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Dumped by his girlfriend and sacked from his job, Brit journalist Justin Dunn took a plane to Thailand in search of peace and contentment. Instead he found murder, mayhem, and not a little madness.

The author served in the Royal Hong Kong Police from 1960 to 1993 and, after discovering Thailand in the late sixties, visited the “Land of Smiles” at least once each year. After leaving Hong Kong and returning to his native Wales he continued to visit for a month each Spring and Autumn. He consummated...

War, economic injustice, political violence and social discrimination take a heavy toll on the majority of our world’s inhabitants.  We witness this on television and read about it in newspapers, but the suffering depicted rarely affects us for long.  The short stories in this book are based on...

Dr Simon Carter has been struck off the medical register. His marriage over, he escapes to Thailand. He meets the beautiful Tika on a lonely beach and they enjoy a short romance.When Tika’s life is threatened by her estranged ‘Gangster’ husband, she sends Simon a message asking for his help....

The goal of our cook books are to simplify making excellent Thai dinners in your own home. Along with our recipes, we teach and explain every step of each meal, from ingredients through preparation, sauces, chili, curries and timing. We have  incorporated step by step photographs to follow along...

The elephant emerged from the water, a moving wall of gray cut against a startling blue sky.  Wild high grasses brushed the columns of her huge legs as she dwarfed the hill that rose behind her.  Massive footprints left pools of river water where she emerged from the pond that had slaked her thirst...

Mouse, not listening to the advice of his Grandma and Grandpa, sets up house in an old hat on board a riverboat. The adventure begins when a severe rain and wind storm sends him and his house floating down the river. But, like humans who flock together to help each other in times of crisis, Mouse finds he is not alone but among new helping friends.

In war-torn Indochina, a mercenary pilot lives to fly. A dramatic picture of a season in hell, where people are both victims and witnesses of catastrophic events. A mal de vivre that no one and nothing could heal. Maurizio Pianaro is a writer who was in Cambodia during the fall of the country by Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge.

Foreign Teachers in Thailand Dark comedy and a sometimes brutally realistic portrayal of the kinds of dubious characters who infest school staff rooms across Thailand, make this book essential reading for anyone who has ever taught English in Asia, and those who want to know why they do it! 

Live Cheap, Die Cheap,  a world where drugs, violence, money and corruption go hand in hand, it  will induce tears of sadness and tears of laughter; you will be shocked and appalled, amazed and inspired; you will propel from admiration and respect and end up reeling in disgust. But ultimately, you will feel.

We all know that adult jokes are disgusting but then again it depends on the way you read it. My name is Junior Cassanova. Chances are you haven't heard of me before. I hope that you enjoy reading this book that I have compiled and hope that you will remember my name for it. Thank you for your interest...

The true forbidden love story of two men, a samurai and a peasant in Edo Japan. Can a Japanese samurai of impeccable lineage in Edo period Japan get away with being gay? Can he break all the rules of society and get away with it? It all started when an aging samurai took an eccentric interest in a...

Can a successful and powerful entrepreneur with an impeccable reputation and moving in the highest circles of New York be born out of wedlock to a Japanese prostitute during the Second World War? Obviously someone thought it was possible and Tetsuyo Akinicho’s life spins into a sinister spiral of...

Set in Thailand & Laos Why make a deal with the devil when you've got God on a technicality? For Bangkok Security Consultant and James Bond wannabe Richard Falcone, that technicality grants him immortality as long as he remains a blue falcon. blue falcon / n / (slang, derog) 1(a) A code...