James Lande's Blog
April 25, 2019
Reflections on a Gilded Isle
This story is an adaption of an earlier story called “Wulai” which has been drifting in my wake for many years for want of any place to settle. The original ended with Shannon returning to Taipei; here, the story continues … Continue reading →
May 29, 2018
Extraordinary biography of one of the first Old China Hands
Rising to the exalted status of Old China Hand is not easy – ask any of our latter-day China expats who aspire to that station. Most people today, let alone China expats, are not familiar with one of the earliest … Continue reading →
March 23, 2018
A Sorcerer’s Apprentice in Old Chinatown – Spellbinding First Novel
When a reader is swept up in a genre he rarely reads, you can bet he’s reading a damn good book! That’s The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M. H. Boroson. Normally I would pass on kungfu fantasy, but this … Continue reading →
October 9, 2017
I went too far out – a novelist’s apology to his readers
“Fish that you were. I am sorry that I went too far out. I ruined us both.” (Santiago, The Old Man and the Sea) A reader recently asked… “Loved Yang Shen, have both editions. When will James Lande’s next book … Continue reading →
September 4, 2017
Unforgettable Formosa (Wang-bu-liao) – video by Luther Deese
This deftly fashioned retrospective of the island sixty or so years ago, Memories of Taiwan by Luther Deese, begins with the poem by Meng Hao-ran 春曉, Spring Dawn: 春眠不覺曉, 處處聞啼鳥, 夜來風雨聲, 花落知多少. Waking sleepily on a spring morning, everywhere there is the song of … Continue reading →
May 27, 2017
In the Mind of a Manilaman – Yang Shen Book II Excerpt
Vincente Macanaya we met in my post Manilamen and Mandarins – Filipinos in 1860s China, Part 1: Vincente Macanaya. Now we find Vincente with the Foreign Riflles in the dark of night aboard Chinese junks sculling over a narrow canal … Continue reading →
March 30, 2017
Yang Shen Book I 2nd Edition Discounted at Amazon – only $4.27 (for a while)
We discovered today (May 27 2017) that the print edition of our novel Yang Shen is temporarily DISCOUNTED to $4.27 through Phatpocket Bookstore on Amazon from the standard $20, so hurry on over to see if you can get a copy before this … Continue reading →
Yang Shen Book I 2nd Edition Discounted at Amazon – only $7.79 (for a while)
We discovered today (March 30 2017) that the print edition of our novel Yang Shen is temporarily DISCOUNTED to $7.79 through Phatpocket Bookstore on Amazon from the standard $20, so hurry on over to see if you can get a copy before … Continue reading →
September 21, 2016
Ebook of TOUJOURS GAI memoir available now for purchase
Old China Books is pleased to announce that an ebook of the memoir TOUJOURS GAI by Luise Shannon Landers is now available for purchase from Amazon.* In this unique memoir, a lady 95 years old recollects her long and tumultuous … Continue reading →
Ebook of TOUJOURS GAI memoir available now for pre-order
Old China Books is pleased to announce that an ebook of the memoir TOUJOURS GAI by Luise Shannon Landers is now available for pre-order from Amazon. In this unique memoir, a lady 95 years old recollects her long and tumultuous … Continue reading →
