books

Let the Bullets Fly《让子弹飞》

Let the Bullets Fly《让子弹飞》is by far, the best movie I have watched this year and also the best big-budget mainstream…

14 years ago

Mahathir Mohamad vs Lee Kuan Yew (with Donald Rumsfeld in the middle)

Spotted at a bookstore in Singapore: Don't the picture looks nice and world-peace-like with all them smiling so radiantly? These…

14 years ago

Bakuman。 (バクマン。)

Bakuman。 (バクマン。) is a a shōnen manga written by Tsugumi Ohba (大場 つぐみ) and illustrated by Takeshi Obata (小畑 健).…

14 years ago

Alvinology Award 2010

Following past years tradition in 2007, 2008 and 2009 where I round-up the year with an “Alvinology Award”; here’s my…

14 years ago

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium I) by Stieg Larsson

It has been a while since I last picked up a book which arrested my attention so much as The…

14 years ago

Alex Perry’s Falling Off The Edge

Rachel was the one who picked this book , Alex Perry's Falling off the Edge, out from Kinokuniya's bookshelves. However,…

14 years ago

Tim Harford’s The Logic Of Life

After reading Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, I find myself addicted to similar books that apply…

14 years ago

Book Review: 鹿男あをによし(The Fantastic Deer-Man) by 万城目学 (Makime Manabu)

Fantastic Deer-Man book cover Read the Chinese-translated Taiwanese edition of this book some time back. 鹿男あをによし(The Fantastic Deer-Man) by 万城目学…

14 years ago

Book Review: 无家可归的中学生 (The Homeless Student) by 田村裕 (Hiroshi Tamura)

Read the Chinese translated Taiwanese version of this book sometime back. The Homeless Student (无家可归的中学生) is an autobiography by famous…

14 years ago

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…

14 years ago