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Li Bo

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Born

in San Francisco, The United States

Website

https://sagethoughts.wordpress.com/

Genre

Historical Fiction, History

Influences

Mark Twain and Star Trek

Member Since

May 2017

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Dr. Steven A. Leibo, who writes fiction under the name Li Bo, has been obsessed with history ever since his imagination was captured by the story of King Tut and his fabled tomb in the fifth grade.

From then on, Leibo's was a life caught up with trying to figure out how to make a living teaching and writing about history. That meant of course not only decades of schooling but years of reading not only the books of professional historians, but the wonderful works of historical fiction produced by writers from Irving Stone to Robert Graves. Eventually starting his own efforts writing as a professional historian and a writer of historical fiction.

In fact, Leibo’s entire career has operated on two parallel tracks, as professor of modern world Dr. Steven A. Leibo, who writes fiction under the name Li Bo, has been obsessed with history ever since his imagination was captured by the story of King Tut and his fabled tomb in the fifth grade.

From then on, Leibo's was a life caught up with trying to figure out how to make a living teaching and writing about history. That meant of course not only decades of schooling but years of reading not only the books of professional historians, but the wonderful works of historical fiction produced by writers from Irving Stone to Robert Graves. Eventually starting his own efforts writing as a professional historian and a writer of historical fiction.

In fact, Leibo’s entire career has operated on two parallel tracks, as professor of modern world history, the author of a series of nonfiction historical works plus a textbook and his on-going Sino-American Tales about Sino-Western relations in the nineteenth century.

He is the author of a wide variety of books from Transferring Technology to China: Prosper Giquel and the Chinese Self-Strengthening Movement to Journal of the Chinese Civil War 1864 as well as the annual East and Southeast Asia 2016-17

and the historical fiction Sino-American tales which includes
Tienkuo: The Heavenly Kingdom
and
Beyond the Heavenly Kingdom

Leibo is currently writing the third in the series mentioned above.

More formally Leibo is the Sherman David Spector Professor in the Humanities at the Sage Colleges in New York and focuses on Modern International History & Politics. Dr. Leibo also taught at the State University of New York at Albany from 1986 to 2015.

A former Fulbright scholar, Prof. Leibo specializes in the relationship between Asia and the West. Leibo has extensive experience leading study tours through Vietnam. Leibo is also a documentary filmmaker. His most recent film is From Albany to Saigon: Vietnam & the Capital Region

Leibo, is a commentator for Northeast Public Radio, a member of the National Committee on US China Relations and an associate in research at Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
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	Tienkuo: The Heavenly Kingdom (Sino-American Tales #1) 4.08 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Beyond The Heavenly Kingdom: Sequel to Tienkuo: The Heavenly Kingdom (Sino-American Tales Book 2) 4.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Cincuenta poemas by Li Bo (Goodreads Author) (Traductor), Anne-Helène Suárez 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Seidenreiher über allen Gipfeln: Gedichte. Chinesisch/Deutsch – Das Werk des wohl bedeutendsten chinesischen Dichters by Li Bo (Goodreads Author), Thomas O. Höllmann (translator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Under Heaven’s Watch (Sino-American Tales Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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	Chinese judges attitudes towards companion animals: A study of court decisions from 2003 to 2022 by Li Bo (Goodreads Author), Peter Li 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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