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Clifford Garstang

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Clifford Garstang grew up in the Midwest and received a BA from Northwestern University. After serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Korea, he earned an MA in English and a JD, both from Indiana University, and practiced international law in Singapore, Chicago, and Los Angeles with one of the largest law firms in the United States. Subsequently, he earned an MPA in International Development from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and worked for Harvard Law School as a legal reform consultant in Almaty, Kazakhstan. From 1996 to 2001, he was Senior Counsel for East Asia at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., where his work concentrated on China, Indonesia and Vietnam.
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	What the Zhang Boys Know 4.14 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	In an Uncharted Country 4.37 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet by Clifford Garstang (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brandy Abraham (Contributor) , Jay Kauffmann (Contributor) 4.56 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Shaman of Turtle Valley 4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet, Volume II by Clifford Garstang (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Frank Scozzari (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Mark Brazaitis (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Prime Number Magazine, Editors' Selections: Volume 2 by Clifford Garstang (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Valerie Nieman (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Tracy Crow (Editor) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Prime Number Magazine, Editors' Selections Volume 3 by Clifford Garstang (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Valerie Nieman (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Tracy Crow (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet, Volume III it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Prime Number Magazine Editors' Selections Vol. 4 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Prime Number Magazine Editors' Selections: Volume 1 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver is the story of a house. Or two houses. Specifically, it’s about Willa Knox, a writer whose family has inherited a house in Vineland, New Jersey, that is literally falling down. Her family’s pretty decrepit, too, in a fairly typical way. A parallel narrative gives the story of an earlier occupant of a house at the s...

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Conversations with Kafka

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What My Hand Say

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I thoroughly enjoyed this novel set in Prague. Henry and Stephanie are Americans who live and work in the city--he runs a rare book shop, she's in the US Foreign Service--and they are visited by a friend who needs there help. (A stranger comes to tow ...more
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entertaining, sure, but the writing is terrible; Rowling never met an adverb she didn't like muchly
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