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Newsletter #177

March 12, 2018

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip

Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip

by Peter Hessler

TRUE

In the first years of China's boom, frantic dispatches from the "New China" came back almost daily, but Hessler settled there for the long haul, first with the Peace Corps and later as a New Yorker co... (Tom)

Cover of Farewell to the Horse: A Cultural History

Farewell to the Horse: A Cultural History

by Ulrich Raulff

TRUE

For 6,000 years, the human alliance with the horse has been unparalleled—more stable even than our relationship with our gods, argues Raulff—but for two centuries we have been gradually withdrawing fr... (Tom)

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Still Stuck

by Shinsuke Yoshitake

MADE-UP

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Oh boy do I love this book about a boy who, yes, has a hard time getting his shirt off and starts to worry he never will. Right now, it feels like it's both the most enj... (Tom)

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