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W. G. Beasley

"The Japanese Experience is an authoritative, lucid, and concise history of Japan from the sixth century to the present day. It is the history of a society and a culture with a distinct sense of itself, one of the few nations never conquered by a foreign power in historic times (until the twentieth century) and the home of the longest-reigning imperial dynasty that still survives. Regarded as a minor Asian state until the late nineteenth century, Japan transformed itself into a major power in the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET. "Throughout The Japanese Experience W. G. Beasley, a leading authority on Japan and the author of a number of acclaimed works on Japanese history, examines the changing society and culture of Japan and considers what, apart from the land and the people, is specifically Japanese about the history of Japan."--BOOK JACKET.

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Alexander Creed

Surveys the history, topography, people, and culture of Uganda with an emphasis on its current economy, industry, and place in the political world.

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Mo ke bian ji bu bian zhu

Ben shu xiang ni xiang xi jie shao you wan a er bei si zui re men de fang shi:da jing guan lie che ji deng shan tie dao. Shu zhong jie shao rui shi de 5 da feng qing:hua xue, Tu bu lü xing, Xiao huo guo, Rui shi jun dao ji zhong biao, Rang ni hen kuai dui rui shi you yi ge le chu bu de yin xiang. Shu zhong jiang rui shi fen cheng de yu qu, Fa yu qu, Yi da li yu qu ji luo man yu qu fen bie jie shao, Tiao xuan ge qu nei de zhu ming lü you cheng shi yu te se shan cheng xiao zhen rang ni xi xi pin wei, Bing wei lü ke ti gong xiang xi de jiao tong ji xing cheng zi xun.

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Stephanie Elizondo Griest

Desperate to escape South Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent. So she headed to Russia looking for some excitement--commencing what would become a four-year, twelve-nation Communist bloc tour that shattered her preconceived notions of the "Evil Empire." In Around the Bloc, Griest relates her experiences as a volunteer at a children's shelter in Moscow, a propaganda polisher at the office of the Chinese Communist Party's English-language mouthpiece in Beijing, and a belly dancer among the rumba queens of Havana. She falls in love with an ex-soldier who narrowly avoided radiation cleanup duties at Chernobyl, hangs out with Cuban hip-hop artists, and comes to difficult realizations about the meaning of democracy. is the absorbing story of a young journalist driven by a desire to witness the effects of Communism. Along the way, she learns the Russian mathematical equation for buying dinner-party vodka (one bottle per guest, plus an extra), stumbles upon Beijing's underground gay scene, marches with 100,000 mothers demanding Elian Gonzalez's return to Cuba, and gains a new appreciation for the Mexican culture she left behind.From the Trade Paperback edition.