books

Cai Mingjie’s Diary of a Taxi Driver

Aktive Learning, the publisher for Dr Cai Mingjie's first book, Diary of a Taxi Driver, kindly sent me an autographed…

16 years ago

Winner for the Monica Holloway’s Cowboy and Wills contest

We have a winner for Monica Holloway’s Cowboy and Wills contest: Congratulations to Ms. Vivian See. I am heartened by…

16 years ago

Monica Holloway’s Cowboy and Wills

The publicist for the above book, Cowboy and Wills, written by Monica Holloway contacted me back in November last year…

16 years ago

Misha Glenny’s McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime

I just finished reading British journalist, Misha Glenny's book, McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime. The book documents how organised crime may…

16 years ago

Cai Mingjie: Singapore Taxi Driver with PhD from Stanford University, releasing his first book, “Diary of A Taxi Driver”

Do you remember the inspirational Dr Cai Mingjie - PhD researcher turned taxi driver in uniquely Singapore style? Well, great…

16 years ago

Alvinology Award 2009

Happy new year everyone! Following past years tradition in 2007 and 2008 where I round-up the year with an “Alvinology…

16 years ago

Vikas Swarup’s Six Suspects

There's a caste system, even in murder, begins the book. Vikas Swarup's Six Suspects is a fine detective novel that…

17 years ago

Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother

This is a must-read for technology and Internet geeks like yours truly. Little Brother is written by Cory Doctorow, co-editor…

17 years ago

Geling Yan’s The Uninvited (不速之客)

The Uninvited (不速之客), by Geling Yan is a fiction book, with the story set in contemporary capitalist China. The protagonist,…

17 years ago

Sasha Issenberg’s The Sushi Economy

Here's an interesting book about globalisation - explained through the evolution of sushi (寿司), going from a local delicacy in…

17 years ago