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Reviews

I review book for a variety of venues, from the popular to the academic. Below is a (partial) list of published reviews, focusing on those which are freely available on line. If you are interested in asking me to review your book, please send me an email (jcwalsh@shinawatra.ac.th).

Reviews for the Asian Review of Books

Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750-1850 by Maya Jasanoff (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=609)


The Tibetan Book of the Dead
by Graham Coleman (ed.) (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=600)

Imperial Nature: The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization by Michael Goldman (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=597)


Searching for Buddha's Tooth: Personal Stories of Tibetan Culture by Tsering N. Khortsa (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=594)  <>

The Argumentative Indian
by Amartya Sen (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=557)  <>

Sparrows, Bedbugs, and Body Shadows
by Sheldon Lou (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=543)  <>

Mao: The Unknown Story
by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=553)  <>

North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula - A Modern History
by Paul French (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=524)  <>

The Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin
by Robert Lawrence Kuhn (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=503)  <>

An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World
by Pankaj Mishra (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=499)  <>

Being Eurasian: Memories across Racial Divides
by Vicky Lee (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=490)  <>

Transforming Korean Politics: Democracy, Reform, and Culture
by Young Whan Kihl (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=483)  <>

The Fearless Man
by Donald Pfarrer (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=472)  <>

Spice: The History of a Temptation
by Jack Turner (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=468)  <>

The Invisible Palace
by Jose Manuel Tesoro (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=463)  <>

Modernization and Revolution in China: from the Opium Wars to World
by June Grasso, Jay Corrin and Michael Kort (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=453)  <>

Le Colonial
by Kien Nguyen (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=443)  <>

At the Water's Edge
by Pradeep Jeganathan (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=429)  <>

The Tyrant's Novel
by Thomas Keneally (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=426)  <>

The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
by Brian Fagan (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=414)  <>

Revolution Day: The Human Story of the Battle for Iraq
by Rageh Omaar (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=398)  <>

Overleaf Hong Kong
by Xu Xi (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=391)   <>

Duel in the Snows
by Charles Allen (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=385)  <>

A Clone of Your Own?
by Arlene Judith Klotzko (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=377) 

<>Falun Gong: The End of Days by Maria Hsia Chang (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=374) 

<>The Spice Garden by Michael Vatikiotis (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=367) 

<>The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori by Mark Ravina (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=365)  <>

Asia's New Crisis: Renewal through Total Ethical Management
by Frank-Juergen Richter and Pamela C.M. Mar (editors) (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=348)  <>

Privatizing China: The Stock Markets and Their Role in Corporate Reform
by Carl E Walter and Fraser JT Howie (http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=332)

 

Reviews for Bookpleasures



 Reviews for Bookideas

A Terrible Beauty                                                           Masterton, Graham


Academic Scientists at Work: Navigating the Biomedical Research Career   Boss, Jeremy M.


Almost Home: Embracing the Magical Connection between Positive Humor and Spirituality            Kwan, Jacki


Anasazi Harvest                                                             Waldrip, Leland


Angels and Demons                                                      Brown, Dan


Atlantis Continued                                                          Dickson, Moe


Beneath a Marble Sky                                                   Shors, John


The Best Democracy Money Can Buy                        Palast, Greg


Beyond Dancing                                                            Ornoff, Anita Bloom


The Black Company                                                      Cook, Glen


Blood Worship                                                               Mack, Barbara


Breaking New Ground in Lao History                          Ngaosrivathana, Mayoury


Bright Messengers                                                        Lee, Gentry


Browne Candidate                                                         Kurtz, Nicole


Businessman's Prison                                                   Gates, JB


The Cage of the Banestones                                        Van Lustbader, Eric


Caliginy                                                                           Wood, L. Marie


Cambodia: Report from a Stricken Land                    Kamm, Henry


Cantata-140                                                                   Dick, Philip K


Cerulean Blue                                                                 Miller, Wray


Chalida                                                                            Pinkayan, Salisa


The Clay Marble                                                             Ho, Minfong


Coalescent                                                                     Baxter, Stephen


Conan the Unconquered                                               Jordan, Robert


The Connection Phuket Penang and Adelaide          Morson, Ian


The Crazed                                                                     Jin, Ha


Crossing the Meadow                                                   Luzzatto, Kfir


The Da Vinci Code                                                        Brown, Dan


Disgrace                                                                         Coetzee, J.M.


Do as I Say Not as I Did                                                Frank, Carol


Dog Days in Bedlam                                                     Trapp, David James


The Dying Animal                                                           Roth, Philip


Emperor                                                                          Thubron, Colin


The Emperor of Ocean Park                                        Carter, Stephen L.


Emperor The Gates of Rome                                       Iggulden, Conn


Enemies by Design: Inventing the ‘War on Terrorism’      Felton, Greg

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The Entrepreneur's Success Kit
                                   Tuzman, Kaleil Isaza


Everything Burns                                                            Klim, Christopher


Expatriate Games                                                          Santamaria, R.


Falcon at the Court of Siam                                          Hoskin, John


The Falcon of Siam                                                       Aylwen, Axel


Family Affairs                                                                 Hoh, Jr., John L.


The Field of the Great                                                    Choophinit, Marlai


Fire of God                                                                     Kelly, J.M.


