#histbookchat #sinology New arrival! The Broken China Dream by Minxin Pei (2026) from @princetonupress.bsky.social as supplied by Aunty Lesley of @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social who has broken many a young man's dream
#histbookchat #PhotoFriday Writing a book review at the moment (not of this book) and had to refer back to Judith Shapiro's classic from 2001 - always liked the cover of this book. Reminds me of some of yours... 😂@milhistreader.bsky.social
Very sad news #histbookchat #RIP Philip Caputo - wrote one of the best war memoirs ever, A Rumor of War
#histbookchat #photofriday my offering today is an old-school thriller from 1966 - great fun!!
Laurence Westwood
This should be in your wheelhouse, Matt!! LOL @matteatonmedia.bsky.social
Bit late with #PhotoFriday #histbookchat Finally starting Marine Raider by Stephen Platt (2025)! #sinology
Wasn't sure what to post today for #PhotoFriday #histbookchat but I was inspired by @halma.bsky.social to show off some post-WW2 Indian history. This book about the Sino-Indian border war of 1962 has been on the shelf for years and I am yet to get to it! China's India War by Bertil Lintner (2018)
#histbookchat #law #sinology #PhotoFriday A new arrival for this week!! Very happy to get hold of a copy of the recently published Chinese Law by @donaldcclarke.bsky.social
Laurence Westwood
Exciting new arrival!! To Rule All Under Heaven (2025) by
Andrew Seth Meyer as supplied by Aunty Lesley of
@bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social who really believes that she rules all under Heaven! 😮 #sinology #histbookchat
#histbookchat #sinology many thanks to editor extraordinaire @shoumojitb.bsky.social and The Perfect Voice, Mumbai for letting me write on China and the environment: The Greening of China
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Philip Caputo wrote a best-selling classic about Vietnam, shared a Pulitzer for uncovering Chicago’s voting fraud, was captured by militants in Lebanon & shot by others, covered wars in Afghanistan to Africa, hunted big game & caught bigger fish
RIP dad
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I need your funniest and naughtiest ideas! Let’s create a new verse for a famous old song and sing it together at @chalkefestival.bsky.social
