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"Half expose and half memoir, Toronto journalist [Jan Wong]'s fourth book is a shrewd appraisal of Beijing as a city in the throes of transition."
"A remarkable testament to a tenacious will, extraordinary endurance and pure obstinacy... Winnipeggers should feel like wimps, complaining when it's a mere -50º C with the wind chill.""This impressively detailed account of [Schulz]'s life never flags. More impressive yet, it's coupled with astute -- yet never overblown -- analysis due a complicated man."See the full content of this document
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The Critics' Favourites
The top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles of the year as chosen by Free Press Books reviewers
PICKING the best books of the year is never easy.For one thing, you are usually comparing apples to oranges. For another, you can't say for sure. As Fre...See the full content of this document
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