The Force of Karma                                                      Sudham, Pira


The Free Woman                                                           Malt, Carol


Game Face                                                                    Chlovechok, James


Globalization and Its Discontents                                 Stiglitz, Joseph


Godiva                                                                             Rose, David


Gods and Legions                                                         Ford, Michael Curtis


The Great Unravelling                                                    Krugman, Paul


Greavsie                                                                         Greaves, Jimmy


Griz Nightmare                                                               Waldrip, Leland R.


The Guardians I: The Road to Resurrection                Kalb, Michael


Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire                              Rowling, J.K.


Hell Cop                                                                          Burton, David C.


Highest Traditions                                                          Lazzarini, Tony


The Holy Land                                                                Zubrin, Robert


The Human Stain                                                           Roth, Philip


<>Immanuel! God Is Still with Us!                                     Hoh, Jr., John L.


In the Pond                                                                      Jin, Ha


Incantation                                                                       Greenberg, Steven M.


The Intruder Within                                                         DeFrangesco, Ralph M.


The Last Hookers                                                          Dunn, Carle E.


Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them                     Franken, Al


The Little Drummer Girl                                                 John, Le Carre


The Lone Drow                                                               Salvatore, R.A.


The Long Patrol                                                              Tucker, Mike


Lord of Chaos                                                                Jordan, Robert


The Luxury Guide to Walt Disney World                      Goldsbury, Cara


Mad Dogs and Co                                                         Korbjitti, Chart


Managing Leadership                                                   Stroup, Jim


Mao                                                                                 Spence, Jonathan


Mekong                                                                           Adirex, Paul


Midnight Posse                                                              Gunner, Bob


Monsoon Country                                                           Sudham, Pira


More than a Job? The Player's and Fan's Perspective    Titford, Roger


The Natural                                                                     Klein, Joe


Necropolis                                                                      Uhl, Xina Marie


The Nepentheum Conspiracy                                       Taylor, Darrin M.


The New Roman Empire                                               Bennett, Robert D.


New Shanghai: The Rocky Rebirth of China’s Legendary City   Yatsko, Pamela


No Secrets                                                                      Rucker, Lance


No Way Out                                                                    Korbjitti, Chart


Nomadin                                                                         Cormier, Shawn P.


Novel Without a Name                                                   Huong, Duong Thu


Orcs                                                                                 Nicholls, Stan


The Other Side of Silence                                             Brink, Andre


Pagan Babies                                                                Leonard, Elmore


Pandora's Star                                                               Hamilton, Peter F.


Path of Glory                                                                   Funk, Bret M.


Perdido Street Station                                                  Mieville, China


Phantasma                                                                     Wood, L. Marie


Pilgrim                                                                             Findley, Timothy


The Point of Departure                                                  Cook, Robin


Prince of Ayodhya                                                          Banker, Ashok K


The Prostitute                                                                 Surangkhanang, Kanha


Q Is for Quarry                                                                Sue, Grafton


Rebus: The Early Years                                                 Rankin, Ian


Red Light                                                                        Parker, Jefferson


Restless Tribes                                                              Ausherman, Stephen


Revealing the Covenant                                                Van Reeves, Rusty


Revelation and the Fall of Judea                                  Williams, Maurice A.


Rice                                                                                 Tong, Su


Rice without Rain                                                           Ho, Minfong


Rio for Partiers 2004                                                     Nogueira, Cristiano


Russells in the Leaves                                                   Waldrip, Leland R.


Satin Verses                                                                   Waldrip, Leland R.


Secret Judgment                                                            Kahn, Kenneth R.


September and Other Stories                                      Dawson, Julie Ann


Shadows Linger                                                             Cook, Glen


Shanghai Baby                                                               Hui, Wei


Siam in Mind                                                                  Wyatt, David K.


Sihanouk: Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness           Osborne, Milton


Simmering Secrets of Weeping Mary                         Hassell Frels, Mary


The Sixth World                                                              Evans, Margaret


Son of Satan: The Coming Economic Prosperity      Scudder, James A.


Strip Jack                                                                        Rankin, Ian


Sword of Honor                                                              Funk, Bret


Taikor                                                                              Khoo, Kheng-Hor


Tales of Thailand                                                            Sudham, Pira


The Thai Resistance Movement during World War II Haseman, John B.


Thaksin: The Business of Politics in Thailand            Phongpaichit, Pasuk


Thief of Always                                                               Barker, Clive


Time's Eye                                                                      Clarke, Arthur C.


The Top 100 Recipes from the Food and Drink TV Series         Thompson, Antony Worrall


The Transformed Leader                                              Stech, Ernest L.


Treason's Harbour                                                         O'Brian, Patrick


The Ultimate Gold Stock Trader                                   Ogden, Reg


The Vampire of Siam                                                    Newport, Jim


Vassal of El                                                                    Oliver, Gloria


Vigilante Virus                                                                Waldrip, Leland


We and GWB                                                                 Lee, Nikki


The Well of Stars                                                            Reed, Robert


Well-Remembered Days: Eoin O'Ceallaigh's Memoir of a Twentieth-Century Catholic Life   Mathews, Arthur


When the Women Come out to Dance                        Leonard, Elmore


The Witch of Exmoor                                                     Drabble, Margaret


The Women on the Island                                              Thai, Ho Anh


You're Not Stupid! Get the Truth                                   Cox, William John



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