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    <body><![CDATA[This book was recommended to Nancy and I by the Ambassador for Iceland. I had high hopes, because I really liked Bill Holm's Eccentric Islands. The premise here is that he spent one year teaching in China in the early 1980s, and wrote a variety of essays (one for each letter of the alphabet). This b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48364828">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Holms is one of my favorite authors]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book gave some great insights into China.  The last updated publication was in 2000 so things have changed quite a bit I suspect.  Nevertheless, I really enjoyed reading about Bill Holm's descriptions of what actually happens to the foreigner who lives &quot;in country&quot; and the many differ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24813787">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An American ex-pat living in China tells hilarious stories about living as a foreigner in China and finding he's a foreigner in the US as well.  This was one of my favorite books during Peace Corps -- he put so many of my thoughts and experiences into words.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was given to me after I returned home from a year in Iraq and was having trouble adjusting back to American Living. It gave me some great perspective on everything I was experiencing. Great read for anyone who has traveled. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love first-hand experiences recounted through written words.  This one hits close to home since I too came home crazy from China shortly after reading this simple, yet powerfully well constructed work. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this is the kind of book i should write on china. or maybe not. he pretty much covers it all. hao ha ha le.]]></body>
    
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