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The giants of Russian literature: Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov (The modern scholar)

By Liza Knapp. 2006

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Literature, Criticism
Human-narrated audio
Columbia University professor Liza Knapp delivers lectures on the lives, times, and most important works of four great Russian authors. 2006.

The genius of China: 3,000 years of science, discovery, and invention

By Robert K. G Temple, Joseph Needham. 1986

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History, Asian history
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Reveals the Chinese origins of such "modern" inventions as paper and printing, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass. Temple's eleven topics--including…

astronomy, engineering, medicine, and warfare--provide historical context and show that more than half of the basic discoveries considered "Western" were developed earlier in China. 1998, c1986.

The fleece era

By Joanna Lilley. 2014

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Literature, Poetry
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Yukon-based, UK-born Joanna Lilley’s first book of poems is a wry and eloquent testament to the intricacies of our various…

relationships. From the shattered pieces of our environmental puzzles to the labyrinth of family dynamics, Lilley makes these dilemmas come alive. Chillingly sparse, attractively odd and refreshingly frank, these poems embrace the complexities of human life with an unsettling mix of the sardonic and the compassionate. c2014.

The fragile lights of earth: articles and memories, 1942-1970

By Alan Brown, Gabrielle Roy. 1982

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Serious and literary fiction, Short storiesCanadian non-fiction, Anthologies, Essays
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A collection of Roy's articles, stories, and essays written over a period of 30 years. Translation of "Fragiles lumieres de la terre." 1982. Uniform title: Fragiles lumières de la terre.

The first Vietnam war

By Peter M Dunn. 1985

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History, Asian history
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Immediately after the Japanese surrender at the end of the Second World War, Saigon was occupied by British forces directed…

from Mountbatten's South East Asia Command. These forces became the first of a Western nation to clash with a Communist-led revolution in Asia, and by thwarting the Viet Minh's desperate attempts to seize power, made it impossible for South Vietnam to hold out when North Vietnam fell to the Communists in 1954. 1985.

The first man in my life: daughters write about their fathers

By Sandra Martin, Ed Martin Sandra. 2007

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Family biography, Canadian non-fiction, Essays
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In twenty-two original narratives, some of Canada's most acclaimed writers share stories, memories, insights, and revelations - from the comic…

to the tragic - about the first man in their lives. These complex stories will open a fresh and intense conversation with daughters everywhere about the men they've observed since childhood: their fathers. Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 2007.

The flamingo's smile: reflections in natural history

By Stephen Jay Gould. 1985

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Essays, Nature, Science and technology
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These essays cover a wide variety of subjects: extinction of the dinosaurs, nuclear war, evolutionary biology, and the decline in batting average in major league baseball. 1985.

The description of the world

By Johanna Skibsrud. 2016

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
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In this collection of poems, the author asks: is our world really what it appears to be? How do we…

shape it through language? And if language can create our world, can it also transform or destroy it? She brings us to the edges of dreams and waking. With lines that are searching, but spacious, she deftly turns over ideas of perception and reality, inviting us to join her as she releases the abstract figure from its painting, or brings the poet in from the wilderness. 2016.

The dream of Gerontius

By John Henry Newman. 2009

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Literature, Poetry
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This poem describes the death of an old man and the journey of his soul to the judgement seat of God. First published in 1865, 2009.

The end of Hong Kong: the secret diplomacy of imperial retreat

By Robert Cottrell. 1993

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History, Asian history, European history, Politics and government
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On June 30, 1997, Britain ended its colonial rule over Hong Kong, the wealthy city state with six million people.…

The terms of the handover to China were to be those set out in a Joint Declaration initialled by Britain and China in 1984. This is an account of the diplomacy behind that settlement, and the prospects that lay ahead for Hong Kong. 1993.

The essential Rumi

By Coleman Barks, Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi. 1995

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Literature, Poetry
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Contemporary translation of spiritual poetry by the Sufi mystic Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273). These poems were created during Rumi's work with…

a dervish learning community that was "exploring the mystery of union with the divine." Includes sex. 1995. Uniform title: Selections.

The empathy exams: essays

By Leslie Jamison. 2014

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Award winning non-fiction, Literature, Essays
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A collection of essays explores empathy, using topics ranging from street violence and incarceration to reality television and literary sentimentality…

to ask questions about people's understanding of and relationships with others. Winner of the Gray Wolf Press Nonfiction Prize. 2014. The empathy exams -- Devil's bait -- La frontera -- Morphology of the hit -- Pain tours (I) : La plata perdida ; Sublime, revised ; Indigenous to the hood -- The immortal horizon -- In defense of saccharin(e) -- Fog count -- Pain tours (II) : Ex-votos ; Servicio supercompleto ; The broken heart of James Agee -- Lost boys -- Grand unified theory of female pain -- Judge's afterword / A conversation with Leslie Jamison. Uniform title: Essays.

The China mission: George Marshall's unfinished war, 1945–1947

By Daniel Kurtz-Phelan. 2018

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History, Asian history
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As World War II came to an end, General George Marshall was renowned as the architect of Allied victory. Set…

to retire, he instead accepted what he thought was a final mission--this time not to win a war, but to stop one. Conflict between Chinese Nationalists and Communists threatened to suck in the United States and escalate into revolution. His assignment was to broker a peace, build a Chinese democracy, and prevent a Communist takeover, all while staving off World War III. 2018.

The dog's last walk: (and other pieces)

By Howard Jacobson. 2017

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Literature, Essays
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Week after week, for eighteen years, the Booker Prize-winning novelist Howard Jacobson wrote a weekly column for the Independent, reflecting…

in inimitable style on the sacred and the profane in turn, the frivolous and the serious, the deeply personal and the most universal. As the much-loved newspaper ceases printing, this second collection of Jacobson's columns offers a selection of the witty and thunderous best. 2017. Uniform title: Independent (London, England)

The corpses of the future

By Lynn Crosbie. 2017

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
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A sustained, confessional new collection of poems that tells the story of Crosbie's father’s battle with frontotemporal dementia and blindness,…

following a stroke. The poems chronologically recount the poet’s conversations and time with her father, and capture his still-astonishing means of communicating. The book’s title is his sardonic remark. Crosbie considers dementia to be a symbolic language and as such, similar to poetry. The author’s attempts to understand her father’s distress, pain, fear, and brave love are assisted by her understanding of the “negative capability” required of readers of poetry. 2017.

The emergence of modern Japan: an introductory history since 1853

By Janet Hunter. 1989

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History, Asian history
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Understanding Japan's recent history is essential to form an efficient working relationship with the country. The author concentrates on the…

years from 1853, when the outer world broke through Japan's isolation, to 1952 when the postwar settlement and economic recovery set her on the road to becoming an economic superpower. 1989.

The elephant and my Jewish problem: selected stories and journals, 1957-1987

By Hugh Nissenson. 1988

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Multi-cultural fiction, Short storiesLifestyle, Essays
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Short stories and journal entries which describe the Jewish experience from the turn of the century to the aftermath of…

the Holocaust and the beginning of the state of Israel. 1988.

The home that was our country: a memoir of Syria

By Alia Malek. 2018

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History, Asian history
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A deeply researched, personal journey that shines a delicate but piercing light on Syrian history, society, and politics. Alia Malek…

weaves political analysis with a century of family history, delivering an unforgettable portrait of the Syria that is being erased. 2018.

The Hiroshima Maidens: a story of courage, compassion, and survival

By Rodney Barker. 1985

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Award winning non-fiction, Biography, Women biography, Asian history, Politics and government
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Japanese women who underwent surgery in the U.S. to repair the ravages caused by the atomic blast became known as…

the "Hiroshima maidens". The author documents the medical, humanitarian and diplomatic undertaking that brought them to the States. 1985.

The gospel according to Clarence Thomas: a libretto

By Ashis Gupta. 2007

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
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Crafted as a long poem, a libretto for stage presentations, this book is less about Clarence Thomas than it is…

about the devastating reign of the Bush administration. The central idea of the book is: ‘War is an Evil product of Evil/Hypocritical Minds’. The ‘Chorus of the Homeless’ occupies a central role in the poem, performing a function much like the Chorus in Greek Tragedies, providing a reasonably objective commentary. In a sense, the central story is a tragedy too – George Bush is a tragic figure. And, towards the end, he is conceived as a tragic hero, a Samson-like figure who pulls down the temple over his head to crush the Philistines. 2007.

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