Here are 2 books bought in 2005 on a single magical visit to Kinokuniya KLCC. Both were newly published hardbacks then. Both combined history and…
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Month: May 2023
Kino’s haul
I had a great harvest last Saturday. Not the harvest of souls as in Matthew 13:8. But of 4 excellent books at Kinokuniya. The House…
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Everest
Before Nims Purja (2019) was Reinhold Messner (1978- 86). Before Messner was Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (1953). All four were exceptional mountaineers. Each…
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Coronation Everest
I have finally witnessed a Coronation. The last coronation was 70 years ago. King Charles III was crowned yesterday on 6 May 2023, 2 days…
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Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer’s oeuvre consists of a mere 36 paintings. But the sheer quality of these paintings resulted in the current exhibition of 28 of his…
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