Not a single manuscript or draft of William Shakespeare’s 37 plays has been found. The First Folio printed in 1623, 7 years after his death…
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Beautiful – Isabella Bird: A Photographic Journal of Travels Through China 1894-1896
This is a beautiful coffee table book of the photos taken by the great traveller Isabella Bird during her three years of travelling in China…
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A gem – Shakespeare’s Language
I bought this book on 4 June 2018 at the book store of Globe theatre, London. We were watching Hamlet. This is a book that…
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A gem – Essential Shakespeare Handbook
This is a book to keep for reference whenever one needs to read up on a Shakespeare’s play before attending. I bought this book in…
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A point of view – Martyrs and Tricksters
This 2019 book on the Egyptian revolution of 2011 does not pretend to be objective. It takes a polemical approach . The author supports his…
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The Old Summer Palace – China’s Lost Imperial Garden: The World’s Most Exquisite Garden Rediscovered
This is a beautifully illustrated book on all the buildings and gardens of the Old Summer Palace. Known in Chinese as Yuan Ming Yuan (…
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Wonderful essays – Jottings under Lamplight
If you have read the wonderful collection of short fiction by Lu Xun translated by Julia Lovell and published by Penguin Classic you will enjoy…
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Beautiful book– Captain Cook and the Pacific: Art, Exploration and Empire
A beautifully illustrated book. One can find many gems in this book. All 3 voyages are explored fully from the social and historical angles.
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A gripping story – The Qing Empire and the Opium War: The Collapse of the Heavenly Dynasty
Mao has written an interesting book based on Chinese and Japanese sources, but it does not deserve 5 stars { not the fault of Mao}…
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Whodunnit – Midnight in Peking: The Murder That Haunted the Last Days of Old China
Inspired by a footnote in a bio of Edgar Snow of Red Star over China fame, French tracked down newspapers from archives in Peking, Shanghai,…
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