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Brent Crane Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Magazine writer, traveler. Words @newyorker @BW @theatlantic @nytimes @theEconomist @1843mag @thewirechina @natgeo @atavist @outsidemagazine

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Book Cover for: China Underground, Zachary Mexico

China Underground

Zachary Mexico
Brent CraneBrent Crane

Whatever happened to the writer Zachary Mexico, of "China Underground" (2009) fame? That was a nice book, but he's totally disappeared

Paperback, 2009

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime, Anjan Sundaram

Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime

Anjan Sundaram
Brent CraneBrent Crane

.@anjansun in CDMX yesterday signing my copy of his great and harrowing memoir, Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime. Immensely enjoyable. Out in April from @CatapultStory. https://t.co/BMTb3M5h7Z

Hardcover, 2023

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China, James M. Zimmerman

The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China

James M. Zimmerman
Brent CraneBrent Crane

For this week's @thewirechina, I spoke with @jmzbeijing about his fantastic new book, #ThePekingExpress. Read it here: https://t.co/MMFWS80t55

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder

Mountains Beyond Mountains

Tracy Kidder
Brent CraneBrent Crane

My favorite nonfiction reads of 2022: Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder In An Antique Land, @GhoshAmitav Eat The Buddha, @BarbaraDemick Black Square, @sophiepinkhmmm India Becoming, @akashkapur

Paperback, 2004

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Falling, T. J. Newman

Falling

T. J. Newman
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"'There was an eight-hour period where I never hung up my phone,' says Shane Salerno, Newman’s agent." https://t.co/NZiiCad5Vj

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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