Proglen: 103 books

From 2007 to 2008 a highly experienced American served as an International Advisor to a small Afghan-led Counter-Narcotics Advisory Team in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province southwestern Afghanistan. Helmand Province was, and still is, the scene of half the world's opium poppy...

Thailand by Leonard H. Le Blanc III Sequel to AIR BASE. The continuation of the military detective mystery set at U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Air Base, Thailand, right at the end of the Vietnam War. It involves a young US Air Force Security Police officer and his attempt to solve a massive Thai-operated...

The Alligator and the Sun and other rainforest talesNine captivating tales, which weave a tapestry of the unbelievable and fascinating ancient rainforest lore of the Amerindians of Guyana on South America's Caribbean coast.In the title tale, the Alligator outwits the Sun and pays the price...

Legendary expat writer and beer connoisseur James Eckardt proves that just because you're middle-aged doesn't mean you can't be immature. Here, among other high jinks, he mounts elephants with polo mallet in hand, skitters about slippery yacht decks, presides over songfests at the Peachy...

Alabama Days by James Eckardt, cover design by Colin CotterillA few weeks after the 1965 Selma March, four teenage Catholic seminarians from Long Island arrive in Birmingham, Alabama, to work for Father Edmund Fraser in a door-to-door voter registration campaign. Nights, they return to the...

Second and final part of this personal memoir of a year in Afghanistan. From 2007 to 2008 a highly experienced American served as an International Adviser to a small Afghan-led Counter-Narcotics Advisory Team in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province southwestern Afghanistan. Helmand...

Naypyidaw: The New Capital of Burma examines the possible factors involved in the current relocation of the capital in order to enrich and enhance understanding about contemporary Burma/Myanmar in various aspects - including History, Geography, Political Science, Military Science, Economics, Sociology...

A Rock ‘n’ Roll Period Piece.One year. 1966 to 1967. Struggling guitar player Jimmy James becomes Rock God Super Star Jimi Hendrix.Like any starving musician Jimi would sign anything for the price of a square meal. Or a block of hash or a tab of acid.While seducing Rock’s...

Kicking Dogs, A comic thriller set in boom-time Bangkok. Front cover by Colin Cotterill Greed and corruption grip the city, and - although he thinks he's adjusting nicely to the Thai way - Jack Shackaway, freelance journalist and author of such literary masterpieces as "A Dick for...

A betting man visiting Cardiff in Wales and meeting a baby Brian Twinney in 1936 would have given very long odds on him making it into his teens, let alone being 78 years old and living with his family in the north of Thailand. For this is a survival story, just as much as tales of shipwrecks or walks...

Thai lite by S.Tsow - Not so much a comedy of errors as an error of comedy.The selected scribblings of S. Tsow - linguist, theologian, philosopher and sage-in-residence of the City of Angels - writes authoritatively and eloquently on the burning issues of our time: the scourge of cellphones,...

A page turning novel about murder, corruption and money laundering within the walls of the UN and one of its peacekeeping operations.New York City 1968A woman enters the headquarters of the UN one morning. She walks up to the UN’s director of public information, pulls out a gun and...

There is another City of Angels apart from Los Angeles. It is Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand. Its Thai name, Krung Thep, means City of Angels. For many visitors Bangkok lives up to its name far better than LA.It is with great pleasure that I can introduce some of the best English language...

The Vampire of Siam is back — with a vengeanceMartin Larue’s blood-soaked encounter with a 175 year-old vampire has left him a changed man. For twelve months he donned the orange robes of the monk and studied the teachings of Buddha.His transcendent nirvana is shattered by a police...