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Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 329736 5 374488 book 1971 Missee Lee: The Swallows and Amazons in the China Seas (Godine Storyteller) total:100|5:26|4:29|3:33|2:11|1:1| 100 368 140 5 72120 4.08 2077 193 41531825 1844271 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.72 93


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 5 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Thu Jan 01 16:16:16 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 16:25:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 80600184 247114 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 3 0 false Fri May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Thu Dec 10 17:26:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 17:29:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 35233001 192984 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 1 0 false Mon Oct 13 18:19:29 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 18:19:29 -0700 2008 33350854 1255607 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 4 0 false Sat Sep 20 09:23:09 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 09:25:02 -0700 2008 4775086 272061 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 3 0 false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 19 13:30:05 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 13 05:47:15 -0700 2008
Update: Slower than I remembered, a gentle tale of kidnapping, Chinese pirates and the superiority of Cambridge over Oxford.]]> 81551401 3026763 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 3 0 false Sun Dec 20 05:46:06 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 20 05:46:06 -0800 2009 81419286 4806 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 0 0 false Fri Dec 18 13:23:30 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 18 13:23:30 -0800 2009 78621988 2969534 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 2 0 false Sun Nov 22 07:52:52 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 07:52:52 -0800 2009 75374809 2528611 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 4 0 false Thu Oct 22 09:35:26 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 09:35:26 -0700 2009 75015535 2854265 1136541 0099963809 9780099963806 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181280790m/1136541.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181280790s/1136541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1136541.Missee_Lee 4.00 1


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 4 0 false Mon Oct 19 08:32:52 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 08:32:52 -0700 2009 74693364 285087 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 0 0 false Thu Oct 15 21:51:07 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 21:51:07 -0700 2009 74166009 2805610 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 5 0 false Sun Oct 11 09:41:57 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 09:41:57 -0700 2009 73931216 2385123 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 0 0 false Thu Oct 08 20:34:42 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 20:34:42 -0700 2009 72720274 2782887 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 3 0 false Sun Sep 27 19:57:03 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 19:57:03 -0700 2009 72582915 2779103 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 5 0 false Sat Sep 26 15:12:27 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 15:12:27 -0700 2009 72366687 1492096 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 0 0 false Thu Sep 24 12:55:40 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 12:55:40 -0700 2009 71645605 2726926 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 0 0 false Fri Sep 18 04:58:26 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 04:58:30 -0700 2009 71591376 2749793 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 5 0 false Thu Sep 17 15:02:50 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 15:02:50 -0700 2009 70997788 2569878 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 0 0 false Sat Sep 12 16:55:47 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 16:55:47 -0700 2009 68302864 2650540 329736 1567921965 9781567921960 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947m/329736.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173802947s/329736.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329736.Missee_Lee_The_Swallows_and_Amazons_in_the_China_Seas 3.68 100


Ransome is, as always, the consummate storyteller. Here he takes the reader not only on the usual sailing adventures and cliff-hanging escapades, but also into Chinese culture. (It's no accident that, like so many of Ransome's protagonists, Missee Lee is a woman, or that her Latin is almost as refined as her sailing skills.) It is also no wonder that The Observer called this, the tenth book in the series, "his best yet . . . a book to buy, to read, and to read again, not once but many times." The Guardian put it "in a class by itself." For Ransome, unlike so many writers of his and our generation, was particular in writing about things he knew and had studied first-hand, whether it was a foreign culture, a classical language, a cryptographic code, or the finer points of seamanship.]]> 1971 3 0 false Thu Aug 20 23:59:19 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 23:59:19 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=329736