The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad136 reviews Fareed Zakaria W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 A must-read for Americans. Zakaria reminds us of a critical insight we've collectively forgotten. + The next President needs to hire this man! + This is a must read even though we do not see eye to eye + Freedom - Economic First? Or Democracy First? + great analysis but should have been deeper             Spider Eaters: A Memoir4 reviews Rae Yang University of California Press, 1998 A most moving memoir + Spider Eaters + Old China Revisited + Old China revisited             Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the SS Kommandant at Auschwitz30 reviews Rudolf Höss Da Capo Press, 1996 Rudolph Hoess (Auschwitz Kommandant) and the Clarification of Some Holocaust Misconceptions + How badly the Germans hate the Jews! + A very good tranlation + IT WAS NOT HOESS' FAULT             The Private Life of Chairman Mao82 reviews Li Zhi-Sui Random House, 1996 Genuine portrait of Mao + Maos biography + bourgeois meets brute + In Medias Res             Survival In Auschwitz68 reviews Primo Levi Touchstone, 1996 The Experiences and Reflections of an Italian Jew at Auschwitz + Direct and Powerful + Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! + Fascinating and interesting book             Grass Soup4 reviews Hsien-Liang Chang, Zhang Xianliang David R Godine, 1995 sounds depressing but actually uplifting + Enter the mind of revolutionary Red China and shudder + Tremendous story of two decades of survival in a labor camp! I would thoroughly recommend this book for anyone interested in how human relations change under extreme conditions. Despite the plain title this book provides a lively and vivid account of the author's experience, describing horrific events with a calm objectivity. Some parts are even blackly ...             Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine22 reviews Jasper Becker Holt Paperbacks, 1998 The greatest peacetime disaster of the 20th century + Worthwhile + A must read book + More excellent information here..! + World's best kept Communist tragedy             The Drowned and the Saved20 reviews Primo Levi Vintage, 1989 As important as a book gets + Witnesses for the Lost + Trying to Understand the "Un-Understandable" + A Note + Astonishing and Vivid             The Chinese20 reviews Jasper Becker Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 Interested in China? Start with this book! + Review: The Chinese + The best way to understand the present is to understand the past There are shorter books about China, there are better books about doing business in China, and there are more academic books about China. But, if you want to introduce yourself to the broad landscape of China, from the city to the countryside, or the broad spectrum of Chinese social classes, from ...             Thirty Years in a Red House: A Memoir of Childhood and Youth in Communist China15 reviews Xiao Di Zhu University of Massachusetts Press, 1999 A Sad Yet Warm Memoir of Love and Loyalty + a book that reflected my time + The best! + The best! + The best!             Thirty Years in a Red House: A Memoir of Childhood and Youth in Communist China15 reviews Xiao Di Zhu University of Massachusetts Press, 1999 A Sad Yet Warm Memoir of Love and Loyalty + a book that reflected my time + The best! + The best! + The best!             The Private Life of Chairman Mao82 reviews Li Zhi-Sui Random House, 1996 Genuine portrait of Mao + Maos biography + bourgeois meets brute + In Medias Res             Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine22 reviews Jasper Becker Holt Paperbacks, 1998 The greatest peacetime disaster of the 20th century + Worthwhile + A must read book + More excellent information here..! + World's best kept Communist tragedy             Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the SS Kommandant at Auschwitz30 reviews Rudolf Höss Da Capo Press, 1996 Rudolph Hoess (Auschwitz Kommandant) and the Clarification of Some Holocaust Misconceptions + How badly the Germans hate the Jews! + A very good tranlation + IT WAS NOT HOESS' FAULT             The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad136 reviews Fareed Zakaria W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 A must-read for Americans. Zakaria reminds us of a critical insight we've collectively forgotten. + The next President needs to hire this man! + This is a must read even though we do not see eye to eye + Freedom - Economic First? Or Democracy First? + great analysis but should have been deeper             Spider Eaters: A Memoir4 reviews Rae Yang University of California Press, 1998 A most moving memoir + Spider Eaters + Old China Revisited + Old China revisited             Grass Soup4 reviews Hsien-Liang Chang, Zhang Xianliang David R Godine, 1995 sounds depressing but actually uplifting + Enter the mind of revolutionary Red China and shudder + Tremendous story of two decades of survival in a labor camp! I would thoroughly recommend this book for anyone interested in how human relations change under extreme conditions. Despite the plain title this book provides a lively and vivid account of the author's experience, describing horrific events with a calm objectivity. Some parts are even blackly ...             The Chinese20 reviews Jasper Becker Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 Interested in China? Start with this book! + Review: The Chinese + The best way to understand the present is to understand the past There are shorter books about China, there are better books about doing business in China, and there are more academic books about China. But, if you want to introduce yourself to the broad landscape of China, from the city to the countryside, or the broad spectrum of Chinese social classes, from ...             Survival In Auschwitz68 reviews Primo Levi Touchstone, 1996 The Experiences and Reflections of an Italian Jew at Auschwitz + Direct and Powerful + Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! + Fascinating and interesting book             The Drowned and the Saved20 reviews Primo Levi Vintage, 1989 As important as a book gets + Witnesses for the Lost + Trying to Understand the "Un-Understandable" + A Note + Astonishing and Vivid