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  • In Manchuria
    In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China
    Michael Meyer
    Paperback: 02/09/2016
     
    A combination of memoir, contemporary reporting, and historical research, presenting a unique profile of China...
  • The Last Unicorn
    The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures
    William deBuys
    Paperback: 10/06/2015
     
    An award-winning author's stirring quest to find and understand an elusive and exceptionally rare species in ...
  • Lost in Shangri-La
    Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
    Mitchell Zuckoff
    Paperback: 04/24/2012
     
    Lost in Shangri-La recounts the incredible true-life adventure of twenty-four officers and enlisted men and ...
  • God Lives In St. Petersburg
    God Lives In St. Petersburg: and Other Stories
    Tom Bissell
    Paperback: 01/03/2006
     
    Sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic, but always eerily affecting, these stories show us deeply foreign lands...
  • Krakatoa
    Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
    Simon Winchester
    Paperback: 04/01/2004
     
    The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the ...

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