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…
The Elizabethan Age
The death of HRH Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh on 9 April 2021 marks the beginning of the end of the Elizabethan Age. It…
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The Story of The Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh passed away on 9 April 2021 age 99. This is a sad event though he had lived a wonderful…
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The Blood Lust
The murder trial of a beauty queen in 1980 captivated the Malaysian public. Readers keen to read up on this most sensational of murder trials…
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The battle of the Bulge
The battle of the Bulge is one of the 3 major battles in Hitler ‘s last stand in Western Europe. Here are 2 books. Snow…
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Scholarly book – Van Eyck
If there is one piece of art you wish to contemplate this Easter Sunday 2021, the Ghent altarpiece is an excellent choice. It vividly illustrates…
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The story of Lazarus
Wishing you a Blessed Palm Sunday. Lazarus in the New Testament refers to two different persons. One must not conflate the two. In Luke (16:…
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The day of infamy in Malaysia
Leon Comber was a Special Branch operative in British Malaya. He was also married to the famous writer Han Su Yin. I read this book…
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Very useful — World War II Illustrated Atlas: Campaigns, Battles & Weapons
I needed an atlas of WWII with clear battle plans when reading WWII books as all these books do not have sufficiently big maps for…
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Excellent analysis — Decision in Normandy
This is an old 1983 book. But it is still the best book available that analysed how Montgomery planned the Normandy campaign, how the campaign…
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By Eileen Chang
Eileen Chang is one of China’s more famous pre-World War II writers based in Shanghai. She fled to Hong Kong after Mao won power. Her…
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