Recommended Books on China and Adjacent Areas

Recommended Books on China and Adjacent Areas

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...
Desert Queen by Janet Wallach: Book Review

Desert Queen by Janet Wallach: Book Review

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...
Books on the History of Russia and Eastern Europe

Books on the History of Russia and Eastern Europe

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...
Books on the History of France

Books on the History of France

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...
Books on China and Adjacent Areas

Books on China and Adjacent Areas

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...
Books on Russia & Other Parts of Europe

Books on Russia & Other Parts of Europe

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...