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An Artist of the Floating World An Artist of the Floating World
by Kazuo Ishiguro
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This is the story of an artist as an aging man, struggling through the wreckage of Japan's World War II experience. Ishiguro's first novel.... (read more)
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
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First published in 1985, this is a novel of such power that the reader is unable to forget its images and its forecast. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force. "A novel that brilliantly illuminates some of the darker... (read more)
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Prayer for Owen Meany Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
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On one list are the books you like to recommend. You want to turn on someone to your favorite unknown author or introduce them to the season's latest, greatest novel. If you've read widely enough over the years, you'll match reader to occasion. The list... (read more)
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Sorrow Mountain : the Journey of a Tibetan Warrior Nun (00 Edition) Sorrow Mountain : the Journey of a Tibetan Warrior Nun (00 Edition)
by Ani Pachen
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Since the publication of Sorrow Mountain in 2000, I have received letters from people throughout the world who felt inspired by Ani Pachen's example. Her courage in the face of devastation, as well as the Buddhist teachings that helped her endure... (read more)
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There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children
by Melissa Fay Greene
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There Is No Me Without You is the story of Haregewoin Tefarra, a middle-aged Ethiopian woman of modest means whose home has become a refuge for hundreds of children orphaned by AIDS. It is a story as much about the power of the bond between children and... (read more)
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Literature From the Literature From the ""Axis of Evil"" : Writing From Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Other Enemy Nations (06 Edition)
by Words Without Borders
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Includes thirty-five works of fiction from seven countries--"deemed "enemy nations" by the American government, most of which have never been translated into English.... (read more)
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Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World (08 Edition) Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World (08 Edition)
by Eric Weiner
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Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of un-unhappiness. The book uses a... (read more)
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Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq
by Steve Fainaru
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There are tens of thousands of them in Iraq. They work for companies with exotic and ominous-sounding names, like Crescent Security Group, Triple Canopy, and Blackwater Worldwide. They travel in convoys of multicolored pickups fortified with makeshift... (read more)
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Finding George Orwell in Burma Finding George Orwell in Burma
by Emma Larkin
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In one of the most intrepid travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma's underground teahouse intellectuals call simply the... (read more)
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Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-face With Modern-day Slavery (08 Edition) Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-face With Modern-day Slavery (08 Edition)
by E. Benjamin Skinner
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To be a moral witness is perhaps the highest calling of journalism, and in this unforgettable, highly readable account of contemporary slavery, author Benjamin Skinner travels around the globe to personally tell stories that need to be told -- and heard.... (read more)
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