This 1998 book is a book that narrates the short but turbulent 39 years in the life of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The name by…
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Caravaggio
A visit to Naples is not complete if one does not see Caravaggio’s The Seven Acts of Mercy {painted in 1606/07} and The Martyrdom of…
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Penang Hill: A Journey Through Time
I climbed Penang Hill on 11 Sep 2016 with a good friend Peter Cheah. We left my Quayside seafront condo at 6.30 am and started…
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Excellent book – China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties
This excellent 2nd volume of the 6- volume History of Imperial China is a wonderful history of the period from the fall of the Han…
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Wonderful martial epic: Three Kingdoms, A Historical Novel: Complete and Unabridged
Iliad The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the epics of Imperial China. It is a grand tale of the fight for the…
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Qin and Han: The social and political structures
Confucius died age 72 when the ideal lifespan was 70 years and those who died in their fifties are said to have died early. {p…
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Celebrating Ludwig van Beethoven
Next year 2020 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven. My favourite composer. Here are 4 books from my library. His…
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Excellent books on Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is one of the greatest US Presidents. As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day this Thursday it is good to recall that it was Lincoln…
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Provocative – When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order
This excellent book published in 2009 and updated in 2012 argues that a modernising and modernised China will retain her essential Chineseness. Jacques contends that…
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The famous escape attempts
Here are 3 books on the famous escape attempts by Allied prisoners of war during World War Two. The 4th book The Last Escape is…
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