This book is a good introduction to two famous criminal cases. The second story on the murder trial of Jean Sinnappa, in particular, gripped the…
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Excellent – The Man Awakened from Dreams: One Man’s Life in a North China Village, 1857-1942
Based on nearly 400 volumes of Liu Da Peng’s diary and other writings recorded over 50 years, this slim book illustrates what life was like…
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Memoir of life – Music, Food and Love: A memoir
This is a vivid memoir of life during the Cultural Revolution in China. Written in simple English it brings home, sadly, the futility of Chairman…
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Excellent – A Jesuit in the Forbidden City: Matteo Ricci 1552-1610
This is a 2012 book and the first critical biography of Ricci to use all relevant sources, both Chinese and Western. This is a very…
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A memoir – The World of a Tiny Insect: A Memoir of the Taiping Rebellion and Its Aftermath
The World of a Tiny Insect is a wonderful memoir of a childhood spent in the violence of the Taiping Rebellion. The author was 7…
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An excellent book – Russia Against Napoleon: The True Story of the Campaigns of War and Peace
An excellent book based on Russian sources let down by very poor maps as well as no maps accompanying the narration of battles. I hope…
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Masterly translation – The Iliad
This is a wonderful prose translation. The introduction is extremely useful. It has excellent summaries of each book of the Iliad.
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Excellent essays – Sahibs Who Loved India
Sahibs Who Loved India is a set of essays commissioned by Khushwant Singh when he was the editor of Illustrated Weekly of India. KS had…
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A useful book – The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer’s Iliad and the Trojan War
Iliad ended with King Priam retrieving the body of his beloved son Hector from Achilles and the subsequent burial ceremony inside Troy. The subsequent well…
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Excellent book – Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History
This is not a book on the attack on Pearl Harbour. Rather it examines Americans’ responsibility for the successful attack by the Japanese. It examines…
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