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Absurdistan
by Gary Shteyngart
Meet Misha Vainberg, aka Snack Daddy, a 325-pound disaster of a human being, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, proud holder of a degree in multicultural studies from Accidental College, USA (don't even ask), and patriot of no country save the great City of New York. |
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Alentejo Blue
by Monica Ali
Alentejo Blue is the story of a village community in Portugal, told through the lives of men and women whose families have lived there for generations and some who are passing through.
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Beasts of No Nation
by Uzodinma Iweala
In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. |
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The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
Desai takes us to the northeastern Himalayas where a rising insurgency challenges the old way of life. |
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Last Evenings On Earth
written by Roberto Bolano
Set in the Chilean exile diaspora of Latin America and Europe, and peopled by Bolano's beloved "failed generation," the stories of "Last Evenings on Earth" have appeared in The New Yorker and Grand Street. |
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Old Filth
by Jane Gardam
The engrossing and moving account of his life, from birth in colonial Malaya, to Wales, where he is sent as a "Raj orphan," to Oxford, his career and marriage, parallels much of the 20th century's torrid and twisted history. |
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Skinner's Drift
by Lisa Fugard
Ten years after leaving South Africa, the country of her birth and the place where her mother died, Eva van Rensburg returns to her dying father, a violent man whose terrible secret Eva has kept since she was a child. |
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Eat, Pray, Love:One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
by Elizabeth Gilbert
A celebrated writers irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life. |
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Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
by Elizabeth Kolbert
In writing that is both clear and unbiased, Kolbert -- an acclaimed New Yorker journalist -- approaches global warming from every angle. |
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The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
by Douglas Brinkley
A New Orleans resident and professor of history at Tulane University, rips the story of Katrina apart and relates what the Category 3 hurricane was like from every point of view.
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Heat
An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
by Bill Buford
When the opportunity arose to train in the kitchen of Mario Batali's three-star New York restaurant, Babbo, Buford grabbed it.
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Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
written by Shirin Ebadi, with Azadeh Moaveni
The moving, inspiring memoir of Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for the oppressed.
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
by Nathaniel Philbrick
With towering figures like William Bradford and the distinctly American hero Benjamin Church at the center of his narrative, Philbrick has fashioned a fresh and compelling portrait of the dawn of American history--a history dominated right from the start by issues of race, violence, and religion.
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Oracle Bones : A Journey Between China's Past and Present
by Peter Hessler
From the acclaimed author of River Town comes a rare portrait, both intimate and epic, of twenty-first-century China as it opens its doors to the outside world. |
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The Places in Between
by Rory Stewart, $11.20 (20% off $14.00)
In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan--surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. |
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Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond
by Pankaj Mishra
Traveling in the changing cultures of South Asia, Mishra sees the pressures--the temptations--of Western-style modernity and prosperity, and teases out the paradoxes of globalization. |
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The books listed below were Notable Books within their categories in 2006
Cookbooks |
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Cradle of Flavor: Home Cooking from the Spice Islands of Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia
by James Oseland
Fans of Javanese Satay, Singaporean Stir-Fried Noodles, and Indonesian curries can finally make them in their own kitchen.
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The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and Flavors of Africa
by Marcus Samuelsson
In The Soul of a New Cuisine, Marcus returns to the land of his birth to explore the continent's rich diversity of cultures and cuisines through recipes and stories from his travels in Africa.
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In a Cajun Kitchen: Authentic Cajun Recipes and Stories from a Family Farm on the Bayou
by Terri Pischoff Wuerthner
Through a seamless blend of storytelling and recipes to live by, Wuerthner's In a Cajun Kitchen will remind people of the true flavors of Cajun cooking.
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Travel
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Best American Travel Writing 2006
edited by Tim Cahill, $11.20 (20% off $14.00)
A celebration of adventure and curiosity, this compilation transports readers from Patagonia to the Ivory Coast to small-town Vermont.
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Burton Holmes Travelogues: The Greatest Traveler of His Time, 1890-1938
by Burton Holmes
In a time before air travel or radio, on the brink of a revolution in photography and filmmaking, Burton Holmes (1870-1958) set upon a lifelong journey to bring the world home. This book represents the best of the Holmes archive, brimming with brilliant color photographs. |
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