Peter Jenkins has long been a favorite of mine, for both A Walk Across America to The Walk West. When I first came across this book in college, I had yet to gain a deep interest in China. That land … Continue reading
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Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux (1988)
“By Train Through China” I’ve praised Paul Theroux‘s travel writing in the past (though not his fiction), and this book was in fact the first of his that I ever read. My impressions of Riding the Iron Rooster have long … Continue reading
River Town by Peter Hessler (2001)
Anyone who’s ever taught English in China likely has a love-hate relationship with author Peter Hessler and his in-depth treatments of life in The Middle Kingdom. On the one hand, we dislike him because his experiences are not much different … Continue reading
Mountain Rain by Eileen Crossman and M.E. Tewskesbury (1982)
Mountain Rain: A New Biography of James O. Fraser by Eileen Crossman and M.E. Tewskesbury (2013) A Christian is immortal till his work is done. (5) Many people have recommended this outstanding biography to me over the years, and only … Continue reading
Mao ZeDong by Jonathan Spence (1999)
I came across this short biography while perusing the works of Jonathan D. Spence, the prolific Chinese historian from Yale. I’m currently working my way through an unabridged audio recording of The Search for Modern China by Spence, and saw … Continue reading
The China Voyage by Tim Severin (1994)
A Pacific Quest by Bamboo Raft It’s been far too long since I’ve allowed myself a good non-fiction adventure story. Usually I enjoy accidental survival tales like Alive, Into Thin Air, or The Perfect Storm, though occasionally a purposeful tale … Continue reading
God is Red by Liao YiWu (2011)
The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China Christianity and China—what an excellent mix of topics for a guy like me! Someone recommended God is Red to me several years ago as describing the “growing and persecuted … Continue reading
Born to Fly by Shane Osborn with Malcolm McConnell (2001)
The Untold Story of the Downed American Reconnaissance Plane April 1, 2001. Five full months before America turned the corner into the horrors of Radical Islamic Terrorism—never to return—the nation was gripped by yet another international crisis, this time with the … Continue reading
Out of Mao’s Shadow by Philip P. Pan (2008)
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Out of Mao’s Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China by Philip P. Pan (2008) By almost any measure, the country’s last twenty-five years have been the best in its five-thousand-year history. But the Chinese have not … Continue reading
The Search for Peking Man by Christopher G. Janus with William Brasher (1975)
Essentially, Mr. Janus, you are looking for two men. One is maybe a million years old and the other one has him. (180) Sitting on a dusty thrift store shelf in CA, The Search for Peking Man immediately grabbed my … Continue reading