Book of Job—Part 1
The Book of Job is an easy read based on a literal interpretation. But its theology is quite disconcerting. This is because its heart or…
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Antisemitism—Part 1
In this 2024 hardcover book, How the West Became Antisemitic, Ivan G. Marcus, a professor of Jewish history at Yale University, argues that in medieval…
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Sir Robert Ho Tung – Part 2
The biography by May Holdsworth (2022) is noteworthy in two aspects. Firstly, she highlighted that Ho Tung was the person who put forward the idea…
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Sir Robert Ho Tung
This is an excellent biography. Highly readable based on the personal papers of the man himself. Ho Tung was a self-made man. His dad was…
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HK University Press bookstore
If you are keen on HK history, a good, albeit small, shop to browse is the Hong Kong University Press (HKUP). It is located on…
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A Bond Beyond Politics
Why does the US support Israel through thick and thin? This question is the subject of two books—Our American Israel by Amy Kaplan, 2018, and…
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A Friend In Deed
The friendship between Lu Xun and a Japanese bookstore owner in Shanghai. This book examined the close friendship between the most famous Chinese intellectual of…
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Gandhi by Ved Mehta
Gandhi is a many-faceted man. His views change constantly. He explains that he grows from truth to truth. And yet, he was fastidious in checking…
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The learning curve – Iran
Iran has learned from the 2025 war and from the US how to leverage its strength. From Trump’s forced “takeover” of the Panama Canal from…
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Persia
Persia is a name given to Iran by the Greeks during the classical age. Iran is the original name for the country. However, the term…
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