River Town

River Town

By
Peter Hessler
Peter Hessler
2001 • 402 pages

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16 books

Foreign Countries

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Todd Trautman
The Places In Between
Taliban
Riding the Iron Rooster
Colors of the Mountain
Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid
The Search For Modern China
China Wakes

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16 books

The Motherland

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Sylvia Chi
The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy
China in Ten Words
Tombstone: The Untold Story of Mao's Great Famine
Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
Kinder than solitude
The Incarnations
Economic History of China

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32 books

Memoir

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Sylvia Chi
Farm City
River Town
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Bossypants
West with the Night
Living For Change: An Autobiography

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6 books

Given To Me

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Sylvia Chi
Oracle Bones
River Town
The Big Short
Cleopatra: A Life
Four Hundred Souls : A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

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1,507 books

Non Fiction

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When God Was a Woman
The Red Queen
Diplomacy
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams

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158 books

Travel

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Stardust
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in Thenew China

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332 books

Travel

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China road
Blue highways
Geisha, a Life
The greatest skating race
Travels with Charley
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
The Housekeeper and the Professor

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1,039 books

Nonfiction

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Barefoot Books World Atlas Sticker Book
Carlos Santana: Sound of the Heart, Song of the World
Sinister Savannah
Deadly Spider Bite!
The Whaleship Essex: The True Story of Moby Dick
Skulls!
Half-Earth

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271 books

Memoir

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Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing
The Egg and I
Squatters in Paradise: A Yellowstone Memoir
Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over

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370 books

Animals

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Creature ABC
Pony island
Life-Size Zoo: From Tiny Rodents to Gigantic Elephants, An Actual-Size Animal Encyclopedia
Butterflies And Moths
Bubble Homes & Fish Farts
About Penguins: A Guide for Children
Where Else in the Wild?

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149 books

Moving And Starting Over

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Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse
Honeymoon in Purdah
Between Panic and Desire
Await Your Reply
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
The East-West House: Noguchi's Childhood in Japan

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14 books

Owned

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The Amber Spyglass
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Sister Carrie
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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1,259 books

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An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
A Parchment of Leaves
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3,780 books

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A Flag for Sunrise
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Tbr Nonfiction

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Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
All the Lives I Want
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Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites