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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody Fire Under the Snow by Palden Gyatso The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan Moving The Mountain by Lu Li Mr. China by Tim Clissold The Cloud Garden by Tom Hart Dyke The Good Women of China by Xinran Stasiland by Anna Funder Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen Anchored In Love by John Carter Cash
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Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News by Emily Maitlis
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Even the seafront is not where I last left it. It’s disorientating. It makes me feel like a foreigner in a place I once called home.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Best Books Ever
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