Thanks to the folks at Penguin, I am giving away a hardcover copy of MIDNIGHT IN PEKING by Paul French. It’s the best historical true crime I’ve read since The Devil in the White City. (My full review is here) To enter, please: 1. Leave a comment, with link to a Facebook or Twitter post…
REVIEW: CHARLIE CHAN by Yunte Huang
Part academia, part history, part theory, part commentary and part mystery itself, this ambitious book tackles numerous subjects at once. Not because the author lost his focus, but because the stories, and the people in them, were so intertwined.
Sarah Rose on NPR, FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA
Sarah Rose, the author of FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA was recently interviewed on NPR. You can listen to the broadcast, and read more about Robert Fortune and the book here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125237353
CONTEST: Free Book
The good folks (Thanks, Meghan and Holly!) over at Viking were kind enough to send me a copy of FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA by Sarah Rose to giveaway on the site. Book: Hardcover | 5.51 x 8.26in | 272 pages | ISBN 9780670021529 | 18 Mar 2010 | Viking Adult | 18 – AND…