Book type: non-fiction (1978)



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Chimera by Phoebe Gianissi EN

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Country: Europe / Greece flag Greece
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Exploring motherhood, myth, and "transhumance," Chimera is a stunningly ambitious poetry volume by the award-winning Greek poet Phoebe Giannisi

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China Cry : The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam, Richard H. Schneider EN

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Country: Asia / China flag China
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Tells the true story of the love, courage, and struggles of one woman, Nora Lam, whose Christian faith led her to make the ultimate choice between life and death

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China in Ten Words by Hua Yu, Yu Hua EN

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Country: Asia / China flag China
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Uses a framework of ten common phrases in the Chinese vernacular to offer insight into China's modern economic gaps, cultural transformations, and ubiquitous practices of deception.

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China Witness : Voices from a Silent Generation by Xinran EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / China flag China
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In 1912, 5000 years of feudal rule ended in China. In 1949, Mao Zedong came to power. This book is a personal testimony from a normally silent generation, a huge major work of oral history which sums up, in their own words, the vast changes which have overtaken China and its people over a century.

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Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah EN

Rating: 4 (5 votes)
Country: Asia / China flag China
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Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the face of despair.


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Christmas Island : The Early Years, 1888 to 1958 : Historic Photographs with Many Untold Tales from the Early Years of Christmas Island, an Isolated Island in the Indian Ocean by Jan Adams, Marg Neale EN

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Early years of Christmas Island, 1888 to 1958. Historic photographs with many untold tales from the early years of Christmas Island, an isolated island in the Indian Ocean.


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Chronicles : Volume One by Bob Dylan EN

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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan. “I’d come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else.” So writes Bob Dylan in Chronicles: Volume One, his remarkable book exploring critical junctures in his life and career. Through Dylan’s eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in Manhattan. Dylan’s New York is a magical city of possibilities—sm... continue