Thread: What book are you reading right now?

"Soul Mountain" -- Gao XingJian (1990)

I predict this will be among the least popular of threads....

The "Thaksinization of Thailand" which I bought in Bangkok.

I'm almost finished.

Not at all, this is a good thread - the sucess of it depends on how many members here can read.

I'm currently past the half way mark of my first Dan Brown - Deception Point.

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

... the sucess of it depends on how many members here can read...

Will, u kan sea wear da plom plem lies...

The Bangkok Post

but i not finished yet, everyday they add pages...





Jack Welsh, was one the best read i had in the past years, his GE story...what a bastard, but successfull...

Originally Posted by forreachingme

The Bangkok Post

but i not finished yet, everyday they add pages...





Jack Welsh, was one the best read i had in the past years, his GE story...what a bastard, but successfull...

forreachingme...The Mushroom King!

I just finished reading Letter to a Christian Nation. It's a book that is written to the typical Christian right-winger and born-again. Really makes one look at Christianity from a different light, and Islam and other religions for that matter.

Puts killings of people in the name of Islam, etc. above any killings for tribal reasons or other reasons on Earth. By above meaning more.

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

Not at all, this is a good thread - the sucess of it depends on how many members here can read.

.....another razor sharp observation from the Scamp.....

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

Not at all, this is a good thread - the sucess of it depends on how many members here can read.

I'm currently past the half way mark of my first Dan Brown - Deception Point.

Dan Brown's are ace ! not exactly Ulysses like but still a good way of passing time.

Cheers

The Periodic Table by Primo Levi's a good wheeze as well.

Originally Posted by Milkman

The "Thaksinization of Thailand" which I bought in Bangkok.

A good read?

Originally Posted by Milkman

Originally Posted by buadhai

Originally Posted by Milkman

The "Thaksinization of Thailand" which I bought in Bangkok.

A good read?

Yes.

It' been very 1. informative and 2. direct in the writing style, and 3. it's not dry at all.

It goes back to the origins of Thaksin's background briefly, then goes into the history of Thai politics in the 20th Century. It quickly goes to the 1950s and moves onwards. It has a lot of good information on certain aspect of Thai politics (e.g. the phuak), and also some of the many major players, and party dynamics of the last 30+ years. This book also discuss some very detailed strategies and idiocyncracies of the Thai Rak Tahi party, it's plan, and how the mechanics work.

I think those that are really into Thai current events and politics may evern learn some things from this book.

It's written by two authors: one Thai, and one Brit.

Thaksin's corporate dealings and the percentages and profits are also put into charts and sourced.

If you're interested in some more details of Thai politics and how society work I do recomend it.

I'll be reviewing it on Amazon in about a week.

Does it mention the North American communications company he shat on to get his empire rolling?

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Does it mention the North American communications company he shat on to get his empire rolling?

I didn't find that, Marmite, but the book has an index.

Do you, or anyone know the name of the company?

(I've also tried to find this story by googling it in the past and nothing ever comes up, but it must be there.)

MMTD, I'll go through the book and try to dig it up, but it was never mentioned, or hasn't been so far.

Originally Posted by Milkman

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Does it mention the North American communications company he shat on to get his empire rolling?

I didn't find that, Marmite, but the book has an index.

Do you, or anyone know the name of the company?

(I've also tried to find this story by googling it in the past and nothing ever comes up, but it must be there.)

MMTD, I'll go through the book and try to dig it up, but it was never mentioned, or hasn't been so far.

I suppose they wanted the book published it TL, so left it out.

I've just read a throwaway novel "Night Sins - Tami Hoag" and "Atlantis - David Gibbins" (not as good as it couldn've been by a long way) and I'm currently reading a kids book "Inkspell - Cornelia Funke" which is ok. I really should be reading my CSS Coding book, but it bores me shitless and I've sussed what I want to do by trial and error (and a bit of help from Friskofrankie).

I see Wilbur Smith has a new book out (Triumph of the Sun), so I'll prolly pop down K-Books later and get a copy.

I just finished Jack London's 'Tales of the Fish Patrol'. Now I'm reading Bill Bryson's 'I'm a stranger here myself'.

The 3 little pigs. I think the ending will exciting...

Originally Posted by forreachingme

The Bangkok Post
but i not finished yet, everyday they add pages...

Don't worry. It's OK if you don't actually read each and every one of the classified ads.

Londonistan

How Britain is creating a terror state within.

By Melanie Phillips

I am reading The Wind-up Bird Cronicle ... by some jap chap... can't spell his name...

another thread from TV what is next... What animal would you like to be ?? <yawn>

Originally Posted by mad_dog

another thread from TV what is next... What animal would you like to be ?? <yawn>

Too late, some prat has already started one....

https://teakdoor.com/the-captains-lou...size-of-a.html

Originally Posted by mad_dog

I am reading The Wind-up Bird Cronicle ... by some jap chap... can't spell his name...

another thread from TV what is next... What animal would you like to be ?? <yawn>

An excellent book, although I was close to throwing up because of the detailed description of some of the events in the book

'Imperium' by Robert Harris. An historical novel about Cicero.

I'm not reading anything at the moment.

Some dreadful CV's, got one from a Canadian with 7 spelling mistakes and 2 grammatical errors in the cover letter.
The mind boggles.
Perhaps these are the people Smeg is reffering to.