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…
Tracing It Home
This is not a typical memoir. What we have is the author (who achieved fame for her Sons of the Yellow Emperor) tracing her roots…
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The Guns at Last Light
What is an argonaut? (Page 503 hardback 2013 ed). This is a tour de force. Atkinson has given us in one volume the war on…
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The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House Between the Wars
This is a beautifully illustrated book. I learned much about life in the English countryside from this book. This is social history at its best.…
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China’s Imperial Past: An Introduction to Chinese History and Culture
Nothing benefits learning more than being associated with the right people. – Hsun Tzu (wade-Giles), Xunzi (pinyin) p v. This is one of the best,…
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The personal life and path of Jinnah
This book has no index and chapter headings. It is poorer by these omissions. These shortcomings aside, this book will reward the patient reader keen…
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Jinnah of Pakistan
Pakistan was MA Jinnah’s sole “client” during the last decade of his life. His beloved pretty wife Ruttie had died much earlier in 1929. (p…
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Mr. and Mrs. Jinnah: The Marriage that shook India
This is a poorly written book. The narrative jumps across time frames. Leaving readers having to backtrack constantly to get a grip on when the…
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Winston Spencer Churchill’s famous speeches
This CD is a compilation of excerpts of 11 of Winston Spencer Churchill’s famous speeches made from 1934 to VE Day on 8 May 1945…
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Jinnah: Creator of Pakistan
This biography is a joy to read. Published in 1954 my copy is a 1964 reprint which I bought from Verandah Books UK, booksellers specializing…
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Jan Morris masterpiece
This trilogy by the late Jan Morris is a masterpiece in writing. She (or he) had distilled the sources well to give us a brilliant…
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