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Peter Hessler
Born
in The United States
June 14, 1969
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The Peace Corps Breaks Ties with China
The agency has always been viewed as removed from political spats. But the timing of the U.S.s decision seems suspicious, Peter Hessler writes.
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
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2001
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19 editions
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Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory
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2009
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26 editions
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Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present
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2006
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18 editions
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Strange Stones: Dispatches from East and West
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2013
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8 editions
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The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
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2019
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12 editions
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Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China
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2013
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5 editions
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The Best American Magazine Writing 2008
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2008
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China Obscura
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2004
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DuMont Reiseabenteuer Leseprobe 2014
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Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink
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2007
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11 editions
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“The American appetite for loneliness impressed me, and there was something about this solitude that freed conversation. One night at a bar, I met a man, and within five minutes he explained that he had just been released from prison. Another drinker told me that his wife had passed away, and he had recently suffered a heart attack, and now he hoped that he would die within the year. I learned that there's no reliable small talk in America; at any moment a conversation can become personal.”
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“I realized that as a thinking person his advantage lay precisely in his lack of formal education. Nobody told him what to think, and thus he was free to think clearly.”
― River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
― River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
“I like to play chess. I moved to a small town, and nobody played chess there, but one guy challenged me to checkers. I always thought it was kind of a simple game, but I accepted. And he beat me nine or ten games in a row. That’s sort of like living in a small town. It’s a simpler game, but it’s played to a higher level.”
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| Cover to Cover Ch...: Lynn's 144 in 2010 | 212 | 278 | Dec 27, 2010 09:37PM | |
| The Sword and Laser: Top favorite authors! | 131 | 773 | Mar 06, 2011 02:38PM | |
| The History Book ...: SICHUAN PROVINCE | 2 | 37 | Mar 24, 2011 01:10PM | |
| Bookmarks Subscri...: The Match Game | 760 | 224 | Apr 09, 2011 02:22PM | |
| Bookmarks Subscri...: Rhyme Time | 624 | 177 | Apr 24, 2011 02:05PM | |
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| Busy as a Bee Books: Best Nonfiction Books for People Who Don't Usually Read Nonfiction! | 51 | 90 | Jul 21, 2011 11:20AM | |
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