Remember all those boring posts I wrote last summer, about China’s Cultural Revolution? You may be glad to know that you can now obtain this snooze-material in book form. I’ve compiled the posts into a 26,000 word book, entitled The Cultural Revolution: Then and Mao, and submitted it to Smashwords.com, for publication.
The list price is $0.00 on Smashwords, so you can download it in a variety of formats, for free. But I like competition, so I’ve also put my book up for sale in my Free Bookstore (see the menu at the top of my blog). The cost is $0.00. You can read it online, or download it. It’s in PDF format, which I think is the best format for versatility of layout. And PDFs can be read in most browsers.
Images work well in PDF format, whereas they can be a real bugaboo in e-books, such as ePUB and Kindle formats. In fact, in order to qualify for Smashword’s premium catalog, that will list the book with other distributors, such as Barnes & Noble, and Apple, I may have to remove all the images, and submit a revised manuscript. That’s because they’ve been fucked up by Smashwords’ Meatgrinder document converter.
Which is a shame, because the pictures are what make any book worth reading. At least in my experience.
If you’ve been having trouble sleeping, I highly recommend, The Cultural Revolution: Then and Mao. This soporific is guaranteed to put you to sleep in five minutes or less, or your money back.
It’s about China’s Cultural Revolution, that went on for ten years, from 1966 to 1976. And it also details Chairman Mao Zedong’s life, from birth to death, and how he instigated the Cultural Revolution. It compares the Cultural Revolution with our recent spate of riots, chaos, and mayhem that has set our cities on fire for the pas . . . . zzzzzzzz.
Sorry about that. Now where was I? Oh yes, that damned book. If you want an interesting read, but are too cheap to pay money for it, you might want to settle for The Cultural Revolution: Then and Mao. In fact, I’m so desperate for you to read it, I’ve included this link: LINK, that you can click on, which will take you directly to my Free Bookstore, without having to find it in the Menu, above.
You’ll find the book there, along with a bunch of other dull tomes I’ve written and have trouble giving away. So take your pick.
I hope you’ll enjoy The Cultural Revolution: Then and Mao. But if you don’t, don’t blame me. The Cultural Revolution was Chairman Mao’s idea. Those damned commies never get anything right.
Happy reading!
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Chasing Unicorns 
★★★★☆ A Book I Wanted to Remember, But…
I liked this book until I started reading it. What’s not to like about a historical tale about sex, drugs and rock-n-roll… and mass-murder, starvation and brutal dictators? I wish I could remember. At any rate, we journey with the author across China on “The Chairman’s” journey to fame and fortune in the capital, and join in the band’s misadventures along the way. But the way the author chose to frame the story was a little artificial and distancing… I mean really, who would actually torture and kill-off all of his own band-mates and promoters, and then set up the neighborhood gang of bad kids as bouncers for his big party? At some point, the over-the-top story telling needs to fall away so we can simply experience the all the death, destruction and suffering at the The Chairman’s Communist party. Still, the book is mostly a well Wikipedia-researched historical novel, and that alone makes it a worthwhile addition to any nightstand.
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Thanks, I guess. I would add that it will fit perfectly on any nightstand, given that it is an e-book, and therefore doesn’t take up much space.
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You’re welcome. I’d have given it five stars if you’d paid more for the review.
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LOL!
Hey, Tippy will you pay me if I leave a review?
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I’d pay for your review!!! (ツ)b
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Well, thank you! 🙂 I would say that you should probably have been paid more for yours too than what you were paid!
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I am paying both of you with good vibrations of gratitude. Can you feel them?
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Oh yes, the vibrations are strong.
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Sure. I’ll give you a free book.
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You are too kind! 🙂
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Here you go: 📕
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My favorite color too! Well red and blue are both my favorite colors.
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Uh-huh. You’re making your usual sense, today.
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Why should today be any different! :p!
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Well, I’m trying not to give up hope for you.
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Its always good to have an optomistic attitude! 🙂
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Well, I suspect that fifth star can be very expensive.
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I do believe this book could fall into a Historical series for you. “History: As seen through the eyes of Tippy! Guaranteed to be more exciting and more detailed than your history lessons that you learned in school. 🙂
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Definitely would have made me more interested in history that the boring stuff I had to endure in high school. I see a textbook.
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Yes! He could make kids interested in History again!
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And teach them a few swear words. Come to think of it, they probably know all the swear words, anyway.
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My guess would be Yes! But I bet they don’t know your other fancy schmancy words! You could enlighten them!
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I’d have to include a glossary.
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That is true!
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Hmm, I was just thinking that. If this was a textbook, I wonder how long it would take for the PTA to raise a big stink?
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I think it would be more like a hysterical series. But I’m hoping some school district in America will pick it up and use it for their official textbook.
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And then your fame will spread and take off as you appear on talk shows!
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And then I’ll say something politically incorrect, and be pilloried on Facebook, Twitter, etc. Mobs of angry rioters will surround my house and burn it down. I’ll be tarred and feathered, and then run out of the country on a rail.
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Exciting, eh! Just make sure you keep writing your blog while all that is happening!
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WP will shut me down.
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Well then you better not become famous, for we couldn’t do without your blog.
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That’s why I’ve chosen not to become famous. The world wouldn’t be able to handle me.
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LOL! So you are doing the world a favor, eh!
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Yep.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this series, and learned a lot while reading it. Nice to know it’s been compiled into a book format. Highly recommend…
By the way, if you were interested in packaging this with my accounting lecture videos, we could probably compete with some of the prescription-grade sleep aids… 🙂 And there would be no change in price…
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If we can get enough people to fall asleep, there’s no need to charge them anything. We can just pick their pockets.
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I think pickpocketing is banned during the pandemic…
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Banning something never stopped me.
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I should have known, my apologies 🙂
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Congrats! I guess I need your autograph too.
I’ll have to get a few jobs to afford your books…or maybe I can sell your autograph on Amazon and get rich. In fact can I have a couple of autographs?
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I will be glad to sell you my autograph.
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Ohhh sell huh? Swelled head.
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How else is a famous person supposed to make a living?
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Selling books?
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That requires too much writing. Signing autographs is much easier.
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But you’ve written them already!
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Not the ones that are going to make me famous. I’ve yet to write those books.
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Well you better get busy!
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–yawn–okay–tomorrow.
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Sure you have. You just have to believe in them.
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Sigh. You sound like a motivational speaker. They wear me out. If I get motivated, then I’ll have to do something. And I’m retired. I’m also lazy. I don’t want to be motivated.
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Haha! At least my speech was short. Now start believing.
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Alright, I believe. I guess.
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Just remove the “I guess” and you’re good to go!
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I guess you’re right.
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Haha you’re quite brave to say “money-back”, but what will you be returning? 😀
But now that I see this I’ll totally add to my TBR ❤
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I’ll return the amount of money you paid me for the book. Because I stand behind my free books.
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😂😂😂
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