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1. Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World

   Posted Dec 28th 2008, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Ed Peters Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World Various Amber Books, HK$280 It is not apparent which of this book's authors wrote which of its five chapters, or whether each was a team effort. Michael E. Haskew, Christer Jorgensen, Chris McNab, E ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/665091/fighting-techniques-oriental-world
2. World's wackiest contests ensure a barrel of fun for all

   Posted Dec 06th 2008, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Finland may have picked up only four medals in the Beijing Olympics, but when staging off-beat competitions, the country best known for Nokia and saunas is the world champion. And it is in summer - as a minor celebration of the long evenings - that Finlan ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/662767/worlds-wackiest-contests-ensure-barrel-fun-all
3. Thrilling Arabian days and nights

   Posted Dec 02nd 2008, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... When the colossal HK$12 billion Atlantis hotel opened in Dubai last month, it was simply the latest in a string of ultra-glamorous trophy projects that are putting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the top of the world's tourism map. Built on an arti ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/662203/thrilling-arabian-days-and-nights
4. Shots from the Front

   Posted Nov 30th 2008, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Richard Holmes HarperPress, HK$300 That a picture is worth a thousand words is one of the most well-worn cliches; but Richard Holmes' Shots from the Front: The British Soldier 1914-1918, breathes new life into this old adage and provides a fitting tr ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/661944/shots-front
5. Past masters

   Posted Nov 30th 2008, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... In a city that prefers balance sheets to Baudelaire and pays tribute to Mammon rather than Maupassant, Yves Azemar ploughs a lonely literary furrow. From Indosiam, his first-floor antiquarian bookshop in a Hollywood Road tenement, the retired French schoo ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/661946/past-masters
6. Charge! The Interesting Bits of Military History

   Posted Nov 16th 2008, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Ed Peters by Justin Pollard John Murray, HK$195 Anyone compiling an anthology is faced not just with the problem of what to put in, but what to leave out. So readers will search Charge! The Interesting Bits of Military History, Justin Pollard's enter ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/660365/charge-interesting-bits-military-history
7. The Slaughter Pavilion

   Posted Nov 02nd 2008, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Ed Peters by Catherine Sampson Macmillan, HK$255 Anyone who fancies dipping into the ranks of Asia's literary sleuths is certainly not short of choice. There's Colin Cotterill's gentle, thoughtful Laotian coroner, Dr Siri Paiboon, the hardn ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/658627/slaughter-pavilion
8. Scenic splendours, heritage tours and a miniworld await

   Posted Oct 17th 2008, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Ed Peters There is no doubt that the 185-metre Euromast tower in Rotterdam is one of the Netherlands' top attractions. As Holland is as flat as the proverbial pancake, this is one of the few places in the country that affords a panoramic view. Of cou ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/656569/scenic-splendours-heritage-tours-and-miniworld-await
9. Influential economy on land and at sea

   Posted Oct 17th 2008, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... The country boasts a healthy trade surplus with strongly performing exports and an advanced agriculture sector, writes Ed Peters The country's knack for seafaring saw the Dutch Empire stretch its way around the world, as sailors and merchants opened ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/656570/influential-economy-land-and-sea
10. Churchill's Wizards

    Posted Oct 12th 2008, 12:00am by Edward Peters

    ... Churchill's Wizards by Nicholas Rankin Faber and Faber HK$400 The British penchant for eccentricity seems to flourish in wartime. How else to explain boffin Geoffrey Pyke's plan to construct a two-million-tonne aircraft carrier from ice and wood ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/655904/churchills-wizards

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