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The Grand Narrative Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Okinawan Women's Stories of Migration: From War Brides to Issei, Johanna O. Zulueta

Okinawan Women's Stories of Migration: From War Brides to Issei

Johanna O. Zulueta
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[New Books Network] "Okinawan Women's Stories of Migration: From War Brides to Issei" by Johanna O. Zulueta https://t.co/lbOnVo2XEn

Hardcover, 2022

$180.00$155.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Chinese Dreams in Romantic England: The Life and Times of Thomas Manning, Edward Weech

Chinese Dreams in Romantic England: The Life and Times of Thomas Manning

Edward Weech
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"Chinese Dreams in Romantic England: the Life and Times of Thomas Manning" by Edward Weech https://t.co/O4ESiQ0tmn via @BookReviewsAsia

Hardcover, 2022

$36.95$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex, Sophia Giovannitti

Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex

Sophia Giovannitti
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At this book club, we read our own choice of books for an hour before discussing them with the group. Was sorely tempted to go with current read, "Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex," but possibly Giovannitti's graphic sex descriptions might not go down too well at...1/ https://t.co/ANgkchBKiK

Hardcover, 2023

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Japan 1900. a Portrait in Color, Sabine Arqué

Japan 1900. a Portrait in Color

Sabine Arqué
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"Japan 1900: A Portrait in Color" by Sebastian Dobson and Sabine Arqué https://t.co/LS42RCiJHb via @BookReviewsAsia

Hardcover, 2025

$100.00$75.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Deadly and Slick: Sexual Modernity and the Making of Race, Sita Balani

Deadly and Slick: Sexual Modernity and the Making of Race

Sita Balani
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(Podcast Interview) "Deadly and Slick: Sexual Modernity and the Making of Race" (2023) UK-focused, but many parallels with the Japanese colonial state in Korea came to mind https://t.co/RTDFXtNwvm

Paperback, 2023

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Stories, Haruki Murakami

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Stories

Haruki Murakami
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Spinning a Web of Murakami’s Stories Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman captures Haruki Murakami’s combination of low-key magical realism, sexual neurosis, and loneliness. https://t.co/acp67Q1bs1

Paperback, 2007

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955, Ronald H. Spector

A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955

Ronald H. Spector
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"A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945–1955" by Ro… https://t.co/uDBmjIEnXv via @BookReviewsAsia

Paperback, 2023

$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: It Ends with Us, Colleen Hoover

It Ends with Us

Colleen Hoover
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Book #34 of 2023: "It Ends With Us" by Colleen Hoover (2016), 4/5. Part inspirational, part harrowing, and part sweet and romantic tale of Lily's determination to end the cycle of domestic abuse, and I especially liked her "naked truths" dynamic with husband Ryle. But him... 1/ https://t.co/htbgysWdaU

Paperback, 2016

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides Under China's Global Rise, Monica Liu

Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides Under China's Global Rise

Monica Liu
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BUY THIS BOOK—”Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides Under China’s Global Rise” by Monica Liu (2022) (Don’t let my glorious laser tits deter you from an eye-opening interview, and a must-read!) https://t.co/jWw5Q60aSv https://t.co/x9wLt1XDkQ

Paperback, 2022

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Broken Summer, J. M. Lee

Broken Summer

J. M. Lee
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October Book Club Meetings: “Broken Summer” by J. M. Lee, Thursday 13 October; and “Concerning My Daughter” by Kim Hye-jin, Thursday 27 October (Both at 8pm!) https://t.co/awDrsZ0m7d Be there AND be square! 🤓📚 https://t.co/T5XLVByLTX

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