Walk to freedom /Pramuan Pengchan. – 12th ed. [Bangkok, Thailand] : Sukhapabjai Publishing House, 2009. xxvii, 515 p. : ill., col. maps ; 22 cm. ISBN 9786161400415. LCCN 2010354292.
About the Publication:
Reasoning alone is not sufficient tofight against desire within ourselves… more than reasoning is required for change. Previously he employed reasoning but subsequently he followed his heart. I think loving kindness and living happily together are vital for meaningful life in this world.
- Professor Praves Wasee, M.D.
This is a journey in search of spiritual truth. The most significant meaning of this search depends on our awareness of the value of life that can be realized by following a course of gentleness until we reach the truth… which many people cannot reach.
- Dr. Ekawit Na Thalang
I like this book… A retired university lecturer made a pilgrimage from Chiang Mai to Samui Island, his birthplace … and stopped over at Suan Moke…The author talked about his journey and what he encountered. The individuals he met along the way were exquisite. The book teaches us both philosophy and religion.
- Thepsiri Suksopha
Writer/Author
“…When the Department of Thai Language at Thammasart University requested the professors of this department to help select a book for the first-year students, ..I proudly presented this book… and together with my colleagues selected “Walk to Freedom†..for 4,000 first-year students.
This book is ideally suited… to learn… and know about mankind and the nature that surrounds us.â€
- Dr. Thanomwongse Lamyodmuckphon
Thammasart University
Further review please read:
http://www.seed.com/eshop/Products/Detail.aspx?No=9786161400415&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
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Monday, 12 Jul 2010
The Asia Pacific: steering between crisis and opportunity / Mohamed Jawhar Hassan.—Kuala Lumpur : Institute of Stategic and International Studies, [2010]. xiv, 138 p, ; 23 cm.. ISBN 9789679473070. LCCN 2010337493.
About the Publication:
This publication carries some of the thought-provoking papers presented at the 23rd Asia Pacific Roundtable, held in June 2009, in Kuala Lumpur. The topics range from the prospects for peace arising from the changes in leadership in Washington, Tokyo and Taipei, to the building of a people-oriented community in Asean.
Further review please read:
http://www.isis.org.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=599:april-2010-new-book-the-asia-pacific-steering-between-crisis-and-opportunity&catid=1:latest
Strategies and tactics of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the Southern Philippines / Shamsuddin L. Taya.-- 1st ed..-- Sintok : Universiti Utara Malaysia Press, 2009. xiv, 124 p. ; 22 cm. LCCN 2010337434.
About the Publication:
This book reveals the strategies and tactics of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the Southern Philippines. It looks at the political, military and economic strategies and tactics of the MILF in its quest to liberate the Bangsamoro homeland and its people from the clutches of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and its agents. Maternal for this work came from primary and secondary sources, namely newspapers, policy statements, speeches, press releases, joint communiqué, peace agreements, books, magazines, and journals. Interviews with informed people were also conducted.
Further review please read:
http://uumpress.uum.edu.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92:mass-tamil-exodus&catid=42:rokstories&Itemid=102
Friday, 9 Jul 2010
Tinta Emas di Kanvas Dunia : Jejak Ahli Bedah Saraf, DR. Eka Julianta Wahjoepramono, Sp.B.S./ Pitan Daslani – Jakarta : penerbit Buku Kompas, 2010. 226 p. : ill. (some col.); 22 cm. ISBN 9789797094669. LCCN 2010339694
About the Publication :
If you think you're one in a million then he's one in TWO millions. A surgeon is so rare among Indonesians. Out of Indonesia's 240 million population, the country has only 120 surgeons, so the ratio is 1 in 2 millions. Imagine one surgeon serving two million people.
From the small group of Indonesian surgeons, Prof. Dr. Eka Julianta Wahyoepramono is one of the priveleged. He is a neurosurgeon, specialized in brainstem surgery, undoubtedly a very rare profession in this country. which is an achievement never done by any other Indonesian doctors. For that reason, Dr. Eka Julianta deserves his biography written by Pitan Daslani
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/health/the-steady-hand-of-a-doctors-courage/363263
Wednesday, 16 Jun 2010
The global catch: stop trafficking in persons. – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Tenaganita, 2009. 162 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. ISBN 9789834037598. LCCN 2010337414.
About the Publication (as taken from back cover):
From a call to rescue Oem Borey, a Cambodian national who had “jumped ship” in Tanjung Manis, Sarawak, Tenaganita, working along side UNIAP and LICADHO (a Cambodian NGO), went on to rescue and ensure the safe repatriation of sixty other trafficked Cambodian fisherman in Sarawak.
As horrendous as the testimonies of Oem Borey, Chhay & ‘Zaw Tun’ are, they barely crack the surface of the greater injustices faced by fishermen out in the rough seas, held captive by recruiters and Captain of fishing trawlers. As this was a new and complex issues, it was a challenge to respond to the numerous issues faced by trafficked fishermen.
Reforming political financing in Malaysia.— Kuala Lumpur : Transparency International-Malaysia, 2010. 234 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN 9789834290429. LCCN 2010337427.
About the Publication:
OFF THE EDGE This article, an excerpt from the book Reforming Political Finance in Malaysia, by Transparency International Malaysia, was published in the April 2010 edition of OTE. It is especially germane now, given the controversy over the purported millions – some estimates put it at several hundred – that was spent as voter-inducement in the recent Hulu Selangor by-election.
Further review please read:
http://en-gb.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=118269411534527&topic=71
National action plan against trafficking in persons, 2010-2015.-- Putrajaya : Council for Anti-Trafficking in Persons, Government of Malaysia, [2010]. v, 14 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. LCCN 2010337363.
About the Publication:
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has vowed to paralyse international cartels that use this region as a transit point for human trafficking by sharing intelligence with the United States and Australia.
Warning cartels not to mess with Malaysia and its neighbouring countries, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said top enforcement agencies around the world were sharing intelligence to cripple the syndicates.
“Information exchange with top foreign enforcement agencies from Australia, among others, and the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) of the United States have already led to many arrests in international waters,” he said.
Further review please read:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/31/nation/20100331200207&sec=nation
http://www.kpwkm.gov.my/CMS/kenyataanmedia/media/Press%20Statement_The%20National%20Action%20Plan%20Against%20Trafficking%20in%20Persons%20(2010-2015).pdf
Thung chan maimi wan dai kalp ko kho hai thoe lap fan di / Tuangphon Atsawawilai. -- Phim khrang raek. Krung Thep Maha Nakhon : Phraeo Samnakphim, 2553 [2010]. 197 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ISBN 9789744753038. LCCN 2010335700.
About the Publication:
This book isn’t just a report of events that happened but as a professional reporter together with a humanitarian point of view, Tuangphon followed and researched on life of each soldier. It is concluded and evident that an existence of a hero doesn’t happen by chance. A hero isn’t only those deceased but a hero is immortal. Souls of those worthy of being a hero have all been well and hardly trained
- provided by Banchon Chawansin
South and Southeast Asia : responding to changing geo-political and security challenges / ISEAS-ORF Dialogue ; editors, K.V. Kesavan, Daljit Singh.-- Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ; New Delhi : KW Publishers, 2010. xiii, 166 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN 9789814279949 (Singapore) ; 9789380502250 (India). LCCN 2010353183.
About the Publication:
This book marks the success of the initiative taken by two extremely renowned research institutes of India and Southeast Asia. The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) and Observer Research Foundation (ORF) assembled in Singapore to discuss the crucial issues emerging in South and Southeast Asia. The first Dialogue was held in New Delhi in 2006 and it focused on the Political and Security Dynamics of South and Southeast Asia. This book is the culmination of papers presented in the second Dialogue held in Singapore in 2009, which concentrated on Changing Geo-Political and Security Challenges in South and Southeast Asia. With a world engulfed in the aftermaths of financial meltdown and the uncertainty pertaining to the future trajectory of Asian geo politics and Asian regionalism, the dialogue efficiently selected themes to suit the changing power dynamics in South and Southeast Asia.
Further review please read:
http://www.ipcs.org/books-review/southeast-asia/south-and-southeast-asia-responding-to-changing-geo-political-and-254.html
Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew / Tom Plate.-- Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, c2010. 211 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. ISBN 9789812616760. LCCN 2010353222.
About the Publication:
There are two types of courage among journalists. Some might risk their lives crossing paths with an IED on an arid back road in Afghanistan. Many fewer risk their reputation by going against the herd of conventional opinion.
Tom Plate, America's only syndicated columnist who focuses on Asia and a former editorial director of the Los Angeles Times, has taken the second risk in his Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew, just published by Marshal Cavendish. And it has been a risk well worth taking.
Further review please read:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-gardels/tom-plates-conversations_b_606014.html
http://leewatch.info/2010/05/28/conversations-with-lee-kuan-yew-book-launched/