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Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze
by Peter Harmsen (Goodreads Author)
by Peter Harmsen (Goodreads Author)
Release
date: May 07, 2013
Read how World War II started in Asia - not at Pearl Harbor, but four years earlier in the city of Shanghai. The battle poised a vast Chinese army aga…more
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- May 21, 2013
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The Translator
by Nina Schuyler (Goodreads Author)
by Nina Schuyler (Goodreads Author)
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date: Jul 01, 2013
When renowned translator Hanne Schubert falls down a flight of stairs, she suffers from an unusual but real condition — the loss of her native languag…more
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Apr 22
- May 22, 2013
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Samurai Awakening
by Benjamin Martin (Goodreads Author)
by Benjamin Martin (Goodreads Author)
Samurai Awakening just won the Crystal Kite Award! In thanks I'm giving away two signed copies during the month of May! Just enter below and good luck…more
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May 01
- May 31, 2013
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David Mitchell
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The author of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
says you can't have sentences such as "Milord, would you like to light the sperm whale oil lantern?" in historical novels.
“Le persone che si lasciano incantare, che seguono in massa qualcuno che non produce niente, non capisce niente, ma parla bene in maniera persuasiva. A queste persone non passa neanche per l’anticamera del cervello che potrebbero sbagliarsi. Non riescono neanche a immaginare che possono ferire qualcuno irreparabilmente, senza motivo. Non si assumono la minima responsabilità degli effetti della loro condotta. Sono loro, quelli di cui ho paura. Sono loro quelli che vedo in sogno. Nel sogno tutto ta...more
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― Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes
― Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes
“Too lazy to be ambitious,
I let the world take care of itself.
Ten days' worth of rice in my bag;
a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.
Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?
Listening to the night rain on my roof,
I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.
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― Ryokan
― Ryokan
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An Invitation to Kagura: Hidden Gem of the Traditional Japanese Performing Arts
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