Is Stephen Hawking's A Brief History Of Time good for beginners

I've recently become fond in the world of astronomy and cosmology. I just turned 17 a few days ago and have very little knowledge in physics. I find cosmology really fascinating though and have been searching for more information. But I don't quite trust information on the internet so I focus on astronomy books instead. Some sources recommend The Brief History Of Time by Stephen Hawking. Has anybody read it? Is it good and easy enough for beginners to understand? English is not my native language so I'm a little worried about this but I can cope with it if it's not too advanced or professional. I've already thought about finding books in my native language (Thai) but physics and other fields in science aren't very well-known here.

ABHOT is very readable, especially if you have some basic knowledge of what happens in space. It's a book about the physics of space and time, and the history of its discovery, rather than of astronomy. Towards the end when I first read it, it got hard for me to understand (string theory, dimensions). I think that's because those theories are mathematical and difficult to describe physically in the world most of us live in. Most of it, however, is "imaginable".

I doubt you'd find it anywhere near being a waste of money, at worst. At best, you'll know a great deal more of what happens in space and time, and will have a healthy respect for those who can get their minds around the "new physics".

It's very readable and good for beginners i'd say, yes, and i'm a little surprised it's not been translated into Thai.

In fact, this seems to be a Thai edition of it:
http://www.thaicraftwarehouse.com/tcwPro…
Are you looking maybe to practice your English?

It's good for interested parties.

Hawking has an amazing talent at putting concepts that can be very difficult to explain, in a manner that nearly anyone can understand, or at least imagine and get a conceptual grasp of. Anybody interested in this topic should give it a read. If you are concerned about the price tag, check it out at a library for a few days, maybe you don't want a copy in your permanent personal collection, although I suspect after just reading a few pages, you will decide it will be something you will want to have handy for a rainy day or a sleepless night.

I'm not sure how difficult it will be to read with English as your second language, but given how well you wrote the question and the details in it, I suspect you'll have an easier time with it than some of the questioners in this forum that were born in English speaking nations.

If you do have trouble with something conceptual, you could ask about what is meant, either in this forum (it may take you a while to separate the bad answers from the good ones in here, but you will get good ones), or at the bautforum (Bad Astronomy and the Universe Today) which has a very good collection of knowledgeable regulars. >> http://www.bautforum.com/