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Valeria Luiselli’s “Lost Children Archive”

Everything that was there between Arkansas and Oklahoma was not there: Geronimo, Hrabal, Stanford, names on tombstones, our future, the lost children, the two missing
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“Where Reasons End” by Yiyun Li

04 04 , 2019 No Comments

No, just feeling sad, I said. Still? Still? I said. Sometimes I’m so sad I feel like a freak. That sounds like self-pity unrestrained, he
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Asterix Speaks Hindi Now!

03 04 , 2019 1 Comment

Guest post by Dipa Chaudhuri & Puneet Gupta, Co-translators of the Adventures of Asterix in Hindi Astérix albums have been published in 111 languages and
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“Billion Dollar Whale ” by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope

03 04 , 2019 No Comments

Billion Dollar Whale is an unbelievable story about businessman turned international financier Low Taek Jho or the Asian Gatsby. He was the mastermind at the
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“Hijabistan” by Sabyn Javeri

31 03 , 2019 No Comments

Again that dark, piercing look, the shine in her pupils which made me sense that she was smiling behind her veil, as she said, “Did
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Interview with Markus Zusak, author of “Bridge of Clay” and “The Book Thief”

28 03 , 2019 1 Comment

Bridge of Clayby Markus Zusak is an extraordinary book. It is a story about a family of five brothers and their parents. Penelope Lesciuszko, and
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Book Post 31: 17-27 March 2019

28 03 , 2019 No Comments

Every week I post some of the books I have received recently. In today’s Book Post 31 included are some of the titles I have
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“Get Off That Camel!” and “Cat’s Egg”

22 03 , 2019 No Comments

Get Off That Camel! and Cat’s Egg are two picture books published by Karadi Tales. Get Off That Camel is a delightful tale about little
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Letter from India ( Vol 1), 20 March 2019

20 03 , 2019 No Comments

India is a sub-continent. In terms of the book market there are many markets that reside within it. The vast variety of literature that exists
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Book Post 30: 10-16 March 2019

18 03 , 2019 No Comments

At the beginning of the week I post some of the books I have received recently. In today’s Book Post 30 included are some of
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