The Gate to China by Michael Sheridan and From Rebel to Ruler by Tony Saich are two newly published 2021 books on China. Both authors…
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Month: November 2021
Dialogues of Plato
“The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates. This is a famous saying apparently uttered by Socrates at his trial for impiety and corrupting…
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Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer in my generation inspired many of us to take up chess in school. I recall the Friday after-school sessions. We even played in…
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Snow and Steel
There are many books on the last offensive launched by Herr Corporal HITLER. This attack known as the Battle of the Bulge or the battle…
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The Towns of Malaya
The Towns of Malaya is a beautifully illustrated coffee table book. It features the history, layout, and prominent landmarks of 35 towns of West Malaysia.…
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The Chinese Communist Party: A century in ten lives
This 2021 book is a fine anthology of 10 life stories marred by unnecessary polemical statements in the Introduction and in the Timeline of the…
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The Last Embassy
This 2021 book The Last Embassy is about a Dutch mission to Peking one year after the disastrous Lord McCartney mission. The Dutch were invited…
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The view from across The Pond. A necessary perspective.
The cover of this book shows the unveiling of the statue of Winston Churchill at Parliament Square, London in November 1973. It is a fitting…
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The Planter’s Bungalow
This 161-page book has many historical photos of colonial bungalows in Malaya where the British estate managers would stay. The text is lovingly scripted. The…
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Never Forgetting Balik Pulau – Part 2
On 29 Oct 2021, I decided to drive from our E and O hotel, Penang to explore the last remaining rustic part of the Pearl…
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