Beautiful Country: A Novel

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Author : Qian Julie Wang
Genre : Biography & Autobiography

Summary : A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The moving story of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world—an incandescent debut from an astonishing new talent • A TODAY SHOW #READWITHJENNA PICK In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to “beautiful

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Author : Alan McGlashan
Genre : Philosophical anthropology

Summary : Alan McGlashan presents a sensitive view of the modern world and of time, of our memories and forgetfulness, joys and sorrows. He takes the reader on a safari into regions that are strange and yet familiar - into the savage and beautiful country of the mind. No cures are offered, but we are provoked

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Author : John Pomfret
Genre : Political Science

Summary : A remarkable history of the two-centuries-old relationship between the United States and China, from the Revolutionary War to the present day From the clipper ships that ventured to Canton hauling cargos of American ginseng to swap Chinese tea, to the US warships facing off against China's growing n

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Author : Robert Wrigley
Genre : Poetry

Summary : A powerful new collection from an award-winning poet. At the heart of Robert Wrigley's new book are the fears that find us at the darkest times and the hopes we rise to each morning. These poems explore that point where the sacred and the profane come together, that place of beauty inside the grotes

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Author : Michelle Zauner
Genre : Biography & Autobiography

Summary : Als Michelle mit Mitte zwanzig erfährt, dass ihre Mutter an Krebs erkrankt ist, steht die Welt für sie still. Sie lässt ihr bisheriges Leben in Philadelphia zurück und kehrt heim nach Oregon, in ihr abgelegenes Elternhaus, um ganz für ihre Mutter da zu sein. Doch schon ein halbes Jahr später s

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Author : Qian Julie Wang
Genre : Biography & Autobiography

Summary : BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, OBAMA 2021 BOOK PICK and INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Hunger was a constant, reliable friend in Mei Guo. She came second only to loneliness.' In China she was the daughter of professors. In Brooklyn her family is 'illegal.' Qian is just seven when she moves to Ame

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Author : Jean Kwok
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Summary : Tagsüber fasziniert sie ihre Lehrer mit ihrem brillanten Verstand. Nachts näht sie für einen Hungerlohn Röcke in Chinatown. Die junge Kimberly Chang lebt in zwei Welten. Doch nur eine Welt kann ihr eine Zukunft bieten... Die elfjährige Kimberly Chang verlässt mit ihrer Mutter Hongkong, um in N