I always interested to read anything which relates to North Korea. Probably it's my curiosity which leads to this uncommon interest. I've read a few stories from tourists or journalists but not from a North Korean. This book tells the story of a North Korean's life experience in Camp 14…
No one will ever know that an offer for a trip to Thailand will cause Sandra only able to return to the UK after spending four and a half years in Lard Yao prison. Someone who initially against of drugs trafficking, finally agreed to carry 89 grams of heroin to…
Anh Do is one of the famous comedians in Australia. He shares to us about his life’s journey with his family as refugees in Australia and also the inspirational story of how he ditched the offer to work in a law firm and opted to take up comedian instead.…
This is a memoir of a journalist who disguised as an English teacher at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), North Korea. The students were all young men – the children of some of North Korea’s elite families. I always have tremendous curiosity which leads to the strong interest…
This book has been added in my reading list since 2013. I’ve been looking for this book when I was in Melbourne but unfortunately, it's not available in the city library. Luckily, this book is unexpectedly available in one of the Sydney libraries. I was surprised because most of…
This is an authorized biography of one of the world's most popular authors, which involves the story of Paulo Coelho's childhood time, his life before became as an international bestselling author, and the success of his several novels all these time. Before I started to read this book, I got…
Tokyo Vice is a memoir wrote by an American journalist, Jake Adelstein of his experience as the first foreign reporter working for one of Japan's largest newspapers, Yomiuri Shimbun. In this book, he covers the in-depth look at the Japanese culture along with the dark side of Japan which includes…
This book tells a story of a girl called 'Lon' who runs away from the family at the age of 13 and later, ends up as a top earner in Thailand's sex industry. Lon comes from a very poor family and as the eldest daughter in the family, she bears…
I felt this book is worth for reading to understand more about another side of the world especially social issues such as how child trafficking happens, what causes the problem of child trafficking and sex slavery, and is there anyone or organisations really care to handle all these social problems.…
When the first time someone recommended this book to me, I was wondering whether I will like it as I seldom read Asian fiction books. However, I've heard a lot of good reviews about this book and I decided to give it a try. Although I've just finished reading the…