Articles about Book reviews (39 total)
Hot Picks for the Summer: Asia-related Books 30/06/2009
Heat up your summer with these five Asia-related books —full story »
MAN IN THE DARK 31/05/2009
American writer Paul Auster, master of deliciously inventive, self-reflective meta-fiction, has returned with his 12th novel Man in the Dark —full story »
UNCOMMON CARRIERS 31/05/2009
There are two places in the world – home and everywhere else, and everywhere else is the same —full story »
A Year Without “Made In China”: One Family True Life Adventure In The Global Economy 30/04/2009
In the 1960s, exports of goods bearing “Made in Japan” labels made people think that Japan had “reconquered” Asia and the rest of the world. But globalisation in the 1990s brought the flood of Chinese products to markets worldwide, promoting thoughts that the “Chinese Century” would replace the American one in the new millennium. —full story »
Light In Life: Medical To Mystical 30/04/2009
Light in life, written by a Dr Susan Jamieson, an experienced medical practitioner, grants readers a fresh illumination in self-healing. The book first draws references to the ancient Egyptians in worshipping light, then gradually leads the reader to learn about the importance of light and how they can incorporate the energy of light into their life through some practical daily exercises. —full story »
A YEAR WITHOUT “MADE IN CHINA”: ONE FAMILY’S TRUE LIFE ADVENTURE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 30/04/2009
In the 1960s, exports of goods bearing “Made in Japan” labels made people think that Japan had “reconquered” Asia and the rest of the world. But globalisation in the 1990s brought the flood of Chinese products to markets worldwide, promoting thoughts that the “Chinese Century” would replace the American one in the new millennium. —full story »
LIGHT IN LIFE: MEDICAL TO MYSTICAL 30/04/2009
Light in life, written by a Dr Susan Jamieson, an experienced medical practitioner, grants readers a fresh illumination in self-healing. The book first draws references to the ancient Egyptians in worshipping light, then gradually leads the reader to learn about the importance of light and how they can incorporate the energy of light into their life through some practical daily exercises. —full story »
THE PIANO TEACHER 31/03/2009
In The Piano Teacher, Lee tells a tale of East meets West and the essential story of two women, a man and war. —full story »
Travels From Brooklyn To Bali 31/03/2009
In this collection of articles, Indian-born Jacob of the Financial Times presents us with a travel potpourri. This is not merely in the sense of the range of destinations he visits, from Bali to Beirut, but in the expanse of his thoughts and musings, which range from the witty and whimsical to the anthropological and philosophical. —full story »
Dissolution 04/03/2009
The Shardlake novels – Dissolution, Dark Fire, Sovereign and Revelation – are relatively young for a crime series, yet old both in their setting (England in the 1540s) and their conformity to certain conventions of the crime genre. Our hero, Matthew Shardlake, is damaged physically, a hunchbacked lawyer, trained by priests but rejected – literally laughed out of the church when he articulates his aim to become a priest. —full story »
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