books

Book Review: Dave Eggers’ What is the What

Africa seldom appears in the world news. The hardship and suffering experienced in many African states become blind spots over…

14 years ago

Book Review – Tina Fey’s Bossypants

Bossypants is an autobiographical comedy book written by Tina Fey, an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her…

14 years ago

Book Review: William Dalrymple’s Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

William Dalrymple, is an multiple award winning historian and travel writer. He has lived in New Delhi, India on and…

14 years ago

Book Review: Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists

The Imperfectionists is the first novel written by London-born journalist, Tom Rachman, who has lived and worked around the world.…

14 years ago

Book Review: Shuichi Yoshida’s Villain (Akunin)

Widely compared to the acclaimed crime and social critique writer, Stieg Larsson (of whom I am a fan), Villain (Akunin…

14 years ago

Book Reviews: Tom Plate’s conversations with Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohamad

I just completed reading American Professor Tom Plate's two books under his "Giants of Asia" series, Conversations with Lee Kuan…

15 years ago

Alvinology in the Singapore Book of Records: First Wedding On Board An Airplane

I saw this a few weeks back at a local bookstore: Rachel and I got ourselves listed in the Singapore…

15 years ago

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…

15 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…

15 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).…

15 years ago