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Steven's Kindle Books in China
By an Amazon.com customer
Power PlayPower Play by Joseph Finder
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01
The Venetian Betrayal: A Novel (Cotton Malone)The Venetian Betrayal: A Novel (Cotton Malone) by Steve Berry
Buy new: $25.95 / Used from: $0.01
Quarantine: A NovelQuarantine: A Novel by Jim Crace
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.18
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean WarThe Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam
Buy new: $35.00 / Used from: $3.40
His last and best.
The SanctuaryThe Sanctuary by Raymond Khoury
Buy new: $25.95 / Used from: $0.01
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the WorldBanana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World by Dan Koeppel
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $1.70
If you love to eat them, read this book.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest DisasterInto Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.85
Worth re-reading again.
I Hope They Serve Beer In HellI Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max
Buy used from: $3.99
crude but stil funny...
John AdamsJohn Adams by David McCullough
Buy used from: $3.26
The best biography of a Founding Father, showing how the nation was in fact founded.
Rumpole Misbehaves: A Novel (Rumpole Novels)Rumpole Misbehaves: A Novel (Rumpole Novels) by John Mortimer
Buy new: $17.96 / Used from: $0.01
Still fun to read about the English barrister.
Doing Business In China: How to Profit in the World's Fastest Growing MarketDoing Business In China: How to Profit in the World's Fastest Growing Market by Ted Plafker
Buy used from: $2.32
This is what I am doing in China.
BlasphemyBlasphemy by Douglas Preston
Buy new: $16.82 / Used from: $0.01
Preston is one of the nation's great story tellers.
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3)The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) by Philip Pullman
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $0.01
Great story telling with stories that rival Harry Potter. Read all 3 in this order: The Golden Compass, the Subtle Knife and then The Amber Spyglass.
Head and Heart: American ChristianitiesHead and Heart: American Christianities by Garry Wills
Buy new: $13.82 / Used from: $0.85
For us liberal Catholics, among others...
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Unabridged Classics)20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Unabridged Classics) by Jules Verne
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $4.72
Great to get this every day in China, to counter what we read in China Daily, the organ of the Communist party here.
Atlantic Monthly, Special IssueAtlantic Monthly, Special Issue by Editors of ATLANTIC MONTHLY Magazine
Love to listen to NPR for its long analysis and to read The Atlantic Monthly for the same reason.
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as PossibleThe Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $5.52
Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of EverythingFreakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
Buy new: $18.71 / Used from: $5.30
Gallatin Canyon: StoriesGallatin Canyon: Stories by Thomas McGuane
Buy new: $19.20 / Used from: $0.72
The Echo Maker: A NovelThe Echo Maker: A Novel by Richard Powers
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.48
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: The Alexander Text (Collins)The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: The Alexander Text (Collins) by William Shakespeare
Buy new: $18.21 / Used from: $10.41
The New York Times - Latest NewsThe New York Times - Latest News
Buy new: $1.99
Great to read this paper every day, right off the presses so to speak, to counter what I read every day in China Daily,the mouthpiece of the Communist Party here.