation and competition. It is 1942 and Singapore is Syonanto, part of the Japanese Empire, where violence and starvation stalk the streets but in the Singapore Botanic Gardens a bizarre tranquillity reigns between warring nations and even love awakes in the heady atmosphere of the Orchid House. |
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Bangkok Hard Time
by Jon Cole It is 1967 Bangkok and for teenager Jon Cole, son of a US Green Beret colonel serving in the Vietnam War, life as a young Westerner in the City of Angels is sweeter than mangoes on sticky rice with coconut milk … until he is introduced to the infamous House of Lek. Drawn to the underbelly of Bangkok, the International School Bangkok pupil soon discovers ganja, opium and two-dollar bordellos. |
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Escape: The Past
by David McMillan In this gripping prequel to ‘Escape: The true story of the only Westerner ever to break out of Thailand’s Bangkok Hilton’, drug smuggler-turned-bestselling author David McMillan tells it from the beginning. Throwing away an expensive education as a teenager then a promising executive career, McMillan hits rock bottom only to make his first million dealing drugs before he turned 21. |
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A Servant of Sarawak
by Peter Mooney In this captivating memoir, Peter Mooney peppers his reminiscences with intriguing legal cases from Sarawak, which serve to illustrate interesting points of law as well as to capture historically important details of Sarawak’s indigenous people and colonial life at the time. A Servant of Sarawak is the fascinating memoir of a man who has dedicated his life to a land far from home. |
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Malayan Spymaster by Boris Hembry This is a true story of 1930s Malaysia, of jungle operations, submarines and spies in WWII, and of the postwar Malayan Emergency, as experienced by an extraordinary man. Boris Hembry was a planter, a spy in WWII and a member of Freddy Spencer Chapman's Stay Behind Party. He played an important role in the Malayan Emergency and he survived several attempts on his life. |
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Bangkok Bob and The Missing Mormon by Stephen Leather Introducing Bob Turtledove – Bangkok antiques dealer and part-time private eye – in a case that brings him up against Russian gangsters, hired killers and kickboxing thugs while looking for a lost Mormon in the heart of Thailand. Bangkok Bob is a brand new crime series from top-ten UK crime writer Stephen Leather and ‘Bangkok Bob and the Missing Mormon’ is the first book in the series. |
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Toxic Panda by Adam Adams Solve the puzzles in this book and win cash prizes totalling US$4,350. Welcome to Toxic Panda — the amazing armchair treasure hunt novel written entirely without the letter E. The first person to solve the puzzle for each chapter of Toxic Panda will receive a cash prize. Visit www.toxicpanda.net to see a list of cash prizes and winners. Add your name to the list of winners! |
