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With all these farangs living in and around Korat is anybody running a book exchange ? Or maybe is there a shop for 2nd hand books ? I'm very new to Korat and one problem I can foresee is running out of books .

A cat settled on our land with two small kittens earlier this year. We didn't encourage them with food because my own English cat doesn't like other cats on her property, However, we relented when mother was seen with the most horrendous bites and tears on her back. She was probably mauled by a dog. Attempting to catch her and the kittens and get veterinary care would probably have been very difficult and have led ...

Been reading a few lately and must say I like his style, easy to read, makes you want to keep turning pages and with a twist at the end.

Read the following, all worth reading, decent easy reading......

The Brethren
The Lawyer
The Testament

Good books.......... :)

It's sad that the Borders business worldwide has to close. Their stores were a great source of books, dvds and magazines. The one used in England had a Starbucks outlet in it too. In The UK Borders was a great alternative to the rather stodgy Waterstones stores.

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Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and it will take a long time for me to describe myself by writing in a post so that who is interested to get to know me a little better but as I know it is said "a picture worth a thousand words" I want to post a link to my photo gallery, these photos I take while being at work and I think they are pretty ...

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Or what do you think they are thinking or saying?

I'm reading The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum. I loved the film starring Matt Damon and now I'm on chapter five of the novel. I must say the novel (so far) is as good as the film. Great reading; good pace, plenty of dialogue and interesting characters with just about the right amount of description to give you a feel for the places, but not too much that it becomes a drag.

When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home
in North Platte , Nebraska, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.

The old man's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the ...

I've been reading this Joshef Heller book again, not read it for a long time and love the WWI Air Force situation about trying to get grounded on the grounds of insanity, great chapter about General Dreedle and all of them turning up to the medal presentation naked in an attempt to get grounded, quality. Must say that, in a way, this book has something in common with living here/relevant perspective/connotational similarity etc. It can ...