All biographies of Mao focus on his failures and foibles. They magnify his disastrous Hundred Flowers Campaign of Feb 1957, and the Anti-Rightist Movement that…
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Innocence and War: Mark Twain’s Holy Land Revisited
Lord Ian Strathcarron wrote 2 excellent books of his travels with his family retracing Mark Twain’s two journeys. Both books are greatly enhanced by his…
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Buddhism in China
This 2003 book by John Kieschnick (born 1964) is to my knowledge the latest book on Buddhism in China. It’s an excellent book. John has…
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Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel (part 2)
Sao Guo Yanyi is the common name for this novel. Yanyi means romance. Thus, the novel is titled Romance of the three kingdoms. ” The…
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Is Jinnah a great lawyer? (Part 1)
Is Mohammad Ali Jinnah a great lawyer? This issue has never been subjected to critical analysis by his many biographers. Jinnah the politician has always…
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Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel
The Three Kingdom/ San Guo (part 1) Starting my reading of Three kingdoms. A 2- volume complete and unabridged translation by Moss Roberts. Published 1994.…
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By Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is the best-selling crime writer of all time. Her autobiography ends at age 75. She would go on to live 10 years more.…
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Gandhi
Hartal is a word unknown to western dictionaries. It is not defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary app, for example. Hartal, as used in English now,…
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By Salisbury
Salisbury has written 4 good books on Chinese history in the 1980s and 1990s. Sadly, his books are now out of print. In The New…
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William Shakespeare: Great Speeches
I bought this cd from the souvenir shop in Kings College, Cambridge, UK on 22 June 2009. At 6 pounds it’s a steal. It’s not…
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