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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin  
Powells.com Staff Pick Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." Mortenson and Relin's Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time is a powerful contribution to that arsenal. If there...
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The Bookseller of Kabul
by Asne Seierstad
Powells.com Staff Pick In this remarkable portrait, Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad recounts with brutal honesty the day to day lives of one Afghani family persevering through life in a country beset by chaos. With the assent of the Khan family with whom she lives...
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Finding George Orwell in Burma
by Emma Larkin
Powells.com Staff Pick While tracing Orwell's early career in Burma and its impact on his writing, Larkin provides a harrowing glimpse into how current day Burma hauntingly mirrors the worlds Orwell wrote about in 1984 and Animal Farm. Recommended by Robin, Powell's City of...
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
by Simon Winchester
Powells.com Staff Pick Krakatoa is the eloquent narrative of the cataclysmic destruction in 1883 of the volcanic island of the same name. Killing nearly 40,000 people (mostly from the resultant tsunamis), this violent eruption was "the most violent explosion ever...
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Bookseller of Kabul (03 Edition)
by Asne Seierstad
Powells.com Staff Pick In this remarkable portrait, Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad recounts with brutal honesty the day to day lives of one Afghani family persevering through life in a country beset by chaos. With the assent of the Khan family with whom she lives...
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Mao: The Unknown Story
by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
Powells.com Staff Pick Including previously unreleased details of Mao's relationship with Stalin, this astonishing look at the father of Communist China is engrossing as well as horrifying — truly an eye-opener. Recommended by Josephine, Powells.com...
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Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land (Vintage Departures)
by Patrick French
Powells.com Staff Pick Far from a Hollywood interpretation, French's research on Tibet is enlightening, analytical, and passionate. This historical travel memoir may be the best of its kind. Recommended by Malia...
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