Alexander S

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Alexander’s favorite books

Japan at War by Haruko Taya Cook

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

A Woman Soldier's Own Story by Xie Bingying

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Night by Elie Wiesel

Silencing the Past by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

The Book of Kimono by Norio Yamanaka

True Love by Thich Nhat Hanh

In Little Need of Divine Intervention by Thomas D. Conlan

Samurai by Saburō Sakai

With the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge

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The Fellowship of...

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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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— May 21, 2026 08:18AM

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Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World

by Amy Stanley (Goodreads Author)

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Orientalism

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by Edward W. Said

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