Part 3 – Lincoln and God
Lincoln was steeped in Biblical knowledge. He peppered his speeches with quotes from the Bible. He made poetic allusions to biblical imagery too. In his…
Lebanon’s Legacy of Misery
The bombing of Lebanon is a continuation of its historical misery. Lebanon as a state was doomed to failure from its creation in Aug 1920.…
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The Complex Story of Wang Jing Wei – Part 2
Wang Jing Wei is not his given name. His birth name is Wang Zhao Ming. This 2023 book , Wang Jing Wei and China in…
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The Complex Story of Wang Jing Wei
Was he a traitor or a patriot? Or a martyr? Mention the name Wang Jing Wei to a Chinese person and the usual comment one…
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From Tudor to Stuart
From Tudor to Stuart is a scholarly 2024 book. Professor Susan Doran quotes mainly from the primary sources. These sources use the old English spelling…
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A Lawyer’s Rise and Rebellion
How did the Tartar, a bright young lawyer, evolve from achieving his ambition to be a top Government lawyer to being a top dissident? This…
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A Daughter’s Journey
A Daughter Remembers is written by Li Lien Fung, born in wartime China , educated in the US, worked in Thailand and settled down in…
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A Forgotten Stain: Marshal Pétain and the Vichy Government
The 2024 Duff Cooper Prize for the best non-fiction published in the UK was awarded to Julian Jackson for France on Trial: The Case of…
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The True Stakes in the South China Sea
On Dangerous Ground is a 2022 book on the competing interests of various countries in the South China Sea. Poling examines 100 years of America’s…
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The King James Bible and its turbulent origins
I highly recommend In the Beginning – The Story of the King James Bible by Alister McGrath. I read it in 2001, and I don’t…
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The Timeless Mastery of Jan Morris
Gone …were the long star – lit nights beneath the Bedouin tents, in which the English man deluded himself that his friendship with the Arab…
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