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David Mellonie

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Born

Australia

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http://www.davidmellonie.com

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Nonfiction

Influences

My father, Bryan Mellonie; Evelyn Waugh; John Le Carre; Bertrand Russe ...more

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May 2014

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I'm an Australian author, photographer, copywriter and editor.
Good books promote knowledge, insight and empathy, enabling both reader and author to learn more about themselves and the world they inhabit.
That's why dictators and fundamentalists hate them – and why you need to keep reading them. ...more

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Average rating: 4.75 · 4 ratings · 3 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Land Mines and Ladyboys: Flirting with Danger in Thailand and Cambodia 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Month in India: Spirit, Places and People it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Back to Life Again: preventing, overcoming and recovering from lower back injury. it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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David Mellonie is currently reading

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart and And Never Stop Dancing

by Gordon Livingston

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Dec 31, 2014 12:58AM

Quotes by David Mellonie (?)

“If a picture is worth a thousand words, why did God invent captions?”
― David Mellonie, Land Mines and Ladyboys: Flirting with Danger in Thailand and Cambodia

tags: angkor-wat, buddhism, cambodia, chiang-mai, khmer-rouge, ladyboys, land-mines, photography, thailand, travel

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David’s Quotes

“Never believe anything until it is officially denied.”
― Claud Cockburn

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“If a picture is worth a thousand words, why did God invent captions?”
― David Mellonie, Land Mines and Ladyboys: Flirting with Danger in Thailand and Cambodia

tags: angkor-wat, buddhism, cambodia, chiang-mai, khmer-rouge, ladyboys, land-mines, photography, thailand, travel

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