A Biography of Cao Cao
Rafe de Crespigny is an Australian sinologist, now aged 90. He specialises in the history of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. His…
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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The New Emperors: Mao and Deng – A Dual Biography
This is arguably the best biography of Mao and Deng. The author has gone into granular details which gives wonderful perspectives on them. Besides this,…
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The Business of Judging
“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more…
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Agatha Christie: A Biography
Readers looking for information on where Agatha Christie wrote her most famous mysteries Death on The Nile, Murder on her Orient Express and Appointment with…
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