Jim Laurie
@jimlaurie.bsky.social
Writer, Speaker, Broadcaster. Travelling the world. A believer in learning from history. Author: The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina - a story of war, love and survival in the 1970's https://shorturl.at/oB6K7
#WEEKEND READING TIME AGAIN @booksky.club @neglectedbooks.com @bookshelfie.bsky.social #books #history #Vietnam #Cambodia 'THE LAST HELICOPTER': stories of war, love and survival in the 1970's and 80's check it out on AMAZON paperback, digital, audiobook. 50-year anniversary:
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 AM
#WEEKEND READING TIME AGAIN @booksky.club @neglectedbooks.com @bookshelfie.bsky.social #books #history #Vietnam #Cambodia 'THE LAST HELICOPTER': stories of war, love and survival in the 1970's and 80's check it out on AMAZON paperback, digital, audiobook. 50-year anniversary:
#Books A weekend reminder of some suggested reading - history - memoir - @booksky.club @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com A story of WAR, LOVE, and SURVIVAL in 1970's-80's #Cambodia and #Vietnam available thru Amazon, e-book, audiobook, paperback.
October 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
#Books A weekend reminder of some suggested reading - history - memoir - @booksky.club @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com A story of WAR, LOVE, and SURVIVAL in 1970's-80's #Cambodia and #Vietnam available thru Amazon, e-book, audiobook, paperback.
#weekend reminder for memoir reading. Hope you will explore stories of the 1970's and 80's in #Cambodia and #Vietnam = War, Love and Survival @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com @booksky.club @lrb.co.uk #books #history @barnesandnoble.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
#weekend reminder for memoir reading. Hope you will explore stories of the 1970's and 80's in #Cambodia and #Vietnam = War, Love and Survival @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com @booksky.club @lrb.co.uk #books #history @barnesandnoble.com
Here in #Japan much curiosity about new #Japan prime minister: “I’m a woman of Nara. I grew up in the ancient land of Yamato.” Resume also includes her admiration for Margaret Thatcher & her stint as a heavy metal drummer during days at Kobe University. www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/...
October 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Here in #Japan much curiosity about new #Japan prime minister: “I’m a woman of Nara. I grew up in the ancient land of Yamato.” Resume also includes her admiration for Margaret Thatcher & her stint as a heavy metal drummer during days at Kobe University. www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/...
I am currently visiting Japan. Good to be back again. Watching reaction to Japan's first female Prime Minister. A professed admirer of the late Margaret Thatcher, Sanae Takaichi takes on a tough task as longtime ruling party support is shrinking especially among younger voters.
October 7, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I am currently visiting Japan. Good to be back again. Watching reaction to Japan's first female Prime Minister. A professed admirer of the late Margaret Thatcher, Sanae Takaichi takes on a tough task as longtime ruling party support is shrinking especially among younger voters.
Lazy late Sunday. Heading to Asia across the Bering Sea. Sharing a great natural wonder seen in #Alaska: the Hubbard Glacier. Global warming is alarmingly causing glaciers to melt and disappear. But Hubbard is a rare exception. Not retreating but still advancing... despite losing mass by calving.
October 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Lazy late Sunday. Heading to Asia across the Bering Sea. Sharing a great natural wonder seen in #Alaska: the Hubbard Glacier. Global warming is alarmingly causing glaciers to melt and disappear. But Hubbard is a rare exception. Not retreating but still advancing... despite losing mass by calving.
Our #weekend reminder of a #book we hope you will read - if you have not already. @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com #vietnamwar #cambodia #Vietnam "THE LAST HELICOPTER..." Stories of the 1970's and 80's
October 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Our #weekend reminder of a #book we hope you will read - if you have not already. @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com #vietnamwar #cambodia #Vietnam "THE LAST HELICOPTER..." Stories of the 1970's and 80's
WEEKEND READING REMINDER: check out Amazon and buy a copy if our story of War, Love, and Suvival in 1970's Cambodia and Vietnam!
September 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
WEEKEND READING REMINDER: check out Amazon and buy a copy if our story of War, Love, and Suvival in 1970's Cambodia and Vietnam!
Don't forget if you haven't done so already: #WEEKEND #reading #HistoryMatters #books THE LAST HELICOPTER - TWO LIVES... a story of war, love, and survival in #Cambodia and #Vietnam in the 1970's and 80's: check it out on AMAZON.com or through your favorite bookstore
@booktastersauthors.bsky.social
@booktastersauthors.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Don't forget if you haven't done so already: #WEEKEND #reading #HistoryMatters #books THE LAST HELICOPTER - TWO LIVES... a story of war, love, and survival in #Cambodia and #Vietnam in the 1970's and 80's: check it out on AMAZON.com or through your favorite bookstore
@booktastersauthors.bsky.social
@booktastersauthors.bsky.social
#weekend #reading #vietnam #Cambodia A book celebrating the life of a survivor of the Killing Fields and a #history of Indochina 1970-1980. @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com available on audiobook as well.
August 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
#weekend #reading #vietnam #Cambodia A book celebrating the life of a survivor of the Killing Fields and a #history of Indochina 1970-1980. @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com available on audiobook as well.
One of my hopes going forward is to visit places at peace where when I first visited them, they were at war. So, this week I am in the city of Split- Croatia's second largest. When I was here on in 1992-93, it was base for British UNPROFOR military operations. Dark days then. All tourism now.
August 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
One of my hopes going forward is to visit places at peace where when I first visited them, they were at war. So, this week I am in the city of Split- Croatia's second largest. When I was here on in 1992-93, it was base for British UNPROFOR military operations. Dark days then. All tourism now.
#Weekend reading time. And our opportunity to plug a story of love, war, and survival 1970-80 in #Cambodia and #Vietnam. READ the 'LAST HELICOPTER: Two lives in Indochina' (if you haven't already) For lovers of #history #booksworthreading @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com @booksky.club
August 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#Weekend reading time. And our opportunity to plug a story of love, war, and survival 1970-80 in #Cambodia and #Vietnam. READ the 'LAST HELICOPTER: Two lives in Indochina' (if you haven't already) For lovers of #history #booksworthreading @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com @booksky.club
#weekend #reading reminder. A personal history covering the 1970's and 80's Get a copy if you have not already. #historymatters #history #Cambodia #Vietnam #BooksWorthReading THE LAST HELICOPTER ...
August 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
#weekend #reading reminder. A personal history covering the 1970's and 80's Get a copy if you have not already. #historymatters #history #Cambodia #Vietnam #BooksWorthReading THE LAST HELICOPTER ...
Weekend reading= for historical background on what is happening today between #Cambodia and #Thailand, buy a copy of the "Last Helicopter" and relive events of the 1970's and 80's in Indochina. Also available as an audio book. @authorsalliance.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com @bookshelfie.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Weekend reading= for historical background on what is happening today between #Cambodia and #Thailand, buy a copy of the "Last Helicopter" and relive events of the 1970's and 80's in Indochina. Also available as an audio book. @authorsalliance.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com @bookshelfie.bsky.social
Correction on time @ 1730 GMT 1330 USEAST. On @ajenglish.bsky.social Aljazeera English will be discussing #Cambodia #Thailand border clashes w/ Adrian Finighan, plus Youk Chhang of DocCtrCam Phnom Penh & Pavin Chachavalpungpun, Thai scholar in Kyoto = a spirited discussion of roots of the conflict
July 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Correction on time @ 1730 GMT 1330 USEAST. On @ajenglish.bsky.social Aljazeera English will be discussing #Cambodia #Thailand border clashes w/ Adrian Finighan, plus Youk Chhang of DocCtrCam Phnom Penh & Pavin Chachavalpungpun, Thai scholar in Kyoto = a spirited discussion of roots of the conflict
If you have access to @aljazeera.com online or on-air, I'll be discussing #Cambodia #Thailand border clashes with Adrian Finighan in Doha, Youk Chhang of DocCtrCam in Phnom Penh & Pavin Chachavalpungpun, Thai scholar in Kyoto 2030 GMT 1630 USEastern Spirited discussion of roots of the conflict -
July 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you have access to @aljazeera.com online or on-air, I'll be discussing #Cambodia #Thailand border clashes with Adrian Finighan in Doha, Youk Chhang of DocCtrCam in Phnom Penh & Pavin Chachavalpungpun, Thai scholar in Kyoto 2030 GMT 1630 USEastern Spirited discussion of roots of the conflict -
The late #Cambodia leader Norodom Sihanouk took Cambodia-Thailand border conflict to International Court of Justice - Preah Vihear temple case. ICJ ruled in Cambodia's favor. Sihanouk, who I met several times, once told me Cambodia always felt "squeezed between Thais & Viets" - 2 powerful neighbors.
July 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The late #Cambodia leader Norodom Sihanouk took Cambodia-Thailand border conflict to International Court of Justice - Preah Vihear temple case. ICJ ruled in Cambodia's favor. Sihanouk, who I met several times, once told me Cambodia always felt "squeezed between Thais & Viets" - 2 powerful neighbors.
#Weekend Time to remind friends out there: a good time to read. Heart of my book THE LAST HELICOPTER lies in the story of Soc Sinan- a remarkable survivor of the #Cambodia Killing Fields. Video below on how she sounded. Memorable Khmer voice and an extraordinary story. Hope you'll buy a copy!
July 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
#DonaldTrump with his outdated #tariff #tradewar is fighting wrong battle: #China is winning in the #Innovation war where US WAS LEADER: aviation, A.I., telcom, CPUs, robotics, nuclear and fusion power, quantum computing, biotech and pharma, solar, batteries... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
July 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#DonaldTrump with his outdated #tariff #tradewar is fighting wrong battle: #China is winning in the #Innovation war where US WAS LEADER: aviation, A.I., telcom, CPUs, robotics, nuclear and fusion power, quantum computing, biotech and pharma, solar, batteries... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
It's the #weekend and time to recommend some downtime reading. Look back in time - 50 years ago to events in #Vietnam and #Cambodia - stories of love, war, and survival. #BooksWorthReading @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com @lrb.co.uk @theresthistory.bsky.social @vietnamwarera.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It's the #weekend and time to recommend some downtime reading. Look back in time - 50 years ago to events in #Vietnam and #Cambodia - stories of love, war, and survival. #BooksWorthReading @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com @lrb.co.uk @theresthistory.bsky.social @vietnamwarera.bsky.social
#WeekendReads Stories from a simpler but no less conflicted time. If you haven't already, travel back to the 1970's in Indochina in the LAST HELICOPTER - love, war & survival. Check it out. Audio book too @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com #History #Cambodia #Vietnam
July 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#WeekendReads Stories from a simpler but no less conflicted time. If you haven't already, travel back to the 1970's in Indochina in the LAST HELICOPTER - love, war & survival. Check it out. Audio book too @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com #History #Cambodia #Vietnam
It's #Friday - time to consider #Weekend #reading. My book THE LAST HELICOPTER TWO LIVES IN INDOCHINA travels back 50 years in time to dramatic events in the 1970's combining war, love, and survival. Hope you will check it out and buy a copy - digital, paperback, audiobook!
June 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM