The SoapBox Library

Books & documents

• With the Allies to Pekin: A Tale of the Relief of the Legations — G. A. Henty Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
• Contos Phantasticos (Portuguese) — Teófilo Braga Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
• Indiscreet Letters From Peking — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
• Bottlenose Shuang Xuetao (2022) — Astra Magazine Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• Concordia University Story Tips (1987) — Public Relations Department Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/]
• Dongdong And His Kitten Chinese Story Book (1987) — Xu Xinghua Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• The Usborne story of music (1998) — O'Brien, Eileen, 1970- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• Na yi nian, wo men bu dong ai (2011) — Fengweishang Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• CIA Reading Room cia-rdp11s00229r000301450001-6: SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS: SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS (1988) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• CIA Reading Room cia-rdp84t00926r000200060003-4: LOGJAMS IN THE SOVIET TIMBER INDUSTRY (1983) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• CIA Reading Room cia-rdp84t01083r000100110002-5: USSR MONTHLY REVIEW (1983) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• Living Dangerously - A Biography of Joris Ivens (2000) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80t00250a000100800001-6: MODIFICATION OF MISSILE TEST TOWER BEIJING GUIDED MISSILE PLANT NANYUAN, PRC (1979) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• CIA Reading Room cia-rdp82-00850r000400030057-2: JPRS ID: 9876 CHINA REPORT POLITICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (2016) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• CIA Reading Room cia-rdp87t01145r000100070002-8: USSR REVIEW - IN THIS ISSUE: THE USSR AND CHINA JULY-AUGUST 1986 (1986) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• 刘英俊的故事 (1966) — 解放军文艺出版社 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• Huo hua deXiu si chuan = Howard Hughes (2017) — Peter Brown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• CIA Reading Room cia-rdp97-00770r000100030001-9: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC & ENERGY WEEKLY (1986) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90t00114r000200570001-4: CHINA: DENG UNDER PRESSURE (1987) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• Yi lei : Bu yi yang de cheng gong qi shi lu (2009) — Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-, Ji, Lina Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• The social construction of SARS : studies of a health communication crisis (2008) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• Indiscreet letters from Peking; being the notes of an eye-witness, which set forth in some detail, from day to day, the real story of the siege and sack of a distressed capital in 1900 - the year of great tribulation (1919) — Weale, Putnam, pseud. Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• CIA Reading Room cia-rdp82-00850r000200020016-0: JPRS ID: 8758 WEST EUROPE REPORT (2016) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• CIA Reading Room cia-rdp83b00551r000200150031-8: MORE HONG KONG PRESS WARNINGS ON TAIWAN (1981) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• Ren tong gan : Yong gu shi bao zhuang shi shi de yi shu (2016) — Jim Signorell Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• Mary Porter Gamewell and her story of the siege in Peking (1907) — Gamewell, Mary Porter, 1848-1906, Tuttle, A. H. (Alexander Harrison), 1844-1932 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• LITTLE FROG LISTENS TO A STORY - ENGLISH - CHINESE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE — LIN SONGYING Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
• Born a Crime (2016) — Trevor Noah Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• My Beijing (2018) — Nie Jun Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Runaway (2004) — Alice Munro Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• A comrade lost and found (2009) — Jan Wong Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Beethoven in Beijing (2022) — Jennifer Lin, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Careless People (2025) — Sarah Wynn-Williams Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Beijing bastard (2014) — Val Wang Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Beijing from Below (2020) — Harriet Evans Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Beijing Women (2014) — Wang, Yuan, Colin S. C. Hawes, Shuyu Kong, Colin S. Hawes, Wang Yuan Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Sights with stories in old Beijing (1990) — Collectif Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• The Last Days of Old Beijing (2008) — Michael Meyer, Michael J. Meyer Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Grand Pursuit (2011) — Sylvia Nasar Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• A China story (2013) — James Bausch Hendry Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Beijing Heart (1999) — Larry Hanbrook Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Beijing diary (1989) — Bess Spero Li Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• 北京西郊故事集 (2020) — 徐则臣 Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Sights with Stories in Old Beijing (2004) — Xiong Zhenru Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Love in Beijing and other stories (1988) — William Goede Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Cong Beijing dao Dongying (2002) — Bai Lin Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Razing Beijing (2012) — Elston, Sidney, 3rd, Emily Bestler, Juli Watson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Youth Web Radio in Beijing (2021) — Shana Roberts Colburn Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
• Sights with Stories (1994) — BEN SHE.YI MING Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]

source: Project Gutenberg (public domain, host) + Internet Archive texts (IA reader, window) + Open Library (metadata, link-out) — public-domain first; we host only PD texts