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Adam Tervort

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in Ogden, Utah, The United States

January 11, 1981

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male

website

http://kungpao.me

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Nonfiction, Humor, Literature & Fiction

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Stephen King, Douglas Adams, Christopher Moore, Joseph Heller

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March 2010

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Adam Tervort was born in northern Utah and grew up in the Kansas City, Missouri area. Since 2005 he has lived and worked in Taiwan as a writer and English teacher. His wife, Mei-yun, and three children, Emerson, Langston, and Adriana consider him to be a bit wacky but mostly harmless and lovable. He welcomes readers to contact him as long as they have less than eight legs, if you happen to be a spider then keep to yourself.
He can be reached through Adam Tervort.com, his blog Lean, Mean, Minimalist, or by Twitter.

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	Adventures in the Land of Singing Garbage Trucks 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost Who Tried to Love Me 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Telling Lies for Fun & Profit

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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms Vol.1

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Adam Tervort and 61 other people liked Isaac's review of The Autobiography of Malcolm X: " This book counts for a lot. Cornel West says that one of the deepest fears for black America is that Malcolm X was fundamentally right, that the political system here is incapable of being changed through traditional means in order to serve the bl... " Read more of this review »
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