Douglas Clark’s magnum opus 3-volume history of Britain and American Law Courts in China and Japan is an exploration of gunboat hard power and the…
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Tag: Memoirs (Books)
The Question of Palestine – Part 1
This was a seminal book when it first came out in 1979. More so, as its author is the well-known intellectual Edward W. Said. In…
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Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer in my generation inspired many of us to take up chess in school. I recall the Friday after-school sessions. We even played in…
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Memoir of life – Music, Food and Love: A memoir
This is a vivid memoir of life during the Cultural Revolution in China. Written in simple English it brings home, sadly, the futility of Chairman…
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