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Chitchat Books that you've read and would recommend

UltimaOnline

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Generous Asset
Charles Breaux's "The Way of Karma".
https://www.amazon.com/Way-Karma-Charles-Breaux/dp/0877287732

Lily Fairchilde's "Voices from the Afterlife".
https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Afterlife-Lily-Fairchilde/dp/0312187599

Any of Michael Newton's books, eg. "Destiny of Souls"
https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Newton/e/B000APC05I/


Because these books offer a non-fiction glimpse into the afterlife and reincarnation, from a non-religious perspective. Religion (essentially a human political tool) being dogmatic and judgemental, is (ironically) spiritually and karmically harmful for the soul. As a soul evolves spiritually through physical incarnations and reincarnations, the less need, and want, he/she* will have, of the harmful delusion known as religion.

(*All souls are simultaneously both male & female, and everyone has had both male and female past lives, but of course through free will, most souls choose to tend/lean more towards one gender/sexuality and choose to have more physical incarnations of that gender/sexuality, subject to physical, genetic and karmic availability, of course.)
 
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JohnTan

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Generous Asset
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cuckoldoolittle

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Loyal

To Catch a Tartar: A Dissident in Lee Kuan Yew's Prison (Southeast Asia Studies Monograph Series)


by Francis T. Seow (Author)


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https://www.amazon.com/Catch-Tartar-Dissident-Southeast-Monograph/dp/0938692569

[h=3]Top Customer Reviews[/h]4.0 out of 5 stars A Look at the Darker Side of LKY's Singapore

By Alvin Tan on July 4, 2000

Format: Paperback


As a Singaporean, I heard about Francis Seow when I was younger.
I remember him as a very eloquent speaker and a potential contender for Lee Kuan Yew's PAP government.
I also remember how he was constantly potrayed by the local media as a 'dishonest' tax-evader, a 'collaborator'
with the Americans to disrupt Singapore's political stability, a 'womaniser', etc.

This book looks into the darker side of Singapore's politics from Seow's point of view.
It begins with Seow's account of his early career as a government official, his clash with LKY after becoming
president of the Law Society, and his 72-day detention without trial under Singapore's Internal Security Act in the late 1980s.

Seow's book is a first-hand account of how a Singaporean has suffered under the PAP government's use of biased legislation
and media manipulation to maintain political hegemony. Parts of LKY's speeches in the 1950s and 1960s were cleverly quoted
by Seow to show the irony of LKY's government, demonstrating how LKY has become almost everything he used to be against
since he came into power.

Although the economic success of Singapore since independence is indubitable and has often been attributed to the great leadership
and foresight of LKY, this book looks into the lesser known aspects of LKY's regime, and will no doubt, raise many questions for the reader.






 
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cuckoldoolittle

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Beyond Suspicion? The Singapore Judiciary (Southeast Asia Studies Monograph Series)


by Francis T. Seow (Author)

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https://www.amazon.com/Suspicion-Singapore-Judiciary-Southeast-Monograph/dp/0938692879/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=H9P6RWHSYH9SGT9ZF4Z2

[h=3]Top Customer Reviews[/h]5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Suspicion? The Singapore Judiciary

By Teo Soh Lung on November 1, 2007

Beyond Suspicion? The Singapore Judiciary by Francis T Seow

Francis Seow's meticulous and skilful narration of events introduces the reader to the unique political climate in Singapore.
Who would have thought that discussions and questions concerning the sale of several luxurious apartments to politicians
and well-known individuals, including Supreme Court judges would result in 13 lawsuits being served on a single Singapore
citizen, Tang Liang Hong.

Seow's detailed and eloquent description of how hard senior lawyers worked for their clients, the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime
Minister, Senior Minister and several cabinet ministers against Tang Liang Hong, his lawyer, J B Jeyaretnam and his wife,
Teo Siew Har is disturbing. It was spine chilling to read how at midnight, lawyers and inland revenue officials served summonses
on Teo Siew Har at her residence after her forced return by the immigration authority at the Johor-Singapore causeway.

The participation and non participation of lawyers in the lawsuits against Tang Liang Hong, J B Jeyaretnam and Teo Siew Har
culminating in the bankruptcy of all three (J B Jeyaretnam was bankrupted by a litigant in an unconnected lawsuit) should prick
the conscience of lawyers and judges. The manner in which court officials and Supreme Court judges handled the plethora of
lawsuits against the three give much food for thought.

Never before has a book that gives such deep insights into the workings of the Singapore courts been published.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand Singapore and Singaporeans.

Francis Seow joined the Singapore Legal Service in 1956 and was Solicitor-General from 1966 to 1972.

Teo Soh Lung
Singapore
1 November 2007






 
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cuckoldoolittle

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Loyal

Beyond the Blue Gate: Recollections of a Political Prisoner, Revised Edition Paperback – 2011


by Teo Soh Lung (Author)


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Lawyer Teo Soh Lung's memoir of her 21 May 1987 arrest and framing by the Singapore authorities
as part of the so-called 'Marxist Conspiracy' is a remarkable document.

Not only does it show how a person of courage and integrity can speak truth to power,
but it also illustrates how that power corrupts and destroys the souls of those who wield it unscrupulously.

One day a Singaporean Truth and Reconciliation Commission will determine the truth of the PAP years.

Until this happens, this memoir will serve as an essential benchmark. -- Peter Carey, fellow Emeritus, Trinity college, Oxford

https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Blue-...90511927&sr=1-1&keywords=Beyond+The+Blue+Gate
 
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garlic

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https://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Next-Door-Surprising-Americas/dp/1589795474

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The bestselling The Millionaire Next Door identifies seven common traits that show up again and again among those who have accumulated wealth. Most of the truly wealthy in this country don't live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue-they live next door. This new edition, the first since 1998, includes a new foreword for the twenty-first century by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley.
 

halsey02

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'The Missionary Position" by Christopher Hitchens
- A good hard look at mother Teresa, those who supports will say, she is a saint, but....."

'Deer Hunting with Jesus" by Joe Bageant
This was written around 2007 & read it around that time, one will understand why the rednecks from heartlands of America, voted for the Republicans & especially so, now for Trump; mind you, this was written in 2007.
 

halsey02

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Good read for those warded at IMH...it will enlightened their minds & cure their mental illness or may provoke that consciousness & drive them into madness, who knows...A Five Stars read..

"Home & Garden" recommends the book too, " big enough, tall enough, thick enough, strong enough" for propping up any three-legged, garden chairs , tables, or potting shelves...A Five Stars Book...
 
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