“If experience taught anything, it was not to think too much, but to sharpen up the responses.” (241) OK, I’ve got to admit that I came to this book during the Christmas season with a 50/50 hope that the story would … Continue reading
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Fellow Passenger by Geoffrey Household (1955)
Yet another first-hand account from a fugitive in danger, Fellow Passenger was as grand as Rogue Male and more lively than A Rough Shoot. The situations into which Household’s current runner—the Oxford-educated Ecuadorian-Englishman and possible Communist, Claudio Howard-Wolferstan—are so fantastic … Continue reading
Across China by Peter Jenkins (1986)
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
Killing Reagan by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard (2015)
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Killing Reagan (O’Reilly, Dugard, 2015) is an insightful look into Reagan’s health and presidency, as well as his near-assassination. A Christian review. Continue reading
The Ugly American by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick (1958)
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The picture as we saw it, then, is of an Asia where we stand relatively mute, locked in the cities, misunderstanding the temper and the needs of the Asians. We saw Americans spending vast sums where Russia spends far less … 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
Looking Backward from 2000 to 1887 by Edward Bellamy (1887)
This is the tenth day of September in the year 2000, and you have slept exactly one hundred and thirteen years, three months, and eleven days. (19) As generally happens whenever I feel compelled to read a classic, I finally … 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
The Hainan Incident by DM Coffman (2011)
I was drawn to this book initially, because I’ve got a bit of history with Hainan Island, the so-called “Hawaii of China” located just below the mainland in the South China Sea. While the island paradise described in the book … Continue reading
Havana Storm by Clive Cussler with Dirk Cussler (2014)
I entered Havana Storm as excited about a novel as I’ve ever been. Ever since I began reading Clive Cussler back in 2009-ish, I’ve been playing catch-up on all the series. Books new to me were actually decades old, so … Continue reading