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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…
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…
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…
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?…
Alvinology Award 2009
Happy new year everyone! Following past years tradition in 2007 and 2008 where I round-up the year with…
Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother
This is a must-read for technology and Internet geeks like yours truly. Little Brother is written by Cory…
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…
A.J. Jacobs’ The Year of Living Biblically
Written by the editor of Esquire magazine, A.J. Jacobs, The Year of Living Biblically documents his attempt to…
Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine
I am indeed shocked by the stuff I read in Naomi Klein‘s controversial book, The Shock Doctrine. The…
Otsuichi (乙一)
I was first introduced to Japanese fiction writer, Otsuichi (乙一), real name, Hirotaka Adachi (安達 寛高)‘s works via…