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Dust and Other StoriesYi T'aejun was one of twentieth-century Korea's true masters of the short story--and a man who in 1946 stunned his contemporaries by moving to the Soviet-occupied northern zone of his country. In South Korea, where he is known today as "one who went north,"...
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RaptureThe draft dodger Laurence yearns to take control of his destiny. Having fled to the highlands, he asserts his independence by committing a string of robberies and murders. Then he happens upon Ivlita, a beautiful young woman trapped in an intricately carved mahogany house....
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The Enchanted ClockIn the Palace of Versailles there is a fabulous golden clock, made for Louis XV by the king's engineer, Claude-Sim on Passemant. The astronomical clock shows the phases of the moon and the movements of the planets, and it will tell time--hours, minutes, seconds,...
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Beasts Head for HomeIn the aftermath of World War II, Kuki Kyūzō, a Japanese youth raised in the puppet state of Manchuria, struggles to return home to Japan. What follows is a wild journey involving drugs, smuggling, chases, and capture. Kyūzō finally makes his way to the...
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The Lost GardenThe Lost Garden is an eloquent portrait of the losses incurred as we struggle to hold on to our passions. The novel begins with the family of Zhu Yinghong, whose father, Zhu Zuyan, was imprisoned in the early days of Chiang Kai-shek's rule. Zhu...
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Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary CitySet in the long-lost City of Victoria (a fictional world similar to Hong Kong), Atlas is written from the unified perspective of future archaeologists struggling to rebuild a thrilling metropolis. Divided into four sections--"Theory," "The City," "Streets," and "Signs"--the novel reimagines Victoria through maps...
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Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese LiteratureFeaturing choice selections from the core anthologies The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: From Restoration to Occupation, 1868-1945, and The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: From 1945 to the Present, this collection offers a concise yet remarkably rich introduction to the fiction,...
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Insurmountable Simplicities: Thirty-Nine Philosophical Conundrums"Perhaps not all the stories that follow are true. They could, however, be true, and the Reader is invited to ponder this."So begins Insurmountable Simplicities, Roberto Casati and Achille Varzi's colorful incarnation of the many philosophical conundrums that hide in the wrinkles of everyday...
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Murder in ByzantiumIn this absorbing, suspenseful novel Julia Kristeva combines social satire, medieval history, philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, and autobiography within a gruesome murder mystery. Murder in Byzantium deftly moves from eleventh-century Europe, wracked by the turbulence of the First Crusade, to the sun-dappled, cultural wasteland of...
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City of the Queen: A Novel of Colonial Hong KongFrom its beginnings as a pestilent port and colonial backwater, Hong Kong became the "pearl" of a declining British empire, and then ascended to its present status as a gleaming city of commerce. Throughout its history, Hong Kong has been steeped in drama, intrigue,...
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ForesightTo Isabella, life is anything but carefree. She has a secret...Aged ten, Isabella and her twin Marco were orphaned by the tragic 1985 earthquake in Mexico City.Barely surviving her injurie, she developed a foresight into past and future events as a result of her...
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I Could Have Been...From Pointe- -Gatineau in rural Qu bec, three young friends, Fran ois, Jacques and Joseph are bound for England to fight in the Great War. Confident that they will prevail and earn their manhood, Jacques and Joseph dream of Fran ois' sister, Ad le:...
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Mouse, Bear and Elephant GamesMouse, Bear and Elephant Games is a frightening yet funny speculative look into our near future. This is book two of Piper's trilogy, and the story continues from where we left off in The Mouse Who Poked an Elephant. Did Canada survive President Trump's...
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Mouse, Bear and Elephant GamesMouse, Bear and Elephant Games is a frightening yet funny speculative look into our near future. This is book two of Piper's trilogy, and the story continues from where we left off in The Mouse Who Poked an Elephant. Did Canada survive President Trump's...
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Stolen PastDoug Fletcher, a retired Minnesota detective, relocates to Arizona and a quiet life as a part-time National Park Service ranger. His plans change abruptly when a suspicious fall at a national monument plunges him into the world of stolen antiquities, ruthless drug smugglers, and...
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The Willow Pattern: A Judge Dee MysteryJudge Dee has been appointed emergency governor of the plague- and drought-ridden Imperial City. As his guards help the city fend off a popular uprising, an aristocrat from one of the oldest families in China suffers an "accident" in a deserted mansion. In The...
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A Thousand and One Afternoons in ChicagoIn 1921, Ben Hecht wrote a column for the Chicago Daily News that his editor called "journalism extraordinary; journalism that invaded the realm of literature." Hecht's collection of sixty-four of these pieces, illustrated with striking pen drawings by Herman Rosse, is a timeless caricature...
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A Stricken FieldMartha Gellhorn was one of the first--and most widely read--female war correspondents of the twentieth century. She is best known for her fearless reporting in Europe before and during WWII and for her brief marriage to Ernest Hemingway, but she was also an acclaimed...
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Childhood and Other Neighborhoods: StoriesAuthor: Stuart DybekPublisher: University of Chicago PressPublished: 10/15/2003Pages: 212Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.48w x 0.51dISBN: 9780226176581About the AuthorBorn and raised on the southwest side of Chicago, Stuart Dybek teaches in the writing program at Western Michigan University. He is the author of...
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The Story of SaphoAuthor: Madeleine De ScuderyPublisher: University of Chicago PressPublished: 06/15/2003Pages: 186Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 9.02h x 6.12w x 0.43dISBN: 9780226143996About the AuthorMadeleine de Scudéry (1607-1701) was the most popular novelist in her time, read in French in volume installments all over Europe and translated into...
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