The term “Cairo Geniza,” to the initiated, refers to a repository of priceless ancient texts found in 1896 in a synagogue in Cairo. These texts…
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Tag: Women’s Biographies
Inside the Life of Madame Mao
Madame Mao by Ross Terrill is the only English-language biography of Jiang Qing, the last wife of Chairman Mao. First published in 1984, the one…
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Japan
These 3 books on Japan were bought at Maruzen, Kyoto last Thursday. Maruzen is the biggest English bookstore in Kyoto. Forget about Tsutaya @ Takashimaya…
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St. Catherine’s Monastery’s treasure
“You stand on the authority of Scripture, but you cannot determine what was originally written. “ So charged the critics of the Church in the…
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St Catherine’s Monastery, Mount Sinai
St Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai is a sight to behold for all travellers who set their eyes on it for the first time. I…
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The Age of Openness
The Age of Openness – China before Mao explores the Republican era from 1911 to 1949. Frank Dikotter in his long essay of 102 pages…
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Agatha Christie: A Biography
Readers looking for information on where Agatha Christie wrote her most famous mysteries Death on The Nile, Murder on her Orient Express and Appointment with…
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