Pepper, Silk and Ivory: Amazing Stories about Jews and the Far East (Hardcover)

from LeesyLou

Interesting bits of history, but amateurishly documented. The author states in the introduction that many of the stories may not be true, but they're in keeping with the kinds of stories told about the individuals portrayed. It's interesting to see the interplay but a lot more context and a commi...

from laytonwoman3rd

I have never reviewed an ER selection without finishing it before, but in this case, I must. I have read a little more than half of the book, 12 of 23 chapters, and I simply cannot slog through any more of it. It's not the subject matter, which ought to be utterly fascinating, and sometimes does ...

from SqueakyChu

This is an extremely hard book to review as it's not the kind of book that one can sit down and simply read through. It's kind of like reading an encyclopedia with its multitudes of biographies all of which are told without citations but from the personal knowledge and research of its author, Rab...

from palmaceae

The content of this book is quite interesting but the writing style is only ok, which means I would only recommend this book to people interested in Jews in the Far East or other related subjects rather than a particularly good non-fiction book. It was nice to read these stories, which came acros...

from LipstickAndAviators

This is an ok book. Stars are mostly given for subject matter, which is fascinating and mostly untold (until now!) There are some great characters to be discovered here...many of whom could probably have whole books about their lives. Unfortunately I didn't really enjoy reading it...i found it a ...