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8TOYTRS_ TY ;PVTYR by Paul French (True Crime) When a pretty Englishwoman is murdered on
the eve of war in 1937, will the detectives on the case be able to solve the crime before the
Japanese invade? It sounds like a mystery novel, but in fact is a historical case.

7PLaTYR 8Z_SP] 7LVP by Yang Erche Namu and Christine Mathieu (Biography/Memoir) In this
international bestseller Namu recounts her childhood amoung the Mosuo people, a matriarchal
tribe that lives in southwestern China. Recongnized early for her singing ability, Namu
left the tribe for the big city and a possible musical career, but not without experienceing
homesickness and culture shock—in her own country. An interesting insider’s look at a little-
known ethnic minority in China.

3Zb BL^ .STYL* by Dodie Johnston (Travel Narrative) Looking for a new adventure in
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humorously captures the local culture and tells her story of navigating life in China, as well as
the stories of people she’s met along the way.

Russia
,XZYR _SP =`^^TLY^ by Colin Thubron (Travel Narrative) The marvelous account of a 10,000-
mile journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia in
1981. A gifted writer and intrepid traveler, Thubron grapples with the complex Russian identity
in this lyrical book.

,YYL 6L]PYTYL by Leo Tolstoy (Literature) Tolstoy’s tragic love story of the beautiful, but
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but the one translated by Larissa Volokhonsky and Richa Pevear is especially acclaimed.

?SP 8LOZYYL^ ZQ 7PYTYR]LO by Debra Dean (Fiction) When Marina was young she was a tour
guide for the world-renown Hermitage Museum…but how could both she and the artworks
she loved survive when her city is besieged by the Nazis?

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by Robert Massie (Biography/History) Three important works by a Pulitzer Prize-winning,
best-selling expert on the Russian Imperial family. Massie portrays a giant of history in Peter
the Great; unfolds the mystery of what might be the remains of the Romanovs in The Final
Chapter; and dazzles with the fairytale romance of the last emperor and his bride in Nicholas
and Alexandra.

=`^^TL , .ZYNT^P 3T^_Z]d by Ronald Hingley (History) A readable, condensed history of Russia’s
multiple transformations by a well-known Russian scholar.

>`YWTRS_ L_ 8TOYTRS_% >_ ;P_P]^M`]R LYO _SP =T^P ZQ 8ZOP]Y =`^^TL by W. Bruce Lincoln (History) A
wonderfully written, informative portrait of the city, discussing its culture, architecture and
history. Lincoln focuses on the development of St. Petersburg in the 18th and 19th centuries.

4NZY LYO _SP ,cP% ,Y 4Y_P][]P_TaP 3T^_Z]d ZQ =`^^TL by James H. Billington (History) “A rich and
readable introduction to the whole sweep of Russian cultural and intellectual history from
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