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Random House, Inc.A riveting account of the watershed moment in America’s dealings with China that forever altered the course of East-West relationsAs 1945 opened, America was on surprisingly congenial terms with China’s Communist rebels—their...
GardnersIt is the fiesta 'Day of the Dead' in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac. In the shadow of the volcano, ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate, ugly pariah dogs roam the streets and Geoffrey Firmin - ex-consul,...
"Long before the likes of Paul Theroux or V.S. Naipaul, Martha Gellhorn injected travel writing with a strong personal perspective which, in this book of travel recollections, often is very funny, ironic, and insightful. Gellhorn's travels were tak..."
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