by Library Lin | May 8, 2023 | History
951. Books on the history of China and adjacent areas Further Reading: The links below may be affiliate links. If you use them and make a purchase, I will receive a small commission. Peter Hessler Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China and the West, 2006. Change in... 
by Library Lin | Apr 3, 2023 | Books, History
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach My rating: 4 of 5 stars The following post may contain affiliate links. If you use my link, I will receive a small commission at no extra... 
by Library Lin | Mar 20, 2023 | History
947. Books on Russia & Eastern Europe The links below are affiliate links, if you use the links and purchase, I will get a commission at no extra charge. I only link to titles I recommend. Further Reading: Yaffa Eliach There Once Was a World, 1998. Historian... 
by Library Lin | Jan 16, 2023 | History
944. Books on the history of France Further Reading: Edmund Burke Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790. Anglo-Irish statesman, philosopher, and political theorist Edmund Burke supported the American Revolution but vehemently opposed the French Revolution. In... 
by Library Lin | Nov 28, 2022 | History
951. Books on China and adjacent areas Further Reading: Peter Hessler Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China and the West, 2006. Throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries, China changed rapidly. Journalist Peter Hessler describes how they affected the lives of... 
by Library Lin | Oct 19, 2022 | History
947. Books on Russia & East Europe Further Reading: Yaffa Eliach There Once Was a World, 1998. In the 1970s, historian and Judaic Studies scholar Yaffa Eliach was asked to work on a memorial for the victims of the Holocaust. She decided the best way to honor them...