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…
Flashman: A Novel
Most young readers are not aware the Flashman books are novels. Product of an imaginative mind. I read the 12-volume series when young. I doubt…
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Lives of the Law
The topics in this 2011 book are thorny, to use a term reflective of the durian season now. Tom Bingham is acknowledged as the best…
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The Far Pavilions Picture Book
Mary Margaret Kaye was a British writer. Born in Shimla, India in 1908, her most famous book is The Far Pavilions which she published as…
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The New Emperors: Mao & Deng; a Dual Biography
This is a stunningly detailed dual biography of Mao and Deng. The late Salisbury is a reporter who wrote many books on Russia and China.…
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Traveling with the Innocents Abroad
Mark Twain was a roving reporter for a few American newspapers when the Innocents from the New World went on a cruise to the Old…
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To Catch a Thief
This delightful 1955 mystery cum romance movie stars two of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars. Cary Grant played the leading man. The beautiful Grace Kelly the…
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Excellent book – China in the Age of Xi Jinping
This 2021, 763-page book is actually the history of China written in a concise and readable manner. Its emphasis is on the politics from the…
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China & The Age of The Opium War
Rutherfurd’s China is one of my rare forays into Fiction. Published in 2021 it is a grand saga of several characters swept up by the…
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Egyptian Palaces and Villas: Pashas, Khedives, and Kings
Beautiful coffee table book published by the American University in Cairo press. The pictures of these historic palaces, hotels, and villas are big and gorgeous.…
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CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping
It is ironic that the Cultural revolution of 1966, which caused untold misery to millions, had some beneficial consequences. It enabled Deng Xiao Ping and …
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