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New Rural Chinese Mystery Series!

Thief of Souls by Brian Klingborg

July 31, 2022 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Thief of Souls is the first book in the Inspector Lu Fei mystery series. I’m not sure how long the series is intended to go, but I know a second book was released earlier this year. In fact, Bookpage’s review of the newest installment is what had me track this one down at my local library. Inspector Lu Fei is a mid-level law enforcement agent for China’s Public Security Bureau (PSB). He lives and works in the rural agricultural town of Raven Valley. The reader […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Brian Klingborg, China, detective, murder

Halbs's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Brian Klingborg, China, detective, murder ·
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Don’t Go West

The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War by James D. Bradley

July 17, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Like a lot of Americans, I learned the broad strokes about the Pacific theater in World War II. The Japanese attacked us at Pearl Harbor. Attacked us! Obviously, we couldn’t just stand pat. So we warred with them from island-to-island until we had no choice but to drop the atomic bomb and end the war. They were the aggressor and it was all their fault. I’m reluctant to call this narrative propaganda. Japan did attack us. But the history of the war in the Pacific […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: China, hawaii, James D. Bradley, Japan, korea, Okinawa, Philippines, Teddy Roosevelt, The Imperial Cruise, William Taft

Jake's CBR14 Review No:120 · Genres: History · Tags: China, hawaii, James D. Bradley, Japan, korea, Okinawa, Philippines, Teddy Roosevelt, The Imperial Cruise, William Taft ·
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Class Work

“Promise and potential:” Overlooked Vocational School Students in China

Class Work: Vocational Schools and China's Urban Youth by T.E. Woronov

June 19, 2022 by GentleRain 2 Comments

Stanford University Press was having an 80% off summer sale, which was an amazing deal, so I got a bunch of books that I otherwise would never have thought to purchase since academic press prices are usually prohibitively high. Class Work is the first of the batch that I’ve read, and it was a good start. This is a slim volume that packs a lot of information about the Chinese school system and the impact of testing and government efforts to make or re-mold class structures. […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anthropology, China, ethnography, schooling, T.E. Woronov, working class

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:55 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Anthropology, China, ethnography, schooling, T.E. Woronov, working class ·
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No One to Really Root For but It’s Still Somehow Pretty Good

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

June 19, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

She Who Became the Sun definitely lived up to the hype; the characters are interesting and complex, and there is plenty of action and plot. What bothered me was that there was really only one character who stood up for general human decency, not just “I must take charge of my destiny no matter what I have to do (including murdering innocent people and not so innocent people)”. The basic premise is pretty well known already: in a quasi historical early medieval China, a nameless […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Buddhism, China, historical fiction, LGBTQ, medieval, pride month, She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Buddhism, China, historical fiction, LGBTQ, medieval, pride month, She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan ·
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From Thor to Monkey Kings

Arthur and the Golden Rope: Brownstone's Mythical Collection by Joe Todd-Stanton

Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx: Brownstone's Mythical Collection by Joe Todd-Stanton

Kai and the Monkey King: Brownstone's Mythical Collection by Joe Todd-Stanton

Leo and the Gorgon's Curse: Brownstone's Mythical Collection by Joe Todd-Stanton

May 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Joe Todd-Stanton has a four (so far) book series about the Brownstone family. They are adventurous children who have amazing times being heroes. The narrator is Professor Brownstone, a Brownstone descendent, and his vaults of books and artifacts. Well they don’t tell the story, but they help us find the stories, as each piece is linked to one of his ancestors and each has its own wonderful, far-out story to tell. The first in the series is Arthur and the Golden Rope: Brownstone’s Mythical Collection. Arthur […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History Tagged With: Ancient China, Ancient Greece, China, egypt, family, folklore, Iceland, Joe Todd-Stanton, mythology, Viking

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:261 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History · Tags: Ancient China, Ancient Greece, China, egypt, family, folklore, Iceland, Joe Todd-Stanton, mythology, Viking ·
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Soldier For Fortune

Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler and the Making and Breaking of the American Empire by Jonathan M. Katz

April 26, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

An excellent read and an infuriating read. Worth all five stars. And like Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction and Ackerman’s Reign of Terror, you’re guaranteed to be peeved on every page. I knew the United States had a colonizing history dating back, well really to its foundation through the US-Mexican War of the 1840s, but more specifically from the end of the 19th century onwards. I knew that we captured many islands in the Caribbean and Pacific respectively, even if I didn’t know the hows-and-whys. Jonathan M. Katz does […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: China, Colombia, colonization, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gangsters of Capitalism, Haiti, Jonathan M. Katz, Marines, mexico, Panama, Panama Canal, Philippines, Smedley Butler, United States, war

Jake's CBR14 Review No:57 · Genres: History · Tags: China, Colombia, colonization, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gangsters of Capitalism, Haiti, Jonathan M. Katz, Marines, mexico, Panama, Panama Canal, Philippines, Smedley Butler, United States, war ·
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