The Perfect U.S. “Deep State” Operation

by author Leonard Le Blanc III In brief, this non fiction work explains the real reason the U.S. invaded Iraq during the Gulf War II (GWII). The author was a serving officer in Japan and Thailand and attained the rank of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander. Whilst working as a U.S. civilian contractor security investigator, he […]

AIR BASE and THAILAND

by author Leonard Le Blanc III (currently living in Thailand) AIR BASE and its sequel THAILAND are U.S. military detective mysteries set at U-Tapao Airbase at the end of the Vietnam War. Written by American Leonard Le Blanc III who served his country as a military member and civilian contractor for over 30 years in […]

Mercy’s Heroes: The fight for human dignity in the Bangkok slums

by Tom Crowley Koehler Books, 2021, 190 pages. www.amazon.com, [email protected]            I am more disheartened as of late at the inhumanity of most people around the world. The “Me first, you last – Just take your silly little problem down the hall and Get it away from me” attitudes are both grating and […]

The King and the Consul

A British Tragedy in Old Siam, by Simon Landy River Books, 248 pages, [email protected] Every country has historic dates that prominently stand out. These will forever be remembered as important turning points in the nation’s future. In the UK it is The Glorious First of June (1794); in the U.S. it is 4th July 1776; […]

Fatherland by Karen Schur-Narula

Wood Horse Press, 597 pages, 2016. http:www.amazon.com Leonard H. Le Blanc III It is fascinating to note the eerie parallels between the current situation in the U.S. and Germany’s Weimar Republic during the 1920s. Overt racism, street thugs who brawl against opponents, law and order breakdown, the polarization of all political parties, financial turmoil, frequent […]

The Land of Trees

by L. A. Naylor Roots Books, 329 pages, 2019. https://lanaylor.com/ by Leonard H. Le Blanc III I had a troubled childhood. To escape, I buried my face in books. The page turners I liked most effortlessly whisked me away to places I’d never been to and plunked me into situations I had never been in. […]

Leaving Thailand A Memoir

by Steve Rosse Independently published, 246 pages, 2020. https:amazon.com by Leonard H. Le Blanc III When any writer reaches national, even international, stature they name a geographic area, genre or whole subject after them. Examples are sufficient. Southwestern U.S. Navajo Lands are simply known as “Tony Hillerman Country.” Parts of England are known as “Jane […]

The Customs of Cambodia

by Zhou Daguan, edited and translated by Michael Smithies. Siam Society, 2001, (4th revised edition). www.siamsociety.com The Khmer Empire and Angkor Wat still holds a remarkable fascination for many people even today. After almost a millennium of the height of its power and glory its retains its influence on our imaginations. Thais borrowed some of […]

Fighting for Success by Dr. Lynne Miller

Sumalee Books, 202 pages, 2021. https://sumaleeboxinggym.com/ by Leonard H. Le Blanc III There is an old U.S. saying about New York City, “If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.” We can add Phuket to that pithy phrase. Lynne Miller has done the business equivalent here by starting a Muay Thai (MT) […]

Angkor Away by Stephen W. Palmer

Next Chapter, 2021, 200 pages.  www.amazon.com by Leonard H. Le Blanc III I once read ‘Henderson the Rain King,’ a Pulitzer Prize nominated effort by Saul Bellow. The story’s protagonist was visiting my old hometown of Danbury, Connecticut, USA, so I could easily visualise his geographical movements. But I quickly discarded it. First, it was […]