Christmas time, from 24 Dec to 1 Jan, is always a good time to refresh my understanding of Christian theology and history. Here are 6…
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Tag: History (Books)
Exploring the Majesty of the Yangtze
The Yangtze is the third longest river in the world after the Nile and the Amazon. The Yangtze is called in China merely as Cháng…
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Tariq Ali’s Book Recommendations
Tariq Ali is a polymath. Age 80 he was born in Lahore, British India. He studied in Oxford. He has written many history and political…
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Mission With Mountbatten
This diary is a must for all historians interested in the events that led to the Partition. Alan Campbell-Johnson at that time was the press…
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Science & Medicine
Science and medicine are two areas that have fascinated me since small. Having studied Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Maths in school all the way to…
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Wang Gungwu and Malaysia
Professor Wang Gung Wu’s name may not ring a bell in most Malaysians. His name has flown below the radar until recently in 2017 when…
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The English Patient
The English Patient is a wonderfully crafted novel of love. The English Patient is a famous novel that won the Booker Prize for Michael Ondaatje.…
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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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Wonderful book – Letters to Auntie Fori: 5000 Years of Jewish History
The author is a prolific historian. This is a wonderful collection of letters written by the author to his 90-year-old friend based in India. She…
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