Aug 2017 – Half the Sky
Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn American, husband and wife reporters, Nicholas and Sheryl wrote this ground breaking book in 2009; highlighting the unimaginable hurdles many women around the world (although this book focuses mostly on Africa and Asia) deal with day to day. It discusses how charities and the Western […]
Jun, 2017 – In the Light of What We Know
In the Light of What We Know by Zia Haider Rahman In the Light of What We Know, published in 2014, is a debut novel from Zia Haider Rahman. Set in 2008, it deals with the friendship of Zafar and the narrator (who remains nameless) that goes back to their days together at Oxford in […]
May 2017 – Wolf Totem
In 1969, a young Chinese intellectual from Beijing, Jiang Rong, answered Chairman Mao’s call for city dwellers to go “up to the mountains and down to the countryside,” and travelled to one of China’s most “primitive” places, north-central Inner Mongolia. The city dwellers, some going voluntarily, some forced, were to learn from the rural workers. […]
Apr 2017 – 1421 The Year China Discovered America
Gavin Menzies in 1421 The Year China Discovered America claimed that Admiral Zheng He (Cheng Ho) and his Treasure Ships sailed all over the world between 1421 and 1423. He expends 500+ pages attempting to prove this hypothesis using numerous maps and other ‘evidence’. As a former submarine commander, he claims to have the knowledge […]