I got to know a lot of history from this book. I didn't know there was such a controversial history between New Zealander and South African rugby team in 1981 Springbok tour. My most favourite story from this book is the 1987 Fiji coup. It's difficult to believe such a…
Chaotic. A lot of imprisonments until I have lost count with the offence and some of the imprisonments had no reasons at all. I guess if someone committed something which offended their "rules" or Chairman Mao, there was no way out for the rest of his life even if he…
The prologue shares the experience of Urzila Carlson's first comedy gig in a bar in Auckland, New Zealand. In the book, she tells us the story of her upbringing in a complicated family but her positive personality never get affected at all. Within the complicated relationship among the family members…
Constantly being suspected, accused, watched, doubted, distrusted, presumed guilty and even feared is a burden borne by people of color that can't be understood or confronted without a deeper conversation about our history of racial injustice. In the beginning, Bryan Stevenson was a philosophy student. When he realised it's a…
This book is not a typical autobiography with long sentences and bombastic words written in a serious manner. This autobiography is worth for a casual read which consists of funny stories based on Ellen's life. Most importantly, it's about what she thinks, and she points out some of the cruel…
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…