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I am a writer who has been hijacked by life. When my daughter, Stevie, exploded into my life with all the problems she had to cope with I ended up founding two charities for children with developmental disabilities (and wrote a memoir of this time in my book: Wordjazz for Stevie) - then when my wife was diagnosed with cancer I had a new battle on my hands - and this led to a series of cancer books starting with Fighting Cancer: A Survival Guide (1996) to the latest book The Cancer Survivor's Bible (2012) - see my website www.fightingcancer.com and cancer blog www.cancerfighter.wordpress.com. I am now seeking to get back to my writing career and in recent years have published the rather controversial novel, The Alphabet of Vietnam, and my co...more

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Greenmantle – What a load of old tosh! – and Rogue Male – still has what it takes

Greenmantle was published in 1916. This was the second of John Buchan’s novels and features the character Richard Hannay who was the hero of the better known TheThirty-Nine Steps. I decided to re-read it (I had read it once when I was twelve but absolutely nothing of the story had stayed with me) and it succeeded in doing what Arthur Hailey’s book. Detective, (another book that I started recent...

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Jonathan Chamberlain's Books

Average rating: 4.12 · 64 ratings · 32 reviews · 17 distinct works · Similar authors

	King Hui: The Man Who Owned All the Opium in Hong Kong by Jonathan Chamberlain (Goodreads Author), David Tang (Foreword by) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreams of Gold 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alphabet of Vietnam 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wordjazz for Stevie: How a Profoundly Handicapped Girl Gave Her Father the Gifts of Pain and Love 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chinese Gods: An Introduction to Chinese Folk Religion by Jonathan Chamberlain (Goodreads Author), John Blofeld (Foreword) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cancer Recovery Guide: 15 Alternative and Complementary Strategies for Restoring Health 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cancer Survvivor's Bible 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cancer Survivors' Stories (CANCER:THE COMPLETE RECOVERY GUIDE series book 8 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whitebait & Tofu 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eliminating S.D.B.s 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Emigrating Home

by Yasseen (Goodreads Author)

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Jonathan Chamberlain said: "Yasseen was one of those who, like myself, found their horizons enlarged and their loyalties curiously shaped by being caught up by the surges of the British Empire. He was born in Jamaica, educated in Britain and then went to live with his father in...more "

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Aspects of the Novel

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I first started travelling in China in the early 1980s when it started to open up after the Cultural Revolution. I travelled by train to Kunming, Sichuan and Mongolia, I cycled cross country through Fujian, Guangzhou and Hainan, sailed down the Yangt...more
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