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Brian at the bookshop recently; 

 

 

 

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Not quite got the hang of these selfies yet?

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Marching Powder by Rusty Young.

 

In Now @ Canterbury Tales Bookshop / Book exchange / Cafe, Pattaya.

MARCHING POWDER is the story of Thomas McFadden, a small-time English drug smuggler who was arrested in Bolivia and thrown inside the notorious San Pedro prison.

He found himself in a bizarre world, the prison reflecting all that is wrong with South American society.

Prisoners have to pay an entrance fee and buy their own cells (the alternative is to sleep outside and die of exposure), prisoners' wives and children often live inside too, high quality cocaine is manufactured and sold from the prison.

 

Thomas ended up making a living by giving backpackers tours of the prison, he became a fixture on the backpacking circuit and was named in the Lonely Planet guide to Bolivia.

When he was told that for a bribe of $5000 his sentence could be overturned, it was the many backpackers who had passed through who sent him the money.

Sometimes shocking, sometimes funny, MARCHING POWDER is an always riveting story of survival.

 

‘All the staples of the prison memoir are here, sadistic guards, an attempted break out, the terrors of solitary confinement, the joys of freedom.

The result is a truly gripping piece of testimony.

 

This exotic, cautionary yarn opens the abyss beneath our wealthy world’ Uncut.

 

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Some good books in recently @ Canterbury Tales Bookshop / Book exchange / Cafe / Guesthouse, Pattaya.

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The Vietnam War: A Concise International History, 

by Mark Atwood Lawrence.

 

@ Canterbury Tales Bookshop / Book exchange / Cafe, Pattaya.

 

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A Secret History of the Bangkok Hilton
by Chavoret Jaruboon, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol.

@ Canterbury Tales Bookshop / Book exchange / Cafe, Pattaya....

 

Chavoret Jaruboon's book is the most insightful, candid and thought provoking book ever written about Thailand's most notorious institution.
A good addition to the many Thailand & Southeast Asia Prison True stories in the bookshop now.

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Henry Ford & The Jews by Neil Baldwin.

@ Canterbury Tales Bookshop / Book exchange / Cafe, Pattaya....

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Idea Man, by Paul Allen.

 

@ Canterbury Tales Bookshop / Book exchange / Cafe, Pattaya....

 

By his early thirties, Paul Allen was a world-famous billionaire-and that was just the beginning.

 

In 2007 and 2008, Time named Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft, one of the hundred most influential people in the world. Since he made his fortune, his impact has been felt in science, technology, business, medicine, sports, music, and philanthropy.

His passion, curiosity and intellectual rigor combined with the resources to launch and support new initiatives have literally changed the world.

 

In 2009 Allen discovered that he had lymphoma, lending urgency to his Desire to share his story for the first time.

In this long awaited memoir, Allen explains how he has solved problems, what he's learned from his many endeavors both the triumphs and the failures and his compelling vision for the future.

He reflects candidly on an extraordinary life.

 

The book also features previously untold stories about everything from the true origins of Microsoft to Allen's role in the dawn of private space travel (with SpaceShipOne) and in discoveries at the frontiers of brain science.

With honesty, humor, and insight, Allen tells the story of a life of ideas made real.

 

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The Power of Kabbalah: Technology for the Soul
by Yehuda Berg.

@ Canterbury Tales Bookshop / Book exchange / Cafe, Pattaya....

Is it possible to turn that rush that comes from closing a business deal or having a brief, passionate affair into an enduring sense of wholeness and peace? 
Kabbalah, according to its increasingly large group of practitioners, is the path from that fleeting feeling of pleasure that most people settle for to the lasting fulfillment that is their birthright as human beings. 
In The Power of Kabbalah, renowned teacher Yehuda Berg shows how to view and navigate through life by tapping Kabbalistic truths. He explains the key process of transforming from a reactive to a proactive being that will in turn trigger increased creative energy, greater personal power and a stronger and more satisfying sense of life. 
These teachings include embracing rather than avoiding problems and obstacles as true opportunities for spiritual development; making miracles through positive thinking and accepting responsibility for what happens in one's life.

 

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Bad Girls, by M. William Phelps.

@ Canterbury Tales Bookshop / Book exchange / Cafe, Pattaya....

The crime stunned quiet Mineral Wells, Texas: 49-year-old Bob Dow shot execution style in his own bed, his invalid mother locked in the next room and a cache of homemade porn starring the town's underage girls. 
The two accused killers teen lovers Bobbi Jo Smith and Jennifer Jones were on the run, intent on going out in a cross country blaze of glory. 
M. William Phelps exposes a gripping tale of sexploitation, lust, and betrayal, while questioning the court's fateful verdict in a tantalizing forensic puzzle. 
Were both girls equally guilty of murder? 
Or was one merely a pawn in the other's dainty, blood stained hands?

Includes 16 Pages Of Dramatic Photos

 

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Cambodia by Henry Kamm.

 

@ Canterbury Tales Bookshop / Book exchange / Cafe, Pattaya....

 

Cambodia has long been regarded as one of the lost causes of U.S. foreign policy.

Many view it as the unfortunate stage upon which American and Communist forces battled during the Vietnam War in a savage struggle that tore up the land and shattered the fragile populace.

 

Starting with the overthrow of Prince Norodom Sihanouk in 1970, South East Asia correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Kamm recalls 30 years of revolution and genocide in Cambodia.

 

He begins with the establishment of the Khmer Rouge, detailing the vicious Communist occupation that took place between 1975 to 1979, then moves on to the Vietnamese invasion, the 1991 Paris peace settlement, and the demise of Pol Pot.

Kamm pays special attention to the foreign influences that played a significant role in crippling the evolution of the Cambodian people.

This sobering perspective on Cambodia's recent, often tragic, history explains how years of political turbulence and violence has strangled the economy and stagnated the social growth of the people to this day.

Kamm intrepidly attempts to answer the questions of "why" and "how" even as he contemplates the uncertain future of the country as the new millennium approaches.

Kamm writes with poise and grace, while his 30 years of experience in the region gives him unique insight into the plight of the Cambodians.

Those who were moved by The Killing Fields, will find Cambodia a gripping read.

 

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Looks like some good reads there Dave.

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Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

by Haruki Murakami,

 

In Now @ Canterbury Tales Bookshop / Book exchange / Cafe, Pattaya...

 

In spite of the perpetrators' intentions, the Tokyo gas attack left only twelve people dead, but thousands were injured and many suffered serious after effects.

Murakami interviews the victims to try and establish precisely what happened on the subway that day.

He also interviews members and ex-members of the doomsdays cult responsible, in the hope that they might be able to explain the reason for the attack and how it was that their guru instilled such devotion in his followers.

 

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A Load of Koontz @ Canterbury Tales Bookshop / Book exchange / Cafe, Pattaya...

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Jaysus, it's like the terraces at Upton Park! Never seen so many in a row! Lol!