 | Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
Buy new: $9.47 / Used from: $3.75 |
 | The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.00 |
 | Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $10.89 I think it is very important to discuss both the positive and negative aspects before going off to college to be sure that young people are entering college with their eyes wide open to the challenges as well as the benefits.
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 | After Dark (Vintage International) by Haruki Murakami
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $2.36 I really enjoy Murakami books but have to admit I liked Kafka on the Shore better.
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 | Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.84 This was the first Murakami book I read and I loved it. I literally could not put this book down, the story and the writing were so intriguing.
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 | Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $0.36 While not the most well-written memoir I've read Deborah's life in Kabul and the women that her school impacted are ones that I know will remain with me for a long time to come.
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 | Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China by Rachel DeWoskin
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $2.42 This book reminded me so much of my time in China. Though she arrived in Beijing about 10 years before I went to Yunnan so much of what she described was similar to what I saw in Kunming. I wonder what it would be like there now nearly 10 years later.
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 | One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China (Wall Street Journal Book) by James McGregor
Buy used from: $0.01 |
 | Madame Bovary (Oxford World's Classics) by Gustave Flaubert
Buy used from: $0.99 |
 | Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now by Jan Wong
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $1.85 An amazing overview of China's history from the Cultural Revolution to the Tiananmen Square. Jan was a young student who naively believed in every aspect of Mao Zedong Thought and the Cultural Revolution til her jounalistic instincts started to kick in and she slowly realized that the more questions you ask the more truth you find. Wonderful read!
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 | Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $0.47 |
 | Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey by Alison Wearing
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.99 Portrait of one woman's journey traveling through Iran for her honeymoon. The portraits she provides of the help and support she receives from people she encounters along the way shows a more varied and real portrait of the people of Iran than what you might expect from your standard travel book.
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 | The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 |
![The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410FGAGYGPL._SL75_.jpg) | The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman
Buy new: $21.60 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Speed Tribes: Days and Night's with Japan's Next Generation by Karl Taro Greenfeld
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $1.23 Interesting though at times I wish I knew if these stories were real or fiction.
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 | The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran Xinran
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $1.40 This book is astounding. I could not put it down.
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 | Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran Xinran
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $1.30 Another captivating read by Xinran. I only hope her future books are as good as this one.
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 | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $5.16 I found this film to be so poignant and the scenery truly beautiful. I loved this film.
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 | Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $13.50 Wow - I never knew a silent film could be so captivating. You can truly see how this film served as a foundation for all sci-fi films to come. I highly recommend watcing both this and the anime as well.
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 | Metropolis
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.76 Based on the 1926 classic this anime has a truly cinemagraphic feel to it and it is easy to forget you are watching an animated film - it is quite simply a wonderful movie.
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 | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 How did I go so long without reading this?
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 | Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.77 |
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