The last of my first stack of books for 2012, and one that has been on my list for a …
January 19, 2012 – 7:42 pm
Reading: Paul A. Van Dyke — The Canton Trade: Life and Enterprise on the China Coast, 1700-1845
Continuing my return to reading China, as with my focus on women in the history of China, so too is …
December 15, 2011 – 3:14 pm
Reading: Susan Mann – Precious Records: Women in China’s Long Eighteenth Century
Shortly before departing for Brussels, I finished Susan Mann’s brilliant The Talented Women of the Zhang Family, and began Gail Hershatter’s …
November 4, 2011 – 3:41 pm
Reading: (2nd time) Susan Mann — The Talented Women of the Zhang Family
In early 2008, before I moved to Berlin, I had a book-buying spree, and a couple of those books I …
October 19, 2011 – 10:00 pm
Reading … a 4th anniversary
Another year of books. Not as many as last year; I took a pause for some time, unable to find …
September 26, 2011 – 9:46 am
Reading: Rodric Braithwaite – Afghansty: The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89
This year I’ve been attempting to fill in an embarrassing omission in my Central Asian studies. Mainly because my interest …
September 23, 2011 – 2:49 pm
Reading: Julia Lovell – The Opium War
Canton. The idea is romantic, and unavoidably one of Orientalism. Still, I lived there on and off for a few …
September 23, 2011 – 2:37 pm
Why am I reading?
I thought, as I rode away from St George’s, bag heavy with three new arrivals (two expected and one find of …
August 12, 2011 – 8:24 pm
Reading (Playing): Gabriele Klein, Gitta Barthel, Esther Wagner – Choreografischer Baukasten
Klein, Barthel, Wagner – Choreografischer Baukasten
August 12, 2011 – 8:15 pm
Reading: Thomas Barfield – Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History
Thomas Barfield – Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History
August 12, 2011 – 8:10 pm
Reading: Robert Temple – The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention
Robert Temple – The Genius of China
May 31, 2011 – 2:48 pm
Reading: Owen Lattimore – Inner Asian Frontiers of China
owen lattimore – inner asian frontiers of china
April 6, 2011 – 4:29 pm
reading: vera schwarcz – the chinese enlightenment: intellectuals and the legacy of the may fourth movement of 1919
vera schwarcz – the chinese enlightenment
April 6, 2011 – 4:26 pm
Reading: Paul Hockenos – Joschka Fischer and the Making of the Berlin Republic
paul hockenos – joschka fischer
January 25, 2011 – 12:08 am
Reading: Laurence Dreyfus: Wagner and the Erotic Impulse
Laurence Dreyfus: Wagner and the Erotic Impulse
November 27, 2010 – 11:13 am
blacker…
China Miéville’s rejectamentalist manifesto has been one of my favourite daily-ish reads since I stumbled into it after wondering where …
October 16, 2010 – 7:27 am
“Reading: … ” Book of the Year (Non-Fiction): Jonathan Safran Foer – Eating Animals
jonathan safran foer – eating animals
October 16, 2010 – 4:35 am
Reading… a 3rd anniversary
Regarding the two-score books of the last year, it is surprising which of the non-fiction – a term I use …
August 22, 2010 – 11:38 am
Reading: Gerald Siegmund – William Forsythe: Denken in Bewegung
Gerald Siegmund – William Forsythe: Denken in Bewegung
August 10, 2010 – 1:30 am
reading: jonathan burrows – a choreographer’s handbook
jonathan burrows – a choreographer’s handbook
August 9, 2010 – 2:49 am
reading: jonathan safran foer – eating animals
jonathan safran foer – eating animals
May 26, 2010 – 1:40 pm
readin: david hinton: chuang tzu – the inner chapters
david hinton: chuang tzu – the inner chapters
May 6, 2010 – 7:41 am
reading: Leslie T. Chang – Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
Leslie T. Chang – Factory Girls
January 21, 2010 – 11:08 am
reading: iranophobia – the logic of an israeli obsession – haggai ram
iranophobia – haggai ram
November 3, 2009 – 12:58 pm
Reading… a 2nd anniversary
My reading the last year has not been of either the volume, nor the breadth of the previous, in no …
June 16, 2009 – 3:48 am
Reading: Alexandra Richie – Faust’s Metropolis – A History of Berlin
alexandra richie – faust’s metropolis
May 27, 2009 – 1:10 am
Reading: Barry Cunliffe – Europe Between the Oceans 9000 BC – AD 1000
europe between the oceans – barry cunliffe
January 18, 2009 – 10:58 pm
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
And so I discovered Annamarie Schwarzenbach, who to a certain kind of Berlinerin is probably quite famous, yet in English …
October 16, 2008 – 7:18 pm
Reading… an anniversary
A year ago in the briefest of lines, I began keeping a list of the books I’ve digested… burp. What …
September 18, 2008 – 1:53 am
englisch buchhandlungen aus berlin
(I was waiting until I’d visited a few more bookshops, but I’ve been distracted with writing applications, and know it …
May 14, 2008 – 12:10 pm
Reading: Antonio Giustozzi – Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan 2002-2007
koran, kalashnikov and laptop
May 14, 2008 – 11:59 am
Reading: R.H.C. Davis – A History of Medieval Europe
a history of medieval europe
March 6, 2008 – 10:04 am
Reading: Taliban – Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia – Ahmed Rashid
taliban – ahmed rashid
February 25, 2008 – 10:25 am
Reading: Rosanne Klass – Land of the High Flags: Afghanistan When the Going Was Good
rosanne klass – land of the high flags
December 9, 2007 – 1:40 pm
Reading: Norman Page – Auden and Isherwood – The Berlin Years
norman page – auden and isherwood – the berlin years
October 16, 2007 – 12:24 pm
reading … ?
I used to keep a list of all the books I read, and thought maybe I should do that again …
February 24, 2006 – 6:35 pm
reading some books
Today was a minor holiday after my 15 hour binge yesterday in DVD Studio Pro and the joy of sorting …
September 29, 2004 – 6:52 pm
lazy man in china
Tonight at the Asialink Centre, former Beijing Correspondent Helen Cheung’s book Lazy Man in China, is being launched Based on …