A Village with My Name: A Family History of China's Opening to the World
By: Scott Tong
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When journalist Scott Tong moved to Shanghai, his assignment was to start the first full-time China…
Want to Read $ 2.99"You only have to look at the Chinese language today to understand how many modern ideas came via Japan. A remarkable number of words in Mandarin have been imported from Japan: Independence (duli). Women's rights (nvquan). Gender equality (nannv pingdeng). Science (kexue). Industry (gongye). Atom (yuanzi). International (guoji). History (lishi). Market (shichang). Invest (touzi). Economics (jinji). Society (shehui). Telephone (dianhua). The list goes on."-Scott Tong, A Village with My Name: A Family History of China's Opening to the World
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1. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
By: Dee Brown
4.25
Format: 509 pages, Paperback
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"It is too often the case,"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
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"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.' - Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse)"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself."-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
2. Into the Beautiful North
By: Luis Alberto Urrea , None
3.31
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, w… read more
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3. Copper River (Cork O'Connor, #6)
By: William Kent Krueger
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Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Two-time Anthony Award-winning author William Kent Krueger has "moved to the head of the crime fict… read more
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4. Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road
By: Rob Schmitz
4.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable portrait of individuals who hope, struggle, and grow along a single street cutting… read more
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5. Wild Grass: Three Stories of Change in Modern China
By: Ian Johnson
4.00
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist Ian Johnson tells the stories of three ordinary C… read more
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6. Mercy Falls (Cork O'Connor, #5)
By: William Kent Krueger
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Back in the saddle as sheriff of Tamarack County, Cork O'Connor is lured to the nearby Ojibwe reser… read more
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7. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
By: Laurence Bergreen
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Format: 523 pages, Paperback
Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year… read more
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8. New York
By: Edward Rutherfurd
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Edward Rutherfurd celebrates America's greatest city in a rich, engrossing saga, weaving together t… read more
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9. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
By: Erik Larson
3.84
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthrall… read more
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10. Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World
By: Alex Joske
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Spies and Lies by Alex Joske is a ground-breaking exposé of elite influence operations by China’s l… read more
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11. Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction
By: David Enrich
3.97
Format: 432 pages, ebook
New York Times finance editor David Enrich's explosive exposé of the most scandalous bank in the wo… read more
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12. Orbital
By: Samantha Harvey
3.73
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
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"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
13. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
By: Kamala Harris
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
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"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
14. Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir
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4.50
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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"Just as in the Trump-Giuliani Ukraine conspiracy, we saw a ruthless, single-minded obsession with staying in power; a manifest lack of moral values, shame, and civility; and a stunning disregard of a…"-Marie Yovanovitch, Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir
15. Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
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4.19
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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16. The Struggle for Taiwan: A History of America, China, and the Island Caught Between
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4.01
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17. Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China's New Social Order
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18. Other Rivers: A Chinese Education
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4.56
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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19. A Village with My Name: A Family History of China's Opening to the World
By: Scott Tong
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When journalist Scott Tong moved to Shanghai, his assignment was to start the first full-time China… read more
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"You only have to look at the Chinese language today to understand how many modern ideas came via Japan. A remarkable number of words in Mandarin have been imported from Japan: Independence (duli). Wo…"-Scott Tong, A Village with My Name: A Family History of China's Opening to the World
20. Tomorrow in Shanghai
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3.83
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21. The Message
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