Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng The Little Book of Woodland Bird Songs What sets The Little Book

What sets The Little Book of Backyard Bird Songs apart from other introductory bird identification books is the last word in its title

with a few great ideas interspersed among a bunch of less-interesting ones

there is nothing more important than being properly prepared

in the same way

Mourning Dove

Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng The Little Book of Woodland Bird Songs What sets The Little BookUpon its initial publication, Life and Death in Shanghai, Nien Cheng's searing memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, was an instant international best seller. This phenomenal, unforgettable book captured the attention of the world just as Communism started to collapse, and is considered a twentieth century classic, both for Cheng's incisive writing and the light it throws on totalitarian history. In August 1966, a group of Red Guards ransacked