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Sample from 'Bali Highs'
13 January 2013 20:31
Before Anything Right from the start, Permata’s life was not a normal one. She was born in a Muslim village in Eastern Java. While her mother was still pregnant, her father rediscovered the joys of love with a Chinese woman and left them. That was the first time a man let Permata down. Life was a struggle for her mother and for her, but Permata was a very clever, very pretty girl who grew tall and matured -
Buying Slick Titles eBooks
19 November 2012 15:38
Sorry, we are still in the process of setting up a card payment system. In the meantime we have made both titles available on Amazon Kindle. Just go to Amazon and search for Bali Highs or Family Thais or both. -
Redistribution of Wealth
19 November 2012 15:38
50% of profits from the sale of 'Family Thais' will go to the poor, the disadvantaged and the victims of injustice and corruption in Thailand. Thailand is a country of rich and poor. Not many in between. The rich earn millions. The poor live on incomes of less than 10,000 baht (£200) a month. From January 2013, the minimum wage in Thailand will be 300 baht (£6) a day, which adds up to 9,000 baht (£ -
Family Thais II: 7 Billionth Baby
25 January 2013 11:53
Family Thais II: 7 Billionth Baby is now finished, edited and published. Panthongtae ‘Alfie’ Turner was born on Sunday 30th October 2011, the day the 7 billionth person on Earth was born. Obviously hundreds of parents whose children were born that day will claim to have the 7 billionth baby, but unless we are going to get down to hours, minutes and seconds in a situation where there cannot be a precise worldwide count anyway, the claim that -
Sample from 'Family Thais'
13 January 2013 20:35
Ben Ja Ped and Lap Koh Khen FROM THE TEACHING OF BUDDAH. “Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. Lust seems to provide the soil in which other passions flourish. Lust is like a demon that eats up all the good deeds of the world. Lust is a viper hiding in a flower garden; it poisons those who come in search only of beauty. Lust is a vine that climbs a tree and spreads over the -
Trusty Tom's Thailand Blog
07 January 2013 18:42
The Year of Our Buddha 2556 began with a triple bluff typical of Thailand’s soap opera politics. A soap opera was cancelled. What got people excited was that ‘Nua Mek 2’ told the story of a prime minister who was really a ghost, his crooked deputy who was involved in a dubious satellite project, and a sorcerer who performed black magic rites to manipulate the political power play. Parallels were drawn with Thai prime minister Yingluk