books

Book Review: Yoshio Yoshimoto (吉本佳生)’s 大杯星巴克比较划算

The book cover If you love books that apply economics theories to real life social situations like Freakonomics and The…

16 years ago

Jake Adelstein’s Tokyo Vice: Underground with the Yakuza

I finished reading this book within 48 hours after buying it at Kinokuniya. If world crime and underground economy are…

16 years ago

Match Fixer by Neil Humphreys

I had always enjoyed Neil Humphreys' witty columns in the local newspaper and had a good time reading all his…

16 years ago

Chetan Bhagat’s The 3 Mistakes of My Life

You may not know who Chetan Bhagat is, but this guy is big in India. Via a New York Times…

16 years ago

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