Books & Films
In case you’re wondering, there’s actually very little point to this page. I just thought it would be a handy way for me to keep track of the books I read and films I watched in 2010.
Books I Read in 2010 :
- Out of Mao’s Shadow : The Struggle for the Soul of a New China by Philip Pan.
- Once on a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie and Adriana Hunter.
- Travelling Heroes : Greeks and Their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer by Robin Lane Fox.
- Nothing to Envy : Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick.
- Factory Girls : Voices from the Heart of Modern China by Leslie T. Chang.
- Little Emperors : A Year with the Future of China by JoAnn Dionne.
- 1434 : The Year a Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance by Gavin Menzies.
- The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer.
- The Keys of Egypt : The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs by Lesley and Roy Adkins.
- Gods of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Watterson.
- Japan’s Cultural Code Words : Key Terms that Explain the Attitudes and Behaviour of the Japanese by Boye Lafayette de Mente.
Films I Went to See at the Cinema in 2010 :
- Avatar (January 2010)
- Sherlock Holmes (January 2010)
- Iron Man 2 (May 2010)
