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Too good to be true
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 01/02/2016
» Yank oceanographer Clive Cussler, on his own and with co-authors, has been penning adventure stories for decades -- all about the sea, and dry land to an extent. In his own boat, the author employs old maps to search for centuries-sunk ships. He's not a treasure-hunter, handing over the doubloons and other items he stumbles across to the proper authorities.
Betting it all on the rise of the East
Life, Published on 12/08/2013
» You don't have to be psychic to see the future. Jim Rogers, co-founder of one of the first international investment firms Quantum Fund with George Soros, tells you what to expect next. In fact, he's been making eerily accurate calls on world-changing economic trends for the past two decades; see his earlier autobiographies: Hot Commodities, Adventure Capitalist and Investment Biker. In his most recent book, Street Smarts: Adventures On The Road And In The Markets, he continues to demonstrate how world markets are changing.
Dude, Where's my decade? '60s chic lives on at bangkok hotels
B Magazine, Published on 29/04/2012
» The groovy Thai-accented post-modern architecture and decor of the 1960s has over the years become a victim of the unsightly incursion of mega-malls and other buildings lacking the soul that typified design from that era. Arguably the best example of the '60s Bangkok chic, the Siam Intercontinental Hotel, was torn down to make way for Siam Paragon.