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Jan 1, 2004 · Robert Gandt, Aviation author of China Clipper, Acts of Vengeance and more says, "This is historical fiction the way it ought to be. The characters are believable, the flying scenes accurate to the finest detail, the tragedy of WWII evoked with honest, clear-eyed realism. Best of all, China Diaries just happens to be a cracking good story.”
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Oct 23, 2013 · China Diaries: A Novel of Pre-War China. Paperback – October 23, 2013. Few remember there was a war raging in China years before Pearl Harbor was bombed. Though most are aware of Europe’s holocaust, China was experiencing its own suffering under the Japanese siege of Shanghai, the infamous rape of Nanking, the capture of Hankow and finally ...
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Joe Carter's China Diaries shares the story of living in China for over thirty years (1985-2016) teaching architectural design at Tianjin University and working as an architect in Beijing.
- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) James Bond had been in a slump since 1974’s lackluster “The Man With the Golden Gun.” But Roger Moore’s third time as the secret agent ended up being one of 007’s biggest crowd-pleasers, as “You Only Live Twice” director Lewis Gilbert returned to the franchise, pairing the secret agent with Russian counterpart XXX, aka Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach), who was the perfect foil for Moore’s debonair spy.
- Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Tom Cruise had long since established himself as willing guinea pig for any and all death-defying physical stunts when time came to follow up his first blockbuster, “Top Gun” — so why wouldn’t he fly the actual Navy vessels that the characters pilot in “Maverick”?
- The Fugitive (1993) This update of the classic ’60s TV series leaps from the original premise into a game of cat-and-mouse between grumpy old men Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
- Vanishing Point (1971) This dusty, greasy classic follows the revved-up adventures of Kowalski (Barry Newman), a delivery driver amped on speed, racing the police and everyone else on the road to get a Dodge Challenger from Colorado to San Francisco in record time.
Jul 9, 2004 · Hardcover. $34.95 1 Used from $34.95. Paperback. All Captain Stephen Cannon knows of Anna, his Russian émigré mother, and Alex, his aviation-pioneering father, is from their China diaries, their personal journals that chronicle their courtship in China through Pearl Harbor. Then, after an epic escape from the siege of Hong Kong by clipper ...
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3 days ago · The Biden administration is preparing to roll out a sweeping border executive action as early as Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the discussions, who cautioned that timing is fluid.
May 23, 2024 · Ocean. David Pierson reported from Hong Kong, and Amy Chang Chien from Taipei, Taiwan. China launched two days of military drills surrounding Taiwan on Thursday in what it called a “strong ...
