Blogs in March 2020

The White Mountain 4th March 2020

The story begins with the arrival of triplets, born to a woman who has given birth three times previously, and buried each child shortly thereafter. This time the delivery goes well. That same night a family of five suffocates...

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Search for the Buried Bomber 4th March 2020

The X-Files meets Indiana Jones in Search for the Buried Bomber, the first in Xu Lei’s Dark Prospects series of thrillers steeped in archeological myths and government secrets. During China’s tumultuous Cultural Revolution, the People’s Liberation Army dispatches an...

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Moron to Moron: Two Men, Two Bikes, One Mongolian Misadventure 4th March 2020

In July 2010, Tom Doig and his best mate Tama Pugsley cycled 1487 kilometres across northern Mongolia from a small town called Moron to a smaller town also called Moron. Why? Because it was there. Armed with spandex unitards,...

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Mongolian Folktales 4th March 2020

The Republic of Mongolia lies on a high plateau between Russia and China. The raw beauty of its landscape is breathtaking. A proximity to animals and the environment has led to a rich heritage of songs and tales related...

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The Gray Earth 4th March 2020

This powerful, sweeping novel continues the saga of Dshurukawaa, the Tuvan shepherd boy introduced in The Blue Sky. Torn between the onset of visions and pressure from his family to attend a state boarding school, the adolescent attempts to...

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