Finding George Orwell in Burma
By: Emma Larkin
4.26
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A fascinating political travelogue that traces the life and work of George Orwell in Southeast Asia…
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1. Why Orwell Matters
By: Christopher Hitchens
3.96
Format: 211 pages, Paperback
In this widely acclaimed biographical essay, Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievemen… read more
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- politics
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"Very often, people embarking on such guesswork make the vulgar assumption that the lower the motives, the more likely they are to be authentic."-Christopher Hitchens, Why Orwell Matters
"But what [Orwell] illustrates, by his commitment to language as the partner of truth, is that 'views' do not really count; that it matters not what you think, but how you think; and that politics are…"-Christopher Hitchens, Why Orwell Matters
2. The Moon and Sixpence
By: W. Somerset Maugham
4.13
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham's ode to the powerf… read more
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"The writer is more concerned to know than to judge."-W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
"Can the law get blood out of a stone? I haven't any money."-W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
"I shall beat you,' he said, looking at her. How else should I know you loved me,' she answered."-W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
"It is one of the defects of my character that I cannot altogether dislike anyone who makes me laugh."-W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
3. Symposium
By: Muriel Spark
3.70
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
One October evening five posh London couples gather for a dinner party, enjoying "the pheasant (fla… read more
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4. Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
By: Jung Chang
3.90
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) is the most important woman in Chin… read more
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- politics
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"She was a giant, but no saint."-Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
"For all her faults, she was no despot."-Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
"Empress Dowager Cixi’s legacy was manifold and towering."-Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
"For Cixi, what the Viceroy as done was best left unsaid."-Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
5. Diary of a Tokyo Teen: A Japanese-American Girl Draws Her Way Across the Land of Trendy Fashion, High-Tech Toilets and Maid Cafes
By: Christine Mari
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
A book for comic lovers and Japanophiles of all ages, Diary of a Tokyo Teenpresents a unique look a… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
6. Finding George Orwell in Burma
By: Emma Larkin
4.26
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A fascinating political travelogue that traces the life and work of George Orwell in Southeast Asia… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- travel
- asia
- politics
- nonfiction
7. The Glass Palace
By: Amitav Ghosh
3.77
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel by Amitav Ghosh tells the sto… read more
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8. The Captain and the Enemy (Penguin Classics)
By: Graham Greene , John Auchard
3.46
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Victor Baxter is a young boy when a secretive stranger known simply as “the Captain” takes him from… read more
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9. The Turtle of Oman
By: Naomi Shihab Nye
2.50
Format: 52 pages, Hardcover
Aref Al-Amri does not want to leave Oman. He does not want to leave his elementary school, his frie… read more
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10. The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth
By: Tom Burgis
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
One of Financial Times' Books of the Year, 2015 The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth … read more
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11. Burmese Days
By: George Orwell
3.97
Format: 68 pages, Hardcover
Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, this book describes corruption and… read more
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12. Twilight Over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess
By: Inge Sargent
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Just married and returning to live in her new husband's native land, a young Austrian woman arrived… read more
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13. Frontiera: perché sarà un nuovo secolo americano
By: Francesco Costa
3.79
Format: 290 pages, ebook
C'è una storia che ascoltiamo da un po' di tempo, e descrive la più grande superpotenza del pianeta… read more
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- nonfiction
14. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
By: Anna Funder
4.13
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
15. White Holes
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.10
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief L… read more
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- nonfiction
16. Burma Sahib
By: Paul Theroux
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Mosquito Coast and The Bad Angel Brothers comes a riveting new… read more
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- travel
- asia
17. Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
By: Tahir Hamut Izgil
4.31
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a f… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- asia
- politics
- nonfiction
"The Uyghur region was now a gigantic prison, blanketed with security forces and a biometric surveillance system unique in human history."-Tahir Hamut Izgil, Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
18. Golden Age
By: Wang Xiaobo
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Like Gary Shteyngart or Michel Houellebecq, Wang Xiaobo is a Chinese literary icon whose satire for… read more
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- asia
"Death was always at your back, an infinite darkness coming to swallow you. I felt miniscule. No matter what I did, I would still be just as miniscule. But so long as I could walk, I could outrun deat…"-Wang Xiaobo, Golden Age
19. China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower
By: Frank Dikötter
3.94
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In China After Mao , award-winning author Frank Dikötter delves into the history of China under the… read more
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- politics
- history
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20. The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us
By: Nick Hayes
4.45
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A meditation on the fraught and complex relationship between land, politics and power, this is Engl… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
21. The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
By: Pico Iyer
3.61
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From "one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time" (Brain Pickings): a journey throu… read more
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