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THE GLOBAL RECYCLING INDUSTRY, explored in unexpectedly entertaining depth. Informative, but never dry! B PLUS
JUNKYARD PLANET: TRAVELS IN THE BILLION-DOLLAR TRASH TRADE
Bloomsbury Press
2013
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Business, China, Environmentalism, Non-Fiction, Public Policy
DREAMLIKE TALE OF an 1890s New Yorker in China, haunted by the ghost of his first love in a time of strife.
Grade: SOLID B
MY LAST EMPRESS
Crown
2012
Tags: China, Historical Fiction, Novels, Solid B Reviews
BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, EYE-OPENING memoir of China in the 1970s looks at three generations in a time of change.
Grade: A MINUS
THE LITTLE RED GUARD: A FAMILY MEMOIR
Riverhead
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, China, Memoirs, Non-Fiction
SHANGHAI POLICE INSPECTOR Chen’s vacation is marred by murder and environmental skulduggery. Appealing mystery!
Grade: B PLUS
DON'T CRY, TAI LAKE: AN INSPECTOR CHEN NOVEL
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, China, Mystery, Novels