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Writer with a conscience
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 12/05/2014
» Chalermsak Ngamngarm, who has written books addressing social problems and different forms of bureaucratic corruption, has a fitting nickname. His friends and fans call him the Nai Amphur Nak Kien (District Chief Writer).
The silents
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 24/02/2014
» Alongside co-authors, Yank scrivener Clive Cussler turns out at least two books annually, not all novels. Writing is his night job. A seafarer by day, he and his crew hunt for lost ships, treasure too. Over the years he has had several literary creations. Dirk Pitt is the most popular.
Crusades in reverse
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 25/11/2013
» It is said that the human brain operates at 1% of its capacity. Still, this 1% is cluttered with information. The media _ radio, television, the internet, newspaper, journals, films, photos, lectures, speeches, sermons, observation, experiences _ expand our knowledge.
Why World War I?
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 16/09/2013
» This reviewer can't reiterate often enough that a history book isn't a historical novel. There's no curling up in a chair or lying in bed reading a chapter of a tome penned by a historian on a subject of his choice. To be sure, some historians have a more agreeable style than others, but they are by and large dry.
Skull and cross-examinations
Life, Published on 16/05/2013
» What is the distance between the birth and death of a human being? The question has dogged us for many centuries: what is at stake? Can we measure that distance in years or feelings or memories? And how?
Self-mockery, not arms, maketh the man
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 03/05/2013
» Hollywood's blockbuster season kicks off with a trustworthy bang _ plus a self-referential wink and a whiff of homeland politics to regale the liberals.
Quick time
Life, Published on 25/02/2013
» Any introduction to Somtow Sucharitkul risks sounding superfluous. Writer, composer and conductor, Somtow switches one hat for another with the ease of a conjurer. His latest book of fiction called The Stone Buddha's Tears _ written under the pseudonym SP Somtow _ has just come out from Post Books. The English-language story about children in a corrupt society is accompanied by the Thai version, called Sila Kan Saeng. Since he first published in 1986, Somtow has thrived on sci-fi, fantasy, horror and young adult genres; his Forgetting Places and The Wizard's Apprentice were among the hits in the US as well as here.
Starting the day off right
B Magazine, Published on 24/02/2013
» British girl group the Saturdays put their right feet forward in the US market with their new EP.
Soaps grease the conscience
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 30/01/2013
» Last night the battle for audience ratings pitted Channel 7's Luk Mai Lark See against Channel 3's Manee Sawart and Channel 5's Khu Kam. In some households there might have been family fights for possession of the TV remote control, and what to watch: a heavy drama, a suspense fantasy, or a cross-cultural World War II romance between a Thai woman and a Japanese soldier